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to residential aged care
a positive experience.
Contact us now
We will always
place your elderly
loved one first ......
and help you navigate
the residential care
placement maze.
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Supported Residential,
Dementia Secure,
Interstate Transfers,
Bond Negotiations,
Respite Placement.
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Site Last Updated:
19th March 2013
19th March 2013
Aged Care Assessment Team
/ Service
(ACAT / ACAS)
What is the Aged Care Assessment Team / Service
?
A network of Aged Care Assessment teams (ACATs) 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
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