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Extended Aged Care at Home - Dementia EACHDE

Program Name: Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia EACHD 

Brief Description of Program:
EACHD packages are individually planned and coordinated packages of care tailored to help frail older people who have been assessed as experiencing behaviours of concern and psychological symptoms associated with dementia. These behaviours and symptoms significantly affect their ability to live independently in the community and may also impact on their capacity to remain living at home. This includes residents of retirement villages.

To access an EACHD a person must first be assessed as eligible by an ACAT. There are no citizenship or residency restrictions on accessing an EACHD package of care. These packages, however, are intended for ongoing not temporary care.

• Advocacy
• Allied Health * Physiotherapy
• Allied Health * Nursing
• Allied Health * Dietician
• Allied Health * Occupational Therapy
• Case Management
• Housework
• Information and Advice
• Lawn and Garden Maintenance
• Meal Preparation
• Medication Monitoring
• Personal Care
• Respite - In Home
• Shopping - Assisted
• Shopping - Unassisted
• Social Support
• Transportation
• Equipment
• Clinical Care

Funded By: Australian Government
Department of Health and Ageing

Eligibility Criteria: A person is eligible to receive flexible care in the form of EACHD only if the person:

• is assessed as having behavioural dysfunction associated with dementia
• has complex care needs because of this behavioural dysfunction
• is assessed by ACAT as requiring a high level of residential care
• prefers to receive EACHD
• is able to live at home with the support of EACHD.

Cost to Clients:
A care recipient can be asked to pay a fee for a community care package. For a care recipient receiving the aged pension, the maximum fee which can be charged is 17.5% of the basic rate of single pension.

People on higher incomes may be asked to pay additional fees (limited to 50% of any income above the basic rate of single pension). However, no one will be denied a service they need, based on an inability to pay fees.

The maximum fee for community care packages changes each March and September, in line with changes to the pension.

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