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. Care for Queensland aged and disabled to top $1.2 billion
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian and Queensland governments have reached an historic agreement to provide record funding to support services for vulnerable Queenslanders such as help at home, meals on wheels and community transport.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Media release. Meals on Wheels Day: 15 million meals delivered a year
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot has paid tribute to the 80,000 volunteers and workers who deliver about 15 million meals a year from 750 kitchens to frail aged and people with disabilities across Australia.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Media release. Community aged care reaching those in need - AIHW report
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government has welcomed an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report showing that nearly 56,000 people received help at home through community care packages.
Date:   Aug 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:   Jul 2008
Title:   Media release. Study reveals benefit of community care programs
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A new independent study has found that home-based community care packages for older Australians improved their quality of life, kept them healthier and reduced the need to go into a nursing home.
Date:   Jul 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. $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:   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:   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:   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 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:   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 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:   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:   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
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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