ACT Aged Care Assessment Team

Address:
CANBERRA, ACT, 2601

Contact:

Ph: 02 6174 8675
E: cpp@act.gov.au

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 9am - 5pm
Tuesday: 9am - 5pm
Wednesday: 9am - 5pm
Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm

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Billing:
No Fee

Additional Information: The Community Partners Program officer supports older people in the culturally and linguistically diverse community to access aged care information and services and make informed decisions about their care needs by working in partnership with organisations with special expertise e.g. Carers ACT, Alzheimer's Australia and residential and community care service providers so that these services can appropriately meet the specific needs of culturally and linguistically diverse community members.

Address:
CANBERRA, ACT, 2601

Contact:

Ph: 02 5124 9977
E: picac@act.gov.au

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 9am - 5pm
Tuesday: 9am - 5pm
Wednesday: 9am - 5pm
Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
No Fee

Additional Information: The Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) officer works to provide older people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities with increased access to and information about culturally appropriate residential and community aged care services including aged care support services. The PICAC officer does this through identifying the special needs of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; Providing training to staff of aged care residential facilities and to community based aged care services; developing sustainable links between the Community Partners Program (CPP), the PICAC Program and aged care services; providing support to culturally and linguistically diverse communities and aged care service providers in order to develop new services, including clusters, ethno-specific and multicultural aged care services; providing information to policy makers about issues that affect culturally and linguistically diverse communities; developing relationships with the Aged Care Assessment Team, the Complaints Investigation Scheme, the Aged Care Standard and Accreditation Agency; the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, aged care industry and culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Address:
CANBERRA, ACT, 2601

Contact:

Ph: 02 5124 9977
E: RACLN@act.gov.au

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 9am - 5pm
Tuesday: 9am - 5pm
Wednesday: 9am - 5pm
Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
No Fee

Additional Information: The Residential Aged Care Liaison Nurse (RACLN) supports clients and their families through the process of application to Residential Care Facilities by providing advice and information on Aged Care Facilities across the ACT Region.

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