❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding older adult services, bed availability, and location within various regional health services in Western Australia. The Southern Inland Health Initiative (SIHI) is addressed separately, focusing on incentive funding for aged care facilities.
AnsweredQoN 5161Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
For the following Regional Health Services -
(a) Kimberley Health;
(b) Pilbara Health;
(c) Midwest Health;
(d) Goldfields Health;
(e) Wheatbelt Health;
(f) South West Health;
(g) Great Southern Health; and
(h) Southern Inland Initiative -
(i) what older adult services are available;
(ii) how many beds are available for older adults; and
(iii) where are these beds situated?
(a) Kimberley Health;
(b) Pilbara Health;
(c) Midwest Health;
(d) Goldfields Health;
(e) Wheatbelt Health;
(f) South West Health;
(g) Great Southern Health; and
(h) Southern Inland Initiative -
(i) what older adult services are available;
(ii) how many beds are available for older adults; and
(iii) where are these beds situated?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
2 May 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
57 days
(a) - (g)
(i) The following services are available in all the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) regions:
· Aged Care Unit - WA Country Health Service
· Aged Care Assessment Team
· Assistance with Care & Housing for the Aged (Kimberley only)
· Care Awaiting Placement
· Community Aged Care Packages
· Commonwealth Respite & Carelink Centre including National Respite for Carers Program
· Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) and EACH (Dementia) packages
· Home and Community Care
· Older Patient Initiative
· Friend in Need Emergency - complex care coordination
· Subacute Care - Visiting Geriatric Service, Visiting Psycho-geriatric Service, Geriatric Clinical Support Service (South West has a resident Geriatrician)
· Residential Care
· Respite Care
The Midwest, Goldfields, Great Southern and South West also have inpatient and outpatient subacute rehabilitation.
(ii) There are 2798 residential care beds available in country WA for older adults.
433 residential care beds attached to Multi-Purpose Services (MPS) and 51 residential aged care beds are available for older adults in small country hospitals.
As at March 2012, a total of 2314 Commonwealth funded Residential Care beds were also available. These are usually privately owned and managed but where there is no private provider, they are managed by WACHS. (73 of the fully funded Commonwealth beds are owned and managed by WACHS; those at Kununurra, Hedland and Pingelly - see the attached table).
(iii) Please see tabled papers [......]
(h) (i) & (iii) Not applicable as the Southern Inland Health Initiative (SIHI) is not a health service.
(ii) Under Stream 6 of SIHI, Incentive funding of $20 million is available for private and not-for-profit residential aged care providers to build an aged care facility within the SIHI catchment area.
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(i) The following services are available in all the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) regions:
· Aged Care Unit - WA Country Health Service
· Aged Care Assessment Team
· Assistance with Care & Housing for the Aged (Kimberley only)
· Care Awaiting Placement
· Community Aged Care Packages
· Commonwealth Respite & Carelink Centre including National Respite for Carers Program
· Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) and EACH (Dementia) packages
· Home and Community Care
· Older Patient Initiative
· Friend in Need Emergency - complex care coordination
· Subacute Care - Visiting Geriatric Service, Visiting Psycho-geriatric Service, Geriatric Clinical Support Service (South West has a resident Geriatrician)
· Residential Care
· Respite Care
The Midwest, Goldfields, Great Southern and South West also have inpatient and outpatient subacute rehabilitation.
(ii) There are 2798 residential care beds available in country WA for older adults.
433 residential care beds attached to Multi-Purpose Services (MPS) and 51 residential aged care beds are available for older adults in small country hospitals.
As at March 2012, a total of 2314 Commonwealth funded Residential Care beds were also available. These are usually privately owned and managed but where there is no private provider, they are managed by WACHS. (73 of the fully funded Commonwealth beds are owned and managed by WACHS; those at Kununurra, Hedland and Pingelly - see the attached table).
(iii) Please see tabled papers [......]
(h) (i) & (iii) Not applicable as the Southern Inland Health Initiative (SIHI) is not a health service.
(ii) Under Stream 6 of SIHI, Incentive funding of $20 million is available for private and not-for-profit residential aged care providers to build an aged care facility within the SIHI catchment area.
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