Geriatric medicine: patient-centred care and multidisciplinary issues
Person-centred care for older people under the Aged Care Act 2024, the Statement of Rights and strengthened Quality Standards, multidisciplinary team roles, working with GPs, interpreters and carers, psychosocial barriers in rehabilitation, ageism and disability, and the Australian community services (My Aged Care, Support at Home and its pathways).
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- Person-centred care starts with what matters to the older person, not with the diagnosis list. Ask the question, write the answer in the plan, and test every decision against it.
- Older people in Australia have rights under two frameworks: the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights (2019) in all health care, and the Statement of Rights under the Aged Care Act 2024 (from 1 November 2025) in funded aged care.
- Geriatric medicine is a team sport. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) by a multidisciplinary team, started on admission, improves the chance of being alive and at home after an admission (deconditioning).
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Sources
- Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights (second edition)AU/NZAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, 2019
- Strengthened Aged Care Quality StandardsAU/NZAustralian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, In force from 1 November 2025
- About the Aged Care Quality StandardsAU/NZAged Care Quality and Safety Commission, 2025
- New Aged Care Act: rights of older people (Statement of Rights)AU/NZAustralian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, Aged Care Act 2024, commenced 1 November 2025
- Registered supporters policyAU/NZAustralian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, April 2026
- Support at Home program classifications and budgetsAU/NZAustralian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, October 2026 (amounts from 1 October 2026)
- Support at Home program, End-of-Life PathwayAU/NZAustralian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, December 2025
- End-of-Life Pathway (provider page, including the extension from 8 March 2027)AU/NZAustralian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 2026
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital (Ellis G et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017;9:CD006211)Cochrane, 2017
- Medicare Benefits Schedule, items 141 and 143 (consultant physician in geriatric medicine)AU/NZAustralian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (MBS Online)
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