THE GREY TSUNAMI

Dr EJ Marsden SMO DEM

Andrea Taylor CNC GEDI

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2007. Older Australia at a glance: 4th edition. Cat. no. AGE 52. Canberra: AIHW.

INTERNATIONALLY

UK AND USA

~ 10 years ahead

NATIONALLY

ASET

GRACE

OPERA

RECIPE

HINH

NAMBOUR

CHIP

QUICK DATA REVIEW

CULTURE CHANGE

CREATE A SENSE OF

URGENCY

POWERFUL COALITION

FOR CHANGE

CREATE THE VISION

DON’T GIVE UP

FRAILTY

Cat 1

Cat 2

Cat 3 WAIT

Cat 4 LONGER WAIT

Cat 5

Triage Categories

GEDI TRIAGE

1. RACF

2. >70 yrs “free range”

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GEDIED Physician Geriatrician

RESEARCH

Are we making a difference?

RESEARCH FUNDING2 Wishlist grants, 2 recipients

~$17 000

(InterRAI & GEDI)

Department of Social Services

Aged Care Service Improvement &

Healthy Ageing Grant

$1.15 M

(CEDRiC)

Research Training Scheme Scholarship

$11 000/semester

USC Nursing Research pool

$4 000

USC PhD Research Pool

$6000

Sunshine Coast University Hospital