Aged Care
Contact NDGP
Tel. 9416 7689
Medicare items
Palliative Care
CALD Resources for Aged Care
The Footholds on Safety Project - North Central Metropolitan PCP
Aged Care Access Initiative
DVA
Other Resources
Medicare items
These items are available to GPs who provide care for residents in Aged Care Homes:
- Standard items for GP attendance
- Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR)
- Case conference
- Contribution to Care Plan/Review
- Allied health & Dental Care
- Comprehensive medical assessment (CMA) - (see details below)
Aged Care MBS item list
Medicare services available for residents of Aged Care Homes
Comprehensive Medical Assessment (CMA) templates
Templates for CMA are available for Medical Director and Genie users, or in paper form.
CMA for Medical Director
Available from North East Valley Division website
CMA for Genie
The Genie file contains:
- templates for the CMA and cover letter
- instructions for importing the templates into Genie.
To download the file on to your PC:
1. Right click on Genie and select <Save Target As>.
2. Select a location on hard drive (which you can find later).
3. Click <OK> to save the file on your PC.
To open the zip file, double click on Genie.zip. A list of three files will be displayed. Genie template files have 4wt file extensions.
To read instructions on downloading Genie templates, click here.
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Palliative Care
Websites and Resources
CareSearch - Palliative Care Knowledge Network
GP Homepage |
CareSearch is an Australian online resource that promotes the evidence-based practice of palliative care, and provides good quality, practical, up-to-date information and resources.
CareSearch provides information written especially for GPs to help in the management of palliative care patients in the community. |
| Palliative Dementia Care Planning resource kit |
ACH Group developed the Planning for Palliative Dementia Care resource kit in response to identified needs for more practical resources to support people with dementia.
The kit is designed for staff to use when planning care for people with dementia who live in the community but it is also relevant for people living in residential care. |
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CALD Resources for Aged Care
Perceptions of dementia in ethnic communities - Alzheimer's Australia
Develop a better understanding of perceptions of dementia within different cultures. This document assists with identifying the dementia care needs of many older CALD Australians, their families and carers.
Culturally Appropriate Dementia Assessment Tools - Alzheimer's Australia
Resources developed for screening and diagnostic assessment of people from non-English speaking backgrounds.
Seniors from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds - Municipal Association of Victoria
Demography on the 50 years plus Victorian population from the 2006 census. The Statewide and local government area profiles of seniors from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds have been developed by the Municipal Association of Victoria to support the capacity building of councils’ planning and service responses to seniors from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
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The Footholds on Safety Project - North Central Metropolitan PCP
The NCMPCP Foothold on Safety Project has developed a range of falls prevention resources such as services directories and exercise directories for older persons. These resources which are specific to Darebin, Whittlesea and Yarra can be accessed by clicking here.
Aged Care Access Initiative
Aged Care Access Initiative (ACAI) Component 2 - Allied Health Services
Department of Health and Ageing's letter to all Directors of Nursing about the ACAI program - 18 February 2010
DVA
DVA Funded Health Services
A comprehensive but reasonably short information sheet on DVA funded health services is available on the DVA website (click here).
Other Resources
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