MDAS operates the Home and Community Care program to support Elders and people with a disability.
The program supports Elders to remain in their home and younger people with disabilities who are at risk of being placed prematurely into residential care in Mildura, Swan Hill and Kerang.
The program provides home and community support services with the aim of helping people live at home for as long as possible and to avoid needing to go into residential care.
Services may include:
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Domestic assistance (home help or housekeeping)
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Personal care
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Nursing
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Allied Health (physiotherapy, podiatry, dietetics)
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Food services (meals-on-wheels)
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Planned activity groups
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Property maintenance
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Respite services
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Linkages packages
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Transport