Clinical conversation - Home First: Enhancing Care for Older Persons

We are pleased to spotlight Eastern Health’s local interdisciplinary innovations as part of the Safer Together Program. Join our presenters as they share practical insights from two initiatives:

• Interdisciplinary GEDI model: Specialists in older person embedded in Emergency Departments deliver early, expert assessments to divert patients from unnecessary acute admissions to more appropriate care pathways or home-based services. This model has diverted 70% of older patients reviewed from acute admission, saving over 5,000 bed days and nearly $3.5 million in costs.
• Red to Green bed day process in subacute care: A daily visual management system that identifies and addresses barriers to patient care progression, supporting collaborative timely decision-making and reducing subacute inpatient length of stay by nearly five days.

Presenters

• Jonathan Beavers - Clinical Service Director, Complex and Continuing Care and Geriatrician
• Jess McKenzie - Senior Occupational Therapist, Geriatrician in Emergency Department Initiative [GEDI] Project Officer
• Anna Ring - Deputy Director of Operations, Complex and Continuing Care and Director of Nursing, Wantirna Health

Whether you work in aged care, subacute or acute settings this webinar offers actionable strategies to enhance early detection, response, and patient flow for older adults.

Don’t miss out - register to be part of the conversation.