This webinar will discuss how to organise team-based care for a general practice patient with a chronic disease and dementia.
Presented by GP Prof Dimity Pond, and practice nurse Caroline Gibson, they will explore a collaborative approach, using care planning, case conferencing and other relevant MBS approved strategies.
Presented in partnership with Dementia Training Australia.
Learning outcomes
- Describe the ways in which dementia can affect self-management in patients with chronic disease
- Develop a care plan for a patient with chronic disease and dementia
- Discuss a system for evidence-based team management of a patient with comorbid chronic disease and dementia, with a focus on the practice nurse role.
This event is part of RACGP Specific Interests and Dementia Training Australia - 2024 webinar series. Events in this series are:
Presenters
Prof Dimity Pond
GP and Professor at the University of Newcastle
Dimity Pond is a GP on the outskirts of Sydney. She has many older patients, and works with the practice nurse in caring for these. She has a particular interest in dementia and works with Caroline on the practice nurse component of Dementia Training Australia. She also has a longstanding interest in research around improving primary care management of people living with dementia, particularly through strengthening the multidisciplinary team.
Caroline Gibson
Caroline Gibson has experience as a general practice nurse, district nurse and community nurse care coordinator supporting people with complex chronic disease and pyscho-social issues. She is currently involved in the development of a general practice nurse dementia training program with Dementia Training Australia. She led the ‘Improving dementia care in primary practice – a nurse-enhanced model of cognition care’ project at Ballarat Community Health. Prior to this she implemented a new dementia support community nurse service at Djerriwarrh Health Services which has been adopted in other regional health services.