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Self-managing your Home Care Package opens up a world of choice
You’re in control of your care
Older Australians have been making choices their whole life. Self-management essentially acknowledges that older people understand their own needs and are best placed to choose who supports them. Choosing your support worker and having the same person (or people) turn up each time is comforting. Building long-term relationships helps them become familiar with your needs.
Self-managing your HCP is the modern approach to home care
Self-managing your HCP means you play an active role in finding and booking the people who provide you services and support to live independently. It gives you the power to make your own decisions around the services you need. You get to choose your support workers, the support you receive, when you receive it and even how much you pay. Another major plus is that a lot more money goes towards your support and not to overhead fees, so you could get more hours of care by self-managing.
Aged care is about so much more than medical assistance
You can use your HCP for much more than personal care, mobility and medication assistance. Your support worker can take you to your favourite cafe, church or the library. You can get help around the home, get gardening help or support to just do the things you like to do. Mable clients who are self-managing said it’s “less stressful” and “much easier” than relying on a traditional provider. There are no tedious meetings, you don’t have to wait for things to happen and you’re not in the dark about how much support you can afford. You make your own decisions, you always know how much funding is available and you can make changes yourself.
Here’s what you need for self-management
To self-manage your HCP, you’ll need a provider to host your package who offers self-management. Mable can help introduce you to a provider that suits your needs. You can then sign up to Mable.com.au to search for and book independent support workers in your area. You can manage your support — from messaging to payments — through Mable. Transitioning from your current model of support to self-managing your Home Care Package is easy. You can sign up for a free account at Mable.com.au or call 1300 73 65 73 and a friendly team member will guide you through.
