My Mental Health Clinical Placement - 1502 Words

My mental health clinical placement was in a hospital setting and a community setting for people over 65 years with mental illness. Peoples basic needs are identified and addressed through their assessment process, which is an indicator in the SRI 2. Under the supervision of my mentor I asked the service user and his carer about their housing, nutrition, health, finance, safety, personal care and spirituality needs. During this assessment I also asked how the he copes with a basic need that is not being met, how long the unmet need has been happening, what his coping strategies were and identify any strengths. The views of his carer was also documented and I informed her of the right to carer’s assessment forms. Previous psychiatric and medical history was documented and along with past psychiatric history, then I asked what this entailed and how he recovered, what helped or didn’t help. 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