Community and Geriatric Medicine

The Moss Street Centre is located at 33 Moss Street, East Fremantle 6168. The Moss Street Centre runs the following clinics:

• General Geriatric
• Memory Evaluation- this clinic principally assesses individuals with mild cognitive problems or complex problems that cannot be dealt with in the general geriatric clinic
• Balance & Mobility
• Parkinson’s
• Continence
• Allied Health  :
• Clinical Psychologist
• Nurse
• Speech Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Dietician
• Occupational Therapy

Eligibility for an ACAT Assessment

Patients who are eligible for an ACAT assessment need to:-

• Be Aged!  70 years or more or 50 years or older ATSI (there are occasional exceptions)
• Be Medically Stable!!! Those patients who are receiving acute care or engaged in a rehabilitation program are not eligible ACAT clients.
• Have significant physical, medical, social or psychological care needs that cannot be met more appropriately through other services
• Be a voluntary patient. This standard is not negotiable, involuntary patients under psychiatric care cannot be seen for assessment for residential care.
• Not be eligible for assistance through Disability Services Commission. Written evidence of this from Disability Services is needed for younger disabled clients prior to DCGM considering an ACAT assessment
• Give consent for an ACAT assessment.