Service Report Jan - June 2008
Mental Health Association of Central Australia
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2008
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Date:2008
English
Mental health facilities -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Aboriginal Australians -- Mental health services -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Well-being -- Social aspects -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals
Mental Health Association of Central Australia
Alice Springs
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/242228
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/610060
MHACAServiceReport,JanuaryJune2008 /14 ii)Evaluationsundertakenwithclientsandcarersinserviceprovision D2DLProgram TheD2DLProgramcompletesevaluationsurveysfollowinganindividualsactivitiesatMHACAwith theaimtoimproveandmodifyactivities.NoevaluationsorsurveyswererecordedbythePathways teamforthisperiod. GroupTraining An8weekGroupTrainingblockwasconductedundertheauspicesofTinaNamowforMHACA/ CAMHSstaffonthewardtoassistintherapeuticgroupwork.Fourevaluationswerecompletedon severalactivities:ArtTherapy,Drumming,TaiChiandYoga. Outcomes:resultedinclientswantingmoreofthetherapybasedactivitiestocontinueontheward, artworktobemorestructured,thatmusicassistedintheirrelaxationandmeditation,andperiodsof silencewereseenasrelaxing. Atotalof12clientsparticipateddependantontheirlevelsoftreatmentandmedicationeffectsatthe time.Itwasacknowledgedthatthosewhowereunabletoactivelyparticipatestillgained therapeuticallybybeingpresent.Ithasnotbeenidentifiedifanyfurtherworkshopswilloccuronthe wardasthiswasapilotedprojectfromCAMHS. 1.4Numberofclientsreferredandnotprovidedwithservice,andreasonsfor nonprovision Itisnecessarytoacknowledgethatalthoughclientsarereferredtotheservice,theycannotbe compelledtoparticipateorengage.Difficultycanoccurwhenfamilymembersseeksupporton behalfoffamilymembersasinvolvementinservicedeliveryisvoluntaryandclientsdoresist engagementiftheyhavenotcomeoftheirownvolition. 3clientswhowerereferredbyfamilyfailedtopresentforsupports.Subsequentfollowupphone callswereunansweredandonerefereesparentmaintainedcontactforadviceonstrategiesto engagetheirson,althoughhefailedtowantsupportsandhadnothadinterventionsclinically (CAMHS)forsomemonths. 3clientsreferredfromalliedservicesdeclinedconsenttoengageandwerereferredbacktothe referee.Reasonsvaryandattimeswerenotidentified.OnerefereehadwantedtocompleteTai ChiChuanwhichpresentlyisnotofferedbytheservice.Twowerereferredwithoutconsentand declinedonthebasisofnotidentifyingwithamentalillness. 1.5 Activitiesthatstrengthenlifeskills,socialintegration TheintroductionoftheDaytoDayLivingintheCommunity(D2DL)programinJanuary2008, fundedundertheauspicesoftheDepartmentofHealth&Aging(DoHA),hasmeantachangeof emphasisforthePathwaystoRecoveryProgram.Pathwaysnolongerplansordevelopssocial groupactivitiesandinsteadrefersandworksincollaborationwiththeD2DLProgramtosupport organisedcommunitysocialactivitiesandthedailyDropInCentrebasedatMHACA.