Community outreach services

Glenview provides a range of outreach support services to people living in their own homes.

We have:

39 Community Aged Care Packages (CACP): The CACPs are available to aged clients who need some help to remain living in their own home. These packages are available in the Northern Suburbs, Kingborough and Clarence.
27 Extended Aged Care at Home Packages (EACH): EACH is available to aged clients who need a higher level of support to remain in their own home. EACH clients receive more frequent and intensive levels of support than CACP clients. EACH Packages are available in Southern Tasmania, including rural and remote areas.
15 Transitional Care Packages (TCP): TCPs last 12 weeks (maximum). They are available to aged people who are leaving hospital and need additional help, in the short term, to remain living in their own home. These packages are available in Southern Tasmania, including rural and remote areas. See the Department of Health and Ageing website for more information.

Outreach staff and clients work together to determine the amount of support that is needed for the client to remain living in their home as independently as possible. Each client's package of care will be different.
A range of services is available in all programs. CACP services include personal care assistance, helping with the housework and household chores, shopping, mowing the lawn and minor home maintenance. EACH services include all of these plus nursing services, purchasing necessary equipment, more frequent personal care support and, when needed, palliative care. Our Lifestyle Coordinator meets with all clients to help them plan a personalised social program.

As well as these services, we also focus on social activities and work with clients to help them access past hobbies and interests, visit friends and clubs or just enjoy a drive down to the river to feed the ducks and eat fish and chips. We arrange multicultural functions, organise group lunches, take clients to the library and help them attend doctor's appointments.

We also provide an emergency after hours service.

All Glenview community clients have priority access to Glenview for periods of respite and/or permanent residential care.

Who can get a CACP?

To be eligible for CACP people must be assessed by the Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) as requiring a low level of care.

Who can get an EACH package?

To be eligible for an EACH package people must have a strong preference to remain living in their own home and not want to go into residential care. They must be assessed by ACAT as requiring high and flexible care.

Who can get a TCP?

To be eligible for a TCP people must be, in hospital and asessed by ACAT as requiring transitional care. These packages provide short term support for people who have a temporary need for extra assistance to remain living in their own home.

How much does it cost?

Charges to clients funded through the CACP program are $15 for six hours or less per week, $20 for more than six hours, including gardening.

Charges for EACH and TCP are 17.5% of the aged pension approx $44 per week, including gardening.

Who do I contact to find out more?

Our Outreach Coordinator.

Outreach Coordinator enjoys Polish National Day with clients.

Angela McKenzie Community Services Manager enjoys Polish National Day with EACH client Maria.