After-hospital care (transition care)

After-hospital care (transition care)

When you have been in hospital, often the most desirable place to go when you leave is to your own home, rather than an aged care home. But sometimes you might need extra help to recover. This is where transition care may be able to help.

What is transition care?

Transition care is for older people who have been in hospital, but need more help to recover and time to make a decision about the best place for them to live in the longer term. Transition care may be provided either in your own home or in a ‘live-in’ setting. This setting can be part of an existing aged care home or health facility such as a separate wing of a hospital. You can only access transition care directly from hospital.

What types of services are provided?

Transition care provides short-term care that is:

• focused on your individual goals
• focused on particular therapies
• for a short time only.

Transition care offers access to a package of services that may include:

• low-intensity therapy such as physiotherapy (exercise, mobility, strength and balance) and podiatry (foot care)
• access to a social worker
• nursing support for clinical care such as wound care
• personal care.

https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/after-hospital-care-transition-care