Older Adult Mental Health Program - Vancouver
Condition Specific Support, Mental Health - Senior, and Services for Seniors
Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
Program offers specialized services for adults 65 years and older with mental illness, substance use, dementia, behavior issues related to dementia, and physical and functional decline
The Older Adult Substance Use Program team consists of five counsellors and one Addictions Medicine Physician. The team works within a client-centered, trauma-informed, harm-reduction framework using a bio-psycho-social-environmental-spiritual model. Clients are seen throughout the city of Vancouver.
The counsellors meet clients in their homes (this includes care facilities and shelters), in office, by phone, and virtually. Services provided include assessment, counselling, referral, case management that supports client recovery, support groups, and psycho-educational groups.
Program provides:
The rehabilitation program offers:
Eligibility:
Please connect with a/your family physician for a referral. They simply need to approve of your request, or referrals from the community and facilities.
The counsellors meet clients in their homes (this includes care facilities and shelters), in office, by phone, and virtually. Services provided include assessment, counselling, referral, case management that supports client recovery, support groups, and psycho-educational groups.
Program provides:
- Specialized assessment and consultation
- Facility liaison consultation
- Treatment/case management
- Education
The rehabilitation program offers:
- Individual occupational therapy assessments
- Psychosocial day program
- Peer support, and group programs
Eligibility:
- A resident of Vancouver
- Aged 65+
- Wanting to make changes to their substance use
- Agreeable to seeing a counsellor related to their problematic substance use (which may include alcohol, drugs or prescription medication).
Please connect with a/your family physician for a referral. They simply need to approve of your request, or referrals from the community and facilities.
604-873-6733
Website: https://www.vch.ca/en/location...
#200, 4088 Cambie Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 2X8
Service is available in English.
Interpreter available upon request.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Family physician or nurse practitioner referral
- ​Referrals from the community and facilities are accepted with the family physician’s approval.
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Availability
Service area: Vancouver + show cities
Service Types Provided
Condition Specific Support
Mental Health - Senior
- Access / Intake for Health Authority Mental Health Services - Older Adult
- Anxiety - Geriatrics
- Counselling - Free or Low Cost
- Depression - Geriatrics
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Health Authority Services
- Outreach Services - Mental Health
- Peer Support - Mental Health
- Psychiatrist Consult
- Psychological Assessment / Testing
- Psychosis - Seniors
- Behavioural Issues - Older Adult: Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD)
Services for Seniors
- Access / Intake for Health Authority Mental Health Services
- Adult Day Services
- Alzheimers / Dementia
- Condition Specific Support
- Outreach
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided in a group in-person
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