Older Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services

Older Adults Mental Health Inpatient Services are located at the Bundoora Centre and Broadmeadows Hospital.

These units provide assessment and treatment to older adults during an acute phase of mental illness, until recovery enables them to be treated effectively and safely in a community-based setting

What to expect from the service?

Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team. You are the most important person in your mental health care team.

If you are able to make decisions for yourself, members of the team will work in partnership with you in making decisions about your care. Working with the team will help you achieve your highest level of recovery.

Older Adults Mental Health Inpatient units are located at the Bundoora Centre and Broadmeadows Hospital and primarily serve the needs of the northern, north east and north west regions of metropolitan Melbourne. These units provide assessment and treatment to older people during an acute phase of mental illness, until recovery enables them to be treated in a community-based setting.

The Specialist Older Adults Community Service (SOACS) manages access to the Older Adult Mental Health unit beds and also supports consumers in the community following discharge from the Units.

Inclusion criteria:

Older Adults Mental Health services are specialist mental health services provided to individuals with existing complex mental illness and those who develop a mental illness later in life. Many people admitted to our Inpatient Units, at least in the early stages of an admission, are under the care of the Mental Health & Wellbeing Act 2022.

How to Refer:

To make a referral, contact the NH Older Adults triage service on 1300 676 227 (1300 NSOACS)