Characteristics of multidisciplinary care
Video: Allied health professionals embedded into teams, adequate funding, and working to a full scope of practice are among the elements of successful collaborative approaches, sector told.
A greater focus on multidisciplinary and comprehensive care and reablement and restorative care through that multidisciplinary approach are among the opportunities for allied health under the new Aged Care Act, says Christina Wyatt.
Ms Wyatt, who is professional practice adviser at Occupational Therapy Australia, discussed these opportunities at the recent Positive Ageing Summit.
The allied health-focused event drew 250 people to the Adelaide Hilton for two days of sessions on how to improve the health and wellbeing of older Australians.
On the sidelines of the event, Ms Wyatt told Australian Ageing Agenda the aged care sector could learn a lot from multidisciplinary models of care working well in acute and sub-acute environments.
“It’s around embedding allied health into the care team or into the team that’s supporting the older person,” Ms Wyatt told AAA.
“It’s about being adequately funded and allowing those allied health professionals to work to their full scope of practice.”
In this video, Ms Wyatt discusses other characteristics of successful multidisciplinary care along with the opportunities for allied health under the reforms, which are now been delayed until 1 November:
Positive Ageing Summit is an initiative of Australian Ageing Agenda and Community Care Review – read our coverage of the event here and find out more on the Positive Ageing Summit 2025 website
