Greater Geelong City Council Home Care

We can work with you to develop a plan that will support your goals, and help you to maintain an independent and active lifestyle. Your plan is tailored to you depending upon what you need. We will listen to you to find out what you can do for yourself and what you would like to keep doing.

Sometimes you may only need our support for a short time while you get back on your feet. Or the type of support that you may need can change over time as your circumstances change.

You may have a family member, friend or advocate with you, when our staff visit to talk about how we may be able to help you.

Home Care

The purpose of home care is to maintain a safe, secure, healthy home environment to enable frail older people, people with dementia and younger people with disabilities (who are eligible through the Home and Community Care Program for Younger People) to live independently at home and in their own community.

We provide house cleaning services appropriate to your level of physical functioning and cultural preferences and your needs are reviewed on a regular basis.

Personal care

Personal Care services are those tasks which a person would normally do for themselves but because of illness, disability or frailty they are unable to perform without the assistance of another person. A referral from Community Nursing is required before we can assist with personal care.

Personal Care services may include assistance or supervision with:

• bathing, showering or sponging
• dressing and undressing
• grooming
• toileting.

Diversity

We acknowledge the diverse needs of the community and we are committed to ensuring that where possible our services meet your specific requirements.

We endeavour to ensure services are equally available to all clients regardless of race, sexual identity, sexual orientation, religion, culture, language or geographic location.