Older Person's Mental Health Navigators promote self-confidence to increase a person's sense of health and wellbeing. They can help to improve your quality of life, maintain independence and support individuals and the family of those who have had a diagnosis of Dementia or who are having mental health challenges and those who have not.
What happens when you are visited by an Older Person's Mental Health Navigator?
An Older Person's Mental Health Navigator can visit you and a family member, either in your own home or a place convenient to you. They will take the time to listen to what is important to you and help you navigate the health, social care system and memory services.
Together a plan can be agreed which will provide tailored and creative solutions to your daily challenges.
Older Person's Mental Health Navigator will offer:
- Support to do the things you can achieve
- Support to do the things you would like to achieve
- Support to access the things you can't do for yourself
An Older Person's Mental Health Navigator can help you:
- Be an emotional support through challenging times, for you and your family
- Support to access social and community activities
- Access domestic support and help around the home
- Information on falls prevention around the home
- Home safety, including fitting minor aids and equipment
- Support through other challenges personal to you
- Be an on going point of contact for yourself and the family around you
- Be a support for you and your family with or without a dementia diagnosis
- Signpost you to relevant services
- Work alongside Adult Social Care where required
- Work alongside The Memory Service where required
