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Aged Care
Aims
• To improve access by residents of aged care facilities to appropriate medical care
Activities
• GP Panel Meetings
• 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 - 2nd Tuesday of each month
Benefits
• Long term – improvements in communication and service delivery
• Nursing Home medicine is more attractive to GPs
• Increased Allied Health
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
Respite Care and 24 Hour Emergency Respite Care Service
Ten Steps to Residential Care Using the Medical Benefits Schedule
