RE: postnatal discharge programs: support what you say

[Joyce, Sally (nee Ferguson)]

Carroll,

The Defence Health Fund has a Mother Care Program which I have been lead to
believe includes home help and a variety of other services.


It is part of the Member Support Program, available to those mothers, who
leave hospital early (Must have support of the doctor and hospital staff).
Services include as midwifery, early childhood nursing, home cleaning, baby
monitor, cloth or disposable nappy services and or childcare.
 
To qualify you must be eligible for obstetric benefits at the time you have
your baby, be admitted to one of the selected agreement hospitals and elect
to go home early.

Further information on this program can be found at
http://www.defencehealth.com.au/indexm.htm. Click on the Mother Care Link.
There is a PDF file available for downloading. 

Sally

 
 

-Original Message-
From: Carroll Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2002 9:40
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: postnatal discharge programs: support what you say


Hi: Can anyone help?   I am after more information on the home help program
discussed in ACA last night (didnt see it) and also any other similar
programs around Australia.  Anything you can give me - even just the names
of the service providers and I can chase them up myself.  Thanks. Liz

Liz Carroll
Project Officer
Maternity Options Assessment and Review
c/- Women's Health Access Program

ph 03 62 227061
email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3rd Floor, Peacock Blg
Repatriation Centre
90 Davey Street
HOBART  TAS  7000



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RE: postnatal discharge programs: support what you say

[Grant and Louise]

Care link (based in Wollongong) do home visits (midwifery, lactation, early
childhood) plus "services" of cleaning/nappies/carer/transport/baby monitor,
on a sliding scale depending on how many nights the client is in hospital
and the delivery type. They do this on behalf of several health funds - IOR,
Aust Unity, Gov Employees, Teachers, Defence, NRMA, Grand United, Manchester
Unity and so on. They contract out to local people in other areas
Eg: if you have a normal birth and go home after 1 night you get 2 midwife
visits and 4 services ( of clients choice),  2 nights 2 visits and 2
services, whereas if you stay 4 nights you get 1 midwife visit OR 1 service.
C/section if home after 2 nights - 2 midwife visits and 4 services, 4 nights
2 visits and 2 services, 6 nights 1 service only.
Joanne Peterson is the manager(RN) on 02 4221 8337 and has always been very
helpful when I've referred women.
It helps, as the women at our private hospital can't link in to the
wonderful early discharge/domiciliary midwifery programmes run by the public
system.
hope this helps
Louise

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carroll
Elizabeth
Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2002 9:40 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: postnatal discharge programs: support what you say


Hi: Can anyone help?   I am after more information on the home help program
discussed in ACA last night (didnt see it) and also any other similar
programs around Australia.  Anything you can give me - even just the names
of the service providers and I can chase them up myself.  Thanks. Liz

Liz Carroll
Project Officer
Maternity Options Assessment and Review
c/- Women's Health Access Program

ph 03 62 227061
email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3rd Floor, Peacock Blg
Repatriation Centre
90 Davey Street
HOBART  TAS  7000



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Re: postnatal discharge programs: support what you say

[Larissa & Tim Inns]

Hi Carroll & List,
This is the full article published in "The Advertiser" about the new
program.
Hope this helps!
Hugs, Larissa


Larissa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has suggested you might be interested
in the following http://theadvertiser.com.au article:

Doctors attack hospital plan for new mums
17 April 2002
NEW mothers are being encouraged to leave an Adelaide hospital the day they
give birth in exchange for 36 hours of help in the home.
The full story is available at:
http://theadvertiser.com.au/common/story_page/

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