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Birmingham and Solihull Mental health NHS Foundation Trust
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Older adult inpatient services

Inpatient services are provided to older adults with mental health issues at our Juniper Centre, Moseley and Ashcroft Unit in Hockley.

All units offer 24-hour specialist mental health care for service users with an acute organic (such as dementia) or functional (such as depression or psychosis) ongoing mental health issue.

 

Juniper Centre

The service is provided predominantly for people aged 65 and over, but not exclusively, depending on service user need, such as working age dementia.

 

Our older people’s acute inpatient service is located in the following location:

Juniper Centre

 

In addition to acute assessment bed we have a site for service users who meet CHC (continuing care) criteria for mental health:

Ashcroft


All units offer 24-hour specialist mental health care for service users with an acute organic or functional ongoing mental health issue.

The service provides:

  • Comprehensive assessment by a multidisciplinary team,

  • diagnosis,

  • treatment,

  • individual care plan,

  • therapeutic needs led interventions,

  • carer support, assessment, education, and

  • comprehensive discharge planning.

 

All care provided will respond to the emotional, psychiatric, physical, social, spiritual and cultural needs of the service user delivered through a person-centred approach.

All referrals to specialist mental health services are received via the single point of access within the local

community mental health team (CMHT). The decision to admit to an inpatient area is taken by the CMHT, following consultation with the bed manager and an initial screening assessment.  Referrals can come from:

  • GPs,

  • acute hospital trusts,

  • voluntary services – via GP,

  • adjoining mental health trusts,

  • services for adults,

  • residential and specialist nursing homes – via GP, or

  • day centres (voluntary and statutory) – via GP.


All requests for admissions must have received a medical assessment.

Our older people’s acute inpatient service is located in the following location:

Juniper Centre

Visiting Times

Rosemary Ward

Monday-Friday 3:30pm-4:30pm

Weekends 2pm-4pm

Evenings 6pm-7:45pm

Sage Ward

Monday-Friday 3:30pm-4:30pm

Weekends 2pm-4pm

Evenings 6pm-8:30pm

Bergamot Ward

Monday-Friday 3:30pm-4:30pm

Weekends 2pm-4pm

Evenings 6:30pm-8:30pm

In addition to acute assessment bed we have a site for service users who meet CHC (continuing care) criteria for mental health:

Ashcroft