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Care Options provides services and programs across the South West Metropolitan area, covering the local government areas of Melville, East Fremantle, Fremantle, Cockburn, Kwinana and Rockingham and in some instances, Mandurah. Services marked with * are only provided in some locations.
Most services have an eligibility criteria and referral requirements and include a fee that contributes to the total cost of a service. No one is refused a service because of an inability to pay. Care Options are funded to provide a range of services delivered within the homes of the service recipients. These services include:
These services are co-ordinated out of Challenger Lodge. Contact details: Phone: 08 9550 7888 The centre provides various centre-based social and recreational activities in a caring and friendly environment for people who are frail aged and for young and aged people with a disability. The centre also provides carers with respite from their caring responsibilities in a home-like environment. The centre operates from a modified home called Kennedy House located in Port Kennedy. Contact details: Phone: 08 9593 0622 The transport service is primarily run by dedicated volunteers who provide transport to and from medical and other appointments within the Perth metropolitan area. This service also operates for limited social appointments such as shopping, social support and a library run. The transport division operates out of Challenger Lodge. Contact details: Phone: 08 9550 7800 Care Options runs a variety of innovative programs supporting children, teenagers and young adults with an intellectual or acquired disability. Extended programming includes school holiday respite, weekend camps for both children and young adults and individual family and carer support. This program operates out of both Challenger Lodge and Kennedy House. Contact details: Phone: 08 9550 7817 Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged (ACHA): This program is federally-funded and is designed to assist older people with care and housing needs. A coordinator works with older people who are homeless, or live in accommodation that they do not own, and where additional on-going assistance is required, the recipients are then moved across to the case management team. This program operates out of Challenger Lodge. Contact details: Phone: 08 9550 7818 The Seniors Assistance Fund (SAF): The Seniors Assistance Fund is an initiative of the City of Melville and is managed by Care Options Inc. The program was set up to meet the unmet needs of seniors in the local government area of Melville by providing one off or short term assistance. Recipients of this scheme must be ineligible to receive services through HACC or other government funding. This program operates out of Challenger Lodge. Contact details: Phone: 08 9550 7815 Care Options is a preferred provider of services for veterans. Referrals are made through Veterans Home Care Service for services such as domestic assistance, personal care and respite. This service operates from Challenger Lodge. Contact details: Phone: 08 9550 7815 Community Aged Care Packages (CACP): CACP’s provide low level aged care in the home for people needing personal care, domestic assistance and similar services. Each CACP is developed to suit the personal needs of the individual recipient. This service operates from Challenger Lodge. Contact details: Phone: 08 9550 7931 |
| Care Options is a registered, deductible gift recipient organisation. Eligible donations over $2 are tax deductible (please provide contact details if you require a receipt). |
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