HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE
Home and Community Care (HACC) services are provided in the client's home or community to assist people with severe, profound or moderate disabilities and their carers. HACC provides services such as personal care, home help and maintenance, transport, respite care, community nursing, paramedical services and food services.
In 2004-05, two thirds (67%) of the 12,365 HACC clients receiving assistance in the ACT were female. Almost half (49%) of all HACC clients were aged 70-84 years, while 21% were aged 50-69 years. While these proportions remained consistent between 2003-04 and 2004-05, the total number of clients increased from 11,286 to 12,365.
Half of all HACC clients in the ACT in 2004-05 received the Age Pension. Eighteen per cent of ACT HACC clients received a disability support pension, while 16% did not receive any pension or benefit.
Of those persons who received HACC assistance in 2004-05, 43% lived alone, 52% lived with family and 5% lived with others. Sixty-five per cent of clients were Australian born, 16% were born in north-west Europe, and 12% were born in southern and eastern Europe. A little over 1% of HACC clients were of Indigenous origin.
The type of assistance with the highest average hours per client during 2004-05 was Respite care (147 hours). This was followed by Centre-based day care (109 hours), and Personal care (81 hours). The average number of meals per person rose from 94 in 2003-04 to 105 in 2004-05.
8.11 HACC services received(a), ACT - 2004-05 |
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| Assistance type | Services received | Average per client | |
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| Allied Health Care (Centre) | hours | 8 570.0 | 3.2 | |
| Allied Health Care (Home) | hours | 3 739 | 2.9 | |
| Assessment | hours | 16 759 | 3.1 | |
| Case management | hours | 28 975 | 7.7 | |
| Case planning/review | hours | 11 296 | 7.8 | |
| Centre-based day care | hours | 66 986 | 108.7 | |
| Counselling | hours | 6 837 | 10.1 | |
| Domestic assistance | hours | 89 587 | 31.4 | |
| Home maintenance | hours | 12 287 | 8.9 | |
| Nursing care (Centre) | hours | 39 343 | 19.3 | |
| Nursing Care (Home) | hours | 17 523 | 10.4 | |
| Other food services | hours | - | - | |
| Personal care | hours | 55 289 | 80.6 | |
| Respite care | hours | 54 192 | 147.3 | |
| Social support | hours | 67 375 | 46.4 | |
| Formal linen service | deliveries | 3 977 | 32.6 | |
| Meals (Centre) | meals | 3 410 | 22.4 | |
| Meals (Home) | meals | 88 739 | 82.3 | |
| Aids for reading | quantity | <10 | - | |
| Car modifications | quantity | - | - | |
| Communication aids | quantity | <10 | - | |
| Medical care aids | quantity | 57 | 5.2 | |
| Other Goods and equipment | quantity | 24 | 1.5 | |
| Self care aids | quantity | 36 | 1.8 | |
| Support and mobility aids | quantity | <10 | - | |
| Transport | single trips | 77 007 | 37.2 | |
| Home modification | $ | 276 709 | 843.6 | |
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| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| (a) The proportion of HACC funded agencies that submitted HACC MDS data for 2004-05 differed across jurisdictions, and ranged from 65 per cent to 98 per cent. Actual services recieved will be higher than those reported here. |
| Department of Health and Ageing, Home and Community Care Program Minimum Data Set 2004-05 Annual Bulletin. |
