The Aged Care Rapid Response Team is a home-visiting hospital outreach service who assess and treat older people experiencing a new decline in their health and are at risk of needing hospital.
Transfer to hospital of a frail older person increases the risk of delirium and other hospital acquired complications and may not be necessary if safe treatment can be commenced in their usual home environment.
ARRT provides acute assessment and aims to safely treat people at home or in their usual Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) if possible, avoiding distressing hospitalisation.
ARRT aims to build capacity in RACF staff by providing training, support and resources in recognising and managing the deteriorating resident.