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ehab and treatment programmes that occupational therapists, physios, GPs etc have<br />

prescribed.<br />

<br />

<br />

All relevant health and support workers (in primary, hospital, community and residential<br />

services) trained in a restorative goal based model of care that focuses on the client<br />

being helped to regain and maintain their function and on proactively preventing illness<br />

and injury (eg. falls prevention, flu immunisation, timely equipment, active continence<br />

management and other ways of preventing carer burnout).<br />

Include a strong focus on supporting carers to prevent/reduce care burnout – <strong>Care</strong> Link<br />

will use long term funding for carer support more flexibly to support carers and<br />

voluntary patient support agencies.<br />

Make best use of specialist Health of Older People (AT&R) resources:<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Set up clear pathways to ensure timely transfer to specialist services for frail older<br />

people and anyone with a stroke.<br />

Set up step-down/admission avoidance beds in the main centres<br />

A greater proportion of AT&R staff time available for consultation and support for<br />

primary health services, home care services and residential care.<br />

4 Benefits and gains<br />

Output measures<br />

Indicator Baseline Target – Yr Year 2 Year 3<br />

1<br />

Percentage of stroke patients Nil 25% 100% 100%<br />

transferred to specialist stroke<br />

team<br />

Pathways implemented for the<br />

appropriate care of frail older<br />

people admitted to<br />

medical/surgical wards<br />

No Yes Yes Yes<br />

Number of people with high falls<br />

risk receiving ACC-funded falls<br />

prevention programmes (55+ years<br />

Māori, 65+ years non-Māori)<br />

Shared client record can be<br />

accessed by all appropriate staff<br />

working in primary health,<br />

community, hospital and residential<br />

care services<br />

Percentage of people receiving<br />

NASC assessment within the<br />

appropriate timeframe<br />

Single point of entry and clear<br />

pathway exists for access to all<br />

community services<br />

30 in<br />

Greymouth<br />

& Hokitika<br />

in 2009-10<br />

75<br />

throughout<br />

Coast<br />

100<br />

throughout<br />

Coast<br />

No Partially Partially Fully<br />

90% 100% 100% 100%<br />

No Partially Partially Fully<br />

100<br />

throughout<br />

Coast<br />

Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 103

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