Timor 6 Ward at Repat Health Precinct

Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) Units provide comprehensive and responsive assessment, management, and care planning in consultation with the older person, their family, carer, and current community.

Evidence based principles and interdisciplinary assessment allow for restoration and rehabilitation in addition to the management of medical conditions.

Services

7 day medical, nursing, and allied health input with a focus on the following domains:

  • cognitive status
  • psycho-social assessment
  • nutrition (malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies, obesity)
  • mobility, balance, and exercise tolerance
  • environment, daily activity patterns, and function
  • basic check for ancillary and related issues such as swallowing, vision, and dentition
  • medication interactions.

Admission criteria specific to GEM patients

  • medically stable
  • age >65, >45 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander or younger onset dementia.
  • geriatric syndromes (falls, functional decline, frailty, malnutrition, reduced mobility) OR dementia/delirium/cognitive impairment
  • requires assessment under Geriatrician and multidisciplinary team
  • requires short-term restorative care
  • demonstrates participation in therapy and has potential for functional gain to achieve optimal discharge destination
  • palliative care needs specific to older people
  • agreed goals of care
  • completed 7-STEP Pathway
  • patients on Level 1 or 2 ITO can be admitted.

Exclusion criteria 

The following factors will exclude a patient from being admitted to Timor 6:

  • not medically stable
  • patients who may require ICU, monitored bed
  • requiring complex/intensive clinical nursing requirements and/or multiple medical devices managed in an acute ward
  • requiring an alternate rehabilitation, hospice, or acute psychogeriatric program
  • requiring consultation from other specialist services (not provided at RHP/NHS).

Resources

Contact details

Telephone: 7117 5251
Fax: 7117 5179
Location: Timor 6, Repat Health Precinct, Building 76, 216 Daws Road, Daw Park 5041.
Directions: Timor is located directly north-east of the Clocktower/Security building at the Repat