A forum for key stakeholders from health, social and community sectors to improve coordination and equitable access to timely and appropriate care for older people and their carers.
Collaborate with industry peers, collectively problem solve and contribute to the improvement of aged care in the Murrumbidgee area.
Basecamp is a real-time communication tool that helps people stay connected and share information and resources.
Care finders support vulnerable, older members of our community who currently find it difficult to access services and who do not have an existing support network (family or friends) to help them.
A lifestyle program aimed to reduce or halt the progression of frailty and falls for older people.
A range of mental health supports from health information and early intervention, services delivered face to face and using telehealth, including in-reach into residential aged care homes.
Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network is working to support RACHs to increase availability and use of telehealth care for aged care residents.
Medication management systems will be used to electronically prescribe medicines in residential care facilities, without the need for paper prescriptions.
A secure online summary of an individual’s health information and is available to all Australians.
Health and aged care professionals can request an assessment for a patient or client they feel requires support. GPs may also be able to use e-referrals from within their practice management system.
Used for referral to geriatrician, psycho-geriatrician, specialist aged care nurses, inpatient ACAT and aged care allied health.
A voluntary process of planning for future health and personal care whereby a person makes their beliefs, values and preferences known so they can be used to guide future decision-making in the event that the person is unable to make or communicate decisions.
BERTIE training supports both clinical and non-clinical staff working in residential aged care to recognise and manage early signs of deteriorating health.
Murrumbidgee HealthPathways is a web-based portal with condition-specific ‘pathways'. Each pathway supports clinicians with assessment, management and local referral information.
