The
team offers assessments and interventions for adults with age related needs
(not exclusively people over the age of 75) suffering from acute, severe and
enduring mental health problems including anxiety, depression, psychosis,
confusion, dementia (any age) and related behavioural problems.
The
team specifically respond to emergency (four hourly) and urgent (120 hourly)
referrals of patients with the above presentation, that are either not active
to the Trust or are no longer active to the community mental health teams.
The
team provide interventions working alongside other teams and organisations. The
team's specific functions are to provide intensive support to prevent admission
to the Trust acute assessment wards.
We
also accept referrals from community mental health teams for their patients
requiring intensive support. We also provide an 'in-reach' service for patients
with dementia that are referred from the Norfolk and Norwich University
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.