What are the Home Care Package Supplements?
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There are a range of Supplements you could be eligible for on top of your Home Care Package. These supplements acknowledge the extra cost associated with caring for people in specific situations.
Here are the Supplements you could be eligible for:
The Dementia and Cognition Supplement:
This Supplement helps with the costs associated with caring for people with moderate to severe cognitive impairment from dementia or other conditions. The Supplement offers you an additional 11.5% of the Home Care basic subsidy you already receive.
To be eligible, you will need to complete an assessment with a nurse or medical practitioner.
If you want to find out more about the Dementia and Cognition Supplement, our Care Team can assist.
Oxygen Supplement:
This Supplement helps Home Care Package holders with a specified medical need for the continual administration of oxygen. To be eligible you must have an ongoing medical need for the administration of oxygen.
To be eligible for an Oxygen Supplement, you will need a certificate from your doctor stating your: oxygen requirements and continual need for the administration of oxygen.
If you want to find out more about the Oxygen Supplement, our Care Team can assist.
The Veteran’s Supplement:
This supplement provides additional funding for veterans with a service-related mental health condition.
Eligibility is determined by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA). You must be a veteran and have a mental health condition that the DVA accepts is related to your service.
If you want to find out more about the Veteran’s Supplement, our Care Team can assist.
Enteral Feeding Supplement:
This supplement is paid to Home Care Package holders with the specified medical need for enteral feeding.
To be eligible you will need the following documentation:
- A written certification from a doctor that you have a medical need for enteral feeding. This must be by a doctor, not a dietician.
- A written certification from a doctor or dietician that the dietary formula prescribed is nutritionally complete.
- Details of the care recipient’s particular enteral feeding requirements. These can be detailed in the medical certificate, the care recipient’s Care Plan, and hospital discharge papers or in the dietician’s enteral feeding instructions.
If you want to find out more about the Oxygen Supplement, our Care Team can assist.
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