| ANNUAL REPORT
2009 |
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| Please click
on Annual
Report to review financial statements and program
information |
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| AGED
CARE ACCESS INITIATIVE |
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The Aged
Care Access Initiative(ACAI) commenced on the 1st
October 2008 and replaces the |
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previous
Aged Care Panel Initiative. The aim of the ACAI is to improve
access to allied health |
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services for
residents of low care in RACFs where these services
are not currently covered by |
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Medicare or
other government funding arrangements. |
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Allied
health services may be provided on an individual or group basis in
the form of a ‘clinical |
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bedside
tutorial’ with the aim of facilitating allied health staff
involvement as well as upskilling of |
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aged care
staff. Any subsequent assessments and suggested treatment plans
which develop as |
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a result of
this intervention will be detailed in the residents progress
notes. |
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For further
information regarding this scheme please refer to the DOHA
website,
alternatively you |
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may e-mail or contact Raelene
Elliott on 9585 2044 |
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| H1N1 VACCINE ALERT |
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| The distribution of
seasonal influenza vaccine to immunisation providers will commence
in mid to |
| late
March. This short delay is
due to the low yield of one of the virus strains (H3N2).
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| The 2010 seasonal
influenza vaccine contains three virus strains: |
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- A (H1N1): an
A/California/7/2009 (H1N1) - like strain
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- A (H3N2): an
A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2) - like strain
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- B: a B/Brisbane/60/2008
- like strain
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| General Practitioners
can pre-order seasonal influenza vaccine by completing and
sending |
| the GP Vaccine
Order Form. As previously advised (GP Flu
Letter), the Australian Government
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| has extended the
eligibility for free seasonal influenza vaccine. In 2010, influenza
vaccine |
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charge to: |
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- All persons aged 65
years and older;
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- Indigenous Australians
and Torres Strait Islanders aged 15 years to 64
years;
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- Indigenous and
non-Indigenous Australians aged 6 months to 64 years who are at
risk of
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| severe
outcomes from seasonal influenza, such as those with chronic
conditions |
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| Advice from the
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) about
the |
| interaction
between seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines |
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| Pandemic influenza
strain (H1N1) is likely to be the main circulating strain this
Winter and the |
| pandemic influenza
vaccine is now available for free for all people aged 6
months and older. |
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Resources |
| - NSW Health
Web-site - Myths
Facts - H1N1
Vaccination Brochure |
| - Information
Sheet
- Consent
Form
-
Administration Guidelines |
| - Vaccine
Program
- Priority
Groups
- Multicultural H1N1
information |
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| Division
Allied Health Services |
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| The St George Division
of General Practice is committed to assisting GPs in providing |
| optimal care for their
patients through coordination of the Division
Health
Services. |
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Please click on the link
to find out more about each
program.
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