Carepact
Carepact operates at four Metro South hospitals—Logan Hospital, Princess Alexandra Hospital, QEII Jubilee Hospital and Redland Hospital.
- Servicing RACFs in Metro South Health Service
- Telephone clinical advice and triage
- Mobile emergency assessment team to provide inpatient standard care in the RACF
- Nursing inpatient assessments for RACF residents
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Dr Khadija Khatry
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Carepact Telephone Triage
Ph: 0427 026 319 or 0427 524 645
Logan Hospital
Acute Geriatric Services (e.g. Acute Care of the Elderly Unit, Orthogeriatric Unit, other)
- Orthogeriatric/perioperative consulting service for >75
- 8 ACE beds planned for 2022 as part of acute medical bed stock
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
- Dr Aisling Fleury - geriatrician
- Dr Kah Wai Chan - geriatrician
Geriatric Evaluation & Management Unit (GEM), general rehabilitation, specialist rehabilitation
- 24 general rehabilitation beds
- 12-16 interim care/GEM beds planned for 2022
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
- Dr Sreenath Bukkapatnam
- Dr Leslie Gan - Rehabilitation specialist
- Dr Khadija Khatry - geriatrician
Rehabilitation Day Hospital, geriatric medicine clinics (e.g. memory, general, falls, continence), outreach including telehealth
- General geriatric medicine clinic
- 3 sessions a week using existing FTE
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
- Dr Sreenath Bukkapatnam
- Dr Khadija Khatry
- Dr Kah Wai Chan
Inpatient/Outpatient (Please specify)
General CL psychiatry consulting liaison service on a rotating basis through PAH
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service
Dr Mark Wallace who has geriatric psychiatry experience
Please specify e.g. Delirium Management Unit, Specialist Dementia care/BPSD unit, Transition Care Services. Please specify if your facility provides outreach, and to where.
- Sunflower Montessori model in acute medical ward
- EN cognitive rounding model in acute medical ward
- Applying for funding for ED-ACE model
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Sally Fraser, Nurse Navigator for delirium/dementia, provides coordination and oversight for acute services.
Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Consultation and liaison service-GATE
- Consultant led consultation rounds three times per week
- Review of patients for transfer to PAH rehabilitation and other sites on request, geriatric assessment, BPSD management and consideration for GEM.
- Amputee service—review prior to elective amputation
- Joint ward rounds with Acute Stroke Consultant
- Dr Lisa Kelly
- Dr Paul Varghese
- Dr Phil Aitken
- Dr Leena Klestov
- Dr Lillian Wong
Maria Draper
GATE CNC
Ph: (07) 3176 5157
Orthogeriatric service—hip fracture patients aged over 70 years- 1 registrar
- 1 staff specialist
- Weekly case conference
GEDI service
GEDI service is aimed at community dwelling frail older population who present to the emergency.
Frailty screening and further domain specific assessments are undertaken by the GEDI-CHIP nurses in the emergency.
Dedicated Geriatric clinic slots are available for further comprehensive geriatric assessments for those getting discharged from emergency.
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
- Dr Aparna Arjunan
- Dr Terry Nash
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Phone 3176 2111 and ask for the GEDI-CHIP ED Nurse
- Three wards across GARU building
- General rehabilitation
- Post-stroke rehabilitation
- Amputee Rehab Service
- Dr Lisa Kelly
- Dr Paul Varghese
- Dr Phil Aitken
- Dr Ruth Hubbard
- Dr Salih Salih
- Dr Emily Gordon
- Dr Lillian Wong
- Note: Brain Injury Unit on site
- Note: Spinal Injury Unit on site
- Both run by general rehabilitation service
- Day hospital service with physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech pathology
- Neuropsychology
- Weekly case conference
- Follow up of ward patients and community referrals
Community Geriatric Service
Providing consultations for RACF patients in PAH catchment area
Geriatric Medicine Clinics (please specify if general, falls, memory/cognition, continence, other)- Memory clinic—joint assessment with Old Age Psychiatry. Neuropsychology available on case by case basis.
- General geriatric clinic. Comprehensive geriatric assessment and cognitive assessment.
- Falls clinic. MDT assessment with physiotherapy
- 1.3 consultants
- 2 registrars
- Allied health
- 2 weekly clinics
- Referrals via:
- Mental Health call: 1300642255
- Dr David Lie
- Dr Khue Tran
- Dr Gabrielle Smith
- Dr Sandra Thomson
- Mental Health call: 1300642255
Outreach to: South West Health
- Inpatient GEM and Rehab in Roma
- OPD to MPHs across SWH
- Dr Stella Lin—Kingaroy
- Dr Lisa Kelly—Roma
- Dr Leena Klestov—Warwick and Central West
- Dr Phil Aitken—Beaudesert and elsewhere on request
- Professor Len Gray—Dalby
QEII Jubilee Hospital
Acute Geriatric Services (e.g. Acute Care of the Elderly Unit, Orthogeriatric Unit, other)
Geriatrics Consultation Liaison service, including orthogeriatrics and multidisciplinary case conferencing, for General Medical patients.
Acute Stroke Unit collocated with the inpatient subacute unit
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
- Dr Jerry Wong
- Dr Andrew Pearson
- Dr Amanda Siller
E.g. Geriatric Evaluation & Management Unit (GEM), general rehabilitation, specialist rehabilitation
General rehabilitation lead by Geriatricians predominately stroke, orthopaedic and medical reconditioning
GEM available but limited capacity
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
- Dr Jerry Wong
- Dr Andrew Pearson
- Dr Amanda Siller
Rehabilitation Day Hospital, geriatric medicine clinics (e.g. memory, general, falls, continence), outreach incl telehealth
Geriatrics OPD including CGA, memory, falls. No telehealth
Day Therapy Unit – multidisciplinary rehabilitation, mainly after inpatient rehabilitation.
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
- Dr Jerry Wong
- Dr Andrew Pearson
- Dr Amanda Siller
Nil specific
Inpatient consultation provided by PAH adult mental health. Outpatient OPMH clinic weekly managed by PAH Psychogeriatrics.
Please specify e.g. Delirium Management Unit, Specialist Dementia care/BPSD unit, Transition Care Services. Please specify if your facility provides outreach, and to where.
General Medical patients with delirium/dementia often cohorted together in one ward, with some additional nurse training and multidisciplinary case conferencing with Geriatrician.
Project in progress to develop ACE unit for these patients.
- Dr Jerry Wong
- Dr Andrew Pearson
- Dr Amanda Siller
Redland Hospital
Rehabilitation Day Hospital
Geriatric OPD once weekly
- Consultative services and providing support for inpatient rehabilitation program utilising acute beds
- Support to TCP case conference and reviewing clients at TCP residential bed by community geriatric AT
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Dr Salih A Salih
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Dr Salih A Salih
