What is Post Acute Care
Post Acute Care is managed short-term care, funded by the Victorian State Government to assist patients recuperate following an acute hospital admission and to assist with their independence or additional care where required.
The Post Acute Program provides individually tailored packages of care to patients following discharge from hospital.
Post Acute Care is a time limited short term intervention designed to assist patients recover, and provides additional services as required. PAC acts to top up the current service system, not substitute existing services
Services available include
-- District Nursing Service - this includes daily dressings and wound care
-- Home Help
-- Personal Care
Eligibility Criteria
A risk assessment tool is used to assist in determining the eligibility of the patient
The following indicators are part of the process:
-- Be a patient in a public hospital
-- The patient presents with an acute episode in a public hospital
-- Assessed as requiring additional services to assist with the recuperation or transition to continuing care following an acute episode
-- Assessment determining patient eligibility
-- Short term management required
-- Written or verbal consent by the patient to receive post acute services under the PAC program required
-- Services time limited only ttp: