Government Funded In-Home Care Services

Support at Home provides coordinated care and services to help you stay happy and independent at home. The program offers eight classifications of support designed to match your care needs, with funding levels that can be adjusted as your needs change.

Support at Home includes three categories of services: clinical care (such as nursing care, personal care and allied health), independence supports (such as social support, transport and respite) and everyday living support (like domestic assistance and home maintenance).

The program also includes additional funding pathways for assistive technology and home modifications, restorative care to maintain your independence, and end-of-life support if you wish to remain at home.

This program has been replaced by Support at Home as of 1 November 2025. While existing HCP recipients have been transitioned to Support at Home, HCP no longer exists as a current program. If you were previously receiving Home Care Packages, your services have transitioned to Support at Home as of 1 November 2025, with your funding level and supports maintained

Veterans’ Home Care provides lower level home care services to eligible veterans and widows or widowers of eligible veterans, including help around the house and personal care. 

In home care refers to a range of services, the common theme of which is that they are all provided within the comfort of your own home, meaning you don’t need to move house or go to a residential facility to receive the care you deserve. 

An in home care package can include any combination of the different services we offer, tailored to your needs. Contact us to find out more about how our different services compliment each other. 

Yes, many people choose to combine both types of care to create a more comprehensive support plan. Privately funded care can fill in the gaps when government subsidies don’t cover the services that you would like. 

You can get more information from My Aged Care, or contact your local Dovida office where somebody will be able to answer your questions and walk you through the process. 

Private home care means that you pay for the services yourself. The benefits of this mean that your care can start immediately, and you have complete flexibility to choose the services and caregivers you want to use. Government-funded care provides funding support based on your eligibility criteria, and it can take some time to put in place.