Aged care placement - community care
Common questions and concerns
While each family situation has a different set of requirements,
there are a number of standard questions that seem to be asked by our family clients.
We hope the answers provided here will help you in your aged care placement activities.
What if we wish to stay at home - what are the community care
options?
The Home and Community Care (HACC) Program
provides community care services to frail aged and younger people with disabilities,
and their carers.
The aims of the HACC Program are:
to provide
a comprehensive, coordinated and integrated range of basic maintenance and support
services for frail aged people, people with a disability and their carers; and
to support these people to be more independent at home and in the community, thereby
enhancing their quality of life and/or preventing their inappropriate admission
to long term aged care.
The type of services funded through the
HACC Program include, but are not limited to:
nursing
care;
allied health care;
meals and other food services;
domestic assistance;
personal care;
home
modification and maintenance;
transport;
respite care;
counselling,
support,
information
and advocacy;
and assessment.