Request for Proposal-COVID-19 In Reach Services for Older Australians

⁠⁠⁠The Western NSW PHN are seeking Requests for Proposals (RFP) from eligible and suitably experienced Service Providers to deliver innovative models of service delivery to older people across the Western and Far Western regions of NSW that may be impacted by COVID-19.

Your proposal will need to target people over 65 (or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 55) living either in the community or in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) who are experiencing social isolation and/or loneliness as a result of the pandemic and who are at risk of, or have, mental health issues. This includes carers over 65, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers over 55, of people with mental or physical health issues, who are likely to have lost access to normal social networks and supports in their caring role due to the pandemic.

Your model will clearly outline the methodology for how it will meet the expected outcomes within the RFP document annexed hereto, which collectively will reduce the impact of isolation on the mental health of older people.