Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)

Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), is a government-funded program in Australia that provides entry-level support for older people to help them continue living safely and independently at home. It’s designed for individuals aged 65 and over, or 50 and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who need a little help with everyday tasks like housework, shopping, or medication management.

Winnam has been funded to provide the following activities under the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP):

    • Domestic Assistance – Community and Home Support

To provide CHSP clients with assistance with domestic chores to maintain their capacity to manage everyday activities in a safe, secure and healthy home environment, including time limited services to support wellness and reablement goals.

      • Home Maintenance – Community and Home Support

To provide home maintenance services that assist clients to maintain their home in a safe and habitable condition. Maintenance services provided must be linked to assisting clients to maintain their independence, safety, accessibility and health and wellbeing within the home environment. Maintenance services can also assist in creating a home environment that facilitates a client’s wellness and reablement goals.

    • Social Support – Group – Community and Home Support

To assist CHSP clients to participate in community life and feel socially included through structured, group based activities that develop, maintain or support independent living and social interaction whilst facilitating their wellness and reablement goals.

    • Social Support – Individual – Community and Home Support

To assist CHSP clients to participate in community life and feel socially included through meeting their need for social contact and company whilst facilitating their wellness and reablement goals.

Objectives of the CHSP program, which forms part of the Commonwealth funded aged care system, include to:

    • Provide high quality home support services at a low intensity on a short-term or ongoing basis, or higher intensity services delivered on a short-term or episodic basis to eligible individuals* who are assessed as requiring such services to maximise their independence at home and in the community, enhancing their wellbeing and quality of life.
    • Support eligible individuals* through linking them to appropriate and sustainable housing, community care and other support services.
    • Support eligible individuals* through the delivery of planned respite activities which allow carers to take a break from their usual caring responsibilities, and
    • Contribute to the delivery of quality and safe funded aged care services in Australia.

For more information in regards to the CHSP program, you can visit the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care website or the My Aged Care website

 

If you are interested in Winnam becoming your CHSP provider, please contact Winnam’s CHSP Coordinator on (07) 3396 3431 or via email CHSP@winnam.org

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