Jewish | Consumer Directed Home Care Services In Sydney

What is Consumer Directed Care?
Australian Government Home Care Packages
help you to live independently in your own home
for as long as possible by providing a subsidy
towards a package of care.
These Packages are provided under a
Consumer Directed Care (CDC) model which
places you at the centre of your own care
requirements. CDC gives you control, flexibility
and choice over how your services will be
provided in order for you to achieve your goals.
JewishCare – The most trusted provider of
CDC packages
JewishCare provides the widest range of
services and resources to help older people
to remain in their own homes living active and
independent lives. JewishCare is the most trusted
name in our community and is a guarantee of the
highest quality of care. Importantly the majority
of people who will provide the care in your home
are employees of JewishCare which ensures the
highest standard of service to you.
JewishCare adopts a Person Centred
Approach which acknowledges that you and
your family are the best authorities on what
type of help will make a difference to your life.
JewishCare’s caring and experienced staff will
work with you to determine how this assistance
can be provided.
Why choose JewishCare?
You will not pay a basic daily fee when you
choose JewishCare to provide your package.
JewishCare is big enough to have the widest
range of resources with guaranteed best practice
but small enough to really care about you and
your individual needs. Our experienced and
caring staff are able to provide and co-ordinate
the help you may need now and in the future.
All staff have a good understanding of the
community and are culturally aware of your
needs.
JewishCare has a wide range of services that
can support you beyond the provision of care at
home. This can involve Friendship Clubs, access
to volunteers in certain cases as well as various
appropriate programs.
See Page 7 for an explanation of terms.
JewishCare was selected by the New York
based Conference on Material Claims Against
Germany (Claims Conference) to provide Home
Care to eligible Holocaust Survivors.
Types of CDC Packages
There are four package levels which are
structured as follows:
• Level 1 supports people with basic
care needs
• Level 2 supports people with low-level
care needs
• Level 3 supports people with intermediate
care needs
• Level 4 supports people with high-level
care needs
Each level provides a different subsidy amount
which is managed by an approved care provider,
like JewishCare. This subsidy contributes to
the total cost of your service and care delivery
along with any income-tested fee assessed by
Government.
How do I get started
1. If you have not yet been approved for a CDC
package
a. You will need to be assessed by the Aged
Care Assessment Team (ACAT) which is a
government organisation. We can arrange
this with you.
b. Visit My Aged Care website: www.
myagedcare.gov.au
2. If you have a CDC package with another
provider
In many cases we are able to provide a
more beneficial range of support services
for you. This may relate to the free add-on
services that other providers cannot
provide or it may relate to the quality of our
employees.