COVID-19

Ms Kellie Young1 1Gold Coast Health – Social Work Dept, Gold Coast, Australia Introduction COVID-19 stimulated Gold Coast Health (GCH) Social Work Services to consider alternate methods of service delivery due to the uncertainty of the feasibility of face-to-face interventions...

Mariana Sudbury1 1Box Hill Hospital, Eastern Health, Australia Pandemics are not new; however, they pose significant challenges to how people work, socialise and manage their health (Madhav et al. 2017 p.1). The impact is especially pronounced for healthcare workers where...

Mrs Tegan Bell1 1Austin Health, Heidelberg , Australia With COVID-19 being highly transmissible, Austin Health isolated suspected and confirmed coronavirus patients in dedicated wards. To provide best practice care while minimising our movements in these secure wards, allied health needed...

Miss Phoebe Yeung1, Mr Mohamed Badawy1, Ms Jo-Anne Pinson1, Mr Michael Lawson1, Mr Christopher Leong1 1Monash Health, Clayton, Australia Aim This study aims to assess the utilisation of mobile X-ray units, mobile imaging of non-routine body parts, and radiographer to...

Mrs Karen Benson1, Ms Ana Masara1, Mr Adrian Benson1, Dr Louise Greenstock2 1St. John Of God Hospital Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Australia, 2Western Alliance, Warrnambool, Australia Background Hydrotherapy is a well-known form of specialised physiotherapy treatment. St. John of God Hospital Warrnambool...

Dr Paula Harding1, Associate Professor Lisa Somerville1, Mr Doug McCaskie1 1Alfred Health, Prahran, Australia On March 16th, 2020 the Victorian Government declared a State of Emergency to manage COVID-19. Allied Health (AH) at Alfred Health implemented the following four model...

Mrs Mai-Anh Groves1 1Royal Melbourne Hospital/ Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia Issue RAPID response teams during COVID-19 required this team to adopt a telehealth/remote model; imposing challenges to delivery of practical interventions like assistive equipment provision and caregiver training;...

Ms Jacqueline Kay1, Rose Goonan1, Michelle Middlewick1, Alana Jacob1 1Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia Aim Describe the difference between anticipated and actual service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method Retrospective audit of clinical preparation strategies for COVID-19, with analysis of positive...

Dr Belinda Gavaghan1, Gretchen Young1 1AHPOQ Background The response to the COVID-19 pandemic led to the initiation of innovative service responses from all health professionals, including allied heath professionals. The need to rapidly adjust to different settings, demands and constraints,...

Ms Candice Poupard1, Ms Stella Nelson1, Mr Chris Weiers1 1Western Health, Footscray, Australia Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, strict visitor restrictions have been in place across Melbourne hospitals. The limited access to family and friends impacted negatively on patient mood, engagement...