building better systems including timely access to standardised assessments and care – planning, and aggregated data for monitoring and to improve quality across home and community support services and aged residential care providing new and expanded services concentrating on dementia, and primary and – community care improvements to avoid hospital admissions supporting family and whānau in particular, through providing and enabling access to – support for carers, respite care, day programmes and social supports providing integrated services closer to home with the aim of improving outcomes in – particular, chronic disease management, services for the frail elderly, and support for the Whānau Ora initiative collaborating regionally to maximise clinical and financial resources strong clinical leadership. Range of services Services funded by DHBs will include, but will not be limited to: information, advice and education for older people and their families, whānau and carers about, but not limited to, available services, access to services, health promotion and and needs assessment of older people, including assessment of carer needs interRAI Community Health Assessment and functional supplement or Home Care Assessment, must be completed to determine need for home and community support services and aged residential care implementation and roll-out of interRAI into aged residential care service coordination support to live at home, including personal care (eg, assistance with dressing, bathing, eating and toileting), household management (eg, assistance with meal preparation, laundry and cleaning) and, where appropriate, restorative and rehabilitative approaches to support older people to regain independence and remain part of their community support for informal carers including carer support subsidy and respite care (eg, carer training, residential respite, dementia respite care and day programmes for older people, respite care) specialist health of older people services providing support to residential and home-based support services for older people as well as to acute hospital, primary health care and NASC services an organised stroke service AT&R services long-term residential care rest home hospital dementia specialised hospital (psycho-geriatric). Older people should also have access to the same range of health services as the general population, in a manner and setting that are safe and age appropriate. Refer in particular to the following service coverage schedules: 4.2 Diagnostic, therapeutic and support services personal health –
building better systems – including timely access to standardised assessments and care planning, and aggregated data for monitoring and to improve quality across home and community support services and aged residential care providing new and expanded services – concentrating on dementia, and primary and community care improvements to avoid hospital admissions supporting family and whānau – in particular, through providing and enabling access to support for carers, respite care, day programmes and social supports providing integrated services closer to home with the aim of improving outcomes – in particular, chronic disease management, services for the frail elderly, and support for the Whānau Ora initiative collaborating regionally to maximise clinical and financial resources strong clinical leadership. Range of services Services funded by DHBs will include, but will not be limited to: information, advice and education for older people and their families, whānau and carers about, but not limited to, available services, access to services, health promotion and and needs assessment of older people, including assessment of carer needs interRAI Community Health Assessment and functional supplement or Home Care Assessment, must be completed to determine need for home and community support services and aged residential care implementation and roll-out of interRAI into aged residential care service coordination support to live at home, including personal care (eg, assistance with dressing, bathing, eating and toileting), household management (eg, assistance with meal preparation, laundry and cleaning) and, where appropriate, restorative and rehabilitative approaches to support older people to regain independence and remain part of their community support for informal carers including carer support subsidy and respite care (eg, carer training, residential respite, dementia respite care and day programmes for older people, respite care) specialist health of older people services providing support to residential and home-based support services for older people as well as to acute hospital, primary health care and NASC services an organised stroke service AT&R services long-term residential care rest home hospital dementia specialised hospital (psycho-geriatric). Older people should also have access to the same range of health services as the general population, in a manner and setting that are safe and age appropriate. Refer in particular to the following service coverage schedules: 4.2 Diagnostic, therapeutic and support services – personal health
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