Type of place Flexible Care. Not Applicable. Flexible Care. Residential Care. under the Aged Care Act 1997 Type of High intensity (Usually) low intensity Goal-oriented, High level or low level support multidisciplinary (low volume) long term limited and therapy respite care. short term early support. focused (low intervention support. intensity) following a hospital stay. Type of ACAT assessment in a RAS assessment in a ACAT assessment in ACAT Assessment in a Assessment home care setting. home care setting. an acute or home care setting. setting. Types of Multidisciplinary Supports provided to Transition care Any services provided reablement team care / support the recipient in provides through full time provided and services home, could include people, at the residential care are could include GP / training in a new skill, conclusion of a available in geriatrician and modification to a hospital episode, residential respite. allied health person’s home with a package of The services can professionals. environment or having services that include hotel access to equipment or includes low services, assistance Aimed at actively assistive technology. intensity therapy with daily living, promoting Services may include: such as recreational therapy, and physiotherapy and meals and self-sufficiency by in-home or occupational refreshments, access providing community linked therapy, as well as to treatments and interventions that exercise and daily social work and assistance in support the care activity programme nursing support or obtaining further recipient to make the strategies to reduce personal care. The services. most of their own falls services are capacity and achieve education on the designed to meet a their full potential. use of medication client’s daily care information to needs and provide manage chronic additional disease, including therapeutic care to improved ways of enable the client to self-management. maintain or improve their physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning after hospital discharge.
Type of place under the Aged Care Act 1997 Flexible Care. Not Applicable. Flexible Care. Residential Care. Type of support High intensity multidisciplinary short term early intervention support. (Usually) low intensity (low volume) long term support. Goal-oriented, and therapy focused (low intensity) following a hospital stay. High level or low level respite care. Type of Assessment ACAT assessment in a home care setting. RAS assessment in a home care setting. ACAT assessment in an acute or setting. ACAT Assessment in a home care setting. Types of reablement provided Multidisciplinary team care / support and services could include GP / geriatrician and allied health professionals. Aimed at actively promoting and self-sufficiency by providing interventions that support the care recipient to make the most of their own capacity and achieve their full potential. Supports provided to the recipient in home, could include training in a new skill, modification to a person’s home environment or having access to equipment or assistive technology. Services may include: in-home or community linked exercise and daily activity programme strategies to reduce falls education on the use of medication information to manage chronic disease, including improved ways of self-management. Transition care provides people, at the conclusion of a hospital episode, with a package of services that includes low intensity therapy such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy, as well as social work and nursing support or personal care. The services are designed to meet a client’s daily care needs and provide additional therapeutic care to enable the client to maintain or improve their physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning after hospital discharge. Any services provided through full time residential care are available in residential respite. The services can include hotel services, assistance with daily living, recreational therapy, meals and refreshments, access to treatments and assistance in obtaining further services. limited
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