An evaluation of the aged mental health and primary care partnership program.

Autor:	Westphal A; Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, 2281The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and Aged Persons Mental Health Service, 60078St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Perin S; Academic Unit for Psychia try of Old Age, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and Aged Persons Mental Health Service, 60078St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Harrison C; Aged Persons Mental Health Service, 60078St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Cottrell T; Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and Aged Persons Mental Health Service, 60078St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Chong TW; Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, 2281The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and Aged Persons Mental Health Service, 60078St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists [Australas Psychiatry] 2023 Feb; Vol. 31 (1), pp. 47-52. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 28.
DOI:	10.1177/10398562221141337
Abstrakt:	Objective: To evaluate the Mental Health and Primary Care Partnership (MaP) pilot program which operated in a metropolitan Melbourne setting in 2020. Method: Data collection included: surveys, interviews, file audits, and an evaluation of routinely collected data, with MaP consumers, their carers, GPs, Practice Managers and Nurses located in Boroondara, and MaP and Aged Person's Mental Health Service staff. Results: Thirty-five consumers aged between 66 and 101 years old (of whom 63% were female) received support from the MaP program throughout its 12-month operation. Statistically significant improvements in outcome measures assessing for psychological distress and symptoms of mental illness were observed. Strengths of the program included the single referral pathway and the provision of services for those not meeting criteria to access tertiary mental health support. Consumers and clinicians made recommendations for service improvement including provision of a longer duration of care to consumers and greater integration of community and primary care. Conclusions: It is hoped that the learnings from the MaP pilot program can be used to guide future program development.
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