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Kingston Older People's Community Mental Health Team, Memory Service and Care Home Liaison Team provides community-based assessment, treatment and care for people aged over 75 who have severe mental health issues, dementia, Alzheimer's or memory problems.
- Service Type: Specialist Services
- Service Contact: KingstonAdministrators@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Service Category: Community
- Disabled access: Yes
- Address: Tolworth Hospital Memory Clinic and Kingston Older People CMHT, Tolworth Hospital, Red Lion Road, Tolworth, KT6 7QU
- Reception hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm (except for bank holidays).
- Reception phone number: 0203 513 5000
About our care
Support is available from a range of different professionals depending on individual needs. This includes consultant doctors specialising in old age psychiatry, social workers, community psychiatric nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, and recovery support workers.
These services are underpinned by a psychological approach to managing challenging behaviour. Some teams provide an outreach service for service users in their own home, supporting them and their carers, while other teams work exclusively with service users and carers in formal care settings such as nursing homes and residential homes.
Who is this service for?
The service typically provides support for people aged 75 and over with a severe mental health issue, Alzheimer's, dementia or a memory problem. It also supports people who may already have a diagnosis of dementia and have additional mental health issues.
Support is offered to younger people where frailty is a level where their needs are best met by this service. Similarly, the service is available to people younger than 75 where memory issues are the primary concern.
Referrals and access
Patient information
People referred to the service will work with the team to develop a plan for their care and support at the outset.
Alongside this, a named healthcare professional will help organise, manage and monitor this plan and will act as a main point of contact.
For those with more complex needs a dedicated care coordinator will provide this support
