WHAT IS A HOME CARE PACKAGE?

A Home Care Package (HCP) provides a coordinated package of services tailored to meet your specific needs to:

• help you stay in your own home as you get older
• give you choice and flexibility in the way your care and services are provided to you at home.

WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES ARE PROVIDED?

The types of services you get under a Home Care Package will depend on your needs.  We will work in partnership with you to identify your goals and needs. We will work with you to co-design the best ways to deliver those services so you can live a more active and independent life.

The services that can be provided in a Home Care Package include, but are not limited to:

• Personal care showering and dressing;
• General household chores like cleaning and meal preparation;
• Transport for shopping and medical appointments;
• Social Support visiting a friend, group activities i.e. movies, lunch, mystery outings,
• Personal safety monitoring devices and other equipment;
• Home modifications (e.g ramps, rails)
• Gardens and lawns
• Wellbeing programs (gentle exercise group), social outings (concerts, lunches, movies, mystery outings etc)
• Nursing, allied health and other clinical services – hearing and vision services
• Care Coordination and case management

You can also use a Home Care Package to pay for your regular care needs while you are away on holiday.  And if you don’t use one or more of the services in your package for a period of time, because you are away or in hospital for example, you may be able to use or save some of the funds for other things.

There are some things you can’t use your home care package for:

• paying your rent or mortgage
• buying your groceries
• paying for holidays