Health Services We Fund

Services for Older People

Services

Primary Health Care Services
Primary Health Care services are usually the first point of contact with health services for individuals and families. The aim is that each person and family/whanau is enrolled with a Primary Health Organisation (PHO). A PHO is a team of doctors, nurses and other health professionals (such as Maaori health workers and health promotion workers) who are working with the community to provide health service. Almost all general practices in Counties Manukau are members of PHO networks.
Secondary Care Services
The DHB’s provider arm delivers a broad range of health services accessed by older people in both the inpatient and community setting.

Inpatient services
Inpatient services for older people include:

General medicine	Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
General surgery	Gastroenterology
Urology	Assessment Treatment and Rehabilitation
Gynaecology	Mental Health
Orthopaedic services	Renal
Plastic surgery	Emergency Care
Ophthalmology	Dental surgery
Rheumatology

Community home health care services
Community home health care services are provided from four bases (Howick, Mangere, Papakura and Pukekohe). These provide community based health services including District Nursing, Allied health care, Meals on Wheels in urban areas, provision of ostomy and continence supplies, assessment for long term equipment and housing modifications.
Needs Assessment and Services Coordination (NASC)
NASC provides assessment of a person’s support needs, with involvement of the client and their family/whanau, and coordinates a package of care from DHB contracted e.g. Home based support services, household, personal cares, Meals on Wheels in urban areas, aged residential care and non DHB contracted services e.g. Stroke foundation, to support them.
Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation (AT&R)
Sub-acute assessment and rehabilitation inpatient care is provided for older people through AT&R services. AT&R Inpatient services are available at Middlemore Hospital, Pukekohe Hospital & Franklin Memorial Hospital.

AT&R Outpatient clinics are provided at Middlemore Hospital, Pukekohe Hospital, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Botany SuperClinic, Manukau SuperClinic.

AT&R Community based rehabilitation services are provided by Community Based Rehabilitation Team (CBRT), Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) Community Team.
Residential Care Services
CMDHB contracts for the provision of subsidised aged residential care. Residential care services are categorised as long stay hospital, psycho-geriatric hospital, rest home and dementia services.
Community Support
Day care, Marae based day program, dementia care, education, information.

Published: 07-Dec-2007 | Website enquiries: Web Content Manager