COTA Australia ran a project branded ‘Home Care Today’ from 2013 to June 2017 and was funded by the then Department of Health and Ageing. Home Care Today helped consumers and providers of Home Care Packages understand and implement Consumer Directed Care. COTA Australia continues to provide access to Home Care Today resources which were current at June 2017. However they are no longer monitored or updated, and information may not be current. You can access the Provider project resources for via the links below:
Consumer Directed Care
The Consumer Directed Care (CDC) section of Home Care Today for Providers explains what CDC is and how your organisation can support providers to provide good consumer engagement using the ‘Voice of Consumers – A Practical Guide’.
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Consumer Engagement
The Consumer Engagement section of Home Care Today for Providers talks about Culturally Inclusive Aged Care and Co-Production.
VIEW our page: Consumer Engagement
Challenges and Solutions
The Challenges and Solutions section of Home Care Today for Providers covers Wellness and Enablement, Remote Communities,Workforce & Training and Governance topics.
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Resources
This section of the Home Care Today’s website offers resources for you to use with your staff. The objective is to assist you to enhance the capacity of your staff to use a Consumer Directed Care approach.
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You can also access the Home Care Today project resources for CONSUMERS via the link below:
VIEW our page: Home Care Today – Consumers
Information from Home Care Today is to provide some general practical advice for home care providers and is not intended as legal or financial advice. It should not be the only source of information for providers of home care. It is encouraged that anyone who has questions about providing home care to get the relevant professional advice to discuss their organisation’s particular situation.
Home Care Today makes this information available on an as is basis. Home Care Today makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the contents of the information. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Home Care Today disclaims any such representations or warranties as to the completeness, accuracy, merchantability or fitness for purpose of the information.