Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
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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