Respiratory Support and Management – Adult Community

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The Chronic Respiratory program works in partnership with GPs to support their clients within the community. The program aims to prevent hospital admissions and improve quality of life through self-management education support delivered by clinical nurse consultants. Patients are supported short term and then discharged to a GP and/or private Respiratory Physician.

Education topics include:
  • COPD and Asthma management
  • signs and symptoms of exacerbation
  • when to seek treatment and
  • how to minimise exacerbations.

Services include:

  • self-management education
  • medication review and where appropriate a referral to HOMR is completed
  • physiotherapy assessment as required
  • respiratory Physician review at the Chronic Respiratory Disease Clinic if required
  • psychological needs assessment and referral to a psychologist if required
  • referral to the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program if required

Eligibility Criteria

This service is for:

  • adults over 18 years old who reside in the Monash Health catchment
  • people diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • two Emergency Department presentations with respiratory disease in the past 6 months and is at risk of presentation at hospital.

This service is not for:

  • clients whose primary condition is Interstitial Lung Disease
  • clients whose primary condition is Cancer
  • clients whose primary condition is Mental Health

Referral Method(s)

Referrals should be sent by eReferral through Healthlink or by email.

Phone:  03 8572 5631
Email:  icareaccess@monashhealth.org

Eligible Postcodes

  • Cardinia -3139, 3159, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3806, 3807, 3808, 3809, 3810, 3812, 3813, 3814, 3815, 3816,3978, 3980, 3981, 3984,3987
  • Casey – 3156, 3177, 3802, 3803, 3804, 3805, 3806, 3807, 3912, 3975, 3976, 3977, 3978, 3980
  • Kingston – 3167, 3169, 3172, 3189, 3190, 3192, 3194, 3195, 3195, 3196, 3197, 3202
  • Greater Dandenong 3171, 3173, 3174, 3175, 3975
  • Monash – 3125, 3147, 3148, 3149, 3150, 3166, 3167, 3168, 3170

Additional information required

Include all patient demographic and clinical details as well as relevant investigation results

Contact hours: 8.30am – 4.30pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays)

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Please review the eligibility criteria before submitting a referral.