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Staying active
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Useful contacts
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
Aged Care Australia
www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au
Ph: 1800 500 853
Commonwealth Carelink Services
www9.health.gov.au/ccsd
Ph: 1800 052 222 (free call)
Information centres for older people, people with
disabilities and those who provide care and services.
Department of Health and Ageing
Ambassador for Ageing
www.health.gov.au/ambassadorforageing
Healthdirect Australia
www.healthdirect.org.au
Ph: 1800 022 222
Free 24-hour telephone health advice service line staffed
by registered nurses to provide expert health advice.
Veterans Affairs
www.dva.gov.au
Ph: 13 32 54 or 1800 555 254
Offers support and services for people eligible for
assistance.
NSW GOVERNMENT
NSW Health
www.health.nsw.gov.au
Ph: 02 9391 9000
Provides information and links to public health services
within NSW, and access to health professionals such
as community nurses, dentists, dieticians, doctors,
occupational therapists, optometrists, pharmacists,
physiotherapists, podiatrists and psychologists etc.
Aboriginal Home Care Service
Ph: 1300 797 606
Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service
www.gethealthynsw.com.au
Ph: 1300 806 258
Home and Community Care (HACC)
Ph: 02 8270 2000
Home Care Service Hunter/Central Coast and
rural regions
Ph: 1300 881 144
Home Care Service Sydney Metropolitan Area
Ph: 1800 350 792
Home Modifcation Information Clearinghouse
www.homemods.info
Ph: 02 9385 5357 or 1800 305 486
Provides a range of consumer factsheets and information
on home maintenance and modifcations
Human Services—Ageing Disability and Home Care
www.dadhc.nsw.gov.au
The NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home
Care administer the HACC Program in NSW. The program
helps frail older people and people with a disability
who would otherwise be prematurely or inappropriately
admitted to residential care to live independently in their
own home.
NSW Falls Prevention Network
www.neura.edu.au/fbrg
Information on healthy ageing for consumers and health
professionals.
COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS
Alzheimers Australia
www.alzheimers.org.au
Ph: 1800 100 50 (national dementia helpline)
Alzheimers Australia NSW
Ph: 02 9805 0100
Arthritis NSW
www.arthritisnsw.org.au
Ph: 1800 011 041 (free call in NSW)
Association of Occupational Therapists
www.ausot.com.au
Ph: 02 9648 3225
Australian Association of Social Workers
www.aasw.asn.au
Ph: 02 9518 4944
Australian Physiotherapy Association
www.physiotherapy.asn.au
Ph: 02 8748 1555
Australasian Podiatry Council
www.apodc.com.au
Ph: 03 9416 3111