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Health & Ageing, Australian Government Department of (DOHA)
Address
Level 13, , 11-29 Waymouth St, Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia
Telephone
8237 8111
1800 188 098
1800 188 098
Fax
8237 8000
Email
Website
Postal Address
GPO Box 9848, Adelaide, SA 5001 Australia
Contact
Aged Care Information Line tel. 1800 500 853
Aged Care Complaints Investigation Scheme tel. 1800 550 552
Aged Care Complaints Investigation Scheme tel. 1800 550 552
Hours
Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm
Access
For wheelchairs, including toilets
Services
- 1. AGED & COMMUNITY CARE - funding for services and accommodation for older people including residential aged care facilities and community-based care services
- Aged care assessment teams
- Carer support services
- Community Aged Care Packages - care services for people in their own homes
- Community Visitors Scheme - an initiative to reduce loneliness and isolation for residents of aged care facilities
- Home & Community Care (HACC) - a joint federal/state program providing funding for frail aged and younger people with disabilities and their carers to avoid their premature or inappropriate admission to long term residential care
- Quality of life and care standards
- Residential and community respite care
- Aged Care Complaints Investigation Scheme - assistance with complaints about Commonwealth funded aged care services
- Advocacy services
- Assistance with Care & Housing for the Aged (ACHA) - provision of funds to community organisations to assist financially disadvantaged older people who are living in insecure accommodation
- 2. HEALTH PROGRAMS - funding for programs aimed at improving the health of all Australians, including primary health care, prevention and promotion and chronic disease management
- Divisions of General Practice and primary care programs
- Rural health programs
- Population health programs
