Mental Health Support (Nkwado Ahụike Uche)

At BoldHeartcare, we approach mental health support with the sensitivity, expertise, and genuine compassion it demands. We understand that living with a mental health condition in Nigeria comes with unique challenges, not least the deep-rooted stigma and social discrimination that too many individuals and their families continue to face. Our Mental Health Support service is built to confront these barriers head-on, creating a safe, affirming, and empowering environment where every individual feels fully entitled to a life of meaning, dignity, and purpose.

Our approach is firmly grounded in person-centred care. We do not define individuals by their diagnosis. Instead, we take the time to understand each person, their history, their values, their aspirations, and the specific ways in which their mental health condition affects their daily life. From this understanding, we build a support framework that is as unique as the person it serves, evolving continuously to reflect their progress and changing needs.

A Rich and Meaningful Activities Programme
We believe that purposeful daily activity is one of the most powerful tools in supporting positive mental health. Each individual supported by BoldHeartcare receives a personally tailored activities programme, designed to engage their interests, stimulate their mind, and nurture their sense of self-worth. Activities are provided both within the comfort of the individual's home and through access to communal activities within our wider service, creating valuable opportunities to connect with peers, build social confidence, and experience a sense of belonging and community.

Daily Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Input
Mental health support requires a coordinated, expert team working in close collaboration. At BoldHeartcare, our individuals benefit from daily input from a multidisciplinary team that covers all critical aspects of their care, including observation levels, activity planning, therapeutic intervention, and medication management. This daily oversight ensures that any changes in presentation are identified and responded to quickly, safely, and effectively.

Weekly MDT Reviews
Every week, our full multidisciplinary team comes together to conduct a comprehensive review of each individual's presentation, progress, and support plan. These structured reviews allow us to celebrate progress, identify emerging needs, address challenges proactively, and agree on clear, collaborative actions going forward. Families and carers are kept informed and involved throughout this process, ensuring transparency, trust, and shared purpose at every stage.

Skilled 24-Hour Support
Mental health does not follow a schedule, and neither do we. BoldHeartcare provides round-the-clock support from a carefully selected and specially trained staff team, available every hour of every day. Our support workers receive specialist training in positive behaviour management, autism and co-existing conditions, personality disorders, and self-injury, equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and emotional resilience to respond to even the most complex presentations with calm, skill, and compassion.

Our Outcomes
At BoldHeartcare, we are committed to delivering measurable, meaningful outcomes for every individual we support. Our Mental Health Support service is designed to achieve:

✦ A reduction in the severity, frequency, and duration of behaviours that challenge, through proactive, evidence-based intervention strategies.
✦ Improved adaptive functioning, including enhanced communication skills and greater ability to manage daily life.
✦ Decreased distress, creating environments and routines that reduce anxiety, overwhelm, and emotional crisis.
✦ Improved mental and psychological health, through consistent therapeutic support, structured activities, and compassionate care.
✦ An improved overall quality of life, enabling individuals to engage more fully with the world around them.
✦ Increased satisfaction, for both the individuals we support and their families and carers.
✦ Stabilisation within community-based settings, supporting individuals to live as independently and inclusively as possible within their communities.

Mental health is one of the most underserved areas of healthcare in Nigeria today. At BoldHeartcare, we are proud to be leading the change, bringing structured, specialist, and genuinely transformative mental health support to individuals and families across Lagos and Abuja. Our services are available to private clients, government agencies, NGOs, and international organisations who share our belief that mental health matters, and that every Nigerian deserves access to the support they need to heal, grow, and thrive.