Southern Supported Recovery
Disability and Mental Health Services
UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide

This programme works with older people living in the southern metropolitan area who are experiencing a mental illness.

It is particularly directed towards people who:

• require support to continue living in their own home
• are socially or physically isolated
• have no access or limited access to support services
• are under threat of homelessness
• require frequent hospital admissions for either physical or mental health concerns, and/or
• present frequently at hospital emergency departments

Southern Supported Recovery provides non-clinical psychosocial Mental Health rehabilitation and recovery support, working together with the client to enable them to increase their independence and quality of life, living with a mental illness.

Clients
Older people with a mental illness (over 65 years) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isander people over 45 years, who are living in the southern metropolitan area.

Referral
Referrals to this service are made through:
Older Persons Mental Health Service, Southern Region
Phone: 08 8374 5800

Contact Us
Disability and Mental Health Services - Adelaide
UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide
Phone: 08 8202 5291