Our Short Term Support Services
The Support at Home program offers short-term supports for times you need extra support.
Our qualified health team are committed to delivering quality, compassionate care to older Australians. With decades of nursing and allied health experience, our team includes nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists among other health professionals.
The short-term supports include:
- Restorative Care Pathway: helping you to regain strength and independence though allied health services
- End-of-Life Pathway: supporting those who have 3 months or less to live and wish to remain at home
- Assistive Technology and Home Modifications scheme: providing equipment, products and home modifications
Support Services we offer under Short Term Supports
Restorative Care Pathway
Focused on helping older people regain strength and independence through allied health services. Support is available for up to 16 weeks, based on assessment.
End-of-life Pathway
Provides additional in-home support during the last three months of life, aiming to help people remain at home for as long as possible. Funding of up to $25,000 will be available, with 16 weeks to use the funds.
Assistive Technology and Home Modifications
To provide upfront access to equipment, products and home modifications to support older people to safely and independently live in their own home. This funding is in addition to and separate from the ongoing Support at Home funding classifications.
What are the service costs?
Under the Support at Home Program, additional funding for short-term supports is available to eligible participants.
These short term supports have individual budgets and timeframes, as per the details provided in the table below.
If you are interested in seeking funding for short term supports, your Alpha Support at Home Care Partner can assist with the process.
Short-term support
| Classification | Budget |
|---|---|
| Restorative Care Pathway | Provides a unit of funding of up to $6,000 (16 weeks). Can access a maximum of 2 units of funding over a 12-month period. |
| End-of-Life Pathway | $25,000 per eligible participant (services are accessible for up to 16 weeks). |
| Assistive Technology and Home Modifications | Based on the assessment you may be eligible for low ($500), medium ($2,000) and high ($15,000*) funding tiers. (Services are accessible for up to 12 months.) |
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A friend said ‘why don’t you try Alpha’ and somebody from Alpha came to our home and went through everything.… it made it much easier and everything we asked I thought ‘right, this is what my husband would need’. They are very accommodating in everything I ask them to do…they’re just great, I can’t fault them really.
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