ESP Healthcare is an approved provider of Home Care Packages.
The government through the Home Care Package program very much wants to help you stay in your home as you get older.
They want to help you to be independent at home.
They want you to have choice and control.
They want you to have person centred care.
A Home Care Package is a consumer directed package of services tailored to meet your specific care needs. Packages are offered by the government on the basis of availability from a centralised quota of packages.
There are four levels of packages available which are designed to suit your care needs now and into the future as your needs increase.
- Home Care Level 1 – to support people with basic care needs.
- Home Care Level 2 – to support people with low level care needs.
- Home Care Level 3 – to support people with intermediate care needs.
- Home Care Level 4 – to support people with high care needs.
We fully understand the difficulties you can find navigating the Home Care Package system.
The steps involved include:
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- Initial ACAT assessment
- Qualifying for Home Care Package approval to go into the national queue
- Getting a Home Care Package allocated
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- Determining whether an income tested fee may be charged
- Appointing a provider
- Getting services started.
We can help you at every step along the way to assist at no cost to you. When you get allocated a Home Care Package, ESP Healthcare would love to be considered as your provider.
The services you can access from ESP Healthcare can be tailored to your needs. These can include:
Care Management Fully Managed
Personal Care
Domestic assistance
Shopping
Medication assistance
Meal Preparation
Transport to medical appointments
ESP HEALTHCARE IS HERE TO HELP YOU AT ANY STEP ON THE WAY.
PHONE 02 9818 8004. THE OUTCOMES CAN BE DEFINITELY WORTH IT.
Who is eligible?
Individuals can refer themselves to the ACAT for assessment or be referred by family, friends, general practitioners or allied health professionals.
Eligibility for a Home Care Package needs to be determined by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT).
For more information visit https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/help-at-home/home-care-packages
How does the program work?
It starts with an assessment by your local Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT).
The assessment process consists of a series of questions and you will not be charged for visits by the ACAT team members.
This ACAT assessment process determines your eligibility and also determines the level of Home Care Package you qualify for.
You then go into a national queue to wait allocation.
Thereafter you will be advised you have been allocated a home care package.
The next step is to appoint a home care package provider to begin providing services.
The provider will develop a care and support plan in consultation with you and if appropriate, your family or carer.
For more information on how the program works visit the MyAgedCare website.
https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/publications/home-care-packages-manual-pdf
How we can help you applying for Home Care Packages?
We can help you at every step along the way to assist at no cost to you.
We can put you in touch with the Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) to be assessed for eligibility.
Our Home Care Packages Coordinator can visit you at home to discuss the whole process as well as your needs.
When you get allocated a Home Care Package, ESP Healthcare would love to be considered as your provider.
If we were appointed we would develop a care and support plan in consultation with you and if appropriate, your family or carer.
For more information on how we can help contact us on 02 9818 8004.
What is the cost?
The Federal Government pays the bulk of the costs associated with a Home Care Package, however you are asked to make a contribution to the cost of the care dependant on your income. We can discuss this with you in more detail.
For more information on this visit the MyAgedCare website https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/income-and-means-assessments/
We are here to help.
Contact us on 02 9818 8004 to speak to knowledgeable and friendly staff.
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