The Home and Community Care (HACC) Program provides support services to frail aged and younger people with disabilities and their carers to help them to continue to live at home and in their community.
COTA Queensland, in partnership with Carers Queensland and Queensland Aged & Disability Advocacy (QADA), facilitates the C3 project which seeks out valuable, independent feedback from current or potential service users to inform HACC’s program development and delivery. The C3 project consults with HACC consumers and carers across Queensland to gather information about their experiences by using interviews, surveys, focus groups and discussions. The information obtained during the consultation is provided to HACC policy makers to assist in improving program design and service delivery.
The Commonwealth Government is taking full policy and funding responsibility for HACC aged services from 1 July 2011 and full operational responsibility from 1 July 2012. The Commonwealth Government is funding basic community care services for non-Indigenous Australians aged 65 years and over and Indigenous Australians aged 50 years and over. State and territory governments will have operational responsibility for and continue to fund basic commmunity care services for non-Indigenous Australians aged less than 65 years and Indigenous Australians aged less than 50 years.
For further information on services available to help people to continue to live in the community, please click on the following links:
- for non-Indigenous Australians, 65 years and over and Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 50 years and over – http://www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au/ - for non-Indigenous Australians less than 65 years and Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Australiansless than 50 years - http://www.health.qld.gov.au/hacc/ or http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/disability/support-and-services/accessing-support-and-services/how-to-contact-disability-services-and-request-support
If you would like to provide us with information about your experiences of HACC please email COTA Queensland’s Research Officer research@cotaqld.org.au or call 1300 738 348 (Toll free within Queensland) or (07) 3316 2999