What is Support at Home?

Support at Home (SaH) is the new aged care program, developed in response to recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. It will replace the current Home Care Packages and Short-Term Restorative Care programs from July 2025, and, eventually, the Commonwealth Home Support Program.


Today Michelle and Janine have a chat about the changes that are coming, and those already implemented.


Janine is one of our consultants at See Me Aged Care Navigators. She is a registered nurse, a former ACAT assessor and a former national assessor for the My Aged Care assessment workforce.


 In this episode:

• Support at Home (SaH) is replacing the current aged care program
• The assistive technology and home modifications scheme
• The end-of-life pathway.
• The single assessment workforce
• The integrated assessment tool and why it was developed
• The new levels of ongoing funding under SaH
• Categories of services under SaH
• Assessment determines what services people may receive
• Participant contributions
• New price caps for each service include an administration fee
• Care management fees
• Be prepared before making a referral to My Aged Care
• Triage determines urgency of assessment and who does the assessment
• Making a referral to My Aged Care hasn’t changed
• Limits to rolling over unspent funds


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More about Your Aged Care Compass podcast: 


Do you support an older loved one at home and you're ready to give up because it’s just too hard? Your Aged Care Compass is for you.


We're Coral and Michelle, the sisters behind our business, See Me Aged Care Navigators.


Coral is a registered nurse with over 30 years’ experience in both health and aged care. A former assessor with the aged care assessment team, an advocate and author, there’s not much Coral doesn’t know about Australia’s aged care system.


Michelle is a former pharmacist with over 30 years in the public health and private sectors of pharmacy. Michelle is the client care manager for our business. 


Our story started as one of supporting our parents to remain in their own home, to be as independent as possible and remain connected to their community. When we eventually needed extra support, we achieved this because we know Australia’s aged care system so well. We knew what programs could assist us and our parents.


Your Aged Care Compass podcast brings together not only our personal experience in supporting our parents but also our vast professional experience in supporting other families to keep their loved ones at home. 


We'll help you makes sense of Australia’s aged care system and bring you topics related to ageing as well. Legal, financial, health, forward planning and more.


 Your Aged Care Compass will guide you clearly and compassionately to the right support at the right time for your ageing parents and loved ones. 


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