How our service can help you
The Care Home Intervention Team (Lewisham) support people aged 65 and
over, whose behaviour has become challenging in the context of a
dementia or mental illness and currently attending a day care, living in
a residential or nursing home setting.
Our aim is to provide a community in reach service for older adults.
We work on the understanding that community providers have a
responsibility to deliver the level of care necessary to meet the needs
of people who challenge services. We provide a structured and
collaborative assessment and formulation of challenging behaviour as
well as providing learning opportunities for care staff.
Where appropriate, we treat or make referrals and support the
completion of end of life care planning (including advanced directives).
The service will reduce the prescribing of anti-psychotic medication
by engaging care home staff in methods of personalised care planning
including the deployment of non-pharmacological management strategies
and opportunities for engagement in meaningful activities for behaviour
that challenges.
We aim to complement other community health services and work
collaboratively when appropriate with other agencies for the benefit of
service users and their carers.
- Service Type: Mental Health of Older Adults Service Borough Covers: Lewisham
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Contact the service
Site Location: 91 Granville Park Known As: Care Home Intervention Team-(CHIT) Email: LewishamCHIT@slam.nhs.uk Phone Number: 020 3228 0793 Fax Number: 020 3228 8672 -
Disabled Access:
N/A
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Address:
91 Granville Park
Lewisham,London, SE13 7DW - Business Hours/Visiting Hours: 9.00 am - 5.00 pm from Monday - Friday
- Conditions: Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Dementia, Depression, Learning disabilities, Personality disorders, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Psychosis, Self-harm