Extended Aged Care At Home (EACH) are funded by the Federal Government to give older people who need a high level of care the choice to remain living at home, rather than moving into a nursing home.

EACH is a 'package' of services that help you manage your day-to-day care, including tasks around the home. Our coordinator will help you plan the type of care 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'.

• Support  coordination
• Monitoring
• Planning your care
• Consultation with clients and carers
• Referrals to other services
• Provision of a support plan

• Personal care like with showering or bathing
• Clinical Care including nursing assessments and nursing care
• Referral to other health services
• Liaison with your General Practitioner and other health care providers
• Arranging and accompanying to Doctors' visits
• Supervision of medicine
• Monitoring through medical alarms services
• Referrals to other services, like physiotherapy, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, counselling
• Podiatry
• Housework
• Laundry
• Nutrition, hydration and meal preparation
• Transport
• Budgeting
• Leisure activities/outings
• Arranging to pay bills, banking
• Maintenance jobs around the house
• Lawn mowing
• Pet care
• Shopping
• Making appointments

We can also provide:

• Some equipment which helps your independence, such as help with mobility
• Supplies, such as continence products, oxygen, dressings
• Minor changes to your home to make you safer
• Taking a break from caring responsibilities - respite
• Supporting you when you need to talk to other services or authorities, like the Department of Housing - Advocacy
• Information and education

Older people who need a high level of care and support  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. 

• 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 an EACH Package.