Aged Community Mental Health
For people over 65
We provide mental health services, including outreach assessment, treatment and support to people, mostly over the age of 65 years living in the inner south of Melbourne.
What we do
The Aged Community Mental Health Service (also known as MAPS) forms part of the Aged Psychiatry Service located at Caulfield Hospital.
We can provide:
- specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment and management for many mental health problems
- case management to ensure complete and individual support
- care coordination with GPs, other specialists and community organisations that provide services to aged persons
- visits to clients in their place of residence, whether it is at home, an aged care home or supported residential service
- collaboration to achieve personal recovery goals
- support, information and referrals for family or carers and involvement in treatment decisions and planning
- sensitivity to cultural and linguistically diverse communities (including qualified interpreters and bilingual staff)
- education to clients, family, carers about living with mental health conditions
- education to aged care homes, aged care agencies and Non-Government Organisations on how to work with clients with mental health conditions
We have a multi-disciplinary team that includes:
- psychiatrist and psychiatry registrar
- mental health nurse practitioner
- mental health nurses
- social workers
- occupational therapists
- psychologist
- carer consultant to provide support for family and carers
Who we care for
We can offer help to persons over 65 years with mental health problems including (but not limited to):
- Depression and anxiety
- Schizophrenia and psychosis
- Bipolar disorder
- Psychological and behavioural problems that may be associated with dementia
What to expect
If you or a family member has been referred to our service, one of our team will phone you to make a time to come out to your home to talk to you and do an assessment.
How to access this service
Contact us directly
Family, carers, case managers and patients can contact us directly to access our services.
What to bring
Every time you come
- Medicare card
- Health Care Card and/or concession card (if you have one)
- Private health insurance card (if applicable/if you want to use it)
- Adverse drug alert card (if you have one)
- Previous x-ray films, scans, ultrasounds or any other test results or reports
- Medicines you need to take while you are here
- List of medicines you are currently taking (or the boxes), including medicines you have bought without a prescription, such as herbal supplements and vitamins
- Glasses, hearing aid, walking frame