Home Care is 1 of the 3 sections under the My Aged Care Scheme. As a business with a Home Care license (which HCPA obtains for you), you can work with a large care recipient base who need support directly from home.

This means, you (or your staff members) will access care recipients homes on a day-to-day basis assisting them with all the tasks that allow them to live a normal, independent life such as: nursing, cleaning, gardening, home care needs, therapy, food preparation, continence assistance, laundry, home maintenance, home modifications (e.g ramps), mobility and aids equipment (e.g walkers), transport and social outings.

Things care recipients won't be funded for are: food, accommodation, holiday travel/accommodation, tickets to sporting events/activities, gambling and medication.

Each care recipient will receive a home care package of funding to spend on you as a home care provider, these packages are as below:

• Level 1 Home Care Package: Basic Care Needs ($9,026.45 per year)
• Level 2 Home Care Package: Low Care Needs ($15,877.50 per year)
• Level 3 Home Care Package: Intermediate Care Needs ($34,550.90 per year)
• Level 4 Home Care Package: High Care Needs ($52,377.50 per year)

Other fees are included and can be paid to your provider business such as daily fees and private fees which can be discussed with your consultant at HCPA when you enquire.

We will assist you with the entire process of registration to ensure the best outcome, with our experience, you will excel as a business.

Residential Care is 1 of the 3 service types under the My Aged Care Scheme. This allows providers (you) to provide accommodation to those who are unable to live independently at home anymore. Usually a care recipient would receive a Home Care Package (HCP) to begin with, as the HCP increases in intensity (Level 1 through to Level 4), meaning, the care recipients care needs are surpassing the funding amounts of the maximum HCP, they will then transition into Residential Care. Under Residential Care, you will provide a complete facility to house a large number of elderly care recipients which may include services such as; personal care 24 hours a day, nursing, general health care, emotional support, therapy, community access, activities, cleaning, laundry and more. The amounts claimable are usually a $550,000 deposit for each care recipient who moves in and any additional costs required. You can charge a mixture of both private funds and government funds. At HCPA, we will assist in obtaining the correct licenses, working with auditors/government agencies, design and build of the facility along with assistance on filling the property. We then will provide ongoing support at the facility to ensure you remain compliant, are being paid and understanding any gaps within the organisation. We are the leading Aged Care consultants within Australia trusted by over 8,500 individuals and businesses.

This question is answered in more detail further down the page, but in short, we provide everything from start to finish for you, whether you are wanting to register a new home care or residential business, renew your license, complete a gap analysis, assistance on claiming funds or strategy assistance to grow, HCPA will be your support pillar required to become the best in your industry. The My Aged Care Scheme is not a simple scheme to gain access or maintain due to the large amounts of funding. When the government has billions of funding available, this means compliance is strict. HCPA is one of the largest health care consulting firms in Australia with over 50 compliance specialists, lawyers, case managers and administrative staff. We will complete everything; from writing the compliance documents (policies and procedures) for your business, the application, negotiations with the government, audit assistance, gaining clients ongoing, growth strategies, funding strategies and assist with around the clock business support. You focus on the important things like growing your business while we do all of the heavy lifting. We make it easy to do business.