At Loch Street Medical Centre we provide annual health assessments to patients over 75 years of age.
If you are aged 75 years or older and live at home, you are eligible for a bulk-billed annual health assessment at no out-of-pocket cost.
An annual health assessment will identify ways that you can improve your health and wellbeing by advising you on matters such as how you can maintain your independence at home and in your community.
Our friendly and professional practice nurse will undertake a comprehensive and confidential health check. Specific components of the health check include an assessment of the patient’s:
- Medications
- Continence
- Memory/cognitive assessment
- Immunisation status for influenza, tetanus and pneumococcus
- Physical function, including the patient’s activities of daily living, and falls in the last 3 months/falls risks
- Psychological wellbeing, including the patient’s cognition, mood, and social wellbeing, including the availability and adequacy of paid and unpaid help, and whether the patient is responsible for caring for another person.
In addition, the nurse undertaking the health assessment may also consider:
- any need the patient may have for community services
- social isolation of the patient
- vision and hearing
- the patient’s oral health and dentition and
- the patient’s nutrition status
Above all, our nurse will work closely with you and your doctor. Our nurse will co-ordinate any necessary follow up consultations or supports to help you manage your health in the future. This health assessment is provided at no cost.
