Mackay Hospital
Ortho-Geriatric Service
Nil service
Pre-and-Post –Op #NOF
(Pathway includes ED/Anaesthetics)
Process for Older persons
Emergency Department Frailty Rapid Geriatric Assessment
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Nil Geriatric Specialist Service; contact Department Medicine Staff Specialist
Staff Specialist, Department Medicine
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 7952
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Nurse Navigator, Aged Care
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 5397
Continuum Hospital Extended Care (CHEC)
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 7697
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Staff Specialist, Department Medicine
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 7952
Staff Specialist, Mental Health
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Phone: 4968 3893
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Nurse Navigator, Aged Care
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 5397
Nurse Navigator, Palliative Care
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 5394
General Rehabilitation Unit
Rehabilitation Unit (Medical F0)
- Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT)
- Rehabilitation/ Deconditioning
- Post Stroke
Mixed Surgical/Medical Inpatient (G2)
- # NOF’s Post-Stroke (Dedicated Unit)
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Staff Specialist, Department Medicine
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 7952
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Nurse Unit Manager
Medical F0 (Rehabilitation/Stroke)
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 5414
Nurse Unit Manager
G2 Mixed Surgical Medical Unit
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 6106
Specialist Outpatient Geriatric Medicine Clinics
Mackay North Private Rehabilitation Hospital (Sub-Acute and Ambulatory)
- General
- Memory
- Falls
- Psycho-Geriatrics (being developed)
Outpatient / Ambulatory Services
- Community Health and Therapy Services (CHATS)
- Allied Health Community Based Rehabilitation Team (CBRT)
- Transition Care Program (TCP)
- Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT)
- Continence Advisory Service Community Home Support
Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)
Home Care Packages
Mackay Home Care Service
- Domestic assistance
- Flexible respite
- Home maintenance
- Nursing
- Personal care
- Social support group
- Social support individual
- Transport
Lagoona Home Care Service (Clermont)
- Domestic assistance
- Flexible respite
- Home maintenance
- Nursing
- Personal care
- Social support group
- Social support individual
- Transport
Whitsunday Home Care Service (Proserpine, Airlie Beach & Cannonvale)
- Domestic assistance
- Personal care
- Social support individual
Bowen Home Care Service
- Domestic assistance
- Personal care
- Social support individual
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Staff Specialist, Department Medicine
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone 4885 7952
Staff Specialist, Mental Health
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Phone: 4968 3893
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Team Leader, Community Health and Therapy Services (CHATS)
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Phone: 4885 7760
Team Leader, Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT)
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Phone: 4885 7779
General Manager, Mackay North Private Rehabilitation Hospital
Phone: 4942 3848
Inpatient/Outpatient (please specify)
- Liaison (Inpatient)
- Shared Care (Inpatient)
- Delirium Pathway (Inpatient)
- ACT (Outpatient)
Older Persons Mental Health Team
Liaison (Inpatient)
Older Persons Mental Health Outpatient Clinic
- Community Mental Health
- Outreach Service
Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:
Staff Specialist, Mental Health
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Phone: 4968 3893
Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:
Team Leader, Specialist Teams and AODs
Inpatient Mental Health Unit, Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4968 3893
NUM, Mental Health Inpatient Unit
Mackay Base Hospital
Phone: 4885 5722
