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