Protocol between Victorian aged care assessment services
(ACAS) and aged persons mental health (APMH)
Protocol between Victorian
aged care assessment services (ACAS) and aged person’s mental health
(APMH) (September 2008) (PDF File 117KB)
Both aged care assessment services (ACAS) and aged persons mental health
(APMH) have
similarities in their role in that they undertake assessment and facilitate
access to services for
older people. APMH and ACAS need to refer to each other and consult with
each other on a
regular basis. To ensure appropriate, responsive and timely service provision
it is important
that client-focused principles drive the relationship between ACAS and
APMH to reduce
duplication of assessment and to deploy respective expertise effectively.
Both ACAS and APMH have identified the need for a framework to guide
the development of
collaborative relationships between them.
This protocol is intended to scope those who are clients of either the
APMH or ACAS systems or
who are potentially eligible to be clients of these service systems and
require access to an
ACAS or APMH assessment.
The protocol is intended to support a good working relationship between
ACAS and APMH.
It is envisaged that local protocols will be developed to identify and
guide local ACAS/APMH
collaborative approaches.
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