Statewide COVID response to Residential Aged Care

COVID's second wave has heavily affected Victoria's most vulnerable within the Aged Care setting. Join your peers as we consider how effective the COVID response has been and what key learnings have been made

This forum will bring General Practitioners from across the state to consider and discuss how to ensure best practice care is maintained in aged care settings during the COVID climate. Topics include the Step Down Model, repatriation of residents back into facilities, the release of facilities from isolation, PPE expectations and the re-testing of previously COVID positive patients.

The highly experienced and informed panel will include:

• Dr Jagdeesh Singh Dhaliwal- General Practitioner, Aged Care GP
• Dr. Michael Murray- Geriatrician, Chairperson at National Ageing Research Institute (NARI)
• A/Prof Mary O'Reilly, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Eastern Health
• Associate Professor Dr Lisa Clinnick| Director Aged Care Services, Ballarat Health Services  
   

Learning outcomes:

By the end of t his session you will be able to:

• Describe the Step Down Model 
• Apply best practice when repatriating  residents back into facilities and transitioning into the care of their GPs
• Discuss when and how a facility become released from isolation
• Apply PPE Expectations for GPs who work across multiple sites (even if sites are considered low risk or outbreak free)
• Apply current guidance regarding re-testing