To the Editor: The Transition Care Program (TCP) is a joint federal and state government program that provides short-term (8–12 weeks) support and therapy to improve functioning for older people who are hospitalised (either in public or private hospitals) and would otherwise require admission to a residential aged care facility.1 Participants are provided with a care package that assists with activities of daily living, and provides limited allied health, nursing and medical input, with the aim of improving functional status, if possible.
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- 1 Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW.
- 2 Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
Correspondence: ianc@mail.usyd.edu.au
- 1. Australian Department of Health and Ageing. Transition Care Program guidelines – 2005. Canberra: DHA, 2005. http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/ageing-transition-guidelines.htm (accessed Jun 2007).
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