title: Divestment of Beds and Related Ambulatory Services to Other Communities While Maintaining a Patient- and Family-Centred Approach.
abstract: Individuals living with serious mental illness who require acute and/or tertiary mental healthcare services represent one of the most complex patient groups in the healthcare service delivery system. Provincial mental health policy has been committed to providing services closer to home and in the community rather than an institution wherever possible for some time. This paper articulates the strategies used by one organization to ensure the successful transfer of beds and related ambulatory services to four separate communities. In addition a case study is also provided to describe in more detail the complex changes that took place in order to accomplish the divestments of beds and related ambulatory services to one of the partner hospitals.
authors: Owner/operator of the consulting firm Client Perspectives and recently retired as the project lead for Mental Health Transformation, St. Joseph's Health Care London. Her research interests include understanding the mental healthcare service user experience in order to improve service delivery and enhance the recovery process and quality of life for persons living with serious and persistent mental illness and the use of smart technology to enhance functioning in the community.
authors: Deborah J
authors: DJ
authors: Corring
authors: Manages the Mental Health Care Program at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital. She has been nationally recognized by the Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses for the development and implementation of an interprofessional model of care.
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Gibson
authors: Director in mental health at the new Parkwood Institute, St. Joseph's Health Care London. Jill brings a unique understanding of the strengths of the mental health system, its challenges and its unlimited potential. She has experience and an understanding of the local and regional mental healthcare delivery system across the continuum of care, from acute to tertiary, across the age spectrum and across the breadth of service modalities from inpatients, ambulatory care and outreach.
authors: Jill
authors: J
authors: MustinPowell
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016134:Organizational Policy; D018802:Patient-Centered Care