South West HHS

Geriatric Evaluation & Management Unit (GEM)

  • Based at Roma Hospital
  • 7 beds (shared with Sub-Acute Unit)
  • Geriatrician service provided via telehealth with site visit once a month
  • Service managed by the Sub-Acute CNC

Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:

Dr. Lisa Kelly (Visiting Consultant Geriatrician from PA Hospital)

Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:

Karla Harth (Roma Hospital Sub-Acute CNC)

Ph: 4624 2700

General Rehabilitation Unit

  • Sub-Acute Unit based at Roma Hospital
  • 7 beds shared with GEM unit
  • Geriatrician service provided via telehealth with site visit once a month
  • Service managed by the Sub-Acute CNC
  • Multidisciplinary team attached to service (dedicated OT, Physio, Social Work, AHA with hospital dietitian and speech pathologist also providing input).

Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:

Dr. Lisa Kelly (Visiting Consultant Geriatrician from PA Hospital)

Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:

Karla Harth (Roma Hospital Sub-Acute CNC)

Ph: 4624 2700

Geriatric Medicine Clinics (please specify if general, falls, memory/cognition, continence, other)

  • General Geriatrician Outpatient Clinic
  • Face-to-face appointments provided at Roma Hospital 1 day per month
  • Telehealth service provided on a monthly or as required basis across SWHHS

Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:

Dr. Lisa Kelly (Visiting Consultant Geriatrician from PA Hospital)

Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:

Debbie Dunstan (Specialist Clinic CN)

Ph: 4624 2700

Inpatient/Outpatient (Please specify)

  • Provided in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
  • Provided via Roma Mental Health Team across SWHHS
  • Psychiatry service provided primarily face to face with 4 – 6 weekly visits from Psychiatrist across SWHHS
  • Telehealth service also available across district
  • Older Persons Mental Health Clinician also attached to service.

Name of consultant geriatric medicine staff per service:

Dr. David Lie (Visiting Consultant Psychiatrist from Metro South)

Name and contact number for key staff member who can provide more information about geriatric services available at your facility:

Jo Otto (Older Persons Mental Health Clinician)

Ph: 4624 2900 or 0417 503 575

Last updated: 1 April 2019