Aged Care Services
Mead Medical provides comprehensive aged care services, supporting older patients and their families with compassionate, coordinated, and high-quality medical care.
Our General Practitioners work closely with patients, residential aged care facilities, carers, and other aged care providers to manage complex and chronic health conditions, optimise medications, and support overall wellbeing as health needs change over time. Care may include routine medical reviews, chronic disease management, medication reviews, and advance care planning.
We also offer ongoing medical support for residents of residential aged care facilities, ensuring continuity of care, clear communication, and timely clinical decision-making. Wherever possible, care is tailored to the individual’s goals, preferences, and quality of life.
Referrals may be made by a GP, residential aged care facility, or family member. Our team is happy to assist with coordinating care, referrals, and any questions regarding services or eligibility.
Mead Medical provide aged care services and community care.
Current facilities we are providing services to are:
- Midland nursing home
- Valencia nursing home
- Sunshine park hostel
- Morrison lodge
- Villa Maria aged care facility
- Karalee aged care
- Lakeside lodge
- Jeremiah Donovan house
- Parry house aged care
- Parkview aged care
Model of Care
Demands for general practice services can only be expected to increase with increasing numbers of RACH residents whose healthcare needs are complex. The team model of care by using both GPs and CMA nurses offers are more comprehensive approach to care of residents within a RACH and enables timely responses to RACH residents’ needs and improved health outcomes. With the CMA nurse support, GPs are free to meet clinical needs and demands of residents and facilities. With our model of working with multiple GPs, we facilitate what we believe improved resident access to continuous care, even when unforeseen needs arise.
Comprehensive Medical Assessment Program (CMA)
Mead Medical will provide an experienced Nurses who in consultation with the GP will provide an onsite Medical assessment (CMA) for all residents, ensuring a comprehensive approach to each individuals care, improving patient health outcomes and strengthening the relationship between GP, resident and residential home.
Our staff come armed with laptop and clinical software which is used to ensure continuity of care between our nursing staff and GPs
After Hours Care
All GPs are contactable by phone during business hours and will be supported by the locum service. GPs prefer to speak directly with RACH nursing staff prior to any residents being sent off to hospital to ensure it is the best course of action.
We work one on one with each home to work out the best approach and meet the needs of both residents and the home management.
Caring from bedtime to breakfast
Preventative Health
GP Contractors take a proactive approach to the care of residents and will prioritise each year the availability and facilitation of annual flu vaccines for residents as well as Pneumococcal vaccines, and any other preventative health activities to keep the residents well.
History of the resident’s vaccines are all kept in the clinical software and added to a recall and reminder system which allows GPs to proactively track the health status of each person.
Medication Management Reviews (MMR)
Mead Medical will work closely with the homes nominated Pharmacist to ensure that each resident routinely has MMRs completed to ensure the safe management of residents medications, they are carefully monitored and assessed during periods of transition from hospital stays, new residents, changing health conditions and residents that may have co morbidities and complex health needs.