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The Community Aged Care Package (CACP)
Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs) are funded by the Federal Government to give older people the choice to remain living at home, rather than moving into residential care.
What is a Community Aged Care Package (CACP)?
A CACP is a package of 'services' that help you manage your day-to-day tasks. Our coordinator will help you plan the type of support that best suit your own individual needs and preferences. Our coordinator will prepare a 'Care Plan' after you both agreed on what services you will receive. He or she will also visit you regularly to check with you how things are going and if you want to change the support you are getting. The coordinator will also help you with information, and, if you wish, refer you to other community or health services. This is what we call 'support coordination'.
What services are part of a CACP?
- Support coordination
- Monitoring
- Planning your care
- Consultation with clients and carers
- Referrals to other services
- Provision of a support plan
Other services from which you can select:
Help with:
- Personal care like with showering or bathing
- Housework
- Laundry
- Cooking
- Transport
- Budgeting
- Outings
- Arranging to pay bills
- Maintenance jobs around the house
- Lawn mowing
- Pet care
- Shopping
- Making appointments
- Doctors' visits
- Podiatry
We can also provide:
- Monitoring through medical alarms services
- Some equipment which helps your independence
- Supporting you when you need to talk to other services or authorities - advocacy
- Referrals to other services, like physiotherapy, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, counselling
- Information and education
- Supervision of medicine
- Taking a break from caring responsibilities - respite
Who can get support under this program?
Older people who need a number of different services to remain living at home and who would rather continue to live in their own home instead of moving into an aged care facility What do I need to do to get a CACP?
You need to be assessed by your local Aged Care Assessment Team as qualifying for the program. The Aged Care Assessment Team for the Mid North Coast Area can be reached on (02) 6656 7646
- A member of the Team will come to your home and assess if you qualify for the service.
- If you qualify, you need to ask the Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) to make a referral to us for a Community Aged Care Package (CACP).
If you do not qualify, the ACAT member can tell you what other services you can apply for. |
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