HMO - Rehabilitation, Aged and Palliative Care Service
Welcome to the Rehabilitation, Aged & Palliative Care Service
Rehabilitation, Aged and Palliative Care Services (RAPCS) operates out of three sites, Mount Eliza, Frankston and Rosebud - a total of 184 inpatient beds and three Community Rehabilitation Centres (CRCs).
There are three clinical directors:
Professor Director Aged Care Medicine - Professor J Ibrahim
Director Rehabilitation Medicine - Dr S Mudaliar
Director of Palliative Care Medicine - Dr B McDonald
Rehabilitation
Involves the rehabilitation of Stroke, Orthopaedic (post #nofs, elective joint replacement, etc), Acquired Brain Injury (including the young disabled), Musculo-skeletal disorders, Reconditioning following major surgery, etc.
Peninsula Health has a 90 bed Rehabilitation Unit. This consists of three 30-bed units - one located in Rosebud, and two in Golf Links Road, Frankston.
Golf Links Road Rehabilitation - Unit 1. This unit caters for stroke, other neurology and spinal patients, as well as amputees.
Golf Links Road Rehabilitation - Unit 2. This unit caters for orthopaedics and general rehabilitation.
Rosebud Rehabilitation Unit. This unit caters for general rehabilitation patients.
We have five Rehabilitation Physicians working across the three Rehabilitation Units, and each unit has full-time HMOs. There are two fully Accredited Registrar training positions.
Aged Care
Essentially Geriatric Medicine, i.e. the Internal Medicine of the Elderly. Involves the management of cardiac, pulmonary, renal, metabolic, endocrine disorders of the elderly, including approach to polypharmacy and the “Geriatric Giants” of Confusion, fall, Immobility and Incontinence.
There are 70 Geriatric Evaluation and Management beds and 15 Interim Care beds, located at the Jacksons Road campus at Mount Eliza. There are Physicians in Geriatric Medicine who are FRACPs, and a Professor Director of Aged Care Medicine. There are also three Geriatricians and an Accredited post for a Registrar in Aged Care.
Palliative Care
Operates out of 15-bed Palliative Care Unit at the Frankston Campus, Golf Links Road. Specialised care of terminally ill patients with a variety of disorders, especially cancer, but also neurological, cardiac and respiratory conditions. Close links with Peninsula Hospice Service. Medical support includes a HMO, a Registrar and a Consultant who is FChPM.
Experience and Training
The RAPCS program provides excellent training in Rehabilitation Medicine, Geriatrics (Aged Care) Medicine, and Palliative Care at Intern, HMO and Registrar level. Close interaction and supervision exists with the Senior Medical Staff in all 3 disciplines. Weekly in-service teaching sessions and Morbidity/Mortality meetings provide a forum for both tutorial type and interactive teaching sessions. The current Registrars are both preparing for their respective College examinations. The HMO/Intern positions are ideal for doctors interested in pursuing careers in Rehabilitation, Aged and Palliative Care Medicine, as well as General Practice. AMC candidates (Post Part 1) also find these appointments very beneficial, both in terms of exam preparation for Part 11, as well as adjusting to the style of medicine practised in Australia, under the direct and close supervision of Senior Medical Staff and Registrars.
Contact Details:
Rehabilitation, Aged & Palliative Care
The Mount Eliza Centre
Jacksons Road
Mount Eliza 3930
Telephone: (03) 9788 1200
Fax: (03) 9788 1314
Palliative Care Unit
125 Golf Links Road
Frankston 3199
Telephone: (03) 9784 8600
Fax: (03) 9784 8602
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Last Updated 06.12.2006 | Authorised: Peninsula Health