Hospital to Home Service
Hospital to Home Service
The Hospital to Home service (formerly the Housing Brokerage service) operates nation wide and is designed to:
- Search for housing options for NDIS participants in hospital to support discharge
- Prevent young people with disability being discharged to aged care
- Assist health teams and supporters to understand the types of housing available, and the eligibility and evidence requirements
The service adopts a rights-based approach that incorporates principles of choice, control and inclusion for people with disability.
Phone:
Make a referral (Australia-wide)
To be eligible for the Hospital to Home service, a person must:
- Be aged 18 and above
- Be an inpatient in an acute or sub-acute hospital setting
- Be an NDIS participant, or likely to be (ARF submitted)
- Require support to find housing options in order to be discharged from hospital
You can also contact the team via phone at 1300 322 013 or email at specialists@housinghub.org.au
Hospital to Home Video Resources
Sam shares ‘things that helped me move’
Sam has moved from a group home into an SDA apartment. Sam would like to share with others things that helped this move.
Ben’s journey to independence
Cheryl and Gary describe their son, Ben’s journey to independence.
An introduction to SDA
An introduction to Specialist Disability Accomodation (SDA)
Meet the Team
Kaitlyn King
Specialist Services Manager
Alison Pettit
Hospital to Home Team Lead
Lexi Gao
Hospital to Home Specialist
Lydia Dockrill
Clinical Practice Advisor
Susan Robinson
National Services Coordinator