Information for Carers
Support and advisory services available to help carers and their families:
Carer Agencies
- Carers Victoria
1800 242 636
www.carersvic.org.au - Victorian Carer Services Network
www.vcsn.com.au - Carer Consultant Network Victoria
03 8803 5555
www.carersnetwork.org - Young Carers
1800 242 636
www.youngcarers.net.au
Respite services
- Respite Victoria
1800 059 059
www.respitevictoria.org.au - Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre
1800 052 222
www9.health.gov.au/ccsd
Mental Health
- Victorian Mental Health Carers Network
03 8803 5555
www.carersnetwork.org - Alzheimer's Australia
03 9815 7800
www.alzheimers.org.au - Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria
03 9853 8089
www.adavic.org.au - Asperger Syndrome Support Network Victoria
03 9845 2766
www.assnvic.org.au - BeyondBlue
1300 224 636
www.beyondblue.org.au - National Dementia Helpline
1800 100 500 - Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service
1800 699 799 - Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria
1300 550 236
www.eatingdisorders.org.au - Mental Health Foundation of Australia Victoria
03 9427 0406
www.mentalhealthvic.org.au - Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria (VICSERV)
03 9519 7000
www.vicserv.org.au - SuicideLine Victoria
1300 651 251
www.crisissupport.org.au/SuicideLine.aspx
Child and Foster Care
- Association for Children with a Disability
03 9818 2000
www.acd.org.au - Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
03 9614 1577
www.cwav.asn.au - Foster Care Association of Victoria
03 9489 9770
www.fcav.org.au
Other useful resources
- Autism Victoria
1300 308 699
www.autismvictoria.org.au - Cancer Council Victoria
13 11 20
www.cancervic.org.au - Companion Card Program
1800 650 611
www.companioncard.org.au - Continence Aids Assistance Scheme
1300 366 455
www.bladderbowel.gov.au/furtherinfo/caas.htm - Council on the Ageing
03 9654 4443
www.cotavic.org.au - Diabetes Australia
1300 136 588
www.diabetesaustralia.com.au - Disability Parking Scheme
03 9854 2400
www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/TrafficAndRoadConditions/ParkingAndClearways/DisabilityParkingScheme.htm - Down Syndrome Victoria
1300 658 873
www.dsav.asn.au - Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria
1300 852 853
www.epinet.org.au - Huntington's Victoria
1800 063 501
www.huntingtonsvic.org.au/ - Kidney Health Australia
1800 454 3639
www.kidney.org.au/ - Kids Help Line
1800 551 800
www.kidshelp.com.au - Leukaemia Foundation
1800 620 420
www.leukaemia.org.au/web/index.php - Lifeline
13 11 14
www.lifeline.org.au - Medicare Australia
132 011
www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/ - Multiple Sclerosis Society of Victoria
1800 042 138
www.mssociety.org.au/ - Multiple Sclerosis Social Network
http://community.ozms.org - Nurse On Call
1300 60 60 24
www.health.vic.gov.au/nurseoncall/ - Personal Alert Victoria
1800 451 300
www.health.vic.gov.au/agedcare/services/pav/ - Parkinson's Victoria
1800 644 189
www.parkinsonsvic.org.au - SCOPE Victoria
03 9843 3000
www.scopevic.org.au - Victorian Aids and Equipment Program
1300 650 172
www.dhs.vic.gov.au/disability/supports_for_people/living_in_my_home/aids_and_equipment_program - Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme
1300 737 073
www.health.vic.gov.au/ruralhealth/vptas/index.htm - Victorian State Concessions
1800 658 521
www.dhs.vic.gov.au/concessions - Wesley Mission
03 9662 2355
www.wesleymission.org.au
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