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Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
SA Intellectual Disability
Health Service (SAIDHS):
service information
SAIDHS is in Ingle Farm. This
is 30 minutes from the City.
SAIDHS is wheelchair accessible.
SAIDHS is in a quiet area.
The SA Intellectual Disability Health
Service (SAIDHS) is a place for people
with an intellectual disability or complex
needs to go for medical support.
SAIDHS gets money from SA Health.
SAIDHS is for people in South Australia.
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Some words are written in bold. We
write what that words means.
There is a lot of information in this
book. It is a good idea to read it with
family, a friend or support person.
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Who can go to SAIDHS?
SAIDHS sees adults with an
intellectual or developmental disability.
They must have complex needs.
Complex means having a lot of
different support needs.
This can be because of
Mental illness
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Communication difficulties
Behavioural support needs
Other disabilities or health
conditions
Other things that make it hard to
use services.
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What SAIDHS does
Clinical assessment and
consultation services.
Clinical assessment is when someone
asks questions to find out about your
ability and needs.
They use this information to make a
plan.
Consultation is when someone gets
information from you to find out what
you need.
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What
SAIDHS
SAIDHS does
In an assessment and consultation we
might:
Look at how other services in the
community could support you
work with you and your current
service providers and carers to
make a plan
Give follow up support if it is
needed. Follow up means
checking with you to see how you
are going
The assessment will be at Ingle
Farm. If you cannot get to SAIDHS
someone might be able to visit you in
your home
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What
SAIDHS
SAIDHS does
Telephone support and advice
Advice is when someone gives you
ideas to help a problem or worry.
When they can, SAIDHS workers
can give you some support and
advice
This can be about health or your
assessment
You can ring SAIDHS to
ask questions
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What SAIDHS does not do
Emergency or crisis services
IQ assessments
Case management
Ongoing medical or psychiatric
management. This means they
can only see a patient for a short
time, they cannot see them
regularly.
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Getting a referral
SAIDHS is a referral service.
A referral is when your doctor writes a
letter to SAIDHS saying you need to
be seen there.
A referral letter from your doctor will
have your
Medical history. Medical history
is anything that has happened to
your health in your life
Treatments. Treatments is any
medical care that you get. This
can be medication or
appointments
Your doctor will send the letter to
SAIDHS. SAIDHS might talk to you,
your family, carer, support person or
doctor to ask some questions.
SAIDHS will tell you if you are able
to go there or not after 1 month of
getting your referral letter.
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Self-referral
A self-referral means you call and ask
for an appointment to see a doctor
yourself.
You can refer yourself to SAIDHS if
you do not have a regular doctor.
SAIDHS has a specialist
doctor for self-referral
appointments.
To refer yourself you will need to ring
up to make an appointment with the
specialist doctor.
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What happens at SAIDHS
Your first assessment consultation will
take 1 - 2 hours.
It is a good idea to take a support
person. This person should be
someone
you know well
you feel comfortable with
A full medical and psychiatric history
will be done. They will ask you a lot of
questions. They might do a physical
check of your body.
A full report will be sent to your doctor.
A report is something with everything
written down that was seen, heard or
done during the appointment.
SAIDHS might refer you to a different
place with different doctors who
specialise in other areas. Specialise is
when a doctor knows a lot about one
thing.
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SAIDHS enquiries or appointments
Enquiries is when you have questions
or want more information.
Appointments is when you make a
time to meet with someone.
To enquire or book an appointment at
SAIDHS you can
SAIDHS is open Monday to Friday from
8:30am to 4:30pm
Phone: 08 8257 7300
Fax: 08 8257 7399
Email:
HealthSAIDHS@sa.gov.au confirm email
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Getting to SAIDHS
SAIDHS has accessible
parking in the carpark in
front of the centre.
When you get there go up the
steps or ramp at the front
entrance to the Recreation
Centre.
Turn left straight away to find
SAIDHS. UPDATE
PICTURE WITH NEW
SIGNAGE
Address:
Ingle Farm Recreation Centre
1/58 Beovich Road
Ingle Farm SA 5098
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More information
If you want more information you can
go to
SA Intellectual Disability Health
Service
Aged Care, Rehabilitation and
Palliative Care Division
Northern Adelaide Local Health
Network
Phone: 08 8257 7300
Website: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au
The South Australian Council on
Intellectual Disability (SACID)
made this Easy Read book in
2019.
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