Home Care Packages became Support at Home on 1 November 2025. Whatever you call it, occupational therapy is funded under it — and it is one of the most practical things it can buy.
An occupational therapist looks at how you are actually managing day to day, in your own home, and works out what would make it easier and safer.
Sometimes that's equipment. Sometimes it's a change to the bathroom. Often it's simply doing things a different way.
The goal is almost always the same: staying at home, safely, for longer.
A room-by-room look at where the risks are — the step at the back door, the bathroom floor, the lighting in the hallway — and what to do about each one.
Shower stools, bed rails, walking frames, kitchen aids, pressure care. Assessment, prescription, and showing you how to use it properly so it doesn't end up in the shed. Funded through the Assistive Technology and Home Modifications scheme, not your ongoing budget.
Grab rails, ramps, level-entry showers, handrails. We assess, recommend, write the report your provider needs, and work with the builder. Also funded through the Assistive Technology and Home Modifications scheme.
Showering, dressing, cooking, laundry, getting in and out of the car. Practical strategies that fit the way you actually live.
Getting out to the shops, to appointments, to the club. Community access is part of staying well.
Safe transfer techniques, managing fatigue, and an honest conversation about what's sustainable.
The program changed on 1 November 2025. Support at Home replaced the Home Care Packages Program. If you already had a package you were moved across automatically, you kept your funding level and your unspent funds, and you did not need to change providers. Most people still call it their package, and we will too.
Under Support at Home, occupational therapy sits in clinical supports, alongside nursing and podiatry. Clinical supports are fully funded by the government — you do not make a contribution towards them the way you do for some other services.
You don't need a separate referral or a Medicare care plan. Talk to your care partner, case manager or provider — they can arrange it, or you can ask them to contact us directly.
A note on the rules. Aged care funding changed recently and the detail is still settling. What stays true is that occupational therapy is a clinical support and is funded under Support at Home. Check your own entitlements with your provider or at myagedcare.gov.au rather than relying on a figure quoted anywhere online, including here.
Occupational therapy is a clinical support, so it is funded by the government rather than drawn from the part of your budget you contribute to. What varies is how much therapy your assessed needs support, and therefore how often we can see you.
For a lot of people, one assessment and a clear set of recommendations does most of the work — a visit, a written plan, and equipment arranged afterwards. Where more ongoing therapy is supported, regular sessions become possible.
Equipment and home modifications are funded separately again, through the Assistive Technology and Home Modifications scheme, which provides upfront funding rather than coming out of your ongoing budget.
We'll be honest with you and your care partner about what is realistically available, rather than recommending a program that can't be funded.
Assessments happen in your home, because that's where the answers are. There's no clinic to get to.
Not a checklist — a conversation, and a walk through the house.
Staying in the garden. Making your own breakfast. Having the grandkids over.
Written in plain English, with what we recommend and why, ready for your case manager.
We help arrange equipment and modifications, and check they're working once they're in.
This section is for you.
You don't have to convince anyone of anything before an OT visit. Louise's job is to have the conversation, look at what's actually happening, and find the changes that make the most difference for the least disruption.
Most people are more willing to accept a grab rail than a discussion about moving.
You are welcome to be there. You are also welcome to call and talk it through first, before anyone books anything.
Yes. Home Care Packages became Support at Home on 1 November 2025, and occupational therapy is funded under it as a clinical support — which means the government covers it and you do not contribute towards the cost.
No. Your case manager can arrange it, or you can contact us directly on 0478 687 771.
Yes. Home visits across the Mornington Peninsula. There is no clinic to travel to.
Long enough to walk through the house properly and have a real conversation, rather than tick a form. We'll tell you how long to set aside when we book it in, and a written plan follows afterwards.
The program name and the funding structure. If you already had a package you moved across automatically on 1 November 2025, kept your funding level and your unspent funds, and did not need to change providers. Occupational therapy is now classified as a clinical support.
Ask your care partner or provider, or call us and we'll help you work it out. It costs nothing to check.
Give us a call with your provider's name and we'll sort out the arrangement with them directly. It is usually straightforward.
Book a free discovery call, ask a question, or just say hello. We reply within two business days.