• People with serious mental disorder, aged 65 or older, newly presenting to local mental health services or who have not been under the care of other local mental health services for two years
• People of any age, with primary dementia and serious behavioural and/ or psychological symptoms and signs
• People with pre-existing serious mental health disorders who would be better cared for by MHSOA, either because of significant medical co-morbidities or frailty, or (less commonly) due to psychological or social issues typical of those seen by MHSOA.

This team is part of the Older Adults & Home Health Service which reports to the division of Specialty Medicine & Health of Older People. The MHSOA team maintains strong professional links to the Mental Health Services Group.
 

Inpatient Unit
Kingsley Mortimer Unit (Ward 12) – a 19 bed inpatient unit on the North Shore Hospital site that provides inpatient assessment and treatment for the two older adult community mental health 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 & Rodney Teams are located at:
     9 Karaka Street
     Takapuna
     North Shore
     Ph (09) 486 8920 ext 42805
    

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

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