Queensland’s home care transition

Not for profit Queensland aged care providers pledged their support for older Queenslanders to stay at home after the State government’s decision last Friday to transfer Home and Community Care (HACC) services to the non government sector.

RSL Care chief executive, Stan Macionis, said the organisation supported the move to community based charitable health and aged care providers like RSL Care which have significant capability in community care services, including HACC funded services.

“RSL Care believes the decision to use community sector organisations like RSL Care is a win for older Queenslanders who rely on HACC services,” Mr Macionis said.

“The move to community sector organisations like RSL Care makes sense because we offer quality, scale and efficient service delivery.

“At RSL Care, our clients are at the centre of everything we do and always come first. We are prepared to work with the government to ensure clients receiving HACC services are transferred to new providers with minimal disruption.”

RSL Care is now prepared to work with the government to find roles for people with experience in HACC who previously delivered these services from government.

RSL Care began providing services in the community in 1938 when ANZACs returned from war. RSL Care bases the quality of its service on the experience of coming home and believes every older Australian deserves support in their home as they age.

Anglicare Southern Queensland also welcomed the announcement by the Metro South Hospital and Health Service to transition its HACC services to the non government sector.

As a leading fully accredited provider of aged care services, Anglicare SQ anticipates working closely with Metro South Health to ensure a seamless transition of service to clients over future months.

Executive director, Dr Kathy Corbiere, says Anglicare is capable and fully prepared to step up to the challenge of servicing HACC clients with a range of quality aged care support.

“The wellbeing, best interests and peace of mind of clients are priorities, and to that end, we will be working to ensure there is continuity of quality care for those people who move to Anglicare,” she said.

Anglicare has a long history of providing quality services across the community, and a significant percentage of those support ageing people to live independently in their homes and in Anglicare’s aged care facilities.

“We look forward to working with Metro South Health on a responsible graduated transition of clients to the high quality of care for which Anglicare is known.

Anglicare SQ, an Anglican not for profit organisation, provides aged and community care to more than 14,000 people across southern Queensland and other parts of the state.