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Eligibility for transition care
To be eligible for transition care, you must be an older person and an in-patient of a hospital. You must have completed your acute and any necessary sub-acute care, such as rehabilitation.
While you are still in hospital, you must be assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT, or ACAS in Victoria) (more information) as someone who would be suitable for transition care. This includes consideration of your ability to benefit from the services transition care offers (eg low intensity therapy such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy) within the allowable time limits (a maximum of 12 weeks, with a possibility to extend to 18 weeks if you are assessed as needing an extra period of therapeutic care).