Acute Geriatric Services
Cairns, Mareeba, Innisfail- No dedicated acute geriatric service but Orthogeriatrics in Cairns and CL service in Cairns only
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Orthogeriatrocs
Dr Lea Starck
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Dr Eddy Strivens
07 4226 6197
Geriatric Evaluation & Management Unit (GEM)
- Cairns: 24-32 bed dedicated GEMS ward (variable 8 beds for Dementia and Delirium)-OPERA ward
- Mareeba: 8 bed dedicated GEM Unit
- Gordonvale: 8-10 bed Residential Transition Care and Interim Car
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Cairns
- Dr Ramesh Durairaj
- Dr Roselani Henry
- Dr Shirantha Adikari
Mareeba
- Dr Lea Starck
Gordonvale
- Dr Gavin Miller (SMO)
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Dr Eddy Strivens
07 4226 6197
Rehabilitation Day Hospital
No service specified
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
None specified
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Dr Eddy Strivens
07 4226 6197
Inpatient/Outpatient (Please specify)
Cairns- Shared Care model with Old Aged Psychiatry combined with Dementia and Delirium beds in Cairns. 2-6 beds.
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Dr Janet Bailey or other psychiatrists
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Dr Eddy Strivens
07 4226 6197
Please specify e.g. Delirium Management Unit, Specialist Dementia care/BPSD unit
Dementia and Delirium service- inpatient Cairns (up to 8 bed) and CL CNC- cover Cairns Hospital and all hospital in Cairns and Hinterland HHS
Cairns ED CL- GEDI- Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention Inpatient Interim and long-term care – Herberton Hospital (non-Commonwealth Funded)
Memory Clinics- Cairns, Innisfail, Mareeba, Outreach, Telehealth Telehealth Outreach to Cape York and the Torres Strait
Geriatric Outreach to Torres Strait and Norther Peninsula Area Orthogeriatrics- shared care model- Cairns
Residential TCP- Gordonvale CGA in Primary Care- Cairns (OPEN ARCH pilot)
Parkinson disease clinic combined with Neurology services
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Dr Eddy Strivens (Herberton/Outreach/Telehealth )
Dr Shirantha Adikari – Geriatrician
Dr Kimberly Forrest- Neurologist
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Dr Eddy Strivens
07 4226 6197
