Description
Like most developed countries in the world, India with a proportion of nearly 8% senior citizens in the population has fallen in the category of greying country. This proportion is expected to escalate to 11.8% by 2015 and to 18.4% by the year 2025. In view of the alarming increase in the elderly population associated with high risk and higher prevalence of neuropsychiatric problems in them, the need for the establishment of speciality services, has become in preventive. The mental health problems of elderly should no more be considered as extension of neuropsychiatric problems as amongst adults since now it is proved in several researches that they are different. Thus there is a need to develop the facilities for clinical, academic and research activities exclusively dedicated to elderlies. There are departments of Geriatric Psychiatry in almost all the premier hospitals and teaching institutions of the world. The solo concerted effort of Dr. S. C. Tiwari has made this dream come true at this premier institute of the country.
Facilities:
Psychogeriatric Community Outreach Mental Health Services:
On every Monday and Friday
Infrastructure:
Bed Strength: 30
10 Male (Dr. Venkoba Rao Ward)+10 Female (Dr. K. C. Dubey Ward) General Beds (Air-conditioned with T.V. and Music)
7 Private Wards (Ganga,Yamuna,Saraswati, Saryu, Gomti, Rapti and Ghagra)
2 Intensive Care Unit Beds
1 High Dependency Unit Bed
National Geriatric Electro Convulsive Therapy Centre (with World's best MECTA 5000Q model ECT Machine and Anesthesia Trolley with Vaporizer)
Comprehensive Psychometric Assessment Unit
Psychosocial Management Unit
Physiotherapy Unit,
Occupational Therapy Unit
Piped Gas Supply to each bed including General, Private, ICU and HDU Beds and ECT Centre
Spiritual Healing Clinic
Healthy Ageing Clinic
Well equipped Biochemical Lab for all In House Hematological and Biochemical Investigations
Well equipped State of Art Library
Patient Caregiver's Shed (to house more than 20 attendants)
A State of Art Staff Club
Two fully furnished Corporate Style Built Research Rooms
State of art "Neuropage plus" Computerized EEG machine (NP-2400P, windows based 24 channel digital EEG machine with brain mapping)
One user friendly Bus, and One Ambulance
Clinical Activities
Pharmacological Management
Non- Pharmacological Management
Psychotherapy
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Dietary Management
Rehabilitation
Nursing Care
Legal Advise
Meditation and spiritual healingLike most developed countries in the world, India with a proportion of nearly 8% senior citizens in the population has fallen in the category of greying country. This proportion is expected to escalate to 11.8% by 2015 and to 18.4% by the year 2025. In view of the alarming increase in the elderly population associated with high risk and higher prevalence of neuropsychiatric problems in them, the need for the establishment of speciality services, has become in preventive. The mental health problems of elderly should no more be considered as extension of neuropsychiatric problems as amongst adults since now it is proved in several researches that they are different. Thus there is a need to develop the facilities for clinical, academic and research activities exclusively dedicated to elderlies. There are departments of Geriatric Psychiatry in almost all the premier hospitals and teaching institutions of the world. The solo concerted effort of Dr. S. C. Tiwari has made this dream come true at this premier institute of the country.
Facilities:
Psychogeriatric Community Outreach Mental Health Services:
On every Monday and Friday
Infrastructure:
Bed Strength: 30
10 Male (Dr. Venkoba Rao Ward)+10 Female (Dr. K. C. Dubey Ward) General Beds (Air-conditioned with T.V. and Music)
7 Private Wards (Ganga,Yamuna,Saraswati, Saryu, Gomti, Rapti and Ghagra)
2 Intensive Care Unit Beds
1 High Dependency Unit Bed
National Geriatric Electro Convulsive Therapy Centre (with World's best MECTA 5000Q model ECT Machine and Anesthesia Trolley with Vaporizer)
Comprehensive Psychometric Assessment Unit
Psychosocial Management Unit
Physiotherapy Unit,
Occupational Therapy Unit
Piped Gas Supply to each bed including General, Private, ICU and HDU Beds and ECT Centre
Spiritual Healing Clinic
Healthy Ageing Clinic
Well equipped Biochemical Lab for all In House Hematological and Biochemical Investigations
Well equipped State of Art Library
Patient Caregiver's Shed (to house more than 20 attendants)
A State of Art Staff Club
Two fully furnished Corporate Style Built Research Rooms
State of art "Neuropage plus" Computerized EEG machine (NP-2400P, windows based 24 channel digital EEG machine with brain mapping)
One user friendly Bus, and One Ambulance
Clinical Activities
Pharmacological Management
Non- Pharmacological Management
Psychotherapy
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Dietary Management
Rehabilitation
Nursing Care
Legal Advise
Meditation and spiritual healing
The department was inaugurated by Hon'ble Chief Minister of the State, Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav on August 20th, 2005. The only Geriatric Mental Health department in the whole country, it provides inpatient and outpatient services to those aged 60 years and above, as well as trains postgraduate students of psychiatry in the course of DM Geriatric Mental Health
Geriatric Mental Health
Regular outpatient clinic consultation is available every week day (except for National and Gazzeted holidays)
Time for registration - 8.30 am to 12.30 pm
In-patients services:
Department has its own provision for indoor services on 27 beds (20 general and 7 private beds). The services are being provided since 10th October, 2008.
State of art Indoor services
ECG:
ECG Service is being provided since 22nd August, 2010 to out and in-patients of the department.
EEG:
A fully computerized EEG service is being provided since 1st May 2009, not only to patients of the Department of Geriatric Mental Health but also to the patients from other departments of this Medical University and outside.
ECT:
One of the most modern ECT machines (Mecta model Spectrum 5000Q ECT machine) is being used for Electro Convulsive Therapy of the inpatients and outpatients. This center is being developed as National Electro Convulsive Therapy centre for ECT services; training of manpower and also have been planned for starting certificate course in geriatric ECT.
Emergency Services
Consultation and admission facility is available 24 hours a day throughout the year. After regular clinic hours, at least 1 Senior Resident is available on the premises to cater to seeing outpatients as well as care for the inpatients.
Geriatric Wellness Clinic:
It is a referral clinic for adults aged 60 years and above requiring any type of guidance regarding healthy aging, life-style diseases, mental well-being and/or psycho-social difficulties. The Geriatric Wellness Clinic provides a comprehensive geriatric assessment to evaluate, identify and manage, medical, psychological, functional and social disabilities of older adults.
Neuropsychological facilities
Neuropsychological testing of older adults to contribute to the diagnosis
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