{"id":10340,"date":"2025-12-17T13:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/?post_type=services&#038;p=10340"},"modified":"2026-03-02T07:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:39:33","slug":"post-acute-care-service","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/healthcare-services\/post-acute-care-service","title":{"rendered":"Post Acute Care Service"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[555],"class_list":["post-10340","services","type-services","status-publish","hentry","tag-no-search"],"acf":{"page_subtitle":"","page_type":"general","include_in_alphabetical_listing":false,"page_sections_general":[],"general_content":[{"other_content":[{"heading":"","content":"<p>Post Acute Care Service (PACS) is a short term program (for up to 2 weeks, depending on your needs) that aims to help you recover after illness or injury. You will be assessed by our healthcare staff who will provide treatment and education to assist your recovery at home. Your regular doctor (General Practitioner) will also help with your medical needs.<\/p>\n<p>Our team can deliver services by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>phone<\/li>\n<li>video calls (telehealth)<\/li>\n<li>clinic appointments; or<\/li>\n<li>home visits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How can PACS help me?<\/h2>\n<p>PACS provides a range of health services depending on your health needs. Our team includes:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nurse<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacists<\/li>\n<li>Physiotherapist<\/li>\n<li>Occupational Therapists<\/li>\n<li>Speech Pathology<\/li>\n<li>Social Workers<\/li>\n<li>Dietitians<\/li>\n<li>and other support staff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our team provides services between the following times:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday<\/li>\n<li>8am to 4:30pm Saturday and Sunday (limited support)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PACS locations\u00a0<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Caboolture Community Health Centre<\/li>\n<li>North Lakes Health Precinct<\/li>\n<li>Chermside Community Health Centre<\/li>\n<li>North West Community Health Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What happens when I am discharged from PACS?<\/h2>\n<p>Our staff will talk to you about referral options and, if needed, refer patients to services for longer-term support.<\/p>\n"}]}],"include_related_news_article":false,"add_contact_details":true,"remove_sidebar":false,"contact_extra_general_content":"<h2>Hours of Service<\/h2>\n<p>Seven days per week: 8.00am \u2013 4.30pm, including public holidays.<\/p>\n","contact_extra_general_content_2":"","display":["location"],"contact_heading":"Contact us","multi-location_map":false,"building":false,"location_details":[{"name":"Chermside Community Health Centre","location":"490 Hamilton Road Chermside, Qld 4032","phone":"07 3139 4489","fax":"","email":"","opening_hours":"","visiting_hours":"","additional_details":false},{"name":"Caboolture Community Health Centre","location":"McKean Street Caboolture, Qld 4510","phone":"07 5433 8388","fax":"","email":"","opening_hours":"","visiting_hours":"","additional_details":false},{"name":"North Lakes Health Precinct","location":"9 Endeavour Blvd North Lakes, Qld 4509","phone":"07 3049 1306","fax":"","email":"","opening_hours":"","visiting_hours":"","additional_details":false},{"name":"North West Community Health Centre","location":"49 Corrigan Street Keperra, Qld 4054","phone":"07 3335 8760","fax":"","email":"","opening_hours":"","visiting_hours":"","additional_details":false}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/healthcare-services\/10340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/healthcare-services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/services"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/healthcare-services\/10340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10636,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/healthcare-services\/10340\/revisions\/10636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}