What is a care plan?

Your Aged Care Compass

Every person who is receiving a home care package should have a care plan that reflects their needs and goals, and includes the kind of support that will enable the older person to fulfil those needs or goals.

The care plan should be completed with the involvement of the older person and their family member or carer, if indicated.

The care plan should include any assistance the older person might need with their day to day activities, and any clinical support and associated equipment or modifications of the home that would make things easier for the older person.

In this episode:

• When is a care plan developed?
• Who should be involved in developing the care plan?
• Consumer directed care
• A care plan is not a “one size fits all”
• What should be included in a care plan?
• Should you give your provider a copy of your GP health summary?
• The things that package funding can be used for
• How often should a care plan be reviewed?
• Care management fees cover care plan reviews
• Consent must be given before changes are made to a care plan

Resources mentioned:

• Blog – What is a care plan?
• Blog – What is Care Management?
• Blog – What are the fees for home care packages?
• Coral’s book - My Parents Are Ageing, What the Heck Do I Do?
• Let's Talk Consultation

Related Episodes:

• Episode 7

Connect with Coral Wilkinson:

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• LinkedIn
• Guiding you through My Aged Care | SeeMeACN website

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.

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