Improving Delivery of
Home Nursing Care
Andrew Jones-Roberts
RDNS
David Coombe
GISCA
National Centre for
Social Applications of GIS
The challenge - contract
Whittlesea
Hume
North & West
Nillumbik
Melton
Brimbank
Moreland Darebin
Eastern
Banyule
Moonee Valley
Manningham
Yarra
Maroondah
North West
Melbourne
Hobson Bay Port Phillip Boroondara Whitehorse
Stonnington
Glen Eira Monash
Wyndham
Yarra Ranges
Knox
Bayside
Kingston
Cardinia
Department of Human Services regions
based on Local Government Areas
Australian Standard Geographical Classification 2004
Greater Dandenong
Southern
Casey
Frankston
0
Mornington Peninsula
10
20
Kilometres
Department of Human 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
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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