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Port Augusta Country Health Connect
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Country Health Connect offers a wide range of in-home and community-based services to older people, people living with disability, children and carers. Our services will help you or your loved one stay well, active and independent.
Services
For further information regarding services available in the Port Augusta area call 1800 944 912.
The Child Health program aims to support children and their families by providing a range of services that promotes healthy child development. Services include:
- Child Development Unit (CDU)
- Early Years Parenting Centre (EYPC), a Communities for Children initiative
- Autism
- Therapeutic services
- Children’s Centre Support.
Services provided aim to support people to live safe, healthy and independent lives in the community. Services include:
- in home support
- community nursing
- continence
- palliative care
- aides for everyday living
- aged care assessment.
We also offer a range of services to prevent and manage illness. Services include:
- Do it For Life Program
- chronic condition self-management programs
- diabetes management
- respiratory services
- cardio vascular support
- breast care
- women’s health
- quit smoking
- healthy eating
- community education.
The Adult Mental Health Team provides specialised one-to-one counselling, group work and health promotional activities aimed at promoting mental, emotional, physical and social health and wellbeing.
Workers provide information, education, counselling and support to adults, families and carers whose lives are affected by mental health issues.
Services are provided to adults over 18 years of age, in the Port Augusta Community and throughout the Far North Region of South Australia.
Community Health nurses provide specialist nursing care across the health service. These services are provided in the home, at our community health locations and within the hospital. Specialist areas include:
- palliative care
- wound management
- breast care
- continence
- diabetes
- respiratory support
- cardiac rehabilitation
- mental health.
The allied health services provided include:
- physiotherapy
- occupational therapy
- podiatry
- social work
- speech pathology
- dietetics.
Allied health professionals assess people’s needs and provide treatment and therapy services to support individuals and groups to rehabilitate, maintain or gain independence and to assist in the management of pain illness and disability.
The community health service is supported by a range of trained and skilled people including:
- Aboriginal health workers
- administrative officers
- allied health assistants
- bereavement counsellor
- enrolled nurses
- equipment officer
- health promotion officers
- home helpers
- lifestyle advisors
- para medical aides
- project officers.
Health professionals - How to refer
Refer patients by completing the Flinders and Far North Country Health Connect Referral Form (PDF 1250KB).