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Helping you stay active & well at home
We are a team of highly skilled complex care managers, with nursing and allied health backgrounds.
We work with people who have chronic and complex health issues who have had:
We provide time-limited home-visit and phone support to enable clients to better manage in the community and reduce unnecessary hospital presentations and admissions.
We work closely with GPs, specialists and community agencies.
We provide the following services:
You can refer yourself to this service by contacting the Health Independence Program.
Your GP, specialist or health practitioner can call us to organise for you to access this service.
You can refer your patient to this service by contacting the Health Independence Program.
Phone: 03 9496 2211
Fax: 03 9496 4337
Email: hipcentralintake@austin.org.au
Open hours: Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm (excluding public holidays)
Health & Rehabilitation Centre
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
Edwin Street, Gate 5
Ivanhoe VIC