Aged Care Warriors is dedicated to delivering outstanding home care services to elderly individuals in Dandenong, prioritizing their comfort and support.
Find out if your elderly loved one is eligible for government-funded home care services in their own home
How do I get assessed for these services?
You must meet certain requirements to be eligible for an aged care assessment. Answer a few simple questions in our eligibility checker tool. If you meet the requirements, you can apply for an assessment straight away. If your application is successful, you will be referred for an assessment. An assessor will arrange to meet you in person, usually at your own home.
Home Care Packages are one of the ways that older Australians can access affordable care services to get some help at home. They are designed for those with more complex care needs that go beyond what the Commonwealth Home Support Programme can provide.
What services can I get?
Depending on the level of Home Care Package you receive, you can get assistance with a range of different services. Please call us to discuss.
What else could be included?
Home Care Packages are flexible; there may be other care and services that are suited to your needs. Together with Aged Care Warriors, you will need to work out if a care or service that you need:
What services are not included?
There are care and services that you must not use Home Care Package funds for: items that would normally be purchased out of general income buying food, except as part of enteral feeding requirements payment for permanent accommodation, including assistance with home purchase, mortgage payments or rent payment of home care fees payment of fees or charges for other types of care funded or jointly funded by the Australian Government home modifications or assets that are not related to your care needs travel and accommodation for holidays cost of entertainment activities, such as club memberships and tickets to sporting events gambling activities payment for services and items covered by the Medicare Benefits Schedule or the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Am I eligible for these services?
Eligibility is based on your care needs as determined through an assessment, but you must also be: an older person 65 or over (or 50 and over for First Nations people) who needs coordinated services to help them stay at home, or a younger person with a disability, dementia or other care needs not met through other specialist services.
Your financial situation won’t affect your eligibility. But you may also need an income assessment through Services Australia to work out exactly how much you may be asked to contribute.
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Contact us to discuss personalized care solutions for your elderly loved ones. Let’s create a brighter future together.