Co.As.it is an approved provider of home care packages. The Australian Government’s Home Care Package (HCP) program helps you access a package of care that’s in line with your needs. It’s the next level up from CHSP for people with greater needs than the basic entry level. A package of care helps you to live independently in your home as long as you can.
The Australian Government’s Home Care Package (HCP) program provides a subsidy towards a package of care to suit your needs. Home care packages are aimed at assisting you to continue to live in your community.
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If you already have a package with another service provider you can SWITCH your package to Co.As.It. Community Services. It’s very easy and we can help you to do this (just call our office).
The home care packages are delivered with your needs in mind and allow you to exercise choice in the way your care services are offered and delivered.
Care services may include the following but not limited to:
My Aged Care will assess your eligibility. Call them on 1800 200 422 to request a face to face assessment of your needs undertaken by ACAT, in your own home.
When you are approved for a package, My Aged Care will send you a letter to advise.
When you receive the letter assigning you a home care package you can then request to have Co.As.It deliver your care and My Aged Care will send a referral through to us.
Our intake officers, Michelle and Enza, can guide and support you to create a care plan that suits your needs. They will call you to arrange a visit and discuss the services you require.
A Care Services Coordinator is then assigned and they will be your contact for care delivery.
All levels of Co.As.It. home care packages can cater to the needs of the culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD).
Contact us for further assistance and guidance 07 3624 6100.
A person on a home care package will be asked to pay a basic daily fee, as well as an income-tested fee, if the person’s income is over a certain amount. These fees are assessed by Services Australia (a government department) not Co.As.It.
Your package with Co.As.It will not attract a basic daily fee.
There are 4 levels of care:
LEVEL 1 Basic care needs
LEVEL 2 Low-level care needs
LEVEL 3 Intermediate care needs*
LEVEL 4 High-level care needs*
* Note that Co.As.It does not charge a fee for an initial assessment by a registered nurse
Aged care is a complex topic but a chat with one of our intake officers, Michelle or Enza, will make it feel less confusing. They both have many years experience getting the best for you or your family. If you would like to chat about what’s possible, please do get in touch.
If you have time right now, why not call us? A personal conversation is always better don’t you think?
Call 1800 262 748Care services may include the following but not limited to:
• Nursing • Allied health eg. occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, social work, hydrotherapy, dietetics.
• Bathing, showering • Dressing • Mobility • Fitting sensory communication aids, equipment • Continence management.
• Social outings • Weekly social groups • Remedial massage.
• Help with laundry • Light housework • Home cooked meals • Grocery shopping and paying bills • Gardening, basic home maintenance • Home modifications & equipment (related to care needs) • Transport to help you to do shopping, visit your doctor or attend social activities of your choice.
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