{"id":1782,"date":"2017-09-22T00:30:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T00:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ciss\/uncategorized\/interim-care-service-helps-hundreds-transition-hospital-2"},"modified":"2017-09-22T00:30:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T00:30:45","slug":"interim-care-service-helps-hundreds-transition-hospital-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/news\/interim-care-service-helps-hundreds-transition-hospital-2","title":{"rendered":"Interim Care service helps hundreds transition out of hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Interim Care service helps hundreds transition out of hospital<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_1302\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1302\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1302\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/12\/ciss-news-interin-care1_9257855.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"216\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interim care Recreational Officer Mary shares birthday cupcakes with patients Allan and Dorothy.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hundreds of elderly patients are transitioning out of hospital to more appropriate aged care settings faster thanks to a new Interim Care service in Zillmere.<\/p>\n<p>The service, which has been in operation for just over one year, is a suitable care alternative to hospital, specifically for older patients, to help relieve the increased pressure faced by hospitals over flu season.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-bed service is now helping to navigate more than 380 people to appropriate care in an aged care facility that would otherwise have had to remain in hospital until a residential bed became available.<\/p>\n<p>Project Lead Kate Schultz said Interim Care service patients no longer required\u00a0continued acute hospital care, but did require an extra level of stabilising care\u00a0before being discharged to suitable accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, 3700 hospital days have been made available to other patients because of\u00a0Interim Care in the past year,\u201d Kate said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy taking these patients and preparing them for transfer to a residential aged care facility we are helping to free up acute hospital beds for those who really need them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, 3,700 hospital days have been made available to other patients because of Interim Care in the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kate said Interim Care received more than 500 referrals in the past 12 months, with a majority discharged to an aged care service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur service is now discharging or transferring around 40 patients a month and their average stay with us is about 25 days,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis service has reduced pressure on the acute sector while providing a pleasant, safe and suitable environment for these frail elderly people as well as the necessary support and resources to properly care for them in that interim period.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of elderly patients are transitioning out of hospital to more appropriate 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