Inside WA’s first Older Adult Community Integrated Care Hubs
The Western Australian Government has welcomed patients to the first of three Older Adult Community Integrated Care Hubs.
The first Hub is located in Cockburn, 20km south of the Perth CBD. Another two are planned for northern and eastern metropolitan Perth.
Each Hub will be a ‘one-stop shop’ for older adults with complex and chronic conditions, providing supported care in the community for people living at home. Patients are referred by GPs.
The aim of the program is to reduce avoidable hospital admissions, emergency department ramping, and ambulance transfers to hospitals.
Older Adult Care Hubs were a promise of the Cook Government during last year’s election campaign, amid record ambulance ramping and with dozens of patients stranded in hospitals due to residential aged care bed shortages.
Still, there are more than 300 patients in WA hospitals waiting for an aged care bed, and in December 2025, Ambulances were ramped for more than 4,500 hours outside the State’s hospitals.
The State Government has pledged $24.3 million for the Older Adult Care Hub project.
Each of the three Hubs will offer a range of services including:
- onsite doctors, nurses, and allied health practitioners such as physiotherapists, dietitians, and social workers,
- geriatric services and advice,
- memory support services,
- advance care planning,
- help linking with social services such as housing and transport,
- support for carers,
- helping manage conditions that affect the ability to manage safely at home, for example with managing falls and continence, and
- help navigating aged care services.
WA Health Minister Meredith Hammat told The West Australian the Hubs represent a shift in the way care is delivered. “By investing in new ways to care for our older adults, we hope to improve how the broader healthcare system works for all Western Australians,” she said.
A formal opening of the Cockburn site will take place in the coming months.
