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8th December 2011


Aged Care Assessment Team / Service
(ACAT / ACAS)

What is the Aged Care Assessment Team / Service ?

A network of Aged Care Assessment teams (ACAT's) have been established to assist older people and their carers work out the most appropriate level of care that will best meet their needs when they are no longer able to manage at home without assistance.

All Australian States use the same structure of assessment, however in Victoria each team is known as the local Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS).

Contact details for your State Aged Care Assessment Teams:

Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia

ACATs provide information on suitable care options and can help arrange access or referral to appropriate residential or community care services such as Home and Community Care (Hacc).

An ACAT assessment and approval is a mandatory requirement before you can request government sibsidised residential aged care, Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs) or Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) Packages.

The family or care receiver should talk to your own doctor first to see if you need to be referred to an ACAT. The ACAT is usually based at a hospital or community centre and may include a doctor, nurse, social worker, physiotherapist or occupational therapist. Once you have made an appointment, a member of your local ACAT team will visit you in your home or in hospital to make an assessment of your needs.

The ACAT will talk with you about what services you may need and what is available in your area. They will discuss the result of their assessment with you, and arrange referrals to community care services or a place in aged care, if this is appropriate. Your doctor or local hospital can refer you to an ACAT.

What does the Aged Care Assessment Team service cost?

There is no cost associated with the ACAT assessment - it is totally subsidised by the Commonwealth government.

What our placement clients say about our service ...
Many thanks. It is a outstanding result and I am more than happy to recommend your services as outstanding. In fact I shall take the liberty to recommend you to my personal financial adviser who has clients in similar situation. Mr. W (Glen Iris) after successful negotiation of a bond (27 Nov 2009)
RSL (Vic) thank you very much for the professional manner in which placement services were provided to Mr. E. Mr. Jeff Jackson OAM (28 August 09)
Mum has settled very well. We just wanted to say thank you for all your help. You saved us having a lot of sleepless nights. Jan and Pat (23 July 09)
You did a great job - having people who know the business acting for us made a world of difference. Martin K.(27 May 09)
Patricia, Noel, Colleen and myself are very grateful of your assistance in placement of Mrs J. in an ideal home and location. Please accept our gratitude from the family. Alan J. (28 Oct 08)
Many thanks for making a potentially difficult time a positive experience for all of us. Sue and Steve (8 Jan 08)
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