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Lions House Foundation provides a place of affordable accommodation for families of patients from rural, interstate, and outer metropolitan areas undergoing treatment at Austin Health.
Phone: 03 9496 2499
Email: contact@lionshouse.com.au
Low-cost accommodation for patients and their carers whilst attending appointments and receiving treatment at any Melbourne hospital located over 100kms one way from the patient’s home.
They have four wheelchair accessible rooms.
Note: Requires a referral from Austin Health.
Phone: 03 9254 2400
Quest Abbotsford offers one and two bedroom fully self-contained accessible apartments, including full-size fridge, cooktop, oven, laundry facilities and balcony.
Phone: 03 9426 1800
Quest Preston offers one and two bedroom fully self-contained accessible apartments, including full-size fridge, cooktop, oven, laundry facilities and balcony.
Phone: 03 9110 1300
Email: preston@questapartments.com.au
Big4 Melbourne Holiday Park offers two bedroom accessible family cabins, that are self-contained with a kitchen.
Phone: 1800 802 678 or 03 9353 8222
Punthill Ivanhoe has three superior one bedroom apartments with accessible bathrooms. The rooms are self-contained with a kitchen. Their number is limited and must be requested directly to confirm availability.
Phone: 1300 964 821
VPTAS covers some of the travel and accommodation costs incurred by rural Victorians when they must travel more than 100 kilometres one way for specialist medical treatment.
Visit: Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme (VPTAS)
Phone: 1300 737 073
Email: vptas@dhhs.vic.gov.au
Austin Health acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities.