Townsville General Practice Network

Aged Care

http://www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au

Active Living for Older Adults

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Advanced Health Directives

An Advanced Health Directive is a formal way of giving instructions for your future health care. It comes into effect only if you are unable to make your own decisions. For further information about this please go to www.justice.qld.gov.au/guardian/poa/ahd.htm

The Respecting Patient Choices web site is available at:

Legal issues in Dementia

www.alzheimers.org.au/legal

Other Issues for the Elderly

• Brochures in various languages


• Policy Statement & Falls Workshop for Older People.


• Prevention of Falls.


• List of services available in Townsville from HACC.


• The “Stepping Out Steering Committee” continues to meet every 3 months to overview the continuation of the Stepping Out Programme, which was completed in 1999. The committee is still involved with aspects of fall prevention in the community such as encouraging correct shoe wear, gentle exercise classes and home safety. Medication reviews are encouraged and this has been helped by the new enhanced primary care items. The issue of Incontinence has been addressed by ECCLI in NESB women and men, and by the shared care program of the Townsville Division of General Practice.


• A list of products and local sources is available to help prevent falls.


• Please download the Townsville Active Living guide (295 KB file) or (1.5 MB file) for up-to-date details of where, when, and at what cost, you or your patients can participate.


• Choose Health: Be Active seeks to encourage older Australians to get involved and get active where possible—no matter how old, able or active.

This new publication shows how easy it can be to stay fit and healthy as you get older, and includes tips on exercises that can be integrated into everyday living. It includes helpful information on finding the activity to suit you, getting started, overcoming setbacks and exercising with chronic health problems, together with a handy activity planner.



• Form for Comprehensive Medical Assessment of Nursing Home Residents.


• List of Pharmacies to contact for Medication Reviews in Aged Care Facilities.


• For information about Osteoporosis go to the Osteoporosis Australia website at www.osteoporosis.org.au. Health professionals can download copies of “Preventing the Fracture Cascade” (Requires Java to run).


• Try the One minute Osteoporosis Risk Test


• Adult Speech Pathology services.

Page last modified: 29 Oct 2007


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