Home and Community Care for Older People

Follow the links below to find information on home and community care for 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 May 2011

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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) Program

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Links to information about the Home and Community Care (HACC) program.

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Title:   Information for DVA community nursing providers
Publisher:   Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) provides entitled veterans and war widow/widowers (entitled persons) with access to a range of quality health care and related services, including community nursing services, at DVAs expense.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Homecare and support
Publisher:   Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Homecare and support links and information.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Homefront
Publisher:   Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Homefront: Information for veterans concerning Home Front and what it has to offer.
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review investigates whether specialist, organised and co-ordinated geriatric care (normally referred to as comprehensive geriatric assessment or CGA) is better for patient outcomes than conventional care in a hospital setting. There is a clear and...
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Aged care - helping people at home
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Older people who wish to live at home can access services from the Australian Commonwealth and State Governments. These include rails to help prevent falls, nursing services and personal alarms.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Carers - support available
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Carers who look after an older person need support. Help may be available from private agencies, government agencies or family and friends. Respite services are available to give carers a break. Other services may provide help with meals, nursing, gardening and house maintenance.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Are you caring for someone at home?
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Caring for a frail older person or a person with a disability can be very hard, and carers may need a break, advice and support to help them cope with their caring role.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Veterans' Home Care (VHC)
Publisher:   Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   The Veterans' Home Care (VHC) program provides low level home care services to eligible veterans and war widows.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Carers booklet
Publisher:   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.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   2004 Aged care approvals round
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Results of the 2004 Aged Care Approvals Round.
Date:   Mar 2005
Title:   Commonwealth Respite and 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:   Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centres service charter
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Service Charter for Commonwealth Respite and 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
Title:   Older Australia at a glance, 3rd ed.
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This third edition of Older Australia at a Glance provides insights into the diversity of the older population of Australia at the beginning of the 21st century, where they are living, what they are doing, how healthy they are and the services they are using.
Date:   Oct 2002

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