Provision of an after hours GP on-call service to residents of aged care facilities based in Geraldton (Juniper Hillcrest, Opal, and Nazareth House). The on-call GP will provide telephone advice and/or attend in person to deliver primary health care services with the aim of reducing potentially preventable hospitalisations.

The project aims to improve healthcare experiences and outcomes for older persons with complex needs through improved service integration and flow of individual information and support across traditional hospital, community and primary healthcare service programs, and state and commonwealth healthcare program boundaries.

The Albany After Hours GP Collaborative service comprises a clinic located within the Albany Health Campus, and a service for residents of residential aged care facilities, or those receiving palliative care in the community.

A counselling service, provided on Saturday, for individuals or families affected by drug and alcohol issues.

This activity will provide counselling to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable and hard to reach people with co-occurring mental health (MH) and alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, who are not currently accessing services.
The principles of this activity include:
• Integrated services and collaborative models of care;
• Place based, person centred approach;
• Building on the strength of what works in the current system; and
• Identifying new and effective ways of working together within and across traditional boundaries.

The program delivers culturally safe, evidenced based mental health treatment and support services including direct counselling, advice, advocacy, and educational programmes regarding mental health and wellbeing to Aboriginal people. The service is delivered by an appropriately skilled workforce and adopts a Recovery Oriented Practice Framework and holistic approach that includes physical, mental, spiritual, cultural, emotional and social wellbeing.