If your needs are more complex, a Home Care Package (HCP) could be better suited to you. Instead of fortnightly Entry-level Home Care Support, HCP offer weekly to daily assistance to seniors.
English is not everyone’s first language. Most of our support workers and care advisors are multilingual to provide services to older adults from all cultural backgrounds.
We tailor services to your individual needs and goals, provide flexibility and a can-do attitude, and you will receive a care advisor as your point of contact.
Cleaning, laundry and gardening
To shopping, banking and medical appointments
Showering, dressing and meal preparation
Outings and accompanied activities
Referrals to nursing care, physiotherapy and occupational therapy
To receive a Home Care Package, a clinician (a nurse, social worker or other health care professional) from the Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS) will assess you at home.
The clinician will:
A family member or advocate may support you during the assessment.
Contact UsA support worker is able to visit your home one or two times a week for:
Government subsidy amount per year – approximately $9,000 a year.
A support worker is able to visit your home three or four times a week for:
Government subsidy amount per year – approximately $16,000 a year.
A support worker is able to visit your home most days a week for:
We make referrals to nursing services and allied health professionals who offer podiatry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dieticians and speech therapy.
Government subsidy amount per year – approximately $35,000 a year.
A support worker is able to visit your home every day for:
We make referrals to nursing services and allied health professionals who offer podiatry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dieticians and speech therapy.
Government subsidy amount per year — approximately $53,000 a year.
The Australian Government pays for most of aged care costs in Australia. If you are a full pensioner, you do not need to contribute towards a Home Care Package. If you are a self-funded retiree, Centrelink will advise you on the amount you are required to contribute.
Everyone is different on the support they may need for their lives to be a little easier. Centrelink determines the Home Care Package’s fee based on a part-pensioner’s or a self-funded retiree’s income received, not assets.
It’s important to receive all the facts and figures. A Level 3 or 4 Package is often financially advantageous even with a fee.
Government funding takes six to twelve months to be assigned. Consider a Home Care Package today.
Please fill in the online form through https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/ or call 1800 200 422.
AMCS can help you understand Home Care Packages and assist you with your application. Staying in your own home can make a huge difference to your physical and mental wellbeing and improve your quality of life. Our home care services will bring you peace of mind and relieve the stress of doing everything yourself. We deliver quality professional services by skilled support workers who are passionate about working with seniors.
To view our Home Care Package price list effective Jan 1st, 2023 click here:
For further information and intake, please contact our Home Care Package team, on homecare@amcservices.org.au, or call (03) 9689 9170.