Community and Aged Care

The Specialist Clinics at St George’s Hospital include the Continence Clinic, Cognitive Dementia and Memory Service (CDAMS), Geriatric Medical Clinic, and Falls and Balance Assessment Clinic

My Aged Care provides a free Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS) if a patient is considering moving into an aged care home or requires help at home.

HIP was introduced by the DH&HS in 2008 bringing together the four previously separate service streams of Subacute Ambulatory Care, Post Acute Care, Hospital Admission Risk Program and Residential In Reach under common guidelines.

St Vincent’s has Geriatric Evaluation and Management units at Fitzroy and St George's in Kew. The Fitzroy GEM Unit comprises 22 beds and is located on the 3rd floor of Building F - Bolte Wing. The St George’s GEM Unit comprises 30 beds and is located on the first floor of St George’s.

The Domiciliary Allied Health Therapy Team is a Home and Community Care (HACC) funded program providing allied health interventions including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, podiatry, and dietetics to frail elderly or younger disabled clients who are housebound.

St Vincent's Aged Psychiatry Assessment and Treatment Team (APATT) is a multidisciplinary community mental health service based at St George’s campus in Kew. Referrals from GPs are welcomed.

The Transition Care Program (TCP) is a Commonwealth and State funded program. The St Vincent's TCP team is multidisciplinary. Clients can be referred immediately after a hopsital stay, they cannot be referred from community.

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne's has three aged care facilities - Auburn House in Hawthorn and Prague House and Berengarra in Kew.