Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs)
Community Aged Care Packages are planned and coordinated packages of care to help older people remain living in their own homes. They are funded by the Australian Government to provide for the complex care needs of older people.
Bromilow is one of the largest providers of CACPs on the Sunshine Coast.
CACPs are very flexible and are designed to help with individual care needs. The types of services that may be provided as part of a package include help with:
- Bathing, showering or personal hygiene;
- Social support;
- Transport;
- Laundry;
- Meal preparation, and
- Medication monitoring.
It is important to know that the services provided can change as care needs change.
To receive a CACP, an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) must assess you. These specialists will determine whether your needs can be best met by a CACP. The ACAT assessment is free.
Once accepted onto the CACP service, an individual care plan is designed to best meet the specific needs of individual clients. Bromilow will discuss with you, your family or representatives the various care options available for meeting your care needs. Services are available 7 days a week.
The Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing sets the maximum fee for CACP services. However, an inability to afford the fee does not prevent someone accessing CACP services.