After your referral to My Aged Care has been actioned, that is that you have been contacted by a Regional Assessment Service (RAS) or the Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT or ACAS in Victoria) you or your ageing loved one will be assessed to determine the level of support likely to be required.
Services and support
Choosing a provider.
Stop for a moment. And think about this. Imagine if I asked you how and who you would choose as a care provider, if you needed to source longer term community care and support for your loved one.
Dad’s HCP 4.
My Dad was fortunate to be offered a Home Care Package 4, (HCP 4) just before the changes at February last year. At that time, funding for Home Care Packages was allocated to the provider, meaning that my Dad was offered the Home Care Package (a) by the provider, being Prescare and (b) that Dad […]
Home Care Packages and fees.
I’ve recently spoken about the support Mum and Dad received within Dad’s home care package. I’ll begin to explain what a home care package (HCP) is and how you go about finding a package provider that suits your needs, as well as an introduction to the fees a package provider may charge you.
