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Aged Care
Aims
• To improve access by residents of aged care facilities to appropriate medical care
Activities
• Contact with Directors of Nursing from Aged Care Facilities
• Raise issues to improve rapport and communication between GPs and Aged Care Facilities
• GPs run interactive education and support programs for Nursing Home & Hostel staff and resident’s families
• Palliative Care Education Sessions: For staff in RACF’s to increase their knowledge and understanding of palliative care
• Division provides funding to RACF’s for the provision of Allied Health Services
• Aged Care Chapter Meeting:- 2-3 meetings a year
Benefits
• Long term – improvements in communication and service delivery
• Nursing Home medicine is more attractive to GPs
• Increased Allied Health
Links
- Click on www.caresearch.com.au this website includes Liverpool Pathway and an Online Palliative Medicine Handbook and ABC Health Report 25.9.2006 on Palliative Care.
- Australia Government Aged Care Website
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Respite Care and 24 Hour Emergency Respite Care Service
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Ten Steps to Residential Care Using the Medical Benefits Schedule
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Comprehensive Medical Assessment for a Residential Aged Care Patient:- http://www.racgp.org.au/silverbookonline/4-9.asp
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UK NHS Gold Standards Framework:- http://www.goldstandardsframework.nhs.uk/
Gold Standards Framework (GSF) is a systematic evidence based approach to optimising the care for patients nearing the end of life delivered by generalist providers. -
Alzheimers Australia - Dementia News:- http://www.alzheimers.org.au/content.cfm?topicid=400
