Home and Community Care for Older People

Follow the links below to find information on home and community care of older people, including community nursing and meals services.

For information on the regulation and accreditation of these services, go to the Aged Care Licensing and Accreditation [HealthInsite Topic Page] .

Reviewed January 2008

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Related HealthInsite Topics

Aged Care Assessment Teams
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Links to information on aged care assessment teams.
Community Aged Care Packages
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Links to information about the Community Aged Care Packages (CACP)
Extended Aged Care at Home
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Links to information about Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH)
Home and Community Care (HACC)
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Links to information about the Home and Community Care (HACC) program.

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Title:   Media release. $2.45 million demonstration site shows easier community care access
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, and Minister for Senior Victorians, Lisa Neville, have launched a 'one stop shop' for community care in eastern Melbourne.
Date:   Jun 2008

Title:   Veterans' home care
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   The Veterans' Home Care (VHC) program provides low level home care services to eligible veterans and war widows.

Title:   Media release. New national protocol: plan to look after elderly Australians living alone
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A new national protocol for community care service providers has been proposed aimed at reducing the number of frail older Australians dying alone at home and reducing delays until deaths are discovered.
Date:   Jun 2008

Title:   Media release. Extra $4 million brings total funding to $162 million for older, people with disabilities and carers in Tasmania
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A funding boost of $4 million will improve care for older people, younger people with a disability and their carers in Tasmania.
Date:   Jun 2008

Title:   ComPAC
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The goal of this project is to develop evidence based guidelines for a palliative approach for aged care in the community.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Aged care - helping people at home
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Australian Commonwealth and State Governments provide a number of services that assist frail older people who wish to remain living at home. These include rails to help prevent falls, nursing services and personal alarms to summon help urgently.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Home care and support
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Information about home care and support available to eligible members of the veteran community.

Title:   Media release. Aged care to 'come home' with $100m boost
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Almost 4,000 new aged care places have been allocated by the Australian Government to help older people continue living in their own homes, the Minister for Ageing, Christopher Pyne, announced on 13 September.
Date:   Sep 2007

Title:   Media release. $309M for care for Queensland aged and disabled
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   More domestic assistance, centre-based day care, social support and respite care services would be available to Queenslanders under a boost to care service funding, the Australian Government Minister for Ageing, Christopher Pyne, and the Queensland Minister for Communities and Disability Services, Warren Pitt, have announced.
Date:   May 2007

Title:   Financial reporting fact sheet
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Reforming community care is a priority for the government and progress has already been made towards planning for future demands.
Date:   May 2007

Title:   RAP & Home Front
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Information about HomeFront, a Department of Veterans' Affairs program designed to prevent falls and accidents in the home.
Date:   Dec 2006

Title:   The community-based aged care workforce - Part two: Characteristics of community-based aged care workforce (including volunteers) in selected countries and technology and the community-based aged care workforce: possible workforce impacts
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report presents the findings of a Departmental review of literature on the characteristics of the community-based aged care workforce (including volunteers) in selected industrialised countries and the possible impact of technology.
Date:   Dec 2006

Title:   Eligibility for community care - issues paper
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Background and outline of an issues paper regarding research into current eligibility criteria for community care and the steps required to develop a National Eligibility Framework.
Date:   Dec 2006

Title:   Veterans' home care guidelines
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   The Guidelines for Veterans Home Care (VHC) for Assessors, Coordinators and Service Providers

Title:   Carers - support available
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   As people age, it can become harder for them to look after themselves at home. To help them stay at home, they need help from the community and their family. This unpaid care and support role is usually taken on by partners, family or friends.
Date:   Jul 2006

Title:   Carers booklet
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   A booklet developed to assist carers, providing information about specific services available through DVA as well as general information about services available in the community.

Title:   Progress update - A new strategy for community care - The Way Forward
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A brief update on progress being made in improving the community care system and to highlight opportunities for participation in development work that is occurring as part of A New Strategy for Community Care - The Way Forward.
Date:   Sep 2005

Title:   Commonwealth Carelink Centre brochure
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This advertisement provides a description of the services provided by Commonwealth Carelink Centres.
Date:   Nov 2004

Title:   National delivered meals organisations food safety strategy
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The purpose of Stage 2 of the Delivered Meals Organisations' (DMOs) project is to develop and implement a strategy by March 2005 that will assist individual DMOs improve their organisations' food safety practices at their own pace.
Date:   Sep 2003

Title:   Commonwealth Carelink Centres - Service Charter
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Service Charter for Commonwealth Carelink Centres is aimed at providing guidance on access to services; information and consultation; efficient and effective service delivery; coordinated, planned and reliable service delivery; privacy, confidentiality and access to personal information; complaints and disputes, and advocacy.
Date:   Apr 2003
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