Transition Care Program
Where to find this service
Where to find this service
Our Transition Care Program provides short-term care and support after a hospital stay. The program helps you continue your recovery in a non-acute setting, with the goal of improving function and independence.
Transition care is designed for older adults who need extra support after discharge from hospital, but who are not ready to return home or enter residential aged care.
Who is eligible
To be considered for a Transition Care Program, you must:
- Be an inpatient of a hospital, having completed your acute stay and any necessary sub-acute care (rehabilitation).
- Be medically stable.
- Agree to admission onto the program.
- Have a completed, current and delegated aged care client record (ACCR) – flexible care or a Transition Care Program must be a recommended service.
Have potential goals and be able to benefit from a period of stay on the Transition Care Program.
What the program provides
The Transition Care Program provides you with:
- Low-intensity therapy (such as physiotherapy or occupational therapy).
- Medical services (including geriatrician review).
- 24-hour nursing care.
- Allied Health (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, dietetics, podiatry).
- Social activities.
- A dedicated Case Manager to assist you and your family finalise your long-term care and living arrangements
For patients who have gone home following a stay in hospital and need extra support to help settle back in, our Community Based Transition Care Program offers low-intensity therapy, and assistance with organising and coordinating support services.
It gives you more time to recover in an environment more like home, offering you a place to stay while on the next step in your recovery.
Costs
The Transition Care Program is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and the Victorian State Department of Health.
Clients in the Transition Care Program also contribute a client daily co-payment, which is set at 84% of the single persons aged pension levels.
Pharmacy supplies are funded by Transition Care Program clients, and these are supplied by a community pharmacy in Williamstown.
The Community Based Transition Care Program has a daily fee contribution, set at 17.5% of the aged pension.