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Learn how to plan and coordinate your own healthcare, and to make the plan that best suits you.

Caring for a person with dementia will become more difficult if the carer is worn down.

You and your carers should expect clear communication about medical issues and treatment options and costs in hospital in a way that you can understand.

Maintaining and tracking healthcare

Some rural patients have to travel to regional centres or metropolitan areas for the healthcare they need. The Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme can subsidise travel and accommodation costs.

Depending on your situation and country of origin, you may be required to pay the full cost for medical treatment provided to you by a public hospital, and you may need to have health insurance for your stay in Victoria.

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission helps people with complaints regarding discrimination, sexual harassment, victimisation and racial or religious vilification.

There are laws that set out how healthcare professionals can collect and store your health information and when they are allowed to share it.

Whether you are receiving care at home or living in a residential aged care home, you have the right to be treated with respect and dignity at all times, and receive high-quality care and support.

Coordinating your hospital appointments well will ensure the process of diagnosing, treating and recovering from or living with medical issues runs as smoothly as possible.