Older Adult Mental Health and Addictions services for Vancouver residents can now be accessed through the expanded Vancouver Older Adult Mental Health and Addictions Intake Team located at 200-4088 Cambie Street in Vancouver.
Older Adult Mental Health and Older Adult Addictions now share the same Central Intake Line number — 604-709-6785.
You can use this Central Intake line when referring older adults into all community-based mental health and addictions services or to the Geriatric Psychiatric Outreach Team (GPOT) at VGH.
The Older Adult MH&A central intake team. Front row: Clare Conkin, RN and Brenda Camfferman, RN. Back row: Winnie Lau, RPN, Jodi Diamond, RN, Josanne Dubeau, RN.
By centralizing Older Adult service access under one Central Intake Line, we hope to simplify service and program access for our referring partners as well as for clients, their family and loved ones, and emergency service providers.
“Full integration of older adult mental health and addiction access means we can now ensure that program mandates are interpreted consistently and that we minimize the amount of calls and “detective work” that physicians, clients and referral agents need to do to access our services,” said Chris Foley, Program and Operations Manager, Older Adult MH&A Services.
Older Adult Mental Health and Addictions Central Intake
Tel: 604.709.6785
Fax: 604.709.6789
Phone Line Hours of Operation
Currently: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
As at July 1: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Services accessed through Older Adult Mental Health & Addictions Central Intake
- Vancouver Community Older Adult Mental Health Teams at Cambie, Northeast, Strathcona and West End.
- Geriatric Psychiatry Outreach Team (GPOT) at VancouverGeneralHospital (VGH)
- Older Adult Addictions Counseling throughout the city of Vancouver
If you have any questions or feedback about these changes, please contact Chris Foley, Program Manager for Older Adult Mental Health & Addictions Services, 604-873-6733.