Quality Home Care in Erina, Right at Home

There is no single price. Under Support at Home your contribution is worked out from your income and assets as assessed by Services Australia, and your funding covers the rest. Two people in the same street can pay quite different amounts. The only way to know where you stand is to have the assessment done, and we can explain what the result means in practice.

Round the clock care is priced on the hours involved, so it is the most expensive way to receive support and it is more than most funding packages cover on their own. Many families combine funded hours with private hours, or use overnight support only on the nights it is needed. We can set out the real numbers for your situation before you commit to anything.

Not directly through a home care package, which pays for services rather than family members. Depending on circumstances you may be eligible for Centrelink's Carer Payment or Carer Allowance, which are separate. What a package can do is fund respite, so the caring you are already doing becomes sustainable.

Nobody is turned away from government funded home care because of their financial situation. Contributions are assessed on income and assets, and there are hardship provisions for people who genuinely cannot pay. If money is the thing stopping you asking for help, say so, because it is a more common conversation than most families expect.