Home-based care

Draft Community Packaged Care Guidelines (Draft Guidelines)

The Draft Guidelines provides a complete guide to Australian Government funded Packaged Care Programs. This document explains the Australian Government's policy and operational context for the Packaged Care Programs.

The Draft Guidelines provides a complete guide to Australian Government funded Packaged Care Programs. This document explains the Australian Government’s policy and operational context for the Packaged Care Programs including the responsibilities for approved providers under the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) and the Aged Care Principles (the Principles), which govern the operation of the following Packaged Care Programs:

Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs);
Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH); and
Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia (EACHD).

A print friendly version of the Draft Guidelines is available below:

Draft Community Packaged Care Guidelines (Draft Guidelines) (PDF 728 KB)

Electronic version

The Draft Guidelines have been provided to all service providers electronically on CD-ROM. The electronic version uses eComPress software which allows users to easily navigate through the Draft Guidelines. You may download a detailed copy of the navigation instructions in PDF format:

Navigation instructions for the electronic Draft Community Packaged Care Guidelines (PDF 53 KB)

Amendments to Guidelines

Amendment to Leave Provisions - August 2007 (PDF 420 KB)

Feedback

If you have any comments or feedback on the Draft Community Package Care Guidelines,please email the Department of Health and Ageing at communitypackagedcareguidelinesfeedback@health.gov.au.

If you are unable to download the PDF file please send an email to: acc@health.gov.au for a copy to be sent to you.