Australia has two separately operated mega billion-dollar government departments, different legalisation, infrastructure, budgets, rules and reporting. However, both have the same agenda in terms of services, rights and control to the care recipient. Both are either consumer directed, or have a road map (ie residential aged care) to become consumer directed, with seamless funding linked [...]
Home care package self management: The Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) and Home Care Packages Program (HCPP) primary purposes are to allow elderly Australians supported by Federal Government funds to stay safely in their own homes for longer. CHCP is composed of targeted services to individuals from organisations funded by the Government. Whereas, HCPP was [...]
Home care package funding recipients (consumers) were set free on the 27th February 2017 to choose their own approved provider (Provider). Twelve months on quite a lot has happened following the introduction of consumer directed care home care packages, although not a full-blown revolution, more of a ‘movement’, there are strong indicators of what [...]
Below we give our 10 Point Checklist for CDC (consumer directed care) success for home care providers and case managers: 1. Medicare claims accountability, transparent and sitting with correct organisational role All home care operators have a Medicare subsidy claim process in place, however, a significant number do not have Medicare funds coming [...]
The continued rollout of consumer-directed approaches in aged and disability services should strengthen rather than diminish the importance of case managers. Happy senior citizen woman at home There is a major redefining of the case manager role as Australia’s approach to home care in the aged and disability service sectors shifts to [...]
