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Aged care homes are not appropriate places for people under 65 years old to live. If you work with younger people who need complex care, there are several ways you can help them find suitable accommodation and supports, including: the ‘Am I eligible checklist’ or request access to the NDIS talk ...
Many General Practices have been experiencing an error message that is causing issues in PRODA when attempting to link the provider to a General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GPACI) patient in Health Professional Online Services (HPOS). See an example. The Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHA...
GCPHN is delighted to support the launch of the National Residential Aged Care Home Telehealth Training Program. In collaboration with 15 Primary Health Networks across Australia, this program aims to boost telehealth capabilities for Residential Aged Care Homes (RACHs) through comprehensive online ...
About 220,000 older Australians are living in Residential Aged Care Homes (RACH) and over 50% of these are ‘people living with dementia’ (PLWD) with varying degrees of severity, with about 40% having mild symptoms and <1% extreme. At the recent Dementia in Residential Aged Care Forum, a diver...
If your practice is planning to participate in the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive, you may be considering the practicalities of how to sign up your patients living in an aged care home for MyMedicare. There are several approaches to how your practice can do this and we’ve provided a few o...
On Monday 1 July 2024 the new General Practice in Aged Care Incentive commenced, providing incentive payments to general practices and general practitioners for delivering regular visits and care planning to permanent residents living in residential aged care. This may result in some changes...
Training is available to help aged care workers respond to dementia-related behavioural emergencies. With support from Dementia Training Australia and the Australian Government, Dementia Australia is offering a new, free virtual reality training workshop called D-Esc. The workshop covers: how to rec...
Dr Michael Pearcy attended the ‘Dementia in Residential Aged Care Forum: Navigating the Challenging Impacts’ event hosted by GCPHN in partnership with Gold Coast Health in May. These were his key takeaways from the range of topics that were discussed throughout the event by a range of speakers, ...
On Monday 1 July the new General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (link 1) commenced, providing incentive payments to practices and general practitioners for delivering regular visits and care planning to older people living in residential aged care. Eligible practices that meet the definitio...
“Everyone has the right to safe compassionate care. We preserve the right and ensure that people who use aged care are treated with dignity and respect” was the premise of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The recent Dementia in Residential Aged Care Forum brought together ...
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