Indigenous Home and Community Care Service

Home and Community Care (HACC) Services

HACC services of various kinds are provided to approx. 60 clients in the townsite of Fitzroy and in Kurnangki and Mindi Rardi Aboriginal Communities. Clients include old people, young disabled people and their carers.

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The services provided through HACC include:

Meals on wheels – delivering meals to old people’s camp or provide a meal
at the day centre
Transport – to supermarket, hospital and visiting family and communities
Basic personal care – helping people shower, cutting hair, nails and shaving
Assistance with shopping – help people to do shopping and do shopping for
older people
Laundry – we do laundry for old people
Assistance with medication and the provision of day activities
at the HACC centre
Minor home maintenance – Changing light globes, fixing locks, repairing
kitchen items, arranging bigger jobs to be done by tradesperson
House cleaning – we help people with home care when families or carers
cannot help. Eg: sweeping, mopping and general house cleaning
Social support – we provide information and assistance to people in
managing their own affairs such as writing letters, making appointments,
banking, interpreting and medication issues

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