The service works with clients and their families to develop personalised plans based on individual need, which can be adjusted at any time and are focused on enhancing a client’s independence, health and wellbeing. General Manager Fiona Sanders said as people aged, certain things that they did in their life could become more difficult for a variety of reasons. “This might be because of declining mobility, or because of the way the house is set up, or the usual social support network is no longer available, or possibly even because they’re becoming a little bit forgetful,” she said.
“So, the idea of tapping into a funded home care service is just to make life easier.” Sanders said there was a vast range of options available to meet the individual needs of each client. “We provide a full range of services at Salvos Home Care; it’s a bit of a one-stop-shop,” she said.
“We work with our clients to co-ordinate whatever services they might need.” She said the most common services for older people were domestic assistance and gardening. “These are the sort of things that people struggle with, perhaps before anything else,” she said.
“It might be hanging the washing on the line, mowing the lawns and weeding, or keeping the house nice and clean and tidy, it might be making the bed. “The next item is probably around social support; assisting people to go shopping, or to access community services to do the things that they may enjoy. “It might be to go t.