Service-infrastructure plan for the elderly with mental illness.

This plan recommended an increase in resources for the care of the elderly with mental illness, the development of twin Psycho-geriatric and Geriatric-medicine Acute Assessment Units within sub-regional general hospitals, specialised Psycho-geriatric Extended Care Units providing residential and restorative therapy services adjacent adult psychiatry units on-site with district general hospitals, the redeployment of resources from centralised hospitals, funds from disposal of surplus propertiesto be reinvested in mental health service development, as indicated by the accompanying map.

Service-infrastructure model for the elderly with mental illness

Service-infrastructure plan for the elderly with mental illness. Perth

Client evaluation

"The …… Miller report is accepted by MHS and HAAS as the best current estimate of the quantum and nature of clinical needs in Psychogeriatric issues and their relation to Extended Care Services in the public sector in metropolitan Perth an imaginative and courageous step forward for both organisations." Commissioner, Hospital and Allied Services; Director, Mental Heath Services.