Community & Home Support (HACC)

Southcare's Community & Home Support program is a community based service supporting frail aged adults and younger people with disabilities in the South East metropolitan area namely the residents of the City of South Perth and the Town of Victoria Park.  The Community & Home Support Programme assists frail aged and younger people with a disability to remain living as independently as possible in the community. A team of staff and volunteers is able to help in practical ways with the every day activities with which they may need assistance.  

Southcare has embraced the wellness concept in the delivery of HACC services. By service providers "doing with" rather than "doing for"; residents can continue to be involved and active, maintaining and improving their health and independence and having more confidence to better manage their day-to-day life.

The wellness concept has seen dramatic improvements in older people's health and wellbeing, resulting in lower levels of service provision, which inturn allows more people to be supported to stay in their homes. The concept seeks to see ageing as a process of adaptation in which older people are actively involved in adjusting to and managing the balance of gains and losses.  It is recognised that ageing isn’t a constant downhill journey but can comprise of ups and downs, not just downs and more downs.  It supports a process which enables older people to move from illness to wellness, to regain, in part or full, independence which has been impaired by illness or injury, giving them back much control over their own lives.

Southcare can assist by providing help with:

• Domestic assistance— on a regular basis
• Gardening servicesand  minor home maintenance — on a regular basis
• Information and support as required
• Personal care
• Respite for carers
• Transport — for shopping, banking, medical and paramedical appointments
• Social support— e.g. Home visits, shopping trips etc

How to Access These Services

Amember of Southcare's Home and Community Care support team will inform you about the services and the eligibility requirements. They will arrange an in-home assessment so  you can identify which of the available supportservices would best suit your needs.

Southcare's Community & Home Support Program is funded by the Home and Community Care Program.

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Southcare Inc

54  Bickley Crescent Manning 6152

Phone : 08 9450 6233

Email: inge.d@southcare.org.au