Home Care Packages & Private Fee for Service Support

Staffing Options provides support to assist individuals to remain living independently in their own home and community. A range of services are available for in home and community support. Support is provided via approved Home Care Packages through My Aged Care or on a private, fee-for-service basis.

You decide the support and flexible services you wish to be provided with and the degree to which you wish to direct your own service.  

We have experienced staff who can bridge the gap when families are juggling busy lives to ensure the safety and quality lifestyle of a parent or family member.  

Support Services We Offer

The support you can access are wide-ranging and include (but are not limited to):

  • Personal care: assistance with personal care activities such as bathing, showering, hygiene assistance,  medication assistance, mobility and communication, continence management;

  • Domestic assistance: including meal preparation and diet, general house cleaning, clothes washing, ironing and shopping;

  • Home maintenance and gardening: garden maintenance and minor home maintenance and repairs;

  • Transport support: help to get you out and about to shopping and appointments;

  • Social support: to assist you to remain social and take part in your communities of choice,  hobbies or interest groups;

  • Respite Care: to support you when your usual carer has other commitments;

  • Nursing:  Our Registered Nurse can support your health needs, including:

    • health and well-being assessments and monitoring

    • medication management

    • wound care

    • pain management

    • health advice and education;

  • Allied health and other services as required;

  • Goods equipment and assistive technology as required.

You can find more detailed information about service inclusions and exclusions under home care packages in the Home Care Packages Program Operational Manual for Consumers. 

Our support services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and Staffing Options
can respond flexibly and at short notice.

How services are provided

All Home Care Packages are provided on a consumer-directed care basis.  This means that you have choice and control over the services provided.  You may want to manage and coordinate all the support services yourself.  This can include recruiting staff.  Alternatively, you may choose to have Staffing Options manage and coordinate some or all of your support services and recruit staff on your behalf.

Where do I start?

Please contact Staffing Option’s Aged Care Coordinator for information on the support and services we can provide. We are happy to meet to discuss your needs, eligibility for government funding and answer any further questions you may have.

You can also read our Aged Care Information Handbook here