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Improving Delivery of Home Nursing Care
Andrew Jones-Roberts RDNS
David Coombe GISCANational Centre for
Social Applications of GIS
The challenge - contract
Department of Human Services regionsbased on Local Government Areas
Australian Standard Geographical Classification 2004
M anningham
M aroondah
W hitehorseBoroondara
StonningtonPort Phillip
M elton
Hume
Brimbank
M oonee Valley
North W est
Hobson Bay
W yndham
M oreland Darebin
Yarra
Banyule
N illumbik
KnoxM onashGlen E ira
Bayside
KingstonCardinia
Greater Dandenong
Frankston
Casey
M ornington Peninsula
Yarra Ranges
W hittlesea
M elbourne
Southern
Eastern
North & West
0 10 20
K ilom etres
Departm ent of Hum an Services regional boundaries
The challenge - clients
The challenge - staff
The challenge – cars / resources
Service planning
• What does the ageing population mean for your service?
• Is access to your service equitable across your catchment?
• Is there a shift happening re where older people live?
• How can you capitalise on your data and new technologies to improve planning?
Preparing the data - RDNS
• Existing client database• Unique ID• Name• Address• Age• Visit information (number of, type, & hours)• Language spoken
Preparing the data - GISCA
Insert GISCA data base showing added columns. Eg. • Geocode, • SLA short code • RDNS clients by age groups (eg 65+, 75+)
Preparing the data - Census
Preparing the data - Census
Preparing the data - RDNS
RDNS client data
RDNS sites
Geo-coded to property address
Producing the maps
2006 Census
Population aged 65+
Producing the maps
RDNS 2006 data
Clients receiving a service
Producing the maps
RDNS data and Census:
Clients aged 65+
receiving a service
as a percentage of
population aged 65+
Producing the maps
2006 Census
Population aged 65+
with
Core Need for Assistance
Producing the maps
RDNS data and Census:
Clients aged 65+
as a percentage of
population aged 65+ with
Core Need for Assistance
Producing the maps
Average
visit hours
per client
So what?
• Service development priorities to address inconsistencies
So what?
• Service development priorities to address inconsistencies
• Equitable distribution of our workforce
So what?
• Service development priorities to address inconsistencies
• Equitable distribution of our workforce• Current and future site catchments
So what?
• Service development priorities to address inconsistencies
• Equitable distribution of our workforce• Current and future site catchments• Locations of future sites
So what?
• Service development priorities to address inconsistencies
• Equitable distribution of our workforce• Current and future site catchments• Locations of future sites• Opportunities for growth funding