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Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS) - Geelong

Aged Care Assessment Services (ACAS) are independent teams who assist frail older people and their carers identify what kind of care will best meet their needs. Assessment teams are multi-disciplinary and can include health professionals such as medical officers, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. They will conduct a comprehensive assessment and determine what type of community and/or residential service best meets the client's needs. They assess for all restorative and potential care options. For an older person to access Commonwealth funded residential care, residential respite, Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs), Extended Aged Care in Home (EACH) packages or flexible care, they must first be assessed as eligible by an ACAS.

Services including aged care needs assessment

Barwon Regional Aged Care Assessment Service - Geelong

Aged Care Assessment Services (A.C.A.S.) are independent teams who assist frail older people and their carers identify what kind of care will best meet their needs. Assessment teams are multi-disciplinary and can include health professionals such as medical officers, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. They conduct comprehensive medically based assessments for those needing community services or aged care residential services. 

Barwon Health - McKellar Centre

A Living at Home Assessment is a person-centred assessment of the person and their carer's needs, which leads to a care plan and individualised service responses.  The assessment and care planning process sits within the service coordination framework and takes an ASM approach to:

•	building on the person's and carer's autonomy, by offering choices and focusing on individual strengths and interests
•	encouraging & supporting people to regain skills and capacities wherever possible
•	strengthening social, community and family connections

A Living at Home Assessment is a broad, holistic needs based assessment and can include: a service specific assessment and care plan for the range of HACC services delivered by the assessing organisation; a referral action plan to both HACC and non-HACC services that cannot be met by the assessing organisation. 

A Living at Home Assessment focuses on:
•	Social, functional and emotional needs
•	Carer and family needs
•	Environmental issues
•	Strengths and capacities, not just deficits
•	Involvement of multidisciplinary expertise

A Living at Home Assessment is a funded HACC activity delivered by designated HACC Assessment Services.

Referral
Referrals are welcomed from clients/carer/family and other service providers.

A SCTT referral is required from service providers – the referral should contain the following:

•	Confidential referral cover sheet – clearly outlining the reason for referral
•	Consumer information profile
•	Summary and referral information profile
•	Consumer consent to share information profile
•	A copy of the Grampians Region Service Provider Home Safety Checklist (or your equivalent agency safety checklist)
•	Any other templates considered appropriate/relevant

 Golden Plains is a vibrant, predominantly rural municipality servicing a number of townships and communities.  It extends from Haddon, close to Ballarat in the north, to the Barwon River, near Geelong, in the south. 
Golden Plains Shire covers an area of approximately 2705 square kilometres with a population of 14,000.  Population statistics reveal a rapidly growing residential sector in the regions closest to Geelong and Ballarat.  The level of services and proximity to these centres, combined with affordable housing and attainment of a semi rural lifestyle are appealing and result in Golden Plains Shire being a developing municipality with much to offer. 

Council provides the full range of local government services and infrastructure with particular emphasis on community development.

Council has Customer Service Centres at the following locations:
-- BANNOCKBURN:
2 Pope St, Bannockburn
Hours: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm, Mon - Fri, for inquiries.
-- LINTON:
68 Sussex St, Linton
Hours: 8.30 am - 12.30 pm & 1.00 pm - 4.30 pm, Mon - Fri, for inquiries.Customer Service Centres can be contacted by telephone on 03 5220 7111 or 1300 363 036 (Local call cost)

Public Transport
Limited bus services from Ballarat & Geelong

Disabled Access
Access with assistance from another person.

After Hours Telephone
03 5220 7111

Hours
8.30 am - 5.00 pm, Mon - Fri, for inquiries s

Golden Plains Shire Council - Bannockburn

Local government services and community health.

Surf Coast Shire - Positive Ageing

BOROUGH OF QUEENSCLIFFE

 The Shire of Melton provides a range of services to meet the diverse needs of residents.  Council provide a range of Community Services for residents of the Municipality.

Fees
A minimal fee may apply for services, in accordance with the HACC fees policy.

Public Transport
Bus - 457, 458 & 459

Disabled Access
Yes

After Hours Telephone
03 9747 7200

Hours
8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday

Initial Contact
Reception - 03 9747 7323

City Of Melton

The GEM Unit provide comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation and management for aged care clients. Patients may be admitted after an acute episode of care, or via the community on the recommendation of ACAS.

Western Health - Sunshine Hospital

Aspire Medical and Skin Centre is a BULK BILLING family orientated general medical and skin centre in Hillside/Plumpton on Melton Highway.  

Although, walk-ins are welcome, appointments can be made in advance or on the day if required. 

Please call our friendly reception staff to arrange an appointment on 03 8390 9500. 

We provide the following additional services: Family Medicine, Women's Health, Men's Health Children's Health, Skin Checks and more.

Sundays	services by appointment only.

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