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| Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| House Calls by IMH Team to Treat the Elderly |
It was reported today in the Straits Times that a home service by the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) has been started for elderly patients with mental illnesses. It is catered to those who were not being treated because they could not or did not want to go to hospital.
Dr Joshua Kua, a consultant psychiatrist with IMH was the one who mooted the programme. He noticed that some elderly patients stopped visiting IMH for treatment when they developed walking problems, for example, after suffering a stroke.
Others seen by IMH’s visiting consultants while recovering from other illnesses in community hospitals often would not turn up for follow-up treatment.
Some others refused to leave home to seek treatment because their mental illness had made them afraid to go out, or they were too frightened or ashamed to go to IMH.
The service, which involves regular house calls by a team of mental health professionals, also aims to help caregivers by teaching them how to take care of their charges as well as their own mental health. |
| posted by Rita Goh @ 10:23 PM |
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