Products and Funding Grampians Regional Continence Service 102 Ascot Street South Ballarat Health Services – Queen Elizabeth Centre

* Depends on type of product required * Eligibility criteria * Assessment required to confirm a permanent condition * Moderate to severe incontinence

* Statewide Equipment Program (SWEP) * Continence Aids Payment Scheme (CAPS) * Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) * Disability Continence Support Service

* Some continence products may be available on an individual basis as part of a care package as negotiated with case managers through programs such as: * Linkages * Disability Services

* State funded scheme – * Community based * Excludes funded residential care facilities * Washable and reusable products * Requires a continence assessment by a registered prescriber

* Federally funded scheme * Managed by Medicare * Paid directly into bank account * Application form – health professionals * Certain eligibility criteria * +/- Pension concession card * Clients 5 years and above * Any products

* Federally funded scheme * Gold card holders * Direct Order form – health professionals * Products supplied by a DVA contracted supplier * An allocated number of products per month

* State Funded * Eligibility: 5-15 yrs, permanent disability and continence issue * Assessment by continence service * All continence products available

* Male, female or unisex * Washable or disposable * Capacity * Different sizes * Type of leakage * Bed, floor and chair protection

* Weight bearing * Wheelchair bound * Ability to stand up * Ability to change own clothing * Can’t reach the toilet in time

* Good hand control required for sheaths * One or two hands required to apply pad * Two hands required to pull up pants * Able to hold a urinal * Able to open/close taps

* Forgetting to remove or change pad * Removing product * Pad used correctly * Disposal of product incorrectly

* Shape and size varies * Girth * Legs * Pads/pants close fitting * Correct fitting

* Greater capacity for night use * Bed protection * Drainage bags for night use * Condom drainage at night * Washables or disposable products * Protection on floor

* Activity level day and night * Sleeping arrangements - ?shared bed * Is the leakage contained efficiently * Dependency level with toileting * Bulkiness

* Continence Foundation of Australia * GRCS – continence service in the Grampians Region * Website link- search: bhs.org.au/node/191 * Referrals sent to Central Intake: BHS * * Phone: or Fax:

Thank you. Grampian Regional Continence Service