Residential
There are five steps to follow when you think you need to move into an aged care home. The Department of Health and Ageing has developed a booklet that will help you, your carer, your family or friends to understand what residential aged care is, why you might want or need it, and how to go about arranging it.
It covers:
1. Assessing your eligibility
what residential aged care is and how to find out whether you are eligible to
receive it;
2. Finding a home (click here to view list of UCH facilities and contact details).
3. Working out the cost
4. Applying
How to apply for a place in a residential aged care home, and the type of
information required to do this. Click here for UCH Application Form and
covering letter, sample Low Care Agreement and sample High Care Agreement.
5. Moving in and settling in
What to expect once you have accepted a place and moved into a residential
aged care home.
Click here to access the Department of Health and Ageing's Booklet "5 Steps to Entry into Residential Aged Care".
If you need more help to understand the information, telephone the Aged Care Information Line on 1800 500 853 or a Commonwealth Carelink Centre on 1800 052 222 for help (this is a free call unless you ring from a mobile telephone).
You can also get more information by talking to your doctor.
All information is documented in the "Introduction to UCH" Brochure. To download please click here.
Independent Living
For help in applying for an Independent Living Unit please click here.
Community Care
Uniting Community Care provides a range of services to assist and support people who wish to remain living their own home who due to frailty, disease and ill-health may not otherwise be able to do so.
We can offer clients different packages of care depending on their individual need. We take a holistic approach to caring and aim to provide clients with a continuum of service provision as a result of their changing care needs. Programs available include;
Home and Community Care Program (HACC)
Community Aged Care Packages (CACP)
Extended Aged Care at Home Packages (EACH)
Extended Aged Care at Home Packages – Dementia (EACHD)
Therapy Services
The application process for each program is as follows, to view assessment form click here.
Home and Community Care
Clients do not need a referral for the HACC Program but will need to be deemed eligible to receive the services (the eligibility requirements are that the client is still living in the community and has an ongoing functional disability). Clients are able to contact Uniting Community Care directly.
Community Aged Care Packages
To receive a CACP, you must be assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) as requiring at least low level care. ACAT assessments are free of charge. If CACPs are available in your area, you have been assessed as needing low level care, and expressed a preference to be cared for in your home, then you may be offered a CACP package of care. Information on ACATs is available from doctors, hospitals and community centres or the Aged and Community Care Information Line on 1800 500 853 or Commonwealth Carelink Centres on 1800 052 222.
Extended Aged Care at Home Packages and Extended Aged Care at Home Packages - Dementia
To receive an EACH or EACHD , you must be assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) as requiring high level care. ACAT assessments are free of charge. If CACPs are available in your area, you have been assessed as needing low level care, and expressed a preference to be cared for in your home, then you may be offered an EACH or EACHD package of care. Information on ACATs is available from doctors, hospitals and community centres or the Aged and Community Care Information Line on 1800 500 853 or Commonwealth Carelink Centres on 1800 052 222.
Therapy Services
Clients can be referred to Uniting Community Care Therapy Services by a number of ways. Some of these referrals can be through:
- A General Practitioner;
- Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACAT);
- A social worker;
- A Geriatrician;
- Hospitals; and
- Community health workers.