Aged Care Assessment Teams Protocols & Procedures for ACAT's in NSW (On One Page)

INTRODUCTION

The Aged Care Assessment Program (ACAP) •

ACAP Responsibilities •

ACAP Aims and Objectives •

ACAT Target Group •

Purpose and use of the Manual •

Structure of the Manual •

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS and PROCEDURES

Assessment system

Intake and referral including prioritisation •

Consent and substitute consent •

Assessment •

Clinical investigations and access to diagnostics •

Assessment and carers •

ACAT comprehensive assessment •

Assessment of complex presentation •

Assessment and dementia •

Assessment and delirium •

Assessment and mental health (including depression) •

Assessment and younger people with disabilities •

Assessment of suspected abuse of older people •

Correctional facility, parole clients and forensic patients •

Emergency assessment •

Care planning, coordination and implementation

Care plan development, implementation and care coordination •

Advocacy •

Case conferencing •

Assessment outcome •

Approval for residential, community and flexible care places •

Reassessment •

Access

Information for consumers •

Appropriateness

Assessment and delegation in public and private hospitals •

Assessment by medical officers and other health care professionals •

Assessment in residential aged care facilities •

Assessment in the community •

Effectiveness

Team competency •

Consumer focus

Client rights and responsibilities •

Client self determination (choice) •

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People(s) •

Cultural and linguistic diversity •

SUPPORT PROTOCOLS and PROCEDURES

Risk management

Complaints handling •

Appeals  •

Responding to requests for information from Federal and State Parliamentarians  •

Safe practice •

Continuous quality improvement systems

Local policy and procedure system •

Quality control •

Continuous quality improvement •

Human resource management

Team composition •

Orientation •

Performance appraisal •

Continuing education and professional development •

Information management

ACAP data collection and reporting •

Documentation and report writing •

CORPORATE PROTOCOLS and PROCEDURES

Leadership and management

ACAT service planning •

Legislation and guidelines •

ACAT Delegation •

Internal service providers

General Practitioners  •

ACATs across NSW •

NSW Health Aged Care Integration Unit, Inter-Government & Funding Strategies Branch •

External service providers

Residential, CACP, EACH providers •

Community care providers •

Governance

Corporate and Clinical Governance •

QUALITY TOOLS

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS  •

EQuIP 4 QUALITY TOOL •

APPENDICES

COMMONLY USED ASSESSMENT TOOLS  •

PROPOSAL FOR NEW ACAT DELEGATE •

COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL •

NSW HEALTH PRIVACY LEAFLET FOR PATIENTS •

GLOSSARIES

GLOSSARY •

SERVICE GLOSSARY •

ELDER ABUSE RESOURCE LINKS •

REFERENCES •

FEEDBACK •

(On One Page) - Information design by David R. Pratten. | Source: NSW Department Of Health 2007
Updated: 26/06/2009 11:18:18 AM