Smith Judy
Aust Health Rev. 2002;25(3):131-3. doi: 10.1071/ah020131.
The Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) of South Australia provides home- and community-based nursing care to people residing in the Adelaide Metropolitan area. The service is funded predominantly by the Home and Community Care Program. It provides community nursing services in the areas of wound management, palliative care, HIV/AIDS care, continence management, disability care, mental health and dementia care, and diabetes management. In 2000-01, the service made 439,700 visits to people's homes or saw them in a nurse-led nursing centre. In addition, the nursing staff had 84,000 contacts other than face to face that were related to client care. These contacts include the co-ordination of care with other service providers for new and existing clients of RDNS.
南澳大利亚皇家地区护理服务机构（RDNS）为居住在阿德莱德都会区的人们提供基于家庭和社区的护理服务。该服务主要由家庭和社区护理计划提供资金。它在伤口管理、姑息治疗、艾滋病毒/艾滋病护理、失禁管理、残疾护理、心理健康和痴呆症护理以及糖尿病管理等领域提供社区护理服务。在2000 - 2001年期间，该服务机构对人们的住所进行了439,700次探访，或者在由护士主导的护理中心接待了这些人。此外，护理人员进行了84,000次与客户护理相关的非面对面接触。这些接触包括与RDNS的新老客户的其他服务提供商协调护理工作。
