Part of Ariva Health
Specialist geriatric medicine,across the Territory.
Consultant geriatrician appointments in Darwin, in residential aged care, and by telehealth for patients anywhere in the Northern Territory. Unhurried appointments, comfortable rooms, and a reception team that handles the paperwork.
Rooms:(08) 7918 1918
The core appointment
- Never rushedA full hour for a new appointment. Time to take a proper history and talk with the family.
- Comfortable roomsConsulting rooms at Darwin Private Hospital, easy to get to and comfortable to wait in.
- Administrative supportA reception team that handles bookings, referrals and the Medicare paperwork.
What we do
Your appointment
A full hour with a consultant geriatrician, in comfortable consulting rooms at Darwin Private Hospital, with enough time to work through things properly.
Before you come in
Reception handles the booking, follows up the referral, and answers questions about Medicare and fees, so there is nothing for you to work out on your own.
The hour itself
Unhurried. Time for a full history and examination, a proper medication review, and a conversation about what matters to you and to the people who care for you.
Afterwards
Review appointments whenever they are useful, and ongoing contact with your GP so your care carries on without you having to repeat yourself.
Conditions
What we assess and manage
Referrals are welcome for any of the following. If you are not sure whether a referral fits, call the rooms and ask.
- Memory and cognitionCognitive assessment, dementia diagnosis and ongoing management.
- DeliriumAssessment after a hospital admission, and prevention planning.
- Falls and balanceMultifactorial falls assessment, gait and mobility, fracture risk.
- FrailtyMeasuring frailty and planning around it, including before surgery.
- Polypharmacy and deprescribingStructured medication review, with a plan for what to stop and how.
- Capacity assessmentDecision-specific capacity assessment, including financial and medical decisions.
- Advance care planningGoals of care conversations, documented properly.
- Complex multimorbidityWhere several conditions and several specialists need one coordinating view.
Where we see you
Clinic, aged care, home, or by telehealth
Distance should not decide whether an older person sees a geriatrician. We work across the Territory with local primary care teams.
The main service. A full hour for a new assessment, with follow-up review appointments as needed.
On-site review in RACFs, for residents where transfer to a clinic is difficult or distressing.
For review appointments, and for patients and families outside Darwin. Medicare rebates apply where eligible.
For referrers
Working with GPs
The same referral pathway and team model as NT Kidney Clinic, so referring to either practice works the same way.
How we support GPs
- Correspondence back to you within one week of the appointment, not a discharge summary months later.
- An explicit deprescribing list: what to stop, in what order, and what to watch for.
- Direct specialist-to-GP contact for questions between appointments.
- Shared care: we assess and plan, you keep the relationship and the prescribing.
Ideal referrals
- Cognitive concern where the diagnosis is unclear, or the family needs a plan.
- Recurrent falls, or one fall with injury.
- A patient on ten or more medicines with no clear owner of the list.
- Frailty before planned surgery, where a risk assessment would change the decision.
- Capacity questions needing a specialist opinion.
Why refer to NT Geriatrics
- Consultant geriatrician assessment without an interstate wait list.
- Part of Ariva Health, sharing the team model, physicians and referral pathway of NT Kidney Clinic.
- We see patients where they are: in clinic, in residential aged care, or by telehealth.
- Fees stated openly before the appointment, so nobody is surprised.
Fees
What it costs, before you book
This practice is privately billed with a Medicare rebate. We publish the figures because the out-of-pocket cost is the thing families most need to know, and the hardest to find.
| Appointment | Medicare item | Fee | Medicare rebate | Out of pocket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the consulting rooms | ||||
| Initial consultationThe first appointment, up to an hour. | 110 | $355.85 | $155.85 | $200 |
| Initial consultation, complexAt least 45 minutes, where two or more conditions are being managed together. | 132 | $472.50 | $272.50 | $200 |
| Comprehensive geriatric assessmentOver an hour, with a written management plan. Your GP has to request it. | 141 | $667.45 | $467.45 | $200 |
| Review consultationUsually 30 minutes. | 116 | $277.95 | $77.95 | $200 |
| Management plan reviewOver 30 minutes, where your GP asks for the plan to be revisited. | 143 | $492.20 | $292.20 | $200 |
| Short reviewA brief appointment, for a single question or a medication change. | 119 | $244.45 | $44.45 | $200 |
| Residential aged care and home visits | ||||
| First visitAssessment on site, where coming to the rooms would be difficult. | 122 | $389.05 | $189.05 | $200 |
| Review visitFollow-up on site. | 128 | $314.35 | $114.35 | $200 |
| Comprehensive geriatric assessmentOver an hour, with a written management plan. Your GP has to request it. | 145 | $766.75 | $566.75 | $200 |
| Management plan reviewOver 30 minutes, where your GP asks for the plan to be revisited. | 147 | $554.25 | $354.25 | $200 |
| Telehealth | ||||
| Initial consultation, videoSame appointment, by video. | 91824 | $355.85 | $155.85 | $200 |
| Review consultation, videoFollow-up by video. | 91825 | $277.95 | $77.95 | $200 |
| Comprehensive geriatric assessment, videoOver an hour, with a written management plan. Your GP has to request it. | 92623 | $667.45 | $467.45 | $200 |
| Short review, phoneBrief follow-up by phone. | 91836 | $244.45 | $44.45 | $200 |
Medicare rebates are the current schedule amounts, effective 1 July 2026. They are indexed each year, so the rebate at the time of your appointment may differ by a few dollars. Which item applies depends on how long the appointment runs and what it covers, so the exact figure is confirmed with you before you are billed.
A valid referral is required for the Medicare rebate. If cost is a barrier to being seen, please say so when you book. Talk to us rather than not coming.
Your specialist
Dr Tarun Kapil
Dr Tarun Kapil is a consultant geriatrician practising in Darwin and across the Northern Territory.
Areas of particular interest: Memory and general geriatrics
NT Geriatrics is part of Ariva Health, a Darwin specialist physician practice. Patients needing nephrology, general medicine or perioperative care can be referred within the same group without starting again.
- Title
- Consultant Geriatrician
- Qualifications
- FRACP
- Ahpra registration
- MED0001611513
- Hospital appointments
- Senior Geriatrician, Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospital
Referrals
Refer a patient
Send referrals by email or fax from your clinical software. Reception confirms receipt within one working day.
How to refer
- Email admin@ntgeriatrics.com.au
- Fax (08) 7918 1963
- Phone (08) 7918 1918, to discuss a referral or for urgent advice
For patients & families
Common questions
If your question isn’t here, please call the rooms. We would rather answer it than have you worry about it.
Contact
Get in touch
Phone
Fax
(08) 7918 1963
Consulting hours
By appointment
Referrals email
Consulting rooms
Suite 11, Darwin Private HospitalRocklands DrTiwi NT 0810Get directions (opens in a new tab)In an emergency, call 000. This practice does not provide urgent or after-hours care. For urgent concerns, contact your GP or attend an emergency department.