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.
I joined AMCS because Sofie, now my Care Advisor, met and spoke with me and my wife, Eleni. Sofie was friendly and patient, taking the time to understand our needs and provided information and prices in a clear and honest manner. This gave us the confidence to choose AMCS. Eleni felt we would be a good match. Everyone is friendly, and AMCS support me to live at home.
I first joined AMCS two years ago. The staff speaks Italian, supports me in every way and takes a genuine interest in my life and hobbies.
I have arthritis and my eyesight is not good. My support worker is nice and we get along well. She keeps my house clean, changes the bedsheets and helps with transport. I do not know how I would survive without these services.
At 83, it’s a bit hard to do everything. The worst part is changing the bed sheets. I can’t lift the mattress. My support worker comes every fortnight. I can rely on her for general things and don’t even have to tell her what to do.
AMCS is a very good company and they see that I have all I need. The service and my support worker are great. My care advisor, Sofie, looks after me well. She rings me and asks how I am going. I am very happy.
My family and I find AMCS staff and carers friendly, reliable and trustworthy. I’ve always liked baking for my family because it brings everyone together. With my carers’ help, I can still cook for them. They are professionals and we are very grateful for their support and care. Special mention to Tabi, Tina P. and Dr Lara Jakica.
“I have been very happy with all the support workers that have come from AMCS to help me at my home. I have never had anyone who was not nice. My gardener, Andrew is a lovely man who works hard and calls me if he changes the days he works. Sofie has been wonderful, so understanding and easy to talk to. She helps me to stay in my home and meets all my needs. The coordinators are very helpful with changes to the service and the occupational therapist provided me with strategies. The changes have helped me to stay safe in my home. Everything I have said is true from my heart.”
“My care advisor is an amazing girl that I can’t speak highly enough about. She makes me feel as if she is one of my grandkids. She works with all her heart, looking after me. She remembers my shopping when I forget anything. She really supports me during this hard time, especially when I couldn’t see anyone else. She deserves my respect and love. All thanks to you, Anthelia, and AMCS. All the support and services I have received from the package helped me to live independently and safely at home.”
We are happy with the service we receive from AMCS as it is always of a high standard.
The two carers, Ewa and Natalia, who visit our home on a regular basis, are very good, efficient and friendly. We are happy with them.
We are also satisfied with, Faten, our care advisor. Whenever we call her, she always listens and everything is resolved promptly.
My husband initially joined AMCS after he came back from the hospital. The staff did whatever he asked and were accommodating. When the time came for me to have a Home Care Package, it wasn’t even a question on my preferred provider. Everybody is helpful, always responsive and I like the services very much. I love everything. AMCS not only looks after me, but also, they organise activities, outings and clubs.
Transferring to AMCS is one of the best decisions I ever had. They’re able to understand and respect my culture and communicate in my language. Whenever I need support from my case manager, she attends to it very promptly. She calls and checks on me regularly which makes me feel like I’m not alone anymore. AMCS is my family now.
