Bengaluru: The NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences) has announced two pioneering initiatives aimed at bridging the critical gap in geriatric mental health care — the NIMHANS–Vayomanasa Sanjeevani (VMS) Gruha, a community-based psychiatric outreach programme, and a Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care Centre in partnership with Dementia India Alliance (DIA). While services like Tele-MANAS have expanded access to mental health care remotely, they often fail to reach older adults. The new initiative bridges this gap with a mobile mental health team comprising psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and trained volunteers. Also Read: NIMHANS launches second phase of Mental Health Survey in KeralaSpeaking to the Hindu, P.T. Supporting Life After Diagnosis: Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care CentreComplementing the outreach programme is the Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care Centre, an initiative developed in collaboration with the Dementia India Alliance (DIA) and supported through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding.