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Managing increased demand for mental health services in a public hospital emergency department: A trial of ‘Hospital‐in‐the‐Home’ for mental health consumers
Author(s) -
Kalucy Ross,
Thomas Lyndall,
Lia Briony,
Slattery Terena,
Norris Diane
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0979.2004.00345.x
Subject(s) - mental health , emergency department , medical emergency , medicine , public health , mental hospital , psychiatry , nursing
Increasing demand from mental health consumers for crisis assessment and intervention in public Emergency Departments (ED) has placed considerable strain on the resources of the ED and long delays awaiting admission are experienced. At Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia , the Psychiatry Department trialled a ‘hospital‐in‐the‐home’ service to relieve the pressure on the ED and enhance inpatient capacity. The trial has been successful in diverting mental health consumers directly to intensive home‐based services from the ED and freeing up beds in the inpatient unit. Evaluation showed that both consumers and their carers were highly satisfied with the hospital‐at‐home service.