Aged Care

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Home Care Packages can provide an at home care alternative for people who need some assistance to stay at home or whose dependency and complex care needs would normally qualify them for entry into a residential aged care home.

The types of service provided under a Home Care Package will depend on your needs and a package gives you the choice and flexibility in the way that care and support is provided to you. Types of services can include transport, social support, domestic assistance, personal care,  nursing care,  exercise, medication assistance and food services.

The goal of our Home Care Package program is to assist our clients to remain living independently in their home, giving the client the choice and flexibility on how that care and support is provided.

Richmond Aged Care’s service principles is based on the concept of Consumer Directed Care (CDC’s). This is putting you in the drivers seat in making choices about the types of care and services that you wish to access. We encourage you to identify your goals in relation to your preferred lifestyle, health and independence and Richmond Aged Care will develop a service and support plan to suit your individual needs and aspirations. All of the Home Care Packages offered by Richmond Aged Care are provided on a Consumer Directed Care Basis which includes:

·        control the types of care you access, how the care is delivered and who delivers it to you

·        set your goals such as being independent for as long as possible, staying healthy, or returning to your home after you have been in hospital

·        determining how much you want to be involved in managing your package

·        determining the level of ongoing monitoring and formal reviews and support by Richmond Aged Care Co-Ordinators  to ensure that your home care package still meets your needs. Remember, if your needs change you can switch to a different package based on availability

·        providing you with greater transparency about how your package of services is funded and how those funds are spent through the Home Care Package Agreements.

Some options that your home care package may include are: (this excludes CHSP clients)

DOMESTIC CARE	PERSONAL CARE	WELLNESS AND LIFESTYLE	NURSING CARE
cleaning and light housework	showering and bathing assistance	referral to support services	wound management
personal laundry	dressing and grooming assistance	schedules social transport	diabetes management
errands and shopping	toileting and personal hygiene assistance	counselling and chaplaincy	pain management
bill payments	continence management	exercise programs	skin integrity care
home cooked meals	foot and nail care	socialising and visiting	medication management
lawn mowing	assistance with meals	community outings	clinical observations
light gardening	Silverchain Personal Alarms and Monitoring	craft and hobbies	post-hospital discharge care
spring cleaning	Respite Care	volunteer activities	allied health assessments
pantry cleaning	mobility assistance and equipment	falls prevention program	multi-disciplinary clinical care
cupboard tidying	communication aides	memory support programs	Health assesments
	medication monitoring and assistance	reminiscing activities	Telehealth
	accompanied medical appointments	life history documenting