Mental health rehabilitation wards

The Trust has both high and low dependency rehabilitation wards based at locations across the county.

Based at Discovery House in Lincoln, the Trust manages two high dependency rehabilitation wards, one for males, one for females.

What is high dependency rehabilitation?

High dependency rehabilitation offers specialist rehabilitation for people with severe and enduring mental illness, who have previously had difficulty moving on due to their very complex needs. These services enable people, who previously may have struggled to live in community settings independently, an opportunity to step through with robust care planning and risk management.

Initially people are on a locked ward, as they may have restrictions through the criminal justice system, or just require additional supervision.

What is low dependency rehabilitation?

Provided at Maple Lodge in Boston, the unit cares for people with severe and lasting mental illness, who have likely had significant periods in hospital to help manage their symptoms. The teams provide support in people’s recovery just before they move back into their community to live.

Support includes encouraging and supporting people to become as independent as possible, by building life skills such as cooking, budgeting, self-care, managing medication and finding activities and hobbies that can help them stay well. The unit is not locked, and people can come and go as they please. Staff are on hand to monitor how people are getting on and are available to offer support with accessing their local community and working with other teams and partners to make sure everything is in place for discharge such as accommodation, benefits, and other support.

Multi-disciplinary team

Our multi-disciplinary team consists of

• specialist nurses
• psychologists
• occupational therapists
• social workers
• a range of support staff.

The teams aim to provide tailored therapeutic programmes to:

• empower people to take decisions about their future needs
• maximise their independence
• increase overall participation in community life.

All programmes are individualised and are based on activities of daily living and social integration.

This may include group work such as:

• skills development
• goal setting
• confidence building.

There is access to a range of psychological therapies and physical therapies. Emphasis is placed upon linking people into a range of community services including:

• day services
• local educational colleges
• employment
• voluntary work and voluntary agencies
• sports and leisure centres.

The team works in a joined-up way and in partnership with numerous agencies and involves family members and carers to ensure the right choices about care are made for each person.

Referrals

Referrals into these services come from our other inpatient wards, as well as some of our community care coordinators.

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