Improving the identification, documentation, and care of residents… and how this relates directly back to the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)
Prepared & Presented by: Michael Peachey
Presented by: Michael Peachey
Are you a GP who it feels like you’re being consistently called upon for simply writing down a diagnosis for a resident who has a chronic condition?
Or are you an aged care facility who is unable to access the funding to reflect the care you’re currently provided due to seemingly administrative hold-ups?
This is not a unique situation. Many GP’s and facilities are feeling the burden of this specific requirement of ACFI funding, to a point where ultimately it’s the residents that suffer. Many GP’s feel like their resources are being misused, and many facilities feel like this is documentation requirement is stopping them from doing their business of looking after their residents.
This is why Wellness & Lifestyles has created “Aged Care Clinical Diagnoses”, which helps to solve these issues.
What this e-learning module can do for you…
- If you’re a GP, this session will help you appreciated why facilities need a simple diagnosis, and the impact it has on the staff, the facility, and ultimately the residents.
- If you are a nurse at an aged care facility, this session can help you understand some aspects of how the ACFI works, to help get ‘buy-in’ from all involved in the ACFI process… to ensure that the facility gets appropriately rewarded for the work that you’re already doing!
Included in this e-learning module is…
- An overview of the ACFI – putting it in context
- How correct documentation substantiates the ACFI
- How the correct documentation actually assists in improving resident outcomes
- Empowering the residents – giving them a choice of interventions
Who should use this e-learning module?
You should go through this training if you are a GP who visits aged care facilities, or you are a nurse who is involved in the ACFI process… a shared background will help to improve productive collaboration, and increase benefits to the end user – the resident!
This presentation was developed at an aged care facility’s request. They were annoying the GP’s, and the GP’s were frustrating the facility. It was a lose-lose situation. After watching this presentation the nursing staff felt more confident in speaking to the GP’s and explaining why diagnoses are so important for the residents.
Not all problems can be resolved by watching a quick presentation, and then taking this information and applying it. This is why this presentation was developed in such a way that it’s relevant to both the GP’s and the nursing staff. By both parties being able watch the same presentation, it straight away produces some common ground to facilitate productive conversation.
It’s the ACFI’s requirement that formal diagnoses be documented – not ours, and not the facility’s. Watching this presentation helps get everyone on board to understand why it’s so important to the most important person in the facility – the resident. We believe this is the best way to solve this problem, because it gets everyone sharing common beliefs, and sees the benefit for the resident. Because at the end of the day – that’s why we visit the facility.
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