Mental Health Services—Older People
Mental Health Services for older people are provided by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust – see Hospital and Community Mental Health Services.
Links
For factsheets which give further information about mental health and older people see the following websites:
Royal College of Psychiatrists
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/olderpeople.aspx
Mind
http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/Factsheets/Older+people/Older+People+and+Mental+Health.htm
Local Contacts
Age Concern Peterborough
"The Lindens"
86 Lincoln Road
Peterborough
PE1 2SN
Tel: 01733 564185
Email: reception@acpeterborough.org.uk
Website: www.acpeterborough.org.uk
Age Concern Peterborough is a local charity working with and for people living in the Peterborough Unitary Authority, and provides a range of free and changed for services including:
- Home support services i.e. light housework, local shopping and collecting pensions
- Day centre activities
- Information and Advice
- Gardening and Decorating
- Home improvement advice
- Equipment loan
- Volunteer befriending
- Healthy lifestyle advice
Alzheimer's Society
17 Manor House Street
Peterborough
PE1 2TL
Tel: 01733 893853
Email: pbalzheimers@tiscali.co.uk
Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk
The society offers confidential advice and information (including a bi-monthly newsletter) to people with dementia and their carers and families, as well as providing a wide range of activities to enjoy together. The office is open every weekday morning and home visits can be arranged. Referrals can be direct or by third party agency. The office is not suitable for disabled people. Social and leisure activities are held in local community facilities. Transport can be provided at £2 per return journey.PALS enables people who are physically fit but experience some degree of mental disability due to dementia to continue to enjoy leisure activities with the support of a care worker/Pal. The scheme enables people to maintain skills and gives carers a short respite. Clients chose the activity at a time mutually convenient to Pal and client. The client pays their own expenses and contributes to the Pals travel. Disabled facilities are dependent according to activity.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
The Pines
Peterborough District Hospital
Peterborough PE3 6dA
Tel: 01733 318163
A specialist service for people living in Peterborough and Fenland South, providing assessment, care planning and treatment for older people with dementia and functional illnesses e.g. depression, schizophrenia. There are inpatient, day hospital and community services. Referral is through G.P.s via the consultants. The inpatient wards comprise of Ward One at the Edith Cavell Hospital, Dove House at the Gloucester Centre and Alan Conway Court at the Doddington Hospital.
