Home care is help and support in your home by qualified and professional carers. A home care plan is developed together with you, to meet your needs and to help you achieve your lifestyle goals at home. It can be government funded through My Aged Care or privately funded. We provide home care support throughout Adelaide and the Fleurieu Peninsula. Live the life you want to live, comfortably and safely at home, knowing that help is only a phone call away.
Home care packages are government funded through My Aged Care. There are four levels of home care packages, each with a different level of support depending on your needs. Read about how each home care level helped Doreen, George, Jean and Michael to stay at home with much more ease and peace of mind.
Doreen aged 67
“If it wasn’t for St Louis, I wouldn’t be in my own home”.
George aged 82
“I really like the lads group and it brings back memories of times with my friends”.
Jean aged 86
“Thank you for helping look after Jean when she returned from hospital – it was a weight off my shoulders”.
Michael aged 74
“I don’t know how I would have coped without your understanding of dementia care”.
Home care provides support tailored to what you want. Do you need some help to get out and about in your community and more socially active? Do you need help with the grocery shopping? Or medical support following a hospital stay?
We are here to help make your lifestyle at home as comfortable as it can be, with care directed by you, with as little or as much support as you want.
Keeping your garden well loved with weeding, pruning, gutter cleaning, lawn mowing.
Installing rails, fixing smoke detectors, cleaning windows, changing light bulbs.
Shopping for groceries and putting them away in your pantry, general errands.
Prepare and cook meals, suggest new recipes, shop for new ingredients.
Therapy and exercise programs, transport to medical appointments, medical needs.
To and from social activities, community activities, shopping and other appointments.
Low and high level support for dementia care at home, respite for family carers.
The first step in accessing a Home Care Package is being assessed for eligibility. The assessment is carried out by the Aged Care Assessment team.
If you’re approved, your Aged Care assessor will then let you know what level of package you’re eligible for, depending on your individual needs.
If you’d like further information or help arranging an assessment, give us a call on 1800 785 684 or submit an online enquiry.
We know that a little extra help goes a long way towards keeping you living comfortably and independently at home. We can help with domestic duties like cleaning, gardening, the laundry, meal preparation and cooking. If you want to get out and about more, we can help with transport and social outings. It can be difficult to do everything yourself, so we can assist with personal and hygiene care and we also provide nursing and medication support, physiotherapy, podiatry, mobility and sight impairment aids such as walkers, wheelchairs and lifters.
You may be able to access St Louis Home Care services in Adelaide for free or subsidised under the Australian Government My Aged Care scheme. Here's how:
To be eligible for subsidised homecare, you must first be assessed by the Australian Government Aged Care Assessment Team. This straightforward process can be easily arranged by asking your GP or hospital discharge unit for an ACAT assessment. If you're eligible, your ACAT Assessment report will detail the level of government-subsidised homecare you're entitled to, either;
Level 1-2 low care packages or
Level 3-4 high-care packages.
So that we can get to know you and learn about your specific care needs, our care coordinators can visit your home in Adelaide or the Fleurieu Peninsula to meet you and your family members or friends and talk about how we might be able to help you. Our experienced team of care coordinators will answer any questions you or your family may have.
Once you're happy to proceed, we'll need a copy of your ACAT Assessment so we can start working with you to develop a program of care that helps you to live the life you want at home. Our home care services can commence immediately once we receive your approval to proceed.
Not eligible for federally-funded home care services? You can still access St Louis Home Care services as a privately-funded client through our innovative St Louis Lifestyle Programme.
St Louis lifestyles is a fee-for-service care programme whereby home care services can be arranged on an as-needs basis. Which means, no ongoing costs for you.
You don't need an ACAT Assessment to access St Louis Lifestyles and there is no eligibility criteria. There are also no waiting lists, so we can start delivering our home care services you need as soon as you need them.
If you want to learn even more about St Louis Home Care services in Adelaide and the Fleurieu Peninsula, please give us a call on 1800 785 684 or visit our dedicated Adelaide Home Care website.
