Psychogeriatric Service
Welcome to the Psychogeriatric Service based at Te Whare Ra Uta, Kenepuru Community Hospital.
The Psychogeriatric Service is predominantly a community based service with a 12 bed specialist inpatient unit located on the Kenepuru campus. We work as a multi-disciplinary team.
The Psychogeriatric Service provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to people with a -
- recent onset functional illness
- an organic illness at the extreme end with features of BPSD (behavioural and psychological symptoms of Dementia.)
The Psychogeriatric Service provides services, geographically, from the south end of Wellington (Seatoun) to the north boundary of Peka Peka (north of Waikanae).
The Psychogeriatric Service have 2 teams:
- Wellington Community team works Seatoun to Tawa
- Kapiti community team works Tawa to Peka Peka.
We also provide a 24 hour multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment service in our inpatient unit. As part of the inpatient service we provide liaison service for general Kenepuru Hospital wards regarding treatment, management and placement of their patients. We work collaboratively with our colleagues in the spirit of providing a seamless service for the Older Adult. We are currently the only over 65 years of age service with CCDHB.
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The Psychogeriatric Assessment Team
- 2.3 FTE psychiatrist (All 3 doctors specialise in psychiatry of old age)
- 2 FTE community nurses
- 1.5 FTE social workers
- 1.5 FTE occupational therapist
- 1 FTE psychologist
- 0.4 FTE Rehab Assistant