Home Care Packages - A guide
A number of people might have heard about aged care and the packages they give. But many of them do not understand the main reason behind it. And neither they are completely aware of the services and facilities that they can get and at what prices. Therefore, this blog is completely dedicated to home care packages. What do they mean? Why are they in so much demand? , What are the exact facilities you get? and how much it is gonna cost and at how many levels?.
The below-given information will help you out with all the queries and doubts one has regarding the Homecare packages.
What do you mean by Home Care?
It is a facility or a service highly provided for older people. It helps the elderly to take care of their day to day chores or many other services such as Independent Advice, Service Support, Social Activities, Garden Maintenance, Equipment, and Mobility Aids, Cleaning Services, Shopping and Meals, Transport, Home Nursing, Personal Care, Home Modifications, Home Maintenance, and Allied Health. All these services are provided to them at affordable pricing.
What kind of services are approved?
The services are completely dependable on which level you choose. Each level includes a package of services and that too at reasonable pricing. It has been further categorized in three different ways.
- You can get assistance for personal care, nursing services, allied health.
- The second one includes keeping you out of danger from any unexpected accident at home. In this the services included are cleaning, home maintenance, and modifications.
- The third one favors you to commute. In this one can take help for transport and social services.
What kind of services are disapproved?
These are the services for which you cannot use your home care packages fund -
- Purchasing of the food or any other grocery items.
- Any items that should be bought from the money out of the home care package fund.
- Paying the rent on a permanent basis, or illegally using it to buy a new property.
- Paying off the home care bills.
- Any kind of home renovation that is completely out of your personal need.
- Not paying for any traveling bills.
- Not using it in any kind of gambling activities.
Who is responsible to provide these packages?
Well, there are plenty of organizations responsible for providing affordable yet best suitable home care packages according to your own needs or requirements.
How does it operate?
After you select a perfect service provider as per your needs. Then the government makes an arrangement of a subsidy through which your service provider will strategize the fund to meet your needs.
Generally, the funds are categorized into 4 levels. These levels are formed completely on the basic requirement of the elderly. So it is totally customized according to each and every individual need.
It has been divided into 4 categories
Level 1 - Basic care services - costs around $8,927.90per a year.
Level 2 - Low care services - costs around $15,705.95per year.
Level 3 - Intermediate care services- costs around $34,250 a year.
Level 4 - High care services - costs around $51,808.10per a year.
By looking at these numbers you can easily choose and discuss the funds with your service provider according to your own personal needs.