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The Australian Government pays for the bulk of aged care services in Australia through subsidies paid to aged care providers. You may be asked to contribute costs if you are financially able to do so, however there is help available if you are unable to pay for care and accommodation costs.
Home Care (also known as in-home care, community care, home help, home support and in-home nursing care) is the umbrella term for a range of services that allow people to remain living independently in their own homes. Many elderly Australian’s take advantage of these services as an alternative to moving into traditional residential aged care homes.
Residential Aged Care is the proper term for aged care homes which are sometimes referred to as aged care facilities or nursing homes. Residential aged care homes provide 24-hour care by trained nursing staff for frail elderly people who can no longer live independently in their own homes.
A Home Care Package is a coordinated and flexible package that allows individuals to remain living in the comfort of their own homes. Each Home Care Package is tailored in order to cater for a variety of care needs.
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A lot of people struggle with the decision to place a loved one in aged care, they often ask when is the right time? Whilst there is no easy time to place a loved one in aged care, many people reach the right time when they realise they can no longer practically provide care for their loved one by themselves.
There are three aged care options in Australia which tend to suit most people’s care needs, from home care, respite care and residential aged care.
Respite Care is short term aged care, and often used when families, carers and friends need a break from caring for a frail, elderly person. It can also be used if an elderly person needs to recover from a stay in hospital and cannot return home immediately.
When the time comes to start looking for aged care providers, it is best to use a comprehensive aged care directory such as Aged Care Online. When you use an aged care online directory, you have the added advantage of being able to search specifically for aged care services within your chosen area.
Older Australians are being encouraged to practice safe sex as the latest figures reveal Chlamydia has doubled in Australian’s over 40 since 2005. Family Planning NSW has launched a safe sex awareness campaign for older Australians, with the aim of educating people over 40 about the risks of having sex without a condom.
CommunityWest is inviting CEOs and senior management teams in aged care to join their one-day workshop to reflect on the ‘new world order’ in the aged and community care industry.
The full-day workshop will be a day of strategic thinking and will provide at least one practical strategy for participants to take away to help move their organisations forward.
This Friday seniors will flock to the Melbourne CBD for the fifth annual StarFISH extravaganza and the United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons.
300 of Melbourne’s elderly residents will converge to Melbourne Park and take part in this year’s theme Hooray for Hollywood with a focus on music, dance, culture and the old Hollywood musicals.
The Fairfield Champion has reported there is a concern there are not enough aged carers who speak a language other than English in the industry.
Chief Executive of Cardinal Stepinac Village Matt Smolcic said experienced carers who speak the same language as those in aged care should receive working visas.