Archive for the “Older people (65+)” category
Treatment team
The North Kirklees treatment team provides treatment clinics for patients taking the drugs clozapine, lithium, and long-acting antipsychotics. The clozapine clinic operates on Mondays. Patients have a sample of blood taken which is then tested to see if they are able to continue with their …
Crofton ward (Fieldhead)
The Crofton ward provides assessment and treatment for people aged 65 and over who are experiencing mental health problems. We also accept referrals from working-age adults and people identified with having early onset dementia where appropriate. We are a mixed sex unit with individual bedrooms. …
The Poplars (Pontefract)
The Poplars ward is a mixed sex mental health unit for people who have been diagnosed with dementia. Admissions to our service can range from voluntary admission to individuals who are detained under the Mental Health Act. Due to cognitive impairment (ability to think and …
Marie Curie supportive care at home service
The Marie Curie supportive care at home service provides practical, emotional and physical support to patients and their carers when suffering from a life-limiting illness. Patients may be in hospital/hospice and express a wish to go home or when at home may require additional care …
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Heart failure specialist nurse service
Heart failure simply means that the heart is not pumping as well as it should to meet the body’s needs, due to a weakened heart muscle. It does not mean that the heart has stopped or that you have had a heart attack. On referral …
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Adult epilepsy nursing service
Barnsley adult epilepsy nursing service provides specialist care for people who have a diagnosis of epilepsy, their carers and their families. The aim of the service is to help people to gain effective seizure control without medication side effects. The service provides individualised care to …
Community mental health team older people’s service (East and West) (Calderdale)
The community mental health teams for older people (East and West) provide assessment, treatment, care planning and interventions for service users, who are primarily over the age of 65 and have a range of mental health problems. The aim is to support the individual, and …
Briarfields- (treatment clinic, Fieldhead)
Briarfields provides electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), Clozapine monitoring (a medicine which is used in treating schizophrenia), physical health monitoring and electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring services. Our services are provided to inpatients and outpatients at Fieldhead in Wakefield and the surrounding areas. We provide a high-quality service which …
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Beechdale ward (Calderdale)
Beechdale ward is a mixed-sex inpatient unit for older people with mental health conditions. It is a ward on The Dales at Calderdale Royal Hospital. The ward has 16 single rooms and four day areas for shorter-term treatment. The unit also provides an occupational therapy …
Walton ward psychiatric intensive care unit (Wakefield)
Walton ward is a 14 bed mixed gender psychiatric intensive care unit. We are a Trustwide service and accept referrals from all of the Trust’s inpatient mental health wards and direct admissions from the some of the Trust’s community based teams. Our service users are …
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