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Making the hospital System Work for Older People Seminar
- December 2002
Sponsored by the Department of Human Services, in conjunction with
the National Ageing Research Institute, Council on the Ageing, the
Australian Association of Gerontology, the Australian Society for Geriatric
Medicine, and the Victorian Healthcare Association.
 Seminar Program (PDF
File 47KB)
About the Seminar
Older people are frequent users of health services…but are
we meeting their needs? What do our older consumers say about their
experiences whilst receiving care? How do health care specialists
propose to effectively care for the older person in the hospital
setting? How do hospitals meet these new challenges?
This seminar examined ways to improve the older person's journey
through the hospital system. The seminar was for health care service
providers who aimed to meet hospital demands, achieve better outcomes,
create smoother systems, develop innovations across systems and
bring fragmented programs together.
Our new "Core Business"
Victoria's hospitals are experiencing increasing levels of demand.
Existing structures are being severely challenged by the current
profile of patient's needs, especially the increasing use of health
services by those aged 65 years and over. Many older people utilise
hospital services more frequently and for longer periods, than
younger people. Older people with complex and multiple conditions
are increasingly presenting at emergency departments and being
admitted to wards. Presently in Australia, patients over the age
of 65 years account for about half the public hospital bed days
and this figure is increasing as the population ages. This seminar
was a forum to discuss innovative solutions to these and other
issues.
Session 2
Chair: Professor Allan McLean, Director/Professor,
National Ageing Research Institute
The Inter-State Perspective-System Redevelopment
in Action (PDF
File 1.91MB)
Dr Gideon Caplan
Director, Post Acute Services, Prince of Wales Hospital
Managing Older People in the Hospital System-New
Ways of Doing Core Business (PDF
File 589KB)
Dr Peter Hunter
State President, Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine
Elements of the Continuum: Hospital Systems and the
Older Person- Introduction to Concurrent Sessions
Entry into the Hospital System: Emergency Departments
and the Older Person (PDF
File 220KB)
Dr Max Alexander, Director of Clinical Services, Caulfield
General Medical Centre
Acute and Sub-Acute Care and the Older Person (PDF
File 382KB)
Fiona McKinnon, General Manager, Sub-Acute and Allied Health
Services, Western Health
Continuing Care: Transitions Back to the Community (PDF
File 184KB)
Anne Fox, General Manager, Bundoora Extended Care Centre,
Northern Health
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Session 4
Chair: Janet Laverick, Manager, Sub-Acute and Care
Continuity Unit, Metropolitan Health and Aged Care
Services, Department of Human Services.
"Elder Friendly" Hospital Systems: Better
Outcomes, Smoother Systems, Innovations
Summary of "Elder Friendly" Components
of the Ideal Hospital Systems
Chairs of Concurrent Sessions
Perspectives from Consumers
Vivienne McCutcheon, Victorian President, Council On The
Ageing
Age Friendly Hospital Initiative (PDF
File 422KB)
Rhonda Parker, Chief Executive, Positive Ageing Foundation
of Australia
(Presentation - Session 4 - S4 Age Friendly Hospital)
Blue Print for Implementation of "Elder
Friendly" Hospital Systems
Panel Discussion: Janet Wood, Vivienne McCutcheon, Dr Max
Alexander, Fiona McKinnon and Anne Fox.
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