Admission Procedure to Psycho-Geriatric Unit

1. Patients who developed their first episode of mental illness after the age of 65 years can be directly admitted.

2. Patients in any age group presenting with features of dementia can be referred for admission.

3. Patients who have suffered from a chronic mental illness but later on presenting with features of ‗dementia‘ and needing special attention can be admitted.

4. Each consultant psychiatrist is allocated 2 beds each from male and female wards and according to the patient‘s residential address they are admitted under the care of the relevant consultant psychiatrist.

5. Patients who fulfil the admission criteria can be directly admitted to ward 17/20 from the OPD if vacant beds are available.

6. If there are no vacancies the patient should be admitted to the relevant consultants‘ acute ward and the patient‘s name should be entered to the ‗waiting list‘ of ward 17/20.

7. When including a patient to the waiting list, priority will be given when all 2 beds in each ward allocated for the consultant are occupied. However, if there is a vacant bed under a different consultant, the patient will be admitted for that vacancy.

8. However, if the consultant who has a vacancy includes a patient to the waiting list, he will be given priority for admission as soon as a bed is vacant.

9. It is highly recommended that a patient should have a bystander wherever possible.

10. Patient stay should be reviewed as to the justification of the stay after 3 months.

11. There must be a review every 3 months of the patients who are staying more than 6 months.

12. A list to be maintained with the Director on clients staying more than 6 months to be submitted monthly.