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RESIDENTIAL CARE OF THE MENTALLY DISORDERED
Collier Lodge. This Hostel continues to function as a short stay
Hostel for 26 persons with a history of psychiatric illness, mostly
men and women on discharge from Goodmayes and Warley Hospitals.
The residents are regularly interviewed by the Psychiatric Social
Worker and weekly group meetings are held by the Warden to assist
them in their everyday problems. Experience has shown that
vacancies should be offered on the basis of need rather than
allocation and this policy will be put into effect for 1967. The
allocation of places remains at 13 to Essex County Council, the
remaining 13 to be shared by the London Boroughs of Barking,
Redbridge, Waltham Forest and Havering.
Westmarsh Lodge continues to function to capacity for 30 adult
mentally subnormal residents. The majority attend the Training
Centre daily and so far it has been possible to place four in
remunerative employment. It is hoped to place more in suitable
employment from time to time.
The allocation of places remains, i.e. half of the placements are
allocated to Essex County Council and the remainder shared
between the London Boroughs of Barking, Redbridge, Waltham
Forest and Havering.
COMMUNITY CARE - WELFARE SERVICES
Close co-operation continued during the year between the
visiting staff, comprising Health Visitors, Psychiatric Social
Workers, Social Welfare Officers, Mental Welfare Officers, and
Home Help Organisers — District Nurses, Occupational Therapist,
Chiropodists and Home Helps, in ensuring that any known need for
domiciliary care was met. The increase in the number of Health
Visitors and Home Nurses attached to, or working in close liason
with general medical practitioners, enhanced this co-operation,
providing a link between the patients in the practice and the
various local authority services.
In addition to the supportive and review visits by Social
Welfare Officer and Health Visitors, and nursing care by District
Nurses, various other services are provided for the Blind, Physically
Handicapped and Elderly, including Domestic Help, Night
Attendants and Meals-on-Wheels, the latter service being financed
by the Council, but the actual delivery being undertaken by the
Womens Royal Voluntary Service in Romford, and by the Hornchurch
Old Peoples' Welfare Association in Hornchurch.
Extensions to Services
Extensions to the services include the following: —
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