Key messages
- Short-term supports are for people who have been assessed as requiring short-term, community-based supports to help them recuperate.
- Short-term supports are available for people being discharged from a public hospital.
- Health services’ short-term supports include community nursing, personal care and home care.
Short-term supports facilitate a safe and timely discharge from hospital. The person returns home with an appropriate package of community-based supports. They are also linked up with ongoing long-term supports in the community, as required.
Eligibility for short-term supports
People being discharged from a public hospital (including emergency departments, acute services and subacute services) can access short-term supports. They need to be assessed as requiring short-term, community-based help to assist them to recuperate in the community, and to ensure a safe and timely discharge.
Services offered by short-term supports
Short-term supports include a range of community-based services according to the person's individually assessed needs. The most common services provided are:
- community nursing
- personal care
- home care.
Services arranged are provided for the duration of the recuperative period and are generally of a short-term nature.
Directory
The directory of short-term supports shows which service has responsibility for service delivery to residents of particular areas.
Referrals and enquiries
| Short-term support provider | Contact |
|---|---|
Short-term support provider Albury-Wodonga Health | Contact 02 6051 7400 |
Short-term support provider Austin Health | Contact 03 9496 2211 |
Short-term support provider Barwon Health | Contact 1300 715 673 |
Short-term support provider Bass Coast Regional Health | Contact 03 5671 3135 or email: HIP@basscoasthealth.org.au |
Short-term support provider Benalla Health | Contact 03 5761 4500 |
Short-term support provider Bendigo Health | Contact 03 5454 9102 |
Short-term support provider Castlemaine Health | Contact 03 5471 3610 |
Short-term support provider Central Gippsland Health Service | Contact 03 5143 8155 |
Short-term support provider Ballarat Health | Contact 03 5320 3893 |
Short-term support provider Colac Area Health | Contact 03 5232 5236 |
Short-term support provider Eastern Health | Contact 03 9881 1815 |
Short-term support provider Bairnsdale Regional Health Service/ East Gippsland | Contact 03 5150 3416 |
Short-term support provider Echuca Regional Hospital | Contact 03 5485 5862 |
Short-term support provider Goulburn Valley Health | Contact 03 5832 3013 or 03 5832 3014 |
Short-term support provider North Richmond Community Health | Contact 03 9418 9954 |
Short-term support provider Better Health Network Inner South East Post Acute Care Program | Contact Ph: 03 9066 1400, fax: 9492 7292 or email: pacteam@bhn.org.au |
Short-term support provider Latrobe Regional Hospital | Contact 03 5173 8869 or 03 5173 8117 |
Short-term support provider Melbourne Health District Access Unit | Contact 03 8387 2333 |
Short-term support provider Monash Health | Contact 8572 5631 |
Short-term support provider Northern Health | Contact Fax: 9495 3226 or email: TNH-PACReferrals@nh.org.au |
Short-term support provider Mildura Base Hospital | Contact 0488 382 697 |
Short-term support provider Northeast Health Wangaratta | Contact 03 5722 5417 |
Short-term support provider Peninsula Health | Contact 03 9788 1700 |
Short-term support provider Portland District Health | Contact 03 5521 0607 |
Short-term support provider Seymour Health | Contact 03 5735 8060 |
Short-term support provider Stawell Regional Health | Contact 03 5358 8618 |
Short-term support provider Royal Children's Hospital | Contact Fax: 03 9345 6600 |
Short-term support provider Swan Hill District Hospital | Contact 03 5033 9381 |
Short-term support provider South West Healthcare Warrnambool | Contact 03 5563 1594 |
Short-term support provider Western Health | Contact 03 8345 0013 |
Short-term support provider Western District Health Service | Contact 03 5551 8504 |
Short-term support provider West Gippsland Healthcare Group | Contact 03 5624 0571 |
Short-term support provider Wimmera Health Care Group | Contact 03 5362 3419 |
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