Better health and ageing for all Australians

Aged Care Assessment Teams

Aged Care Assessment Program Expert Clinical Reference Group

Aged Care Assessment Program Expert Clinical Reference Group (ACAP ECRG) was established to provide expert advice on a set of validated assessment tools for use by ACATs, in response to the National ACAT Review, recommendation 11.

Dr Susan Hunt (Chair) - Senior Clinical Adviser, Ageing and Aged Care Division, Department of Health and Ageing

Professor Jenny Abbey - Clinical Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Research Fellow, Menzies Institute, University
of Tasmania

Assoc Prof Gideon Caplan - Director, Post Acute Care Services, the Prince of Wales Hospital PACS Unit, NSW
Dr Terence Finnegan - Aged Care and Rehabilitation Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW

Professor Leon Flicker - Director, WA Centre for Health and Ageing, Royal Perth Hospital, WA

Ms Therese Gehrig - Manager, Aged and Community Care Policy, ACT Health, (ACAP Official representative)

Ms Wendy Hubbard - Executive Director, Allied Health, Ballarat Health Services, Victoria

Dr Brendan Kay - General Practitioner, Jamieson Street Medical, Victoria

Assoc Prof Michael Murray - Director, Geriatric Medicine , St Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria

Mr Tony Pyke - Manager, Adelaide Metro Aged Care Assessment Team, Domiciliary Care South Australia (ACAT Member representative)

Ms Michelle Roffey - Director, ACAP Section, Department of Health and Ageing

Assoc Prof Janet Sansoni - Associate Professor, Australian Health Outcomes Collaboration, ACT; Centre for Health Service Development, University of Wollongong

Ms Trudy Sutton - Manager, Business Development, ACH Group, SA

Ms Jenny Stevens - Area Director Aged Care WA Country Health Service, WA

Dr Eddy Strivens - Regional Geriatrician, Aged Care Health Services, Queensland Health

Assoc Prof Paul Varghese - Director, Geriatric and Rehabilitation Unit Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland

Ms Wendy Venn - Aged Care Nurse Practitioner, Aged Care and Rehabilitation Unit, ACT

Ms Elizabeth Lovell - Assistant Director, ACAP Section, Department of Health and Ageing (Secretariat)

Ms Helena Kujansuu - ACAP Section, Department of Health and Ageing (Secretariat)
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