The Community Care Program offers a range of home based services through:

Community Aged Care Packages

 A planned and coordinated package designed to assist people who require management of services due to their complex care needs. The aim of the program is to maintain the independence of elderly people living in the community for as long as possible. The program is for elderly Polish speaking people and for elderly Eastern European people (in the Western, Northern and Eastern Regions). APCS also provides a CACP program in the City of Greater Geelong. Services provided include: Case Management; Personal Care; Domestic Assistance; Meal Preparation; Transport; Home and Garden Maintenance; Respite; Social Support and Companionship.

Disability Services

We are able to provide a range of home based and social supports to people with a disability wishing to purchase these services.

Multicultural Brokerage & Support Services (MBSS)

The MBSS aims to maintain and support the independence of older people and people with disabilities living in the community for as long as possible. AMCS operates the MBSS and offers a quality service that meets the Common Community Care Standards and enables clients in receipt of Community Aged Care Packages (CACP), Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) and Extended Aged Care at Home - Dementia (EACH-D) packages to access services that are tailored to meet the diverse linguistic and cultural needs of the elderly living at home or in siupported and unsupported accommodation in the metropolitan regions of Melbourne and the City of Greater Geelong. Services are also provided to individuals purchasing disability support services.

AMCS care workers are highly trained in meeting the sometimes complex needs associated with the care of older people with limited English language skills living in Victoria after having immigrated many years ago from various European countries.

Some of the specific services include: general CACP and EACH direct care with a focus on culture and language, support with medical appointments and basic translation (professional interpreting services still need to be accessed when appropriate), culturally sensitive personal care and culturally responsive meal preparation and presentation.

If you are interested in accessing MBSS to purchase services, find out about fees or to discuss any other services available through the Community Care Program please contact Louise Czarnoch, Community Care Manager

Polish-speaking volunteers are available to provide companionship to isolated elderly people or people with disabilities who are living in their own homes (Western and Northern suburbs). APCS also welcomes volunteers to assist in office activities.

For further information please contact Joanna Kaflowski, Volunteer Coordinator.

Polish-speaking volunteers visit isolated residents in aged-care facilities to offer companionship and friendship. Facilities can make a referral for a volunteer to AMCS for isolated Polish residents.

For further information please contact Joanna Kaflowski, Volunteer Coordinator.

The main aim of the program is to reduce isolation within the Polish community in Victoria, improve links between the community and the Polish HACC target group, provide support and thus reduce early or inappropriate admission to residential care.

For further information please contact AMCS on 9689 9170.