The role of Allied Health Assistants in a novel, interdisciplinary model of care for people living in residential aged care

The role of Allied Health Assistants in residential aged care

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety made recommendations to improve the quality and quantity of allied health services in residential aged care.

This webinar will describe a research project that has embedded an allied health model of care into a residential aged care home, using an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to reduce frailty and falls and improve physical function and quality of life for residents.

This webinar will focus specifically on the role of allied health assistants in the delivery of care across multiple disciplines (an interdisciplinary approach).

The results of this project show that the model is feasible and can be delivered effectively and efficiently by allied health assistants.

This model of care can be used by aged care providers as an effective way to deliver allied health services in residential aged care.

This webinar will include time for Q&A and discussion.

At the completion of the webinar, attendees will:

• Be aware of a novel, interdisciplinary model of care being implemented in residential aged care

• Know the advanced role of allied health assistants in delivering care across disciplines 

• Be inspired to investigate new ways that allied health assistants are working in residential aged care

WEBINAR HOST: Andy Richardson, Chair of the AHANA Board and Coordinator of the AHA Global CPD Community of Practice at The Allied Health Academy

Andrew is the Chair of the AHANA Board and AHA Global CPD collective Coordinator for the Academy. He has worked as an Allied Health Assistant for Canberra Health Services since 2015. Since 2020 he has also been the Profession Lead for the AHA workforce across ACT Health; a role which entails assisting with the governance, and initial and ongoing credentialling, of the AHA workforce. Prior to working for Canberra Health Services, Andrew worked as an AHA in a residential aged care facility. 

WEBINAR PRESENTERS: 

Stephen Isbel, Professor, Discipline of Occupational Therapy and Centre for Ageing Research and Translation, Faculty of Health, The University of Canberra Hospital

Stephen is an occupational therapist and academic with over 30 years experience in a variety of settings including aged care, community care and adult rehabilitation.

 Fiona Poole:

Fiona is a multidisciplinary Allied Health Assistant (AHA) with experience in a variety of settings including aged care, community care, acute care, and private services within Australia and overseas. Fiona has a special interest in nutrition and delivers the AHA service for this project.

Supriya Gogate:

Supriya is an Allied Health Assistant with over 7 years of experience in a variety of settings including rehabilitation, aged care, transitional therapy home based care. Supriya works as a multidisciplinary Allied Health Assistant and delivers the AHA service for this project.

HOSTING

This webinar was hosted by The Allied Health Academy's AHA CPD Community of Practice. Interested parties can join the AHA CPD Community of Practice at the course link to view the recording, and to attend high further high quality events like this one.