Community Care in Australia  

Oleh:

Keleher, Helen

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Home Health Care Management & Practice vol. 15 no. 5 (Aug. 2003), page 367-374.
Topik: community care; primary health care; equity; health services; community nursing; Australia
Fulltext: 367HHC155.pdf (53.95KB)

Isi artikel

Access and equity are guiding principles for community care in Australia. Community care in Australia is universally provided through Australia’s Medicare system, which assures all people access to needed services. The largest community care system, the Home and Community Care Program (HACC), serves frail older and disabled people. The HACC program is undergoing steady reform to provide more seamless transitions of care for people from home care to residential care whether permanent or for respite purposes. Community health services provide a wide range of center-based and outreach services that any person may access and that are provided on the basis of need. Nevertheless, pressures for greater privatization of services cause tensions, and access is jeopardized further by shortages, particularly in rural areas, of aged care nurses, allied health personnel, and medical practitioners.

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