What is Home Care Package?

Also known as: HCP

A Home Care Package was the Australian Government’s coordinated home aged-care funding, allocated at one of four levels according to assessed need. Funds accrued in an individual budget managed by an approved provider. Home Care Packages are being replaced by the Support at Home program.

The four levels ran from basic to high care needs, with a subsidy paid to the provider and an unspent-funds balance that followed the older person between providers.

The transition to Support at Home changes the funding mechanics substantially — most significantly, moving from an accruing balance to quarterly budgets — so provider systems built around unspent-funds tracking need reworking rather than remapping.

Related terms

Support at HomeSupport at Home is the Australian Government program for aged care delivered in a person’s own home, replacing Home Care Packages and the Short-Term Restorative Care Programme. Older people are assessed into classification levels with a quarterly budget, and contribute to costs according to their means and the category of service.My Aged CareMy Aged Care is the Australian Government’s entry point for aged-care services. It handles registration, screening and referral to assessment, and holds the client record that follows an older person through assessment, service allocation and provider referral. Providers receive and accept referrals through the My Aged Care provider portal.

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