Hospital To Home
To be eligible to receive services funded by Hospital to Home, the patient must meet the following criteria:
- Have a short-term need, which cannot be met through regular community service provision
- Be assessed as requiring additional services to assist with recuperation or transition to continuing care following an acute episode/presentation
- Consent to receive additional post acute services under the H2H Program
- Agree to the forwarding of individual identified data to the Department of Human Services for the purposes of program monitoring and evaluation
- Assessed by Hospital to Home Program as needing a Hospital to Home funded package to support them in the transition from hospital to home and to assist them in their recuperation
- Must have received recent acute health care in a hospital
- Time Frame for referral at discharge:
- Day only patients up to one week post discharge
- Inpatient at times of referral
- Up to 4 weeks post discharge
- The patient must live in the following municipalities:
- Northern Grampians Shire Council
- Ararat Rural City
- Pyrenees Shire Council
- The patient must not live in an environment, which would pose a threat to the safety of the service providers visiting the home.
