Service details
The Oaks
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We offer inpatient mental health care to older adults aged 65 and over.
We are a team of multi-skilled mental health professionals including nurses, medical staff, occupational therapists and psychologists, providing care and support to older adults. We respect an individuals dignity, choice, privacy and independence.
- Borough(s): Enfield
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Address:
The Oaks, Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway, Enfield, EN2 8JL
- Phone number: 020 8702 4556/ 0208 702 4554
- Service hours: Visiting hours: 3pm - 8pm, Monday to Friday 10am - 8pm, Bank Holidays
- Conditions treated
- How to access this service
- Who is this service for?
- What to expect
- Service manager(s)
Conditions treated
Dementia, depression, psychotic illnesses
How to access this service
GPs, general hospital wards, and community psychiatric nurses can refer into this service through our Triage Service.
Who is this service for?
Older adults aged 65 and over with mental health problems such as mild to moderate dementia, depression and psychotic illnesses who cannot be treated and supported appropriately at home or in an alternative setting.
What to expect
We provide a high standard of assessment and compassionate care in a safe and therapeutic setting, and offer a range of therapeutic, culturally sensitive and person centred care to support recovery and a return to the community as soon as possible.
Following discharge from the ward patients could return home with an individualised care package if required, a period of Day Hospital attendance, follow up by the old age consultant in the Outpatient Clinic and/or involvement of the Community Mental Health Team or Dementia Home Treatment Team. For patients who are not able to return to their own home, assistance is offered prior to discharge to identify suitable alternative accommodation.
Service manager(s)
Joy Okolie
