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Clinics & services

Helping you stay active & well at home

Managing heart failure

We help people manage their heart failure.

About us

Our Heart Failure Outreach team supports adults in our local community to manage their heart failure.

We can visit clients in their home. Clients can also choose to come in for appointments.

Our services

Our team of specialist heart failure nurses provide the following services:

  • Phone and home visit follow-up, to support clients following a hospital stay
  • Education and information for clients and carers to encourage self-monitoring and self-management of their heart failure
  • Liaison with the client’s GP and cardiologist

Referrals

GP’s, specialists, family, carers, case managers and patients can contact us directly to access our services.

Contact us

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)

Location

Centaur Wing
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
300 Waterdale Road
Ivanhoe VIC

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