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Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy for the Elderly

Medical Director
Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych. Jürgen Fischer

Telephone +49 (0)711 278-22857
Telefax +49 (0)711 278-22809
fischer@klinikum-stuttgart.de

The Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy for the elderly in the Centre for Mental Health specializes in the care and treatment of mentally ill people in older age. It is the only established speciality department on this field in Stuttgart region. It offers, in close cooperation with the clinic's somatic speciality departments, a full range of consulting on outpatient treatment to partially and fully inpatient care.

The clinic has a total of 61 beds, a day clinic with 20 places and the Memory Clinic with its gerontopsychiatric outpatient care institute with a differentiated treatment and counselling for patients and relatives. Special stations are established focusing on depression in old age and for people with dementia and challenging behaviour . The clinic is associated with the gerontopsychiatric consulting services (GerBera) in Stuttgart-West, East and Feuerbach. A close cooperation with various institutions for the elderly and the Social Psychiatry complete the services offered.

The hospital is a teaching hospital of the German Academy of Geriatric psychiatry and psychotherapy (DAGPP).

Treatment and care priorities

Multi-dimensional, holistic medicine, psychiatric and somatic examination, execution of customized further clinical studies as well as neuro-psychological procedures
Consideration of factors of ageing and mental illness in old age, especially the biography of the psychosocial situation and loads of special opportunities, needs and expectations of the patient
Multimodal treatment (activating care, psychological, socio-, pharmacotherapy and other non-drug treatments)
Family counselling
Gerontopsychiatric consultation service
Consultation of other multi-professional teams and counselling by gerontopsychiatric institutions
Cooperation with institutions for outpatient and inpatient geriatric care
Close interdisciplinary collaboration with the Geriatric Centre of Stuttgart and other somatic clinics

Special offers and facilities

Memory Clinic (memory counselling and outpatient gerontopsychiatric institution)
Day-hospital
Station focusing on depression in old age
Station for elderly patients with acute psychosis
Station focusing on dementia with severe behaviour disorders
Relatives information group
Gerontopsychiatric counselling centre

Outstanding procedures in Diagnosis and Therapy

Early diagnosis and treatment of memory disorders
Differential treatment for older people with depression
Diagnosis and treatment of dementia patients with “challenging” behaviour
Consulting, training and support for relatives of people with dementia
Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of multi-morbidity of elderly mentally ill
Memory clinic in the network: www.gedaechtnisonline.de

Scientific activities

Gerontopsychiatric addiction integrated care (GSIV)

Quality assurance (selection)

Specific cooperation with the Institute for hospital hygiene with training courses
Measures for team development with external consultants
Staff training for all professional groups in an integrated validation

Hospital numbers

2009*	2010
61	61	Available inpatient beds
603	639	Inpatient cases
34.2	32.2	Inpatient stay in days
20	20	Available beds in day hospital
126	127	Cases of day hospital
38.6	38.0	Length of stay in day hospital in days
2,562	2,409	Psychiatric billing cases Outpatient Clinic (PIA)

* The clinic was created in late 2008 as part of the restructuring of Centre for Mental Health

Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
for the Elderly

Klinikum Stuttgart – Bürgerhospital
Tunzhofer Straße 14 – 16
70191 Stuttgart
Germany

Telephone +49 (0)711 278-22857
Telefax +49 (0)711 278-22809
fischer@klinikum-stuttgart.de

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