Home Hill Health Service

The Home Hill Health Service is a 14-bed rural facility predominately providing aged care, rehabilitation and renal dialysis services to the local community. The renal satellite unit has eight chairs and operates three days a week with extra services when required. The facility maintains close ties with the Ayr Health Service.

What care is provided?

General:

• Aged care
• Rehabilitation
• Triage assessments of clients 24/7
• Renal dialysis
• General outpatients clinics - three days a week serviced by Ayr medical officers
• Wound-dressing clinics – twice a day
• Outpatient blood-product transfusions - weekly

Allied health:

• Physiotherapy (fortnightly)
• Speech therapy (fortnightly)
• Occupational therapy (fortnightly)
• Child health (fortnightly)
• Social worker (fortnightly)

ATODS:

• Needle and syringe program

Visiting services:

• Chronic kidney disease clinics - every six months
• Private GP Women’s Health Clinic - three days a week
• Diabetic foot-ulcer clinic – fortnightly
• Respiratory (lungs) clinic - monthly