Resource Categories
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Resources
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Aged Care General
- Southern Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium General information, news, links and events
- ACFI Information for GPs The Commonwealths official information sheet for GPs regarding the ACFI (12/3/08)
- General Practice in Residential Aged Care Kit - Partnerships for Medical Care
- List of SRS Aged Care Facilities
- GP Orientation Kit Index - for Aged Care Homes Facilities may find this useful to develop an orientation program for new GPs, and refresh existing GPs. Developed by Grandview Gardens Aged Care Facility
- Basic Protocols for GPs working in Aged Care & Special Accommodation Homes
AGNAS
- Volume 4, Issue 1 March 2008
- Volume 3, Issue 3 October 2007
- Volume 3, Issue 2 June 2007
- Volume 3, Edition 1 March 2007
- Volume 2, Edition 1 March 2006
After Hours Tools
- ACH Residents Per GP Clinic Ensures after hours calls are not duplicated
- GP After Hours Information To provide ACH with up to date information
- Incident Tracking - Template Monitoring trends in After Hours Calls
- Staff checklist Aged Care Home Staff checklist prior to phoning GP/Locum/000
Clinical Guidelines and Publications
- Silver Book 4th Edition
- Pain in Residential Aged Care Facilities Management Strategies
- Joanna Briggs Institute Web Site Follow link to view a range of best practice fact sheets on a range of issues relevant to aged care and other health issues.
- Best Practice approaches to minimise functional decline in the older person
DON Network
Falls Prevention / Management
- Preventing falls and harm from falls in older people Best practice guidelines for Australian hospitals and residential aged care facilities (in 8 parts)
- Falls Prevention Flow Chart Procedures to follow in the event of a fall
GP Panels Initiative
- GP Panel Model February 2007
IT in Aged Care
- Using Medical Director to Assist with Aged Care
- Ordering, delivery and storage of Prescription Paper Policy
- Medical Director Backup at Facility Policy
- Link to Compact Business Systems Order of Labels
- Instructions for importing and exporting into Medical Director at Aged Care Facilities
MBS Items (Aged Care)
- Contribution to Care Plan Template October 2007
- Case Conference Template October 2007
- MBS Project Guide Resource for Community Health & General Practice
- Contribution to Care Plan in Residential Aged Care Item 731 (previously Item 730)
- Sample RMMR Form
- Flowchart (Shows RMMR Process)
- RMMR Checklist
- MBS Item Numbers for Aged Care Services (Updated June 06)
- One page CMA back page (AMT Guide & Depression scale)
- One page CMA Proforma Developed by Communication Protocols Working Group
- Instructions for importing Medical Director CMA Template
- CMA Medical Director Template (please read instructions for importing template prior)
- CMA Fact Sheet
Medication Management
- Nurse Initiated Meds/Notifiable Levels/Restraint Updated September 2007
- Guidelines for Required Prescriptions GP & Pharmacist Responsibilities Revised June 06
Multicultural Carer Support Factsheets in different languages.
- Vietnamese
- Turkish
- Spanish
- Serbian
- Russian
- Portugese
- Polish
- Persian
- Manderin
- Maltese
- Macedonian
- Korean
- Koori
- Khmer
- Japanese
- Italian
- Hindi
- Greek
- English
- Bosnian
- Arabic
Palliative Care (Including community based Palliative Care resources)
- Information regarding Power of Attorney Provided by the Office of the Public Advocate
- Resources for Carers
- Resources for helping children to cope with bereavement
- Refusal of Treatment Form 2
- Refusal of Treatment Form 1
- Refusal of Treatment Certificate
- Planning a Funeral
- Pain Management
- Order Palliative Care Resources for your Patients
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Making a Will
- Looking After Yourself
- Helping Children
- Guide to Decision Making in Heath Care
- Grief
- Fatigue and Exhaustion
- Confusion and Terminal Restlessness
- Anorexia
- South East Palliative Care Referral Form (for Medical Director)
- What is Palliative Care?
- Treatment for Patients who cannot consent Office of Public Advocate - Fact Sheets
- Refusal of Medical Treatment Office of Public Advocate - Fact Sheets
- Information on Advance Care Planning (for Residents) includes Enduring Power of Attorney, Advance Care Plan, Refusal of Treatment forms
- End of Life Planning Decision making in advance
- Advance Care Planning A Guide for GPs
- Palliative Care Standards