Transcript of Aged Care Rapid Assessment and Investigation Unit - South Western Sydney Local Health District.
Emily Cummins: We’d like to acknowledge the traditional owners of
the land on which we meet today – the Gubragal people of Dharun nation – and
pay our respects to elders past and present.
We wanted to improve
the admission processes for frail, elder patients admitted to the emergency
department through early identification, rapid, integrated and collaborative
approach to their care.
Dr Danielle Ni
Chroinin: ARIA provides
streamline care for older patients, from early targeted identification in the
emergency department through to early safe transition back to the community.
Feedback has been
positive. Furthermore, ARIA’s integrated patient-centred model of care has
translated into real reductions in length of stay for elder patients.