Abstract
This article explores age-friendly health service models of care and how allied health professionals can contribute to facilitating age-friendly health practice.
In this article I will focus on:
What is an age-friendly health service model
Why is it important to consider this type of health care
What can allied health professionals do to incorporate an age-friendly model into their every day practice.
Allied health services are provided across a broad range of settings within Australia, including inpatient and outpatient hospital settings, community health centres and the private sector. All these settings regularly engage with older people and as such allied health practitioners have a role to play in ensuring that the services that they provide are age friendly.
In this article I will focus on:
What is an age-friendly health service model
Why is it important to consider this type of health care
What can allied health professionals do to incorporate an age-friendly model into their every day practice.
Allied health services are provided across a broad range of settings within Australia, including inpatient and outpatient hospital settings, community health centres and the private sector. All these settings regularly engage with older people and as such allied health practitioners have a role to play in ensuring that the services that they provide are age friendly.
| Original language | English |
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| Specialist publication | Stride Magazine - Australian Podiatry Association |
| Publication status | Published - 01 Nov 2024 |