Primary Care Access for Aged
Care
Healthy North Coast is committed to supporting the community and our healthcare providers in improving health outcomes and ensuring access to primary care for residents of aged care homes in our region.
Supporting Better Care in Residential Aged Care
The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GP ACI), supported through MyMedicare, is designed to help you provide regular visits and care planning to your aged care patients. We’ve pulled together practical tools and resources to make this easier to manage in your practice.
Resources for general practice
Better Outcomes Through Partnerships
Coordination Toolkit – A resource for partnerships between residential aged care homes and general practice.
Helping GPs and Multidisciplinary Teams Plan Aged Care: A Practical Guide
The (GP ACI) Muser guide provides a practical approach to scheduling visits and the associated Medicare Benefits Scheme billings to ensure optimised care delivery and adherance to GP ACI guidelines.
GPACI Practice Quality Improvement Tool
The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GPACI) Toolkit. The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GPACI) QI Toolkit is designed to support general practices in implementing the GPACI to enhance care for aged care residents. Practices can utilise the toolkit to streamline their workflows, access relevant resources, and implement continuous Quality Improvement (QI) activities, ultimately fostering a patient-centred approach in aged care settings.
Nurse Practitioners and GPs working collaboratively for better outcomes in Aged Care
Involving nurse practitioners in aged care settings offers many benefits, appreciated by clinicians, residents, families and care home staff alike. In this video, GP Dr David Moye and Nurse Practitioner Jitender Kapila describe in their own words their experience of working in aged care, their professional relationship and why they are both advocates for role of “Super Nurses”.
Watch and learn from our video library
Aged Care Focus: GPs and Nurse Practitioners Working Together
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive – Vodcast 1 – Enabling high quality primary care
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive – Vodcast 2 – Enabling team-based care
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive – Vodcast 3 – Variations in practice
General Practice in Aged Care Incentive – Vodcast 4 – Facilitators and enablers
For more information on registering for MyMedicare and GP ACI see resources below
Our Register your organisation and patients for MyMedicare Primary Care Impact overview gives detailed instructions on how to register your organisation and patients for MyMedicare.
Our General Practice Aged Care Incentive (GPACI) Primary Care Impact overview supports and share instructions on how to register, setup and maintain General Practice Aged Care Incentive (GPACI) program.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – RACH and General Practice Collaboration MOU Template. To support collaborative relationships between RACH and General Practice to ensure residents receive person-centered care that is continuous, safe, timely and effective and delivered in the most appropriate care setting.
Watch and learn from our video library
Video 1 – MyMedicare and an overview of GPACI
Video 3 – information on registration