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Mental Health Promotion in Northern Ireland CATEGORY 4 Project name Contact name Address Suicide Prevention Strategy – Education Element (Everybody Hurts Sometimes Leaflet) Barry McGale, Suicide Awareness Co-ordinator Westcare Business Services Lilac Villa 12c Gransha Park Londonderry BT47 1WJ Telephone number 01504 865127 Brief description of project The ‘Everybody Hurts Sometimes’ Leaflet was designed as a response to the lack of information available for people who were admitted to Altnagelvin Hospital for self-harm. The agencies listed in the leaflet were selected based on their being the appropriate agency which offers help for particular stressors. The stressors were identified by research carried out within the hospital. The leaflet will be given to each patient on discharge with an explanation about the appropriate support agency. Objectives To inform patients of the appropriate support agency and encourage patients to seek support. Outcomes: Planned Patients to make contact with support agencies. Actual Leaflet to be launched in February/March 1999. Project name Contact name Address Mental and Physical Health Promotion for Elderly Day Care Clients Frank O’Hagan, Charge Nurse Pine ‘C’ Day Care Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital Omagh BT79 0NF Telephone number 01662 245211 Brief description of project Objectives Every month we plan to include among the therapeutic activities, several sessions devoted to mental and physical health issues. We will utilise the skills of our nursing and occupational therapists in these sessions. We will also avail of the expertise of others such as dieticians, pharmacologists, counsellors etc. To enable older people in the community with functional mental health problems to maintain optimum mental and physical health. 110
Mental Health Promotion in Northern Ireland CATEGORY 4 Project name Contact name Address 1. SeniorLine 2. Advocacy Service 3. Community Development Grace Henry – Development Officer, Health and Social Care. Help the Aged Lesley House Shaftesbury Square Belfast BT2 7DB Telephone number 01232 230666 Brief description of project Objectives Outcomes: Evaluation 1. SeniorLine: Freephone advice and information service, for older people which can offer advice on wide range of topics including mental health issues. 2. Advocacy Service: Independent representation by paid advocates. Case work in the area of health and social care provision. Again a generic service which has in the past taken cases on mental ill-health and older people. 3. Community Development: Offers development support, fund raising advice and grant aid to a range of community groups. This is generic, currently grant- aiding groups who have an interest in mental health and advocacy. As above. As above. Report available for Advocacy Service. 111
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