Forecast Opportunity View - Commonwealth Home Support Programme
Commonwealth Home Support Programme Guidelines
The Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) is the entry level tier of the aged care system offering greater choice and more flexibility to older people. The CHSP aims to support frail, older people aged 65 years and over (50 and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) to live as independently as possible in their own home and community for as long as they can and wish to do so.
The programme offers low intensity ongoing support such as domestic assistance and care services or higher intensity support and care services on a shorter term or episodic basis such as allied health and respite for carers. Services provided take into account each person’s individual goals, preferences and choices with a focus on pathways and activities that embed wellness, independence and reablement when required. The CHSP helps older people stay living in their own homes to delay, or altogether avoid the need to move to more complex forms of aged care.
Commonwealth Home Support Programme Guidelines
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