Planning for Care
Taking on the role of a carer leads to a succession of interviews and assessments with health care professionals as the route to most services is through referral by a GP.

Carers are offered education in the complex physical disabilities including incontinence, mobility loss, speech and language loss which can accompany Alzheimers disease.

Mental Health Services for Older People in Brighton and Hove deal with the needs of people over 65 with dementia. They provide community mental health teams (CMHT), which consist of community psychiatric nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, doctors, occupational therapists and psychologists. A team is responsible for medical, social and financial assessments, which will lead to the development of a patient’s care plan and a carer’s care plan.

Some of the services on offer are:
• Memory Screening, which may rule out dementia as a problem
• Medical diagnosis for dementia
• Drug treatment to control symptoms
• Carer’s Needs Assessment
• Financial Assessment for personal care needs
• Personal Care assessment from the Continence Unit – 01273 696011 Ext 3398
• Nursing assessment for special needs not related to the dementia

The City Council has a charging policy for most of the services provided. The Social Care Information Line 01273 295555 will be able to direct your enquiry to the appropriate department. They can also supply Information sheets:
No 1 - Charges for residential & Nursing Home Care
No 2 - Charges for Non-residential services

ARDIS regularly holds coffee mornings to offer new carers the opportunity to discuss their concerns with one or more of the charity’s directors. Events are listed on the Events Calendar page.


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