While researching healthcare teams in Wayne County, NY I came across the Geriatric Assessment Program. It is a program that helps senior citizens, 65+, in rural Northern Wayne County get access to health care. It is for those who have recurrent health issues such as urinary incontinence, dementia, frequent falls, overall decline, etc. The team consists of Dr. Mohamed Mohamed, a geriatrician, a geriatric nurse practitioner and a care manager. This program offers patient's non-emergency care. It consists of home visits and office visits. For convenience, the patient's office visits can be at Wolcott Internal Medicine or at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital's state-of-the-art Telemedicine office. In addition to all of that they offer transportation to the office visits through their partnership with Wayne County Department of Aging and Youth. If you do not have insurance this program is of no cost to you and if you do than it is just your normal co-pay. This program has been so successful that its grant for federal funding was just extended. I think this seems like a wonderful program that has lots of potential to grow. I was surprised to see that it was only a 3 member team. I think as more people become aware of the program and start utilizing it more they may want to consider adding a Physician Assistant to the team!
http://www.co.wayne.ny.us/departments/ageyouth/documents/Fall2012_000.pdf
http://www.rochestergeneral.org/centers-and-services/geriatric-assessment-program/
http://www.waynepost.com/yournews/x1958455247/Geriatric-Assessment-Program-extends-medical-help-to-seniors
