Community Mental Health Centers

Maintains seniors in their home by managing psychiatric symptoms and challenging behaviours treatment team will implement treatment strategies to avoid unnecessary hospitalization and placementInterdisciplinary team includes: geriatric psychiatrists registered nurses occupational therapists social workers psycho geriatric resource consultantFunctions include: intake and screening process specialized client centered assessment case management diagnosis care planning and treatment counselling, education, and support available to the family and caregiver behavior management client advocacyGeriatric psychiatrists provide: diagnosis consultation and treatment staff also provide support to professionals in the community