Community Aged Care Packages Service
The Community Aged Care Packages Service Provides:
- The means to assist frail and older people with disabilities to live independently in their own homes and to participate in their communities.
- Case Management for each client
- After hours contact in the case of emergency
- Offer an integrated package of services for frail older people
- Planned and coordinated packages of community care services to assist a person who requires management of services because of their complex nature.
CACPS are:
- Commonwealth funded
- An individually tailored package of care services which help people with multiple care needs to stay living at home by coordinating the different services they need.
- Designed for people who would otherwise be eligible for at least low level residential care.
CACPS support older people who live in the community, including those who are:
- Frail
- Live alone
- Have a carer who needs assistance
- Require help with coordinating services
This CACPS program is able to assess your needs and, in conjunction with your family, develop a care plan which will meet your needs. The CACP Case Manager is able to provide, arrange and purchase these services on behalf of you to ensure they are delivered appropriately.
To be eligible for a CACPS package you must:
- Have an assessment first by an Aged Care Assessment Team and be assessed as eligible for low level residential care.
- Prefer to remain at home.
- Be assessed by the Case Manger to ensure that your care needs are able to be met within the program guidelines and budget.
- Require case management to remain living at home
- Be able to remain at home safely and appropriately through available community services.
Your admission to a CACPS package will be decided on the basis of need for care as assessed against CACPS eligibility criteria.
Services and Support that can be provided through the CACPS package typically may include:
- Assistance with bathing and showering
- Dressing and undressing
- Light housework and laundry
- Meal delivery or assistance with meal preparation
- Assistance with shopping
- Light gardening
- Social activities; and
- Transport
The provision of food and meals is not included in a CACPS package but assistance can be given to prepare, eat or shop for food.
Fees and Charges
The fees are determined by the Australian Government. The amount contributed will be negotiated when you discuss the CACPS with the Case Manager.
Clients will not be disadvantaged from accessing the program if they are experiencing financial difficulties or are unable to pay.
Who can make a referral to the CACPS program?
You can be referred to NHW's CACP program by the Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS), General Practitioners, Hospital Liaison Staff, Post Acute Care, Councils, a relative or by self referral. You will be required to undergo an ACAS assessment before the CACP team can assess for a package (elegibility criteria).
 Community Aged Care Packages brochure | type: pdf | size: 127 kB |