• Develop new psychiatric disorders in late life
• Have psychiatric complications of a physical illness associated with ageing
• Are under the age of 65 years with an age related organic psychiatric or developmental illness.

This team has been amalgamated with the previous Home & Older Adult’s Service to form an integrated service called Older Adults & Home Health which reports to the division of Medicine & Health of Older People. The MHSOA team has been retained as an important part of the new service and will continue to maintain strong professional links to the Mental Health Services Group.
 

Inpatient Unit
Kingsley Mortimer Unit (Ward 12) – a 17 bed inpatient unit on the North Shore Hospital site that provides inpatient assessment and treatment for the two older adult community assessment and rehabilitation teams.

Community Teams
There are three community teams – two on the North Shore covering Rodney District as well as North Shore and one in West Auckland – who work collaboratively with the inpatient teams.

The North Team is located on the North Shore Hospital site.

The West Team is located at:
Level 3, Snelgar Building
Waitakere Hospital
55-75 Lincoln Road
Henderson
Ph (09) 837 9100
Fax (09) 837 9129

MHSOA STaR Team
The MHSOA Sub-acute Treatment and Rehabilitation (STaR) Team aims to support and enhance existing community care options to those older persons with a diagnosis of functional mental health disorder who require an intensive, flexible and mobile community-based service to maximise recovery and minimise disability.  The team works closely with other services under the Older Adults & Home Health Service umbrella and is located at:

Level 3, Snelgar Building
Waitakere Hospital
55-75 Lincoln Road
Henderson
Ph (09) 837 9100
Fax (09) 837 9129

MHSOA North:

Off street parking is available.  Free parking is available on Shakespeare Road and Shea Terrace