Target Audience
The usual audience is those over 45 years of age, but it can be with anyone who may require the service.
Goals:
- Improve access to Healthcare
- Improve ‘Quality of Life’
- Enhance independence
- Encourage self-management
- Enable health literacy
Breakdown of interventions:
All ages:
Clinics/consultations:
- Minor illness and infections
- Wound care
- Immunisation
- Minor injury
- Management of chronic conditions
- Complex health management
- Medication reviews
- Mental wellness services
- Pain management
- Future health planning
Which health professionals are involved?
- Physiotherapist
- Mental health professionals
- Nutritionist
- Occupational therapist
- Exercise physiologist
- Nurse Practitioner
Over 45 but under 65 years of age:
- Comprehensive health checks
- Structured Planned programs
- Pain management (chronic)
- Restorative- (COPD/DM/CCF/CDM)
- Self-management of chronic disease symptoms
- Weight loss
- lifestyle changes
- mental health
- stress management
- lifestyle packages
Over 65 years of age:
- Pain management
- Support pathways
- Enablement
- Restorative care
- Coordination of care
- Stay at home
- Balance program
- Cognitive training
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Preventing social isolation