Geriatric medicine
Where to find this service
Geriatric medicine at Western Health supports the health and wellbeing of older adults through specialist assessment, care planning and rehabilitation.
Our multidisciplinary teams provide hospital and community-based services for people experiencing frailty, cognitive decline or complex age-related conditions.
We aim to help older people maintain their independence, dignity and quality of life through coordinated, evidence-based care.
What we do
Geriatricians and allied health teams assess and manage:
- Memory and cognitive issues
- Falls and mobility concerns
- Chronic disease in older adults
- Functional decline and frailty
- Medication-related problems
- Carer stress and safety concerns
- Planning for future care and support
- Care is person-centred, collaborative and coordinated across hospital, home and aged care settings.
Where services are available
Geriatric medicine services are available at the following locations:
- Sunshine Hospital
- Footscray Hospital
- Williamstown Hospital
- Hazeldean Transition Care
- Bacchus Marsh and Melton
We offer inpatient consults, specialist outpatient clinics, and support within rehabilitation, subacute and residential aged care programs.
Inpatient services
- Acute Aged Care Services
- Orthogeriatrics
- Cardiogeriatrics
- Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM)
- Secure GEM (Dementia Management Unit)
- Transition Care – bed-based
- Subacute and non-acute assessment and pathways
Outpatient services
Specialist clinics include:
- Continence and Urodynamics
- Wound clinic
- Falls and Balance Clinic
- Cognitive Dementia and Memory Service (CDAMS)
- Movement Disorders Clinic
- Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) outpatient services
- Behavioural assessment and carer support
Community services
The Commonwealth offers a Single Assessment System (SAS), available to people aged 65 and over, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 and over. The assessment determines your eligibility to access Commonwealth government-funded aged care services.
Assessments are free of charge. For more information, please visit the Department of Health website.
How to access the service
- Referrals are accepted from:
- General practitioners (GPs)
- Hospital clinicians
- Residential aged care facilities
- Community health services
Some services require referral forms and clinical information to assist triage.
Consultant Geriatricians
Contact
Phone: 8345 7860
Fax 8345 6394