This category features a range of non-residential (in-home and community-based) services for older people in Australia. Most are focused on helping aged persons to remain living in their own home longer.
Aged care services are provided by private, public and not-for-profit providers. They include services that focus on a specific aspect of assistance and those that offer a co-ordinated range of services. For example, Home and Community Care (HACC) may include personal care, domestic assistance, nursing care, allied health care, food services and home maintenance, amongst other services. A Community Aged Care Package (CACP) is a coordinated package through a care manager, available to aged persons eligible for low level residential care. The Extended Aged Care at Home Package (EACH) is another coordinated package of care, available to people eligible for high level residential aged care. Both CACP and EACH require an assessment by an Aged Care Assessment Team.
Some aged care services are designed to meet specific needs, such as memory clinics, meals on wheels and dementia support. Others aim to meet the care needs of specific groups, such as culture, religion-specific and occupation-specific services. For example, the Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs provides Veterans Home Care for eligible aged persons.
Private aged care providers and nursing agencies offer a variety of services tailored to individual needs. Some of these are also featured in the categories under Home care.
Ageing - information resources ACT
ACT Health
CANBERRA CITY, ACT 2601
The ACT Health website is a rich source of information for consumers and health professionals about ageing related services, including assessment for residential care, Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs), referral to community care services and respite care.Osborne Older Adult Mental Health, Osborne Park Hospital
North Metropolitan Area Health Service
Department of Health, Western Australia
Stirling, WA 6021
In-patient and a community mental health service.
Mitchell Hospital
Roma Health Service
Queensland Health
Mitchell, QLD 4465
Community Options, Meals on Wheels, HACC Bus, CACPS, Home Maintenance,ACAT and Palliative Care services.
Community Aged Care Packages
Respite services
CO.AS.IT
Carlton, VIC 3053
CO.AS.IT. provides Community Aged Care Packages to senior people of Italian origins living in Melbourne metropolitan areas. It also offers respite services, Telelink, Carers Support Link, a Visitation Program and day programs.
MultiLink Community Care
Woodridge, QLD 4114
MULTILINK COMMUNITY CARE (MCC) providers a range of services to Multicultural communities in the Logan and Beenleigh regions. Utilising culturally and linguistically diverse staff, some of MCC services include In-home support, Centre based respite, Overnight Respite and Volunteer visitors for nursing homes.
Campbelltown Home Support Program
Campbelltown City Council
Rostrevor, SA 5074
The Campbelltown Home Support Program provides subsidised assistance to residents of the City of Campbelltown area who are: frail aged or at risk, unable to maintain the health and safety requirements of their home due to moderate or severe disabilities or lack of family support; carers and younger people with a disability and/or their carers.Diversicare
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland Ltd
West End, QLD 4101
Diversicare is the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland's home care division. It provides bilingual and bicultural home care to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.