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What role do Australian health professionals play in helping people choose their home care package services?

Author(s) -

Victoria Cornell,

Braam Lowies,

Kurt Lushington,

Christine Helliar

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

australian journal of primary health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1836-7399

pISSN - 1448-7527

DOI - 10.1071/py21080

Subject(s) - medicine , nursing , health economics , population health , health care , service (business) , aged care , government (linguistics) , health professionals , social work , family medicine , public health , business , marketing , linguistics , philosophy , economics , economic growth

The home care package (HCP) scheme provides funds to eligible older Australians for social, personal and clinical care services, and aims to assist people to age in-home. Uncorroborated evidence suggests older Australians rely on health professionals - especially general practitioners - to prompt HCP assessments, choose service providers and manage HCP funds thereafter. This was confirmed in a survey involving 502 older Australians aged >65years receiving HCP funds. As more Australians survive to older age, further research is needed to establish with general practitioners their needs regarding the delivery of in-home care information, clinic practice resources, trainee education and continuing professional development.

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