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Aged Care Assessment Team and Service (ACAT / ACAS)

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What is the Aged Care Assessment Team / Service ?

A multi-disciplinary team assisting the elderly, their families and carers to make informed decisions about the level of care required and accommodation, whether at home with community support, in a supported residential service, an aged hostel or nursing home. People with disabilities also eligible for assessment services in some circumstances. Interpreters can be arranged, if required.

A network of Aged Care Assessment teams (ACAT's) have been established to assist older people and their carers work out the most appropriate level of care that will best meet their needs, when they are no longer able to manage at home without assistance.

All Australian States use the same structure of assessment, however in Victoria each team is known as the Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS).

ACATs provide information on suitable care options and can help arrange access or referral to appropriate residential or community care services such as Home and Community Care (HACC).

An ACAT assessment and approval is a mandatory requirement before you can request government sibsidised residential aged care, Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs) or Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) Packages.

The family or care receiver should talk to your own doctor first to see if you need to be referred to an ACAT. The ACAT is usually based at a hospital or community centre and may include a doctor, nurse, social worker, physiotherapist or occupational therapist. Once you have made an appointment, a member of your local ACAT team will visit you in your home or in hospital to make an assessment of your needs.

The ACAT will talk with you about what services you may need and what is available in your area. They will discuss the result of their assessment with you, and arrange referrals to community care services or a place in aged care, if this is appropriate. Your doctor or local hospital can refer you to an ACAT.

What does the Aged Care Assessment Team service cost?

There is no cost associated with the ACAT assessment - it is totally subsidised by the Commonwealth government.

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Family Testimonials

My sincere thanks to you for just 'being there' at a time when relatives feel so vulnerable, having to deal with the mercenary side of their aged parents needs. I have total confidence in recommending your services should any of my friends be in a similar position. It has taken a huge weight off me, as not being well myself at this time, I found it all very draining. Thanking you once again for your very prompt and effective service and wishing you every success in the future. Kind regards

Leonore (22nd Nov 2011)

Thanks for all you have done for us

Mr. Anthony Severn (4th Feb 2011)

Again let me thank you for your professionalism and efficiency in these negotiations and I add a final note of gratitude from the Doyle Family, as we applaude the result. Our Father, now I'm sure, will settle down and be well looked after in this facility and we'll continue to keep a watchful eye over him in his new home.

Mr. Chris Doyle (10th Aug 2010)

Thanks for your assistance with helping us find a great place for mum and dad. kind regards.

Mr. Stephen Meurs (12th Jul 2010)

You guy's did a great job - having people who know the business acting for us made a world of difference.

Martin Krygsman.(27th May 2009)

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