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Aged Care Assessment
Services

SCHS takes a holistic approach to the needs of clients and the community with an emphasis on continuous quality improvement and excellence in service delivery based on the principles of collaborative primary care.!

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Aged Care Assessment Services

Program Information

Assessments are normally undertaken in a persons home and the specialist clinician can discuss appropriate service options to meet your needs.

This may lead to referrals to community supports and /or approvals for the following specific Government subsidized Aged Care Services:

  • Home Care Packages
  • Residential Respite Care
  • Residential Permanent Care
  • Transitional Care Program

Your rights

You have the right to:

  • be treated with dignity and respect
  • information about the assessment process, to be told what is happening and why
  • express your own views and ideas
  • have your personal information, such as a medical history, treated in confidence
  • have someone with you during the assessment if you wish– this may be a relative, close friend or carer
  • have an interpreter, which the ACAT can arrange
  • talk to an independent advocate who can help you with advice, or act on your behalf.

Our Service

The Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS) is a Government funded service supplied free to people 65yrs and over or 50yrs and over for those of Aboriginal or Torres Straight Island descent. ACAS aims to assist frail elderly people with complex needs to stay in there own home for as long as possible.

Eligibility

How to access an assessment

If you would like an ACAS assessment you need to call the My Aged Care contact centre on 1800200422.

They will register you with My Aged Care and ask you a range of questions in order to understand your needs and eligibility for an assessment.

They will ask you questions about:

  • any support you are currently receiving
  • if you have any health concerns
  • how you are managing with activities around the home
  • some questions relating to your safety in the home

Your information will then be forwarded to us and we will contact you to arrange an appointment.

Cost

This is funded by the Australian Government and is a free service to you.

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SCHS

Sunraysia Community Health Services

Postal Address

PO Box 2803
MILDURA VIC 3502

Street Address

137 Thirteenth Street
(cnr Deakin Avenue)
MILDURA VIC 3500

Contact

T (03) 5022 5444
F (03) 5022 5445
E schs@schs.com.au

Office Hours

Office Hours
8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Monday to Friday

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Acknowledgement

SCHS would like to acknowledge all the traditional Aboriginal tribes on whose land we live and work as the first people of this Nation
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