Our Services

HomeCare Options’ services are designed to assist aged people, persons with disability and individuals recovering from hospital admissions or other unique needs. Our services are offered to support our clients to maintain their independence and continue living at home or in the community. HomeCare Options specialises in the provision of culturally sensitive services and tailors client services to meet culturally sensitive individual needs and preferences. Following an initial assessment a personalised care or service plan is developed to reflect this.

If desired HomeCare Options can assist you to identify eligibility for funded options and help you to access the appropriate service.

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Community Aged Care Packages (CACP)

These packages are funded through the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), and provide low-level care within the client’s home. To access a CACP  an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) assessment and referral is required. Services available through these packages assist clients in managing daily activities to remain living at home.  Service provision may include;

  • Personal care
  • Social support
  • Transport to appointments
  • Home help
  • Meal preparation
  • Gardening

Extended Aged Care at Home Packages (EACH)

EACH packages are individually planned and tailored to help frail, aged, older Australians to remain living at home. They are funded by the Australian Government to provide for the complex care needs of older people. To access an EACH package an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) assessment and referral is necessary. Services available through these packages, assist clients in managing daily activities to remain living at home. Service provision is very flexible and service types may include;

  • Registered nursing care 
  • Care by an allied health professional such as a physiotherapist, podiatrist or other type of allied health care
  • Personal care
  • Transport to appointments
  • Social support
  • Home help
  • Assistance with oxygen and/or enteral feeding

Extended Aged Care at Home – Dementia Packages (EACH - D)

Funded through the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), EACH D packages are individually planned packages of care tailored to help frail older Australians who experience difficulties in their daily life because of behaviourial and psychological symptoms associated with dementia.

EACH D packages are very flexible and types of services that may be provided include;

  • Registered nursing care
  • Care by an allied health professional such as a physiotherapist, podiatrist or other type of allied health care
  • Personal care
  • Transport to appointments
  • Social support
  • Home help
  • Assistance with oxygen and/or enteral feeding

EACH D packages can also offer approaches and strategies to meet specific needs of clients who experience behaviours which may impact on their daily quality of life.

Services for Special Needs Groups

The Australian Government has identified certain groups as Special Needs Groups under the various Government subsidised programs of care. The groups HomeCare Options is funded to support include;

  • People from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Communities
  • People from Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) backgrounds
  • People who live in rural and remote areas
  • Financially and socially disadvantaged people
  • People in Housing Linked Care Packages
  • Veterans

ATSI and CaLD packages are funded through the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) and aim to be;

  • Culturally specific to meet the needs of clients from multicultural and indigenous backgrounds
  • Provided by bilingual / bicultural staff where possible matched to the client’s ethnicity

Intensive Family Support (IFS)

IFS services are funded through the Disability Services Commission (DSC). Access to these services is obtained through the Combined Application Process submission to DSC. Service types include a flexible range of care and social services tailored to meet the individual needs of persons with a disability and their family. A Service Coordinator is appointed to provide support options that offer full or shared management opportunities to assist each client and their family.

Veterans’ Home Care

Funded through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), these services are provided to clients referred by a VHC Assessment Agency. Service types include;

  • Domestic assistance
  • Personal care
  • In home respite

Community Nursing

Funded through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), these services are provided to clients referred by a VHC Assessment Agency, GP or hospital discharge planner. Service types include;

  • Nursing Services
  • Assessment
  • Acute and post acute services
  • Medication administration
  • Palliative care
  • Personal care

Private services

The majority of services offered by HomeCare Options are funded or subsidised. Some clients choose to receive private services and these may include;

  • Registered Nursing Services
  • Case Management
  • Personal care
  • Community nursing care
  • Social support
  • In home respite
  • Allied Health Services

'the professional staff at HomeCare Options
treated our family with care and dignity
in an otherwise difficult time in our lives…'

Contact HomeCare Options to find out how we can help you and your family today:

Freephone 1300 659 379
Telephone (08) 9321 5348