Annual Report 2011 - Calvary Health Care Bethlehem

Projects & Partnerships
Redevelopment of Calvary
Health Care Bethlehem
Having completed a feasibility study during 2010 for
the redevelopment of our hospital environment, on
our current Caulfield site, we have been developing a
business case for the past year with Southern Health and
the Department of Health.
This business case as agreed by the Department of
Health and Southern Health, supports our position that
redeveloping at our Caulfield site provides the most cost
effective solution, in a shorter time frame and allows us
to deliver a more efficient model of care to meet
community demand.
While we were unsuccessful in attaining funding
from the Government in the May 2011 State Budget,
redevelopment on the Caulfield site is supported by the
Department of Health and the Victorian Government.
Little Company of Mary Health Care is now working with
the Government to establish other ways of progressing
the redevelopment outside of the government
budget process.
This is an urgent priority and major focus for us, as
our current ageing and deteriorating building facilities
is compromising Calvary Health Care Bethlehem’s
operational sustainability, in addition to our reputation as
a leading specialist provider of health care in Victoria.
Patient Centred Care
Project
Over the past eighteen months the Patient Centred Care
Project has been implemented, emphasising ‘Patients
Goals of Care’. This project reflects our respect for and
inclusion of the patients’ decisions and preferences
while in our care. Patient Centred Care Project includes
improved patient and family engagement across all
clinical programs both inpatient and ambulatory with the
introduction of a person centred care plan.
The clinical team utilise the care plan at interdisciplinary
clinical meetings to steer the overall treatment goals.
The clinical treatment goals may differ from the patients’
goals, therefore it is not uncommon for a number of
meetings with a patient, their family and clinicians for
both the patient wishes to be understood and respected;
and with a realisation of what can actually be achieved.
This collaboration then allows interventions and plans
provided to a patient with respect to their culture, their
mental alertness and sensitivity to the stressful emotional
situation that the patient and family are experiencing. The
patient goals are aligned with current patient issues and
interventions are developed that match these goals.
The care plan is used from the first to last point of
patient contact for all clinicians. Reviewed at a weekly
clinical meeting for current issues and future planning,
it is then discussed with the patient and family. This
project is supported by the Government as part of the
person centred care practice, which is to ensure care
is developed in partnership, evidenced in day-to-day
practice and incorporates patient goals.
The Patient Centred Care Project document is a means
to improve the quality of care we offer our patients. As a
communication tool it is a central point, available for all
the staff to understand the plan of care and what to do in
treatment sessions.
Our Work
With Neurological
Organisations
Patients with progressive neurological diseases and their
families can benefit from a variety of support to help them
live more comfortably in the community and to be as
independent as possible. We have been working this year
in concert with many other agencies, to ensure our patients
have received the co-ordinated services they need.
We have collaborated with a number of neurological
organisations, in particular MND Victoria, Huntington’s
Victoria, MS Australia, Parkinson’s Victoria, Muscular
Dystrophy Australia and the Young People in Nursing
Homes National Alliance. All of these independent agencies
provide a valuable range of supports and services for our
patients and their families.
These organisations also raise awareness of these
uncommon conditions in the general community and bring
the issues to the front of mind of Government. They are
strong advocates for better services for people and for
more research to find the cause and the cure for these
often life-limiting conditions. In all of these aims we find
common ground. This shared purpose is at the crux of our
working relationships with neurological organisations.
As the Federal Government contemplates the Productivity
Commission’s recommendations for a National Disability
Insurance Scheme for all Australians, we look forward to
continuing our work together in what should be a better
resourced and more equitable environment for people
with a disability.
An urgent priority
and major focus is to
redevelop
Calvary Health Care
Bethlehem.
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