Cardinia-Casey Community Health Service
Cardinia Community Health Services are located at :-
| Princes
Highway Pakenham 3810 Tel: 5941 0500 Fax: 5941 0542 |
McBride
Street Cockatoo 3781 Te l: 5968 8146Fax: 5941 8866 |
A'Beckett
Rd
Bunyip 3815 Tel:
5629 5204 |
Services Available:-
Physiotherapy
Podiatry (HACC) Occupational Therapy
(Paediatric & HACC) Speech Pathology (HACC) Family Day Care
Community Health Nursing District Nursing Service Youth Health Worker, Counselling Needle Exchange Program Well Women’s Health Service Men’s Health Drug & Alcohol Counselling and much more
$6.50
for health card holders and other concession cards. $10 for low income,
$40 for high income District Nursing: $2.50 for pensioners and health care
card holders. $22 for other clients. (Some services are funded by
hospitals) Appointments
To be eligible to use the services of Cardinia Community Health Service you
need to live, work, or attend school in the Shire of Cardinia. Just call our
Service Information worker and ask! Other agency services offered at Cardinia Community Health Service are
Breakeven (Gambling Counselling), Windermere Family Services.
Fees
History
Cardinia Community Health Service was originally a bush nursing station, called Mountain District Bush Nursing Station in Cockatoo. The local community had lobbied for this service for several years before it was officially opened in 1964.
The original centre in Cockatoo has expanded to accommodate community based health, welfare and support services. The original district nurse employed by the former bush nursing association still works from this centre.
In 1992 the service opened an outlet in the expanding town of Pakenham in the south eastern growth corridor. This year the Bunyip Community Health Service was amalgamated into the corporate structure of the Cardinia Community Health Service.
The organisation now provides services within the Shire of Cardinia from the three centres. Services provided include: district nursing, community health nursing, counselling, domestic violence services, youth health, occupational therapy, podiatry, physiotherapy, dietetics, adult day and support services, speech pathology, family day care services and a range of health promotion/illness prevention services.
The approach to health that the service utilises is a holistic one, with a strong emphasis on social aspects of health and disease. Because of the rural nature of the catchment area, eighty per cent of the services provided are outreached to where people can easily access them.