Community Transition Care
Committed to providing for the needs of our clients, whatever their circumstances, Royal Freemasons are the providers of a Community Transition Care program, offered by Bayside Health to elderly patients discharged from Caulfield General Medical Centre. At this stage this is the only way that this program can be accessed.
The Community Transition Care service is specially designed for those who require care and restorative services delivered at home after a stay in hospital. The low-level therapy and support offered by our Community Transitional Care program enables clients to be discharged quicker from the hospital system. This allows clients to go through the recovery and recuperation period in the comfortable and familiar surroundings of their own home, while still having access to a full range of medical, nursing and allied health services, including the physical therapies required for effective rehabilitation.
Although Caulfield General Medical Centre is responsible for managing and coordinating your Community Transition Care program, all the care and support services are delivered by fully trained members of Royal Freemasons experienced transition care staff. Unlike other providers, we don't use agency staff, so it's always the same familiar face coming to your door.
The services and care provided by Royal Freemasons transition staff cover a wide range of different tasks and chores, which elderly clients find hard to deal with on their own. From helping someone prepare for a day outing and making sure the necessary transport has been arranged, through to monitoring medications and technical nursing care, the Community Transition care program make living at home easier, safer and more enjoyable.
Continued Care
At Royal Freemasons we are committed to offering a continuum of care, which provides for the changing needs of our clients throughout the ageing process. Those clients who receive our Community Transition Care programs may also interested in one of our more long term Community Care packages (see Care In Your Own Home in this section of our website).
These offer a range of individually planned and coordinated packages of care, catering for the varying needs of those clients who would be eligible for low, high and dementia residential care, but choose to live in their own home.
To receive one of Royal Freemasons' Community Care packages you must be assessed by the Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS), as requiring the necessary level of care. The ACAS assessments are free of charge. Further information is available from doctors, hospitals and community centres, or the Aged and Community Care Information Line on 1800 500 853, or Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centres on 1800 052 222.
Into The Future
As well as our Community Care packages, Royal Freemasons also offer a wide and varied choice of retirement and aged care accommodation options across Victoria. With affordable Independent Living Units, premium retirement apartments and both low and high care residential accommodation offered at Coppin Community Hostel and our Lodges located throughout the metropolitan area.
Royal Freemasons are an excellent choice for elderly Victorians looking for a highly regarded and innovative aged care provider to take care of their needs now and into the future.
For further information please contact our admissions office on (03) 9011 7200.
Day Therapy
Clients who receive our Community Transition Care program are welcome to visit the Royal Freemasons Day Therapy Centre, located at our Coppin Community Hostel facility at the organisation's Moubray Street home, just off St Kilda Road.
The focus of the Day Therapy Centre is on restoring independence and improving the general health and well being of clients following illness or injury by developing a tailored program following an assessment of their needs. The centre offers a wide range of therapy and rehabilitation services including, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, audiology and speech pathology, as well as other specialist clinics, classes and treatments.
Further information, including details of how to apply, can be obtained from the centre coordinator on (03) 9011 7309.
