Clinical Support

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Our clinicians can provide clinical support and guidance to your teams through:

Assessment and review of complex clients with dementia, mental health disorders or who are expressing responsive behaviours
Care plan development and review complex clients with dementia, mental health disorders or who are expressing responsive behaviours
Education to staff on your client’s care strategies – through case conference / study sessions
Clinical collaboration with your teams through 1;1 or small group training (with a train the trainer approach)
Mentoring of your clinical leaders to upskill and support them to lead your teams and provide evidenced based care
Environmental Review : Occupational Therapist review and practical recommendations make sure your service is supporting high quality, safe and dignified care that promotes independence and engagement. For more information on what this includes click HERE.
To access our FREE Environmental audit tool to support you to review the environment against the new National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines click HERE
Team training - some topics including but not limited to:

o Common mental health disorders

o Dementia (overview, communication, in depth types of dementia, responsive behaviours)

o Mental health assessment and care planning

o Recognising and responding to deterioration

Kathy Kirby - Registered Nurse

Kathy is a RN with over 20 years experience working with older people across the care continuum. Kathy has a special interest in dementia care, setting up community social and respite programs for people living with dementia and having extensive experience in supporting people living with dementia who exhibit responsive behaviours. For more information on Kathy’s service’s click HERE
Melissa Angelone - Mental Health Nurse Consultant

Mel is a Mental Health Nurse Consultant with 15 years experience working across the MH care continuum, supporting people in the community and in mental health services. Mel has a passion for supporting older people and with her previous experience as a clinical educator she is able to support teams to provide the best care for older people who have chronic comordibities and complex mental health conditions. For more information on Mel’s services click HERE.
Kate Lamont - Registered Occupational Therapist

Kate is a registered OT with over 20 years experience working across the health, aged and policy continuum. Kate supports health and aged care services to review the environment for their clients, making sure the buildings and surroundings are able to support clients to maintain independence and engage in meaningful activity. Kate’s has a strong focus on how the environment can be modified with simple solutions to minimise responsive behaviours. For more information on Kate’s services click HERE.