Personal Alarms
 This section connects you to general advice, subsidised programs and private service providers of personal alarms to give you peace of mind at home.
General advice on personal alarms
Personal monitoring and emergency response services respond to calls for assistance 24 hrs a day. These services can enhance your confidence to help you continue living independently at home.
An emergency call can be made simply by pressing a button on a pendant, which in turn, activates a central home receiver unit connected to the phone line. You can choose either public or private providers of these services. A variety of available systems are displayed at the Independent Living Centre  (ILC).
What subsidised programs are available?
Personal
Alert Victoria (PAV)
is a non-means tested program funded by the Victorian Government Department of Human Services. This program provides personal monitoring services to eligible people who are frail aged or have a disability and who wish to continue to live independently at home.
The program is administered by Mt Eliza Personal Response Service (MEPACS) and Safety Link Personal Response Service. Language interpreting is available.
For further information:
- Visit the PAV
website
- Contact your local council’s Aged
Care Assessment Service or
- Contact the PAV service providers MEPACS (1800 451 300) &
Safety Link (1800 813 617)
Veteran’s
Rehabilitative Appliances Program (RAP)
This Federal Government funded program provides personal response
systems, along with other aids and equipment, to Gold and White
Repatriation Card-holders who are assessed as eligible.
Where do I find private service providers?
Private personal monitoring service providers can be found in the yellow pages under the category ‘alerting systems &/or services’.
Hint! MEPACS and Safety Link are contracted by the PAV program and also offer private personal monitoring services.
Further information about different personal
monitoring devices is available through the Independent
Living Centre
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