In Home Care

Community Aged Care Packages (CACP) are individually planned and coordinated packages of care tailored to help older Australians remain living in their own homes. They are funded by the Australian Government to provide for the complex care needs of older people. Community Aged Care Packages are very flexible and designed to help with individual care needs. The types of services that may be provided as part of a package include:

• personal care: bathing, shower, toileting, grooming;
• social support: home or community
• support such as: transport to appointments, reading, visits or outings;
• domestic assistance: vacuuming, mopping, bathroom and laundry;
• meal preparation, and
• mowing – to keep yard safe

To receive a CACP, you must be assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) as requiring low level care. ACAT assessments are free of charge. Information on  ACATs is available from doctors, hospitals and community centres or the Aged and Community Care Information Line on 1800 500 853 or Commonwealth Carelink Centres on 1800 052 222. A package of services will be tailored to meet your needs as assessed by the ACAT. The service provider will discuss the options available for meeting your care needs and a plan of care will be agreed upon. You, your family or representatives have the right to negotiate with UnitingCare Ageing on the types and levels of care to be provided. After you have agreed on your care, we will give you a copy of your care plan setting out the services you will receive.

 

Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) program provides services to meet your high care needs through an individually tailored package to assist you to remain living in your own home for as long as possible, if this is what you prefer. An EACH package is highly flexible and includes qualified nursing input. The services that may be provided as part of an EACH package include:

• care by an allied health professional such as a physiotherapist or podiatrist;
• personal care;
• home help, and
• assistance with continence management

To receive an EACH Package, you must be assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) as requiring low level care. ACAT assessments are free of charge. Information on  ACATs is available from doctors, hospitals and community centres or the Aged and Community Care Information Line on 1800 500 853 or Commonwealth Carelink Centres on 1800 052 222. A package of services will be tailored to meet your needs as assessed by the ACAT. The service provider will discuss the options available for meeting your care needs and a plan of care will be agreed upon. You, your family or representatives have the right to negotiate with UnitingCare Ageing on the types and levels of care to be provided. After you have agreed on your care, we will give you a copy of your care plan setting out the services you will receive.

 

EACH Dementia If someone you care for needs assistance because of behavioural problems associated with dementia, including periods of changes in behaviour, the Extended Aged Care at Home – Dementia (EACH D) program can provide high-level care through an individually tailored package to assist you to remain living in your own home for as long as possible. An EACH D package is highly flexible and includes qualified nursing input. The services that may be provided as part of an EACH D package include:

• linkages to government funded Dementia Behaviour Management Centres
• care by an allied health professional such as a physiotherapist or podiatrist
• personal care
• domestic assistance
• social support
• transport to appointments
• assistance with continence management
• assistance with oxygen and enteral feeding

To receive an EACH D Package, you must be assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) as requiring low level care. ACAT assessments are free of charge. Information on  ACATs is available from doctors, hospitals and community centres or the Aged and Community Care Information Line on 1800 500 853 or Commonwealth Carelink Centres on 1800 052 222. A package of services will be tailored to meet your needs as assessed by the ACAT. The service provider will discuss the options available for meeting your care needs and a plan of care will be agreed upon. You, your family or representatives have the right to negotiate with UnitingCare Ageing on the types and levels of care to be provided. After you have agreed on your care, we will give you a copy of your care plan setting out the services you will receive.