Older Adult Mental Health Program - North Shore

Mental Health - Senior and Services for Seniors

Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health

The Older Adult Mental Health Team offers services to help improve the quality of life of older adults (and their caregivers), who are vulnerable due to a combination of psychiatric, medical and social factors.
The program offers psychiatric assessment and treatment for older adults who may require outreach services. The approach is to match services with individual needs. The team provides case management and psychiatric services as needed and may also include liaising with pharmacies, families, and other community supports.
Services include:
  • Interdisciplinary assessment, treatment, and consultation
  • Education to clients, their care partners, and community members
Specialized services also include:
  • Geri-psychiatric assessment and consultation
  • Case management
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation
  • Functional assessment
  • Group engagement

Eligibility:
  • A progressive cognitive or memory disorder with associated psychiatric and/or behavior management concerns and/or cooccurring misuse of alcohol, prescription medications or other substances
  • Recently developed serious mental illness and cognitive decline with physical or functional decline
  • Severe and persistent mental illness with cognitive and physical or functional decline

604-982-5600

Website: https://www.vch.ca/en/location...

#350, 145 West 17th Street, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7M 3G4

Open Monday to Friday 8:30AM to 4:30PM

Cost: No cost

Referral options:

  • Family physician or nurse practitioner referral
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Availability

Service area: North Vancouver, West Vancouver + show cities

Service area cities: North Vancouver and West Vancouver

Service Types Provided
Mental Health - Senior
Services for Seniors
Ways to Access
  • Provided 1:1 in-person
  • Provided in a group in-person

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