Published: January 22, 2020
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Key considerations for aged care providers moving into the home care space

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

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