Originally published by Anita Courtney, Solomon Miller and Dr Melanie Tan.

In 2018, Russell Kennedy published an article about the challenges for aged care providers when offering self-management models to home care clients. Since then self-management models have continued to become increasingly common and the new standardised Pricing Schedule has an option for self-management.

Consumer groups have welcomed the shift towards self-management. In 2019, COTA Australia, in conjunction with RMIT University, completed their ‘Increasing Self-management in Home Care’ project. This project, which looked at the experiences of 7 home care providers has resulted in COTA developing a suite of resources to inform providers and consumers what “self-management” means and how it can operate in practice.

Read more:

Considering offering a self-management option in home care? Key considerations for aged care providers moving into the home care space

COTA – Self-management Resources and Tools