Home Care Services

Home Care Services: Chemical Handling Manual

Many Australian and overseas studies have analysed the ingredients in household cleaning products and have highlighted a risk of exposure to various chemicals to workers who perform domestic cleaning tasks.

An example of one study showed that workers performing domestic cleaning tasks are at an increased risk of developing asthma and other breathing problems due to the chemicals they are exposed to.

Rates of respiratory symptoms which could be attributed to domestic cleaning work were more than double those of other jobs (Kogevinas, M; et al, 1999). Suitable cleaning products will be discussed with you during the initial assessment.

Home Care Services: Infection Control Manual

As a result of the reduction in the length of hospital stay, the delivery of health care in the home setting has grown. During the past decade, health care delivery has undergone enormous changes; services are now being offered in, and in many cases shifting to other settings such as people's homes.

There are about 70 000 paid workers providing home care to people who are frail, aged or who have disability or illness around Australia. With the increasing aged population this number will continue to grow. The home is a unique working environment and Home Care Workers may be exposed to different risk factors than other health care workers.

Home Care Services: Operational Procedures

Providing support and maintenance to those members of our communities who are frail aged or younger persons with a moderate to severe disability and their carers is important in preventing inappropriate admission into residential care. Queensland Health has a key role in ensuring our consumers experience a health system which is transparent, consistent and responsive to their needs.

Home Care Services will ensure consumers are better informed of their rights and responsibilities through collaboration and participation with consumers and their advocates in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of services.

Home Care Services: Personal Care Guidelines

Personal Care refers to assistance with daily self-care tasks, such as eating, bathing, toileting, dressing, grooming, getting in and out of bed, and moving about the house.  In some instances, Personal Care may also include medication monitoring.

Queensland Health Home Care Services must be funded by the Home and Community Care (HACC) program to deliver Personal Care Services.

Queensland Health Home Care Services have a responsibility to provide flexible personal care services in order to respond to individual client needs.

Home Care Worker: Orientation Manual

The scope of Queensland Health Home Care Services is to provide of a range of basic support and maintenance services to clients who have been assessed as having a moderate to severe functional disability.

Home Care Services also target HACC eligible clients who are financially disadvantaged and unable to access support services from other services and/or funding programs. The core service type is domestic assistance. However, Home Care Services may also be funded to provide Social Support, Personal Care, and In-home Respite Care.