A major focus for many Divisions of General Practice in caring for older Australians has been on preventing avoidable hospital admissions, improving the linkages between the acute care settings and primary care providers and enabling older Australians to have a choice concerning the environment within which they receive care.

Division Programs:

Ballarat & District Division of General Practice
Macarthur Division of General Practice
North West Tasmania Division of General Practice
Southern Highlands Division of General Practice
Sutherland Division of General Practice

Non Division Resources:

Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council Care of Older Australians Working Group;
From Hospital to home: Improving care outcomes for older people
A National Action Plan for improving the care of older people across the acute-aged care continuum, 2004 - 2008
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/acute-agedcare/

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