The toolkit was developed through collaboration between the department, the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) and Victorian health services. The following individuals and organisations all contributed to development of The toolkit.
Project funding and overall direction
This project was funded through the Council of Australian Governments Long Stay Older Patients Initiative.
Department of Health
Overall direction was provided through the Ambulatory and Continuing Care section of the department:
- Ms Susan Race, Manager, Ambulatory and Continuing Care
- Ms Nicole Doran, Manager, Sub-acute Services
- Ms Sharon Fraser, Senior Project Manager
- Ms Tania Cossich, Senior Project Officer
- Mr Stefan Wigg, Senior Project Officer.
Dr Darren Harris and Mr Luke Atkin from the department also provided assistance to the domain teams in developing their initial project logic.
COAG LSOP Advisory Group
An expert advisory group was convened to oversee the implementation of the Victorian COAG LSOP plan.
Implementation Framework Advisory Group
This group met bi-monthly to specifically advise on the development of the overall framework and compilation of this toolkit. This group included:
- Ms Nicole Doran, Department of Health
- Ms Tania Cossich, Department of Health
- Ms Anne McKenna, Eastern Health
- Ms Jo Tropea, Melbourne Health
- Ms Jo-Anne Slee, Melbourne Health
- Ms Lisa Clough, Melbourne Health
- Ms Lisa Gill, Alfred Health
- The NARI team (refer below).
Toolkit/Education Strategy Working Group
This group met regularly to advise on the final development of The toolkit and the education strategy. This group included:
- Ms Tania Cossich, Department of Health
- Mr Stefan Wigg, Department of Health
- Ms Sharon Fraser, Department of Health
- Ms Anne McKenna, Eastern Health
- Ms Jo-Anne Slee, Melbourne Health
- Professor Barbara Workman, Southern Health
- Ms Christine Lloyd, Victorian Geriatrician Medicine Training Program
- Ms Lisa Gill, Alfred Health
- Ms Jo Tropea, Melbourne Health
- The NARI team (refer below).
National Ageing Research Institute
NARI was commissioned by the department to develop the overall framework and to compile The toolkit, in conjunction with Victorian health services. The NARI team included:
- Dr Briony Dow, Project Manager
- Ms Leslie Dowson, Project Officer
- Dr Elizabeth Cyarto, Project Officer
- Ms Courtney Hempton, Project Officer
- Ms Amanda Bingham, Research Assistant
- Ms Carolyne Jones, Research Assistant
- Ms Emma Renehan, Research Assistant
- Dr Jean Tinney, Project Offi cer and Adviser
- Professor Keith Hill, Project Adviser.
Specific domains
Person-centred practice
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Person-centred practice domain components of The toolkit.
Lead agency: Northern Health
- Ms Angela Mucic
- Ms Lucy Smith
- Ms Robyn Smith.
Partner agencies
- Ms Marie Charleston, Latrobe Regional Hospital
- Ms Teagan Bonham, Southern Health
- Ms Kate McCrae, Southern Health
- Ms Janne Williams, Southern Health.
Department of Health regional partner
- Ms Marie Marotta, Hume region.
The Person-centred practice domain would also like to thank the following individuals and groups:
- Mr Andrew Brown, Wodonga Regional Health Service
- Ms Gayle Sammut, Goulburn Valley Health
- Ms Ann Elkins, Northern Health
- Members of the Northern Health COAG LSOP Steering Committee.
- Each of the health service staff members who participated in field testing the resources for this component, and for their considered feedback and suggestions.
Assessment
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Assessment domain components of The toolkit.
Lead agency: Western Health
- Ms Heather McMillan
- Ms Gabby Fennessy
- Dr Michael Brignall
- Dr Richard Whiting
- Mr Silvio Pontonio.
Partner agencies
- Ms Therese Bricknell, Alfred Health
- Ms Lisa Gill, Alfred Health
- Ms Ann Elkins, Northern Health
- Ms Debbie Wilkinson, Northern Health.
Department of Health regional partner
- Ms Suzanne Corcoran, Loddon-Mallee region.
The Assessment domain would also like to thank the following individuals and groups for assisting with the field-testing of Assessment domain tools and resources:
Swan Hill District Hospital
- Ms Carolynne Winbanks
- Swan Hill District Hospital Nurse Unit Manager Group
- Safety and Quality Committee
- Ms Judy Bish
- Ms Carolyn Griffin
- Ms Trisha Oxley
- Ms Yvonne Penny
- Ms Helen Wilkins
- Ms Cathy Darby
- Ms Margaret Ettershank
- Ms Paula Hogan.
Echuca Regional Health
- Ms Jenny Kerslake.
Bendigo Health
- Ms Jennifer Boak
- Ms Leanne Muns
- Ms Angela Crombie.
The Assessment domain would also like to acknowledge Ms Debra Kerr and Mr Brett Morris for their expertise and assistance with the Assessment component of The toolkit. The department would like to thank Professor Barbara Workman for her contribution to this domain.
Nutrition
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Nutrition domain components of The toolkit:
Lead agency: Alfred Health
- Ms Kathryn Marshall
- Ms Lisa Gill
- Associate Professor Peter Hunter.
Partner agencies
- Ms Andrea Bramley, Melbourne Health
- Ms Lisa Clough, Melbourne Health
- Ms Michele Hughes, Melbourne Health
- Mr Alex MacLean, Peninsula Health
- Ms Helen Nikolas, Peninsula Health
- Ms Raisa Shaikh, Peninsula Health
- Ms Noni Bourke, Peninsula Health.
Department of Health regional partner
- Ms Christina Rush, Gippsland region.
The Nutrition domain would also like to thank the following individuals and groups:
- Ms Marie Charleston, Latrobe Regional Hospital.
- Staff of various Gippsland region hospitals who contributed to the regional/rural focus group consultation.
- Members of the Caulfield Hospital Nutritional Maintenance Program Working Party for their expertise and contributions to enhancing the nutritional care of older people.
- Ms Anne Gordon, Ms Jasmine Grajzman and Ms Sarah Gardiner.
- Dietitians, Caulfield Hospital, Alfred Health for data collection, implementation and supervision of the field-testing.
- The three nutrition assistants, Ms Alexia Archibold, Ms Vicki Power and Ms Jenny Wei, for their enthusiasm and dedication to patient care while piloting the role at Caulfield Hospital.
- Dr Susannah King, Lecturer, Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University for completion of the literature review.
Mobility, vigour and self-care
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Mobility, vigour and self-care domain components of The toolkit.
Lead agency: Peninsula Health
- Dr Sherene Deveneson
- Ms Lyn Jamieson
- Dr Sara Watson
- Ms Karen Bull
- Ms Nicole Hale
- Ms Caroline Stapleton
- Ms Karyn Collins
- Ms Sarah McIvor.
Partner agencies
- Ms Kate Lamble, Austin Health
- Ms Anne McKenna, Eastern Health
- Ms Marie Charleston, Latrobe Regional Hospital.
Department of Health regional partner
- Ms Christina Rush, Gippsland region.
The Mobility, vigour and self-care domain would also like to acknowledge the following people, committees and departments for their input and feedback on tools and resources included in The toolkit.
Lead agency: Peninsula Health
- Preventing De-conditioning in Hospital Steering Committee
- Ms Samantha Shaw
- Mr Peter Hough
- Ms Noni Bourke.
Partner agency: Austin Health
- Dr Michael Dorevitch
- Dr Cathy Said
- Mr Paul Smith
- Ms Kathy Maggs
- Age Friendly Austin Working Party
- Person Centred Care Committee
- Austin Health Occupational Therapy Department
- Physiotherapy Department.
Partner agency: Eastern Health
- Ms Kathleen Shields
- Ms Lisa Street
- Mr Stephen Tucker
- Ms Dot Parkes
- Mr Kevin Mulrain
- Ms Julie Lines.
Partner agency: Latrobe Regional Hospital
- Ms Claire Kent
- Manager, Improving Care for Older People
- Manager, Occupational Therapy, Acute/Sub-Acute
- Manager, Physiotherapist, Acute/Sub-Acute
- Manager, Community Liaison Manager
- Senior Physiotherapist, Acute.
Other partners: Gippsland region
- Project Manager, ICOP, Central Gippsland Health Services
- Ms Jane Bennett, Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
- Physiotherapist, Acute/Outpatients, Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
- Occupational Therapists, Acute/CRC/Community, West Gippsland Health Services
- Project Offi cer, HARP BCOP/ICOP, West Gippsland Health Services
- Division 2 Registered Nurses, Acute/CRC/Community, Bass Coast Regional Health Service.
Medication
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Medication domain components of The toolkit.
Lead agency: St Vincent's Health
- Ms Christine Behm
- Mr Stuart Margison
- Ms Angela Reilly
- Ms Neth Hinton
- Ms Maryanne Welch.
Partner agencies
- Ms Karen Lewis, Peninsula Health
- Ms Annette Davis, Northern Health
- Ms Louise Macauley, Northern Health
- Ms Colleen Pollitt, Werribee Mercy
- Mr Jeff Brooks, Werribee Mercy.
Department of Health Regional Partner
- Ms Mary Quinn, Grampians region.
The Medication domain would also like to thank the following individuals:
- Ms Mary Bruce and Ms Jo Hunter, Stawell Regional Health
- Ms Olga Karia and Ms Marlene Goudie, East Grampians Health Service
- Members of St Vincent's Health and partner organisations' steering committees
- Staff members of field-testing wards.
Dementia
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Dementia domain components of this toolkit.
Lead agency: Ballarat Health Services
- Ms Keren Day
- Ms Meredith Theobold
- Ms Trudy Shortal
- Ms Michelle Morvell
- Dr Mark Yates
- Ms Catherine Howley
- Ms Wendy Hubbard
- Ms Sue Gervasoni.
Partner agencies
- Ms Christine Behm, St Vincent's Health
- Ms Heather McMillan, Western Health
- Ms Karen Heseltine, Barwon Health.
Department of Health regional partner
- Mr Mark Harris, Barwon South Western region.
Depression
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Depression domain components of The toolkit.
Lead agency: Southern Health
- Ms Sonia Thomas, Southern Health
- Ms Janne Williams, Southern Health.
Partner agencies
- Ms Jo-Anne Slee, Melbourne Health
- Ms Lisa Clough, Melbourne Health
- Ms Kathy Milutin, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem
- Ms Shannon Thompson, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem.
Department of Health regional partner
- Ms Mary Quinn, Grampians region.
Members of the Southern Health Governance Group
- Ms Susan Fone
- Ms Lisa Wragg
- Ms Ruth Smith
- Ms Annette Greenwood
- Ms Rachel Elliott
- Ms Kate MacRae
- Ms Katalina Cook
- Ms Julie Galloway.
The Depression domain would also like to thank the following individuals:
- Ms Cathy Gluyas for her valuable input and taking on the department manager role.
- Ms Kirsten Yates and Ms Emily Johnson for their excellent project work in the 2004-06 pilot testing that informed the current work.
- Ms Janne Williams for her direction, assistance and support throughout field-testing and the duration of the project.
- Staff from Melbourne Health, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem and Southern Health services who participated in awareness raising sessions, focus groups, interviews and field-testing of elements of this resource.
- Representatives of health services from the Grampians region who participated in field-testing.
- Ms Mandy Bryce, Horsham Hospital, Wimmera Health Care Group for field-testing co-ordination.
Delirium
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Delirium domain components of The toolkit.
Lead agency: Melbourne Health
- Ms Lisa Clough
- Ms Jo-Anne Slee
- Ms Elizabeth Cashill
- Dr Tony Snell
- Dr Alex Holmes
- Ms Catherine Thornely
- Dr Jonathon Knott
- Dr David Smallwood
- Dr Dina LoGiudice
- Ms Deborah Leighton
- Ms Michele Hughes.
Partner agencies
- Heather McMillan, Western Health
- Christine Behm, St Vincent's Health.
Department of Health regional partner
- Mr Mark Harris, Barwon South Western region.
The Delirium domain would also like to thank the following individuals:
- Ms Karen Heseltine, Barwon Health
- Mr Mark Roberts, Colac Area Health.
Continence
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Continence domain components of The toolkit.
Lead agency: Austin Health
- Ms Juliet Thorn
- Ms Kate Lamble.
Partner agencies
- Ms Anne McKenna, Eastern Health
- Ms Lisa Wragg, Southern Health.
Department of Health regional partner
- Ms Marie Marotta, Hume region.
The Continence domain would also like to thank the following individuals and groups:
Hume Consortia
- Ms Jacqui Verdon
- Ms Louise Sharkey
- Ms Anne Daley.
Others
- Austin Health Continence Service
- Austin Health Person Centred Care Committee.
Skin integrity
The following individuals and organisations are acknowledged for their contribution to the Skin integrity domain components of The toolkit.
Lead agency: Eastern Health
- Ms Anne McKenna, Project Coordinator.
Members of the Eastern Health Skin Integrity Committee
- Ms Maria Stirling
- Ms Kath Gribble
- Ms Wendy Sansom
- Mr Stephen Tucker
- Ms Christine Corkhill
- Ms Deb Rose
- Ms Adrienne Jardine
- Ms Amy Padgham
- Mr Anthony Black.
National Skin Integrity experts who contributed to various components of the Eastern Health Skin Integrity resource, Skin Integrity: Its maintenance and support - A guide to the principles of prevention and management of skin tears, leg oedema, wounds, and pressure injury:
- Ms Keryln Carville
- Ms Jan Rice
- Ms Wendy White
- Prof. Geoff Sussman
- Ms Rhea Martin
- Ms Tabatha Rando.
Partner agencies
- Ms Kate Lamble, Austin Health
- Ms Lisa Gill, Alfred Health
- Ms Bee Cochran, Caulfield General Medical Centre, Alfred Health.
Department of Health regional partner
- Ms Suzanne Corcoran, Loddon-Mallee region.
The Skin integrity domain would also like to thank the following individuals:
- Mr Barnaby Mitcham, Mildura Base Hospital
- Ms Helen Nelson, Maryborough District Health Services
- Ms Tina Odgers, Mount Alexander Hospital, Castlemaine
- Ms Michele Tuck, Alfred Health
- Dietetics Departments, Eastern Health and Alfred Health
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