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Geriatric Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit   at
Chinook Regional Hospital
Estimated time to routine appointment: Not Available
Alberta Health Services - South Zone
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
This inpatient program specializes in the inter-disciplinary assessment and treatment of seniors with complex medical problems.The provision of integrated health services is directed toward elderly patients experiencing potentially reversible medical problems which are contributing to a physical, psychological, or social decline in function. The program is restorative and rehabilitative in its focus and endeavors to facilitate a patient’s ability to return to their own home or, when necessary, recommend alternative living options.

Persons over the age of 65 who suffer from a multitude of medical, social, emotional and physical problems that have made it difficult to continue living independently at home may receive the following services:
  • medical - family physician
  • geriatrician
  • psychiatrist
  • nursing
  • diagnostic testing
  • assessments
  • consultations
  • speech therapy
  • occupational therapy
  • physical therapy
  • recreation therapy
  • respiratory therapy
  • nutritional counselling and education
  • individual and family counselling
  • pain assessment, management and education
  • social activities
  • pastoral care
  • home assessment
  • follow-up
What is the purpose?
  • to discover and treat curable disease
  • to review complex medication regimens
  • to improve patients' functional ability
  • to help patients return to their own homes or to suggest suitable alternate living arrangements if a return to home is not possible
This inpatient program specializes in the inter-disciplinary assessment and treatment of seniors with complex medical problems.The provision of integrated health services is directed toward elderly patients experiencing potentially reversible medical problems which are contributing to a physical, psychological, or social decline in function. The program is restorative and rehabilitative in its focus and endeavors to facilitate a patient’s ability to return to their own home or, when necessary, recommend alternative living options.

Persons over the age of 65 who suffer from a multitude of medical, social, emotional and physical problems that have made it difficult to continue living independently at home may receive the following services:
  • medical - family physician
  • geriatrician
  • psychiatrist
  • nursing
  • diagnostic testing
  • assessments
  • consultations
  • speech therapy
  • occupational therapy
  • physical therapy
  • recreation therapy
  • respiratory therapy
  • nutritional counselling and education
  • individual and family counselling
  • pain assessment, management and education
  • social activities
  • pastoral care
  • home assessment
  • follow-up
What is the purpose?
  • to discover and treat curable disease
  • to review complex medication regimens
  • to improve patients' functional ability
  • to help patients return to their own homes or to suggest suitable alternate living arrangements if a return to home is not possible
ROUTINE REFERRAL PROCESS
Professional Referral Required.
Professional Referral Required.
URGENT REFERRAL PROCESS
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care Facility.
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care Facility.
EMERGENCY REFERRAL PROCESS
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care Facility.
Please direct patients to the nearest Emergency Department or Urgent Care Facility.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Criteria:
    • patient requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
    • patient has complex medical issues and co-morbidities
    • there must be potentially reversible components that are contributing to a decline in the functional abilities
    • patient and caregivers (if applicable) must be motivated to participate in our program
    • patient must be 65 and older or functionally geriatric
Criteria:
    • patient requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
    • patient has complex medical issues and co-morbidities
    • there must be potentially reversible components that are contributing to a decline in the functional abilities
    • patient and caregivers (if applicable) must be motivated to participate in our program
    • patient must be 65 and older or functionally geriatric
COMMUNICATION PROCESS
 
PHONE
403-388-6610 (Inpatient only)
REFERRAL PHONE
403-388-6610
REFERRAL FORM
CLICK + TO VIEW REFERRAL GUIDELINES
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Routine Reason for Referral
Access Targets convey the clinically appropriate timeframe patients should be seen within, by reason for referral and priority level.
Access Target
Required Information/Investigations
Timing
Additional Details
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Consultation
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Counseling
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Family counselling
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Home assessment
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Nutritional education
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Occupational therapy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Pain assessment
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Pain management education
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Pastoral care
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Physical therapy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Recreational therapy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Referral to psychiatrist for the elderly mentally ill
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Respiratory therapy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Seen by geriatrician
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
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Speech therapy
Medication List (dose, frequency, route)
 
Within 1 month
Past medical history
 
Within 1 month
Requires assessment by three or more of the multi-disciplinary team services unique to Unit 5A
 
Within 1 month
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
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MISSED APPOINTMENT GUIDELINES
If you are unable to attend a scheduled appointment, please contact the clinic a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
If you are unable to attend a scheduled appointment, please contact the clinic a minimum of 48 hours in advance.
 
HOURS OF OPERATION
Operates 24/7:
 
ADDRESS
Unit 5A
960 19 Street S
Lethbridge Alberta
T1J 1W5
PATIENT APPOINTMENT INSTRUCTIONS
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time.
  • You may bring a family member or significant other during your consultation.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
  • Bring your Alberta health care card and a piece of government issued photo ID.
  • Check in at reception 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time.
  • You may bring a family member or significant other during your consultation.
  • Please make sure to have someone with you if you are unable to communicate in English.
 
DIRECTIONS
Clinic is located on Unit 5A

Chinook Regional Hospital is located on 19 Street South - use main entrance for outpatient clinics.
Clinic is located on Unit 5A

Chinook Regional Hospital is located on 19 Street South - use main entrance for outpatient clinics.
 
PHONE
403-388-6610 (Inpatient only)
 
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Rates apply 24 hours per day, and are in effect for all public parkers, including those with provincially issued placards for persons with disabilities.
Public parking on the hospital site is GST exempt.
Pay by plate machines accept Canadian coins or credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express). Maximum 20 Canadian coins per transaction, no pennies. Machines provide no change.
Pay-on-foot machines in the parkade accept Canadian coins, bills or credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express). Change provided.
Exit verifiers in the parkade accept credit card only.
Parking Office accepts payment by cash, credit card, debit or cheque.
Rates apply 24 hours per day, and are in effect for all public parkers, including those with provincially issued placards for persons with disabilities.
Public parking on the hospital site is GST exempt.
Pay by plate machines accept Canadian coins or credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express). Maximum 20 Canadian coins per transaction, no pennies. Machines provide no change.
Pay-on-foot machines in the parkade accept Canadian coins, bills or credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express). Change provided.
Exit verifiers in the parkade accept credit card only.
Parking Office accepts payment by cash, credit card, debit or cheque.
 
EMAIL
VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
 
 
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
Yes

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Common Scenario:
A Healthcare Service moves from one location to another. In this case the IA Healthcare Service@Location record will be made defunct (non-current) and a new Healthcare Service@Location record will be created with a current status. In this scenario the captured referral guidelines in ARD can become "orphaned" as they are not attached to any current IA healthcare service.

Categories of non-current or orphaned referral guidelines: INDIVIDUAL and COMMON.
The REFERRAL GUIDELINES section of the profile has the prefix INDIVIDUAL or COMMON to help you choose the method below when transferring referral guidelines from a non-current Healthcare Service@Location to a current healthcare service@location.

Individual referral process
  1. Click on a non-current (Red) Healthcare Service@Location at the bottom of the All Locations list.
  2. The non-current referral info is displayed with the link Copy this Referral Process to another Healthcare Service@Location link on the upper right hand corner. Click on the copy link.
  3. Choose a current location (Green or Brown) from the All Locations list. This will be the Healthcare Service@Location you are pasting the referral info into.
  4. The system will display the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the referral info from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location you viewed in the first step.
  5. Click Save and the referral info is transferred from the non-current Healthcare Service@Location to the current one.
  6. Repeat these steps for each Healthcare Service@Location that needs attention.

Common referral process - 2 sub cases.
Case 1: At least 1 current Healthcare Service@Location with common referral info is with current status for this healthcare service; One or more Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations where replaced by new one.
  1. Click on any current Healthcare Service@Location whether it has referral info (Green) or not (Brown).
  2. The healthcare service location opens in the Edit Referral Info screen populated with the current common referral info.
  3. Save it. 
  4. All locations will be updated with the common referral information, including all the locations that don't have referral info yet (Brown). The non-current referrals (Red) will also be updated.
Case 2:  All Healthcare Healthcare Service@Locations for a healthcare service are set to a non-current status and replaced by new ones. In this case there is no current additional referral info to copy from, so the only alternative is to pick up the non-current common referral process (Red). Follow the steps described in the section Individual Referral Process above to copy/paste the non-current common referral info to the current healthcare service locations.
Generally we want to replicate current common referral info to new or replaced healthcare service locations. We only resort to copying non-current common referral info if there is no other option.

Remember: Some fields can be location specific with the common referral process:
Parking Instructions, Directions, Parking Map, Wait Time, Referral Phone or Referral Fax.
To update these items you have to edit each Healthcare Service@Location separately.

ADDITONAL NOTES:
  • The info icon after the All Locations drop down will be visible to ARD Administrators.
  • The system doesn't allow you to copy referral information from one non-current Healthcare Service@Location to another.

 

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