We offer tailored in-home personal care services to help you live a safe, self-sufficient, and fulfilling life in your own home. Our Home Care packages give you that extra help at home you need to achieve your goals and be the same person you have always been.
What is MercyCare Personal Care?
We offer Home Care Personal Care for daily living tasks – often of a personal nature. It’s everyday personal care that’s essential to independent living at home. We provide dignified, respectful support and look after your personal needs with compassion. Our trained carers can step in and lend a helping hand for those more intimate tasks, so you don’t need to rely so much on your loved ones, and you can age your own way.
Popular MercyCare Personal Care Services:
- Bathing, showering, and grooming
- Personal hygiene and skin care
- Nails and foot care
- Dental care for your teeth and gums
- Mobility or simply getting in and out of bed
- Using the toilet
- Assistance with continence management
- Assistance with medications
Seven Benefits of Home Care Personal Care
Home Care Personal Care support improves your quality of life by focusing on your mental, emotional, and physical health. With a Home Care Personal Care package, our trained carers will make you feel comfortable, give gentle encouragement, and provide a friendly face.
- You’ll feel more secure, independent, and empowered
- You’ll have more confidence
- You can continue to grow and flourish
- You can form a meaningful and genuine bond with your carer over time
- It’s a wonderful form of companionship if you live alone, helping to avoid feelings of loneliness or isolation
- It gives your mental health a boost
- Your loved ones will have peace of mind, knowing that you’re staying on top of everything and keeping connected
How Do Home Care Packages Work?
We understand every person is different, so that’s why with a Home Care Personal Care package, you can tailor the services that best suit your needs and your budget. You have full control, choice, and flexibility. A dedicated carer can be there seven days a week on an ongoing or short-term basis, including evening visits. Or you may just need help once or twice a week so that you can look and feel your best.
Types of Home Care
Depending on your preferences and eligibility, Home Care is available through:
- Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP): entry-level support services. Funding is provided for specific services, like cleaning or personal care.
- Home Care Packages: a selection of services that support you to continue living at home, with four different government-subsidised levels to meet your needs. Your funding is flexible and can be used on whichever services you require.
MercyCare’s Range of Services:
- Domestic Assistance
- Grocery Shopping Support
- Meal Planning and Preparation
- Community Connection and Social Support
- Nursing Care
- Allied Health
- Aids and Equipment
- Carer Respite
- Transport
- Gardening
- Home Maintenance
If you or your loved ones feel it might be time to get some extra help with any of these tasks, contact our Home Care Carers team. We will visit you at home for a friendly chat to learn all about you and what you want to achieve, and together, we’ll tailor a Home Care plan for you.
Let’s get together to discuss how you can age your own way. Call now on 08 9442 3498 or visit our website for more information: https://www.mercycare.com.au/aged-care/home-care/how-we-can-support-you
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