Aged Care in COVID

Aged Care

10 Jun - CDNA outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities - National guidelines
18 May - Industry Code for visiting Residential Aged Care Homes during COVID-19
20 Apr - Optimising Transitions between Nursing Homes and EDs in the age of COVID-19 - The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative, webinar recording and presentations slides
3 Apr - Management of COVID-19 patients in Nursing Homes a GP perspective HNE PHN (draft) (document download)
DOH - Communities of Practice And Care (CoP) These have been established to support the response to COVID-19 with representatives from all districts and networks. There are 23 CoPs and you are able to register in fields of interest, for example Aged Care, Primary Care etc
2 Apr - COVID-19 advice for the health and aged care sector Aust Gov
13 Mar - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities guidelines

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GP Perspectives on RACFS and COVID-19 - A HGPA Report - 4/9/20
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22 Apr - COVID support line for Senior Australians
9 Apr - Fact sheet - in home care workers
9 Apr - advice for funeral directors - note 2 leak proof body bags required; procedures for certifying the body remains unchanged at this stage
NSW DOH - Handling of deceased bodies
Aus Bureau of Statistics - Guidance for certifying death due to COVID-19

Direct links to HealthPathway COVID-19 Pages (Pathway most relevant to this topic is underlined)