Peter Mac @ Home

Peter Mac @ Home - Peter Mac Cancer Centre

Peter Mac @ Home provides specialised cancer care to Peter Mac patients in their homes. The acute oncology nursing care home visits are available for patients who live within a 30 kilometre radius from Peter Mac East Melbourne.

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Peter Mac @ Home Services
Home and Community Care services:
  • Nursing assessment and care related to cancer treatment.
  • Symptom monitoring, management and control
  • Wound management
  • Central Line management
  • Injections
  • Radiotherapy reaction skin care
  • Blood specimen collection

Hospital in the Home (HITH)
  • Drain tube management
  • Some forms of chemotherapy
  • Other intravenous (IV) infusions
  • VACs wound care

Liaison between Peter Mac @ Home and other services
  • Post acute care (PAC) referrals
  • Outsourced Hospital in the Home

Fees
There is a charge for the Peter Mac@home service. How much you pay depends on your income and your situation. Fees will not exceed a set monthly maximum. We can tell you what you will be charged before a fee is incurred.

Your nurse will assist you to complete the appropriate forms.

Contact us
Call us on 03 9656 1017

Hours of operation:
Nursing visits: between 8am and 6pm Monday to Sunday, 365 days a year
Office hours: 8am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday

Where are we located?
Level B1
10 St Andrews Place
East Melbourne

Peter Mac @ Home Staff
Nurse Unit Manager – Darren Gray
Associate Nurse Unit Managers – Pauline McCarthy and Regina Padman
Community Liaison Nurse – John Larcombe and Louise Ripper
Administration Co-ordinator – Lynda Dodd
Home visiting nurses – a dynamic group of specialised community oncology nurses

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