Mental Health Hospital in the Home

About Mental Health Hospital in the Home (MH HITH)

Mental Health Hospital in the Home (MH HITH) is an acute mental health service that provides hospital level care in your own home environment. 

This ensures you stay connected with your community and involved in your regular activities while receiving the care you need. 

The service operates seven days a week from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm and is available to people living within 40 kms of central Hobart.

Home visits generally take place between 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. 

What can you expect? 

• You will be at the centre of your care, involved in decisions about your treatment.
• Conversations about your health needs between our team, your family member or support person to develop a plan.
• Care is tailored to your strengths, personal recovery goals, choices, and needs.
• We will seek permission to connect with important people and support networks in your life.
• We recognise recovery is ongoing and can be enhanced through relationships, connections and supports.

What we offer?

Even though you are at home, MH HITH is called an admission. Care is provided at different levels. 

Depending on your care level you can expect daily visits, phone calls, clinical reviews, and your medication to be provided during your admission.

Care is a collaborative experience between yourself, your supports, and our team. You will also experience:

• Personalised care and safety plans developed in partnership with you and your family/support network
• Intensive assessment, counselling, and clinical appointments
• Education
• Consistency and continuity of support 
• Relapse identification strategies and wellbeing planning 
• Medication management
• Communication with your existing mental health supports or team
• Referrals to community services

How to access?

Admission to the service is via Statewide Mental Health Services (SMHS)

If you have not accessed Statewide Mental Health Services (SMHS) before, please call  Access Mental Health   (1800 332 388)

If you are an existing SMHS client, you can talk to your clinician about a transfer of care.

People seeking support, families, friends, and support networks, and health professionals including your GP, can contact Access Mental Health to discuss referrals.

Who will support you?

You will be supported by a specialised and diverse team including: 

• psychiatrists
• nurses
• allied health professionals
• care workers 
• peer workers (people with lived experience of mental ill-health, either for themselves or as a family member or support person)
• administration staff.

Resources

• Mental Health Hospital in the Home Factsheet

We have a limited range of printable resources available by request. Please use our online form to view and request our current promotional resources.

How to provide feedback

We welcome your feedback to continue to improve what we offer.

View how to provide feedback to Mental Health Services

Other free mental health support services 

Please ask for help if you, or someone you know, is experiencing distress. You can call: 

• Access Mental Health Helpline (1800 332 388)
• Peacock Centre ((03) 6166 0755)
• Lifeline (13 11 14)
• Suicide Call Back Service (1300 659 467)
• In an emergency, call Triple Zero (000).