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
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SHORT-TERM SUPPORT PROVIDER CONTACT Albury-Wodonga Health 02 6051 7400 Austin Health 03 9496 5000 pager: 5049 Barwon Health 1300 715 673 Bass Coast Regional Health 03 5671 3135 Benalla Health 03 5761 4500 Bendigo Health 03 5454 9102 Castlemaine Health 03 5471 1575 Central Gippsland Health Service 03 5143 8821 Ballarat Health 03 5320 4092 Colac Area Health 03 5232 5236 Eastern Health 03 9881 1815 Bairnsdale Regional Health Service/ East Gippsland 03 5150 3416 East Gippsland Bruthen 03 5150 3416 East Gippsland Buchan 03 5155 9222 East Gippsland Cann River 03 5158 6274 East Gippsland Ensay 03 5157 3215 East Gippsland Gelantipy 03 5155 0274 East Gippsland Lakes Entrance 03 5155 8300 East Gippsland Mallacoota 03 5158 0243 East Gippsland Omeo 03 5159 0100 East Gippsland Orbost 03 5154 6623 East Gippsland Ensay 03 5157 3215 Echuca Regional Hospital 03 5485 5000 Goulburn Valley Health 03 5832 3013 or 03 5832 3014 North Richmond Community Health 03 9418 9954 Star Health's Inner South East Post Acute Care Program 03 9066 1400 Latrobe Regional Hospital 03 5173 8869 Melbourne Health 03 8387 2333 Monash Health 1300 342 273 Northern Health 03 9495 3370 Mildura Base Hospital 0488 382 697 Northeast Health Wangaratta 03 5722 5417 Peninsula Health 03 9788 1454 Portland District Health 03 5521 0607 Seymour Health 03 5735 8060 Stawell Regional Health 03 5358 8587 Royal Children's Hospital 03 9345 5695 Swan Hill District Hospital 03 5033 9406 South West Healthcare Warrnambool 03 5563 1464 or 03 5563 1595 Western Health 03 8345 0013 Western District Health Service 03 5551 8504 West Gippsland Healthcare Group 03 5624 0570 Wimmera Health Care Group 03 5381 9184
Reviewed 15 December 2021