By Natalie Perrett
Home Care Packages provide a coordinated approach to help you stay independent at home for longer. You work with your chosen aged care service provider, such as STAR, to identify your care needs and decide how best to spend your package funding. (Source: www.myagedcare.gov.au)
STAR is supporting many seniors to make he most of their Home Care package to meet their unique requirements and maintain independence.
Ray Jeans is a STAR client with a level 4 Home Care Package.
“My STAR Coordinator has supported me in accessing a range of services through my package to support me in living independently including domestic help, podiatry, personal care, companionship, meal prep and more. Just last week my support worker and I had good fun cooking up a delicious lasagne,” Ray said.
“About a year ago, I got an electric scooter through my package which has helped me immensely to get out and about. Without my scooter I’d be stuck in my house. I’d be bored and sorry. With STAR’s help, I have been able to get access to options, to live on my own, to get out, socialise and make the most of the day.”
Eighty-six-year-old Dietmar Traub sadly lost his beloved wife over a year ago.
He suffers from hearing impairment, which has severely limited his ability to communicate with his loved ones, especially those living interstate. Charlene Hankey is the STAR Care Coordinator, supporting the management of Dietmar’s Home Care Package Level 2.
Recently, Dietmar’s family and Charlene got together to find a solution to keep him connected and in touch with the family. They found a device that would caption video calls that would help link him back in regular and easy contact with his loved ones.
Charlene supported the sourcing of the device through Dietmar’s Home Care Package. After years of communicating to his daughters through his sons – Dietmar was able to make his first call to his daughter in years!
If you have any questions about home care packages you can book a one on one consultation with STAR Warwick District Coordinator- Natalie Perrett. Call STAR 07 4527 4111 or visit us at our office on 163 Palmerin Street, Warwick. We are open Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 4.15 pm.
