ABOUT My Aged Care and Home Care Packages
My Aged Care provides funding through Home Care Packages to older Australians to assist with accessing 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.
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Home Care Packages can be an option if you need a coordinated approach to the delivery of your help at home - perhaps because you need help with many everyday tasks, or the care you need is more complex or intensive.
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Home Care Packages can provide assistance with bathing, hygiene and grooming to help you maintain personal hygiene and grooming standards, nursing to help treat and monitor medical conditions at home, allied health (podiaty, physiotherapy and other therapies), meals and food preparation and help with impairments and incontinence,
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Other services available include cleaning, laundry and other chores, home maintenance, modification and gardening, aids to stay independent, transportation, social outings, groups activities and visitors.
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Home Care Packages also provide access to day/night respite to support you and your carer by giving you both a break for a short period of time and other care or services that are required to meet your needs, improve health and wellbeing, remain safe and independent in your home and considered an acceptable use of government funds.
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For more information on Home Care Packages inclusions and exclusions please visit https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/help-at-home/home-care-packages
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AHCaN and Healthy Ageing
In 2024 AHCaN partnered with Mable to provide affordable and accessible Nursing care and social support to older Australiand living independently in their homes.
AHCaN's company director (Nurse Practitioner Candidate Kristin Myall) currently provides health and nursing care to older Australians in an 2 AGPAL Accredited Medical Centre (Paralowie and West Beach) under Medicare funded services (Bulk-billed).
AHCaN is recognised as a reputable service provider with nurses and support workers who maintain the highest standards of care and will be able to maintain consistency and continuity of care.
AHCaN is governed by Nursing standards, values and ethics to ensure their goals alingn with current evidence based practice, national safety and quality of care, holistic person centered care and protecting Australia's most vulnerable people.
In 2025 AHCaN is aiming to increase their profile and reputation amoungst participants by offering a comprehensive model of care to maintain consistency, continiuty and provider-participant relationships and to prevent fractionated care and/or overservicing of participants funding.
For more information on accesing AHCaN through your Home Care Package you can visit Mable
AHCaN and Healthy Ageing Services
AHCaN has spent the last 12 months building its company profile and infrastructure to ensure it complies with the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards and meets criteria to become a reputable provider.
AHCaN plans to offer in clinic and community nursing and support services to its participants located in the northern and surrounding suburbs of Adelaide and gradually expand nursing and community support worker access to meet the growing demand of participants.
AHCaN Participant Services inclide:
In Clinic Services
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Comprehensive Health Assessments and Chronic Disease/Disability Care Planning.
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My Aged Carer referrals for access to Home Care Packages
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Investigations and Diagnostics (blood/urine/STI test, pregnancy test, ECG, spiromety, etc),
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National cancer screening (cervical, breast and bowel).
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Prescriptions for regular medicines, assessing devices and techniques, monitoring drug interactions and side effects and arranging pharmacy reviews (Webster packs).
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Contraception and family planning.
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Immunisations and other injections.
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Nursing Services
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Perform clinical duties within required level of clinical competency, according to best available evidence.
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Explain procedures to patient/participants, providing them with support and reassurance.
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Nursing Care: Complex Bowel Care – includes Ostomy and Stoma Care & Enema and Suppository Care, Complex Wound Care Support, Dysphagia Support, Enteral Feeding Support, Epilepsy & Seizure Support, Subcutaneous Injections & Diabetes Management, Tracheostomy Support, Urinary Catheter Support (In-dwelling Urinary Catheter, In-out Catheter & Suprapubic Catheter) and Ventilator Support
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Nursing care may also include triage, first aid, CPR, administering medications, immunisations and other injections, and collection of pathology samples.
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Delegation of tasks and direct or indirect supervision to Division 2 Nurse/s.
Support Services
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Perform non clinical duties within required level of competency, according to best available evidence. Explain support services to patient/participants, providing them with support and reassurance.
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ADLs: assisting with mobilisation, personal and oral, hygiene, meal time planning, toileting
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Social interactions: transportation, shopping, excursions, medical and other appointments
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Communication and communication devices: assistive technologies, communication boards, vision and hearing aids, translating interpreting services, etc
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Duties may also include triage, first aid, CPR, assisting participant to self administer medications and indwelling devices.
Patient/participant Access to Services
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Assist participant with access to technology, health and other services.
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Ensure participants have access to information that meets their visual, auditory, textile, cultural and literacy needs.
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Monitor participants support plans to ensure they continue to meet the participant needs and report any changes in participant functions and/or support needs immediately for review and amendment as indicated.