Gold Coast

Acute Geriatric Services

  • Robina Acute Care of the Elderly: 28 bed unit including 10 Orthogeriatric beds
  • Geriatric Assessment Unit (GAU- locked wing): 8 beds

Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:

  • Dr Subakumar
  • Dr Bilska
  • Dr Ilango

Community Geriatric Services

  • Community TCP 65years >, 55 ATSI
  • Residential TCP 65yrs >
  • Central intake services- community Allied health services
  • My Aged care- NGO referrals allied health
  • Falls and Balance clinic for further investigations and vestibular Ax
  • HITH
  • Balance Matters- group falls prevention classes
  • Community Rehabilitation MDT programme (12 weeks Brain injury & Neurological conditions)
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation
  • Cardiac rehabilitation
  • Chronic Disease management programme
  • Rehabilitation outpatients
  • Geriatrician Clinics
  • Inpatient rehabilitation 20 beds Robina
  • Inpatient rehabilitation 28 beds GCUH
  • Rehabilitation Response Team 8 packages Robina, (not necessarily Geriatric patients)
  • Rehabilitation Response Team10 packages GCUH (not necessarily Geriatric patients)
  • Community 80 packages / Residential TCP 16 beds
  • Interim care 10 beds, Woodlands
  • HITH
  • Older persons mental health, 16 beds GCUH, plus community services
  • GEMITH (14-22 packages)- 2-week service
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
  • Dr Bansal, Dr Yovenko- Lahovec – Robina Inpatient rehabilitation
  • Dr Wong, Dr Chen- GCUH Inpatient rehabilitation
  • Dr Bansal – Robina Rehabilitation Response team (not necessarily Geriatric patients)
  • Dr Boyle- GCUH Rehabilitation Response team (not necessarily Geriatric patients)
  • Care of GP- Community/ Residential TCP
  • Dr Wong, Dr O’Connor- Interim care
  • Dr Nama- HITH
  • Dr Atkins, Dr Arunachalam- Older persons mental health community, GCUH ORCHID
  • Dr Wong, Dr O’Connor- GEMITH

Inpatient/Outpatient (Please specify)

Older persons mental health

Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:

Dr Atkins, Dr Arunachalam

Last updated: 24 April 2019