Department of Veterans Affairs

About Department of Veterans Affairs

Provides a range of care, compensation, and defence support services to members of Australian defence & veteran force communities, war widows, widowers and their dependents. Available services may include entitlement cards (gold, white, orange, pensioner concession card or seniors health card), carer support (financial, emotional and practical information), community nursing, respite care, personal care, podiatry, transport, counseling, domestic assistance, home and community care, home and garden maintenance including homefront (1800 801 945), psychology services. A doctors referral is required for occupational therapy assessment to access the rehabilitation appliance programme and physiotherapy. Updated April 2008