About the ACTES

The ACT Equipment Scheme provides access to a range of equipment for permanent residents of the ACT with long term illness or disabilities to assist them to live safely at home in the community.

The role of ACTES is to assist eligible applicants to live and participate within their community by the provision of appropriately prescribed equipment and continence products.

Once the initial application is approved, replacement and ongoing applications for replacement or additional equipment which pertains to the same disability or illness do not require a doctor’s signature unless modifications to the initial application are requested by clinicians.

Clients are not required to make payments or contributions for the use of the service.

Eligibility Criteria

All clients seeking assistance from the ACT Equipment Scheme must meet all the following eligibility and financial criteria to be eligible:

• Be a permanent Australian citizen,
• Be a permanent ACT resident (minimum of six months residency),
• Require assistance for a permanent disability or for a disability that has lasted for at least two years duration (as determined by the referring medical practitioner),
• Be ineligible to receive equivalent assistance from other government funded schemes or private health funds,
• If a compensable client, agree to reimburse ACT Health in full upon settlement of the associated claim,
• Not be living in a high residential facility (i.e. nursing home), and
• If currently receiving a Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) EACH or EACH D package, only equipment which is not included in the DOHA community package care guidelines will be considered for supply.
• Clients must meet the financial criteria as stated in the ACTES policy document.

Useful Resources

• ACTES Consumer Information