Overview
Transitional aged care gives you more time to recover from an operation or illness by helping you return to normal activities. You are admitted to our department and helped by our team to reach your goals.
We support each person to make the most of your overall health and wellbeing. Our healthcare professionals also assist you to explore your long-term care options.
- aged care assessment team
- Mercy Community Aged Care packages
- Community therapy unit (outpatient rehabilitation program).
Getting here
Find us at:
550 Poole Street
Albury, NSW, 2640
Albury New South Wales 2640
For more information on getting here, visit Mercy Health Albury .
Location details
Level 2
On-site signage and indicators
Look for the Healthy Ageing Unit signs on-site.
How can people get access?
Main entrance access is through automatic doors at front of facility. Before 8am and after 7pm, you will need to press the ‘communication button’ to the right of the door. Nursing staff will speak with you via the speaker before they open the automatic doors.
Opening hours
24-hour inpatient service
Your appointment
What to do before
Before being admitted to the program, you will be seen by a member of the aged care assessment team (ACAT), who will review your health and wellbeing and approve services you may need. This could include a stay under the Transitional Aged Care Program (TACP).
What to bring
Please bring your:
- Medicare card
- healthcare or pension card
- glasses, hearing aid and walking frame (if needed)
- everyday clothes, sleepwear and toiletries.
What to expect on the day
We will let you know the time of your admission to our service. This will be arranged by staff from the hospital where you are a patient.
More information
Team Composition
During your experience you will be supported by a number of staff, including:
- nurses
- occupational therapists
- physiotherapists
- social workers
- dieticians.
Your general practitioner (GP) will assist in your care if any changes to your health occur. A range of services are available to meet your needs.
Discharge information
You will discuss and plan your stay with staff. This will also include an estimated date for discharge.
Additional support
When you are being discharged from our unit, staff will give you a list of all services and appointments you will need following your stay. Our staff will make an appointment for you at your GP to follow up your care.
Who to call if you have concerns afterwards
If you have questions about your time in our unit, please contact the Transition Aged Care Program unit on 02 6042 1447. If you become unwell, please contact your GP or emergency department.
For health professionals
To be eligible for the program, each person needs to be:
- medically stable and ready for discharge from hospital
- assessed by the aged care assessment team (ACAT)
- able to benefit from the program of short-term, low intensity therapy
- willing to participate in optimising their independence
- interested in the opportunity to assess their option for long-term care.
Procedural information
While in transitional aged care, patients medical needs will be attended to by their GP.
Medication management will be dispensed using Webster-paks.
There may be a cost of 84% of the aged care pension or equivalent, depending on individual circumstances.
How to prepare the patient
Albury Transitional Aged Care Service provides short-term care (up to 12 weeks) for older people who are in hospital and can benefit from more time and support to complete their recovery. The program supports each person to make the most of their overall health and wellbeing. Our healthcare professionals also assist people to explore their long-term care options. The program encourages independence, with each package developed to meet the assessed needs of individuals.
What/when you should refer to us
Self referrals are not available for this service.
What/when you should not refer to us
Self referrals are not available for this service.
Service changed
1 January 1970
Health department allowed flexible targets for inpatient and community services.
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