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How long do I have to wait for my Home Care Package?
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The time a person waits for their home care package depends on what level of package a person is approved for and what priority they are given by the aged care assessment team (ACAT).
Coral discusses the different priority levels, and the difference between approval and assignment of the home care package. She talks about how long the wait times are for the various package levels.
Learn about what to do if the older person’s needs increase while they are waiting for their home care package to be assigned.
In this episode:
- How a person is approved for a home care package
- What determines how long a person waits?
- Approval vs assignment of the home care package
- Coral relates a real story
- What if the older person’s needs increase while they are waiting?
- Support plan review (priority review)
- Reasons for a support plan review
- Current wait times for home care packages
Resources mentioned:
- Blog - How long do I have to wait for my home care package?
- Blog - What is an ACAT assessment?
- Blog - How do I get reassessed with My Aged Care?
Related episodes:
- Episode 5 - Discussion with a former ACAT assessor
- Episode 7 - Home care packages
- Episode 8 - How to prepare for assessments
Connect with Coral Wilkinson:
More about Your Aged Care Compass podcast:
Are you supporting an older loved one at home and ready to give up because it’s just too hard? Your Aged Care Compass is aimed at anyone who is caring for an older loved one who still lives at home and is wondering what support is available to them.
We're Coral and Michelle, the sisters behind our business, See Me Aged Care Navigators.
Coral is a registered nurse with over 30 years’ experience in both health and aged care. A former assessor with the aged care assessment team, an advocate and author, there’s not much Coral doesn’t know about Australia’s aged care system.
Michelle is a former pharmacist with over 30 years in the public health and private sectors of pharmacy. Michelle is now client care manager for our business.
Our story started as one of supporting our parents to remain in their own home, to be as independent as possible and remain connected to their community. We reached a point however, of needing extra support and we achieved this because we know Australia’s aged care system so well, we knew what programs could assist us and our parents.
This podcast, Your Aged Care Compass, brings together not only our personal experience in supporting our own ageing parents but also our vast professional experience in supporting other families to keep their loved ones at home.
We will help you makes sense of Australia’s aged care system, from your first contact with My Aged Care through to the different funding streams and assessment workforces, management options for home care packages and extra funding that people might be eligible for.
There's so much more. Topics relating to dementia and legal and financial considerations will be covered, as well as real life stories of where it went wrong for people and how we guided them to get it right.
Your Aged Care Compass will guide you clearly and compassionately to the right support at the right time for your ageing parents and loved ones.
Like what you hear? Please leave us a Rating and Review. We’d love you to share this podcast with any friends or family who have older loved ones.
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