Mobile service for Maori launched in Tauranga.Western Bay of Plenty Maori can now access a mobile nursing service aimed at detecting illness early, and helping unwell people to better manage their own care in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Launched by the Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation Primary Health Organisations (PHOs), in New Zealand, are a collection of health providers, which are funded on a capitation basis by the New Zealand Government via its District Health Board. (PHO), the centralised mobile whanau nursing service is the first of its kind in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. PHO general manager Roger Taylor Not to be confused with Roger Tayler. Roger Taylor is a personal name that may refer to: Musicians:
"We expect the mobile nursing service will reduce the numbers of Maori people admitted to hospital and consequently reduce the need for expensive secondary care," Taylor said. "The nurses will provide clinical support to hauora GP clinics and ensure patients receive ongoing care in the community." The mobile nurses will be managed by team leader Delice McShane, a multi-disciplinary support team and a range of clinical nursing and medical expertise. Cultural support is provided by the hauora, iwi health providers, kaumatua Kaumatua are respected tribal elders of either gender in a Māori community who have been involved with their whānau for a number of years. They are appointed by their people who believe the chosen elders have the capacity to teach and guide both current and future , whaea and whanau. The two nurses will manage up to 500 clients a year within the Western Bay of Plenty boundaries. Three-monthly reviews will be conducted to ensure their workloads are manageable and to provide more resources should they be required. Referrals are expected to come from whanau, GPs, hauora, iwi, other health providers and self-referral. A 2004 review of the seven Maori hauora health providers aligned with the PHO, found only two had nurses, one of whom was full-time. The service aims to assist hauora to establish their own clinical services within two years. The nurses would then mentor the new nurses. While the mobile nurses will work alongside patients and families in a bid to self manage a variety of chronic illnesses, they will not take on recently diagnosed heart, diabetic, respiratory or cancer illnesses which are already being managed. They will, however, deal with all chronic illnesses, including renal failure renal failure n. Acute or chronic malfunction of the kidneys resulting from any of a number of causes, including infection, trauma, toxins, hemodynamic abnormalities, and autoimmune disease, and often resulting in systemic symptoms, especially edema, , chronic asthma, chronic respiratory, long-term diabetes, muscular and skeletal injuries and many other illnesses. |
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