The older people’s mental health service (OPMHS) offers cognitive impairment and dementia services (CIDS) with the addition of provision for older people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties.
OPMHS offers both assessment and treatment through therapy and medications, as well as support for patients and their families and carers, for a range of mental health conditions including dementia. It provides assessments to determine if difficulties people are experiencing are due to cognitive impairment resulting from factors such as age, anxiety or other health conditions; or if they’re due to underlying dementia.
OPMHS also runs regular patient and carer involvement groups, and a range of carer support groups.
