An SA-first Specialist Dementia Care Program (SDCP) that combines community living with specialised care is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Based on a successful model established interstate, the SDCP is reporting positive outcomes in stabilising patient...
The CALHN integrated care coordinator service is a one-stop-shop contact to support GPs, SA Ambulance Service and other providers to find alternative care and rapid assessment options for patients who would otherwise be presenting to the ED. Known as the ‘CICC team’,...
In late January 2020, a novel respiratory virus had swept across the world, striking down vulnerable people with waves of sick patients inundating major hospitals. Staff at the Central Adelaide Infection Prevention and Control Unit, however, had been preparing since...
A mental health program that reduces unnecessary emergency department visits will be expanded to all local health networks following its success at Central Adelaide in its first year. The Mental Health Co-responder in Emergencies initiative (MH CORE) partners...
As part of the COVID-19 response, almost 700 nurses were prepared and trained with specialist knowledge and skills required to treat patients, and at the helm of this education process were nurse educators Natalie Vinczer and Gigy Cherian. After seeing European...
