84 Hotham St, Preston VIC 3072

Office Hours: MON – FRI 09:00am – 5:00pm

 

Email: info@gihc.com.au

 

Questions to ask when choosing an in-home aged care provider

1.       What makes your organisation different from other providers?

 

It is important to do research into organisations and find out which organisation is best suited to your needs and preferences.

 

2.       What services do you offer?

 

It is important to be detailed when explaining the services that you require. You should also include care needs, frequency, duration, location, preferences, medical conditions, and when when you require the services to be delivered. All these items and more should be outlined in an intake/referral form.

 

3.       What fees are involved?

 

It is important to know what fees are involved and how much they cost because it will depend how many hours you can get for your home care package or how many hours you can afford to pay out of pocket if you’re a self-funded individual. Some providers charge entry, exit, and daily fees, so make sure to be aware of all the fees before signing an agreement.

 

4.       How much do your services cost?

 

It is important to know how much the services you require will be costing you, whether you have a home care package or if you’re a self- funded individual. Providers should be happy to let you know exactly how much everything will cost.

 

5.       What is the minimum number of hours per shift?

 

Most in-home aged care providers have a minimum number of hours of shift that you can request because it isn’t easy to get personal care assistants to work short shifts, especially if they’re required to drive to a different suburb.

 

Visit http://www.gihc.com.au/ to see what makes us different, check out our servicespricing, fees and more information and make the right decision for you. Contact us for more information.

 

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Covid-19 wave putting strain on the health care sector

We are experiencing another Covid-19 wave which is putting strain on the health care sector. Hospitals around Melbourne are experiencing a high demand and staff shortages due to sick staff, which is causing overly long wait times. New daily covid cases are over 4,000 at the moment, which is higher than the 7-day daily average.

This new wave is a mixture of Omicron sub-variants which are more transmissible than previous variants. Experts are confident that this wave will not get out of control and result in enforced restrictions and that the new variants are not becoming now serious.

In Victoria, the isolation period remains 5 days or longer if you still have symptoms, 7 days or longer if you still have symptoms for health care workers.  

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World AIDS Day December 1

World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, spread awareness and information about HIV & AIDS.

AIDS is the late stage of HIV infection. HIV/AIDS affects straight, gay and bisexual of all races and genders.

Medication can be taken to stop the development from HIV to AIDS, thus people can live a long and happy life despite having HIV. However, there are still half a million people worldwide that die each year from AIDS, so it is important to know that there is treatment available and should be sought out as a soon as being aware of having HIV.

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International N24 Awareness Day

Today is International N24 Awareness Day, where we are spreading awareness for N24, also known as 24-hour sleep wake disorder, or Hypernychthemera Disorder, which affects over 50 per cent of totally blind people, and a small percentage of sighted people.


N24 is caused by the dis-regulation of the day-night cycle “nature clock” to synchronise with the “brain clock” sleep-wake cycle, which can lead to chronic sleep deprivation accumulating, excessive daytime sleepiness, issues concentration, and memory.


There is no cure to N24, however there are treatments and medicine available which includes, melatonin, light therapy, hormones.

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Spreading Awareness for Diabetes, How can we help!?

This month is diabetes awareness month, so we want to spread awareness of resources and how you can help fund for research in finding a cure.

Type 1 diabetes is a genetic autoimmune disease that people are born with, there is not evidence pointing to it being hereditary. With type 1 diabetes, the pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin for the blood for blood sugar to enter cells in the bloodstream for energy use, which causes high blood sugar levels, which is harmful to the body

Type 2 diabetes is the less common form of diabetes which is mostly developed through overweight, obesity and an inactive lifestyle.

Currently, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes do not have a cure but there is continued research on a cure, therapies, and treatments. By bringing awareness to diabetes, we can help to change the views of governments to get financial support and deliver real change. People can join the JDRF blue army by creating a fundraiser or their own or joining one of the many events around Australia. This money will go to much needed research. Visit the blue army 

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4 pillars of well-being


It is very important to work on these 4 pillars to maintain mental and physical health, not matter what age you are.


1. Get enough sleep – Sleep helps the mind and body
recover day after day, and when you don’t get enough sleep, it can affect your
emotions, how you react to certain situations and can deteriorate your mental
and physical health.

     
2. Healthy eating and exercising – Healthy eating
and exercising are both extremely important to maintain mental and physical
health. Healthy eating and exercising can ensure you get all the nutrients your
body and mind requires to maintain a healthy body weight and assist in improving
overall mood.

    
3. Social connection – Remaining social throughout
your life will help maintain a positive mental wellbeing. Extended loneliness
can be very damaging to a person’s mental wellbeing.

   
4. Practice gratitude and stay positive. Practicing
gratitude and positivity can have profound effects on one’s mental wellbeing.
You can practice these things by taking time to ask yourself what you’re
grateful. You can then express your gratitude on others, or practice gratitude
meditation to savour the good and anchor yourself in the present.  

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65 y/o on NDIS funding will continue at 66 y/o and can change to My Aged Care funding

65 y/o who have NDIS funding can continue to receive the same level of NDIS funding when they turn 66 and have the option to change to receive aged funding through My Aged Care.


Almost half of Australians living with disability are over the age of 65, however are not eligible for NDIS funding due to their age alone. Individuals 66 and over that require assistance due to disability would have to make do with much less funding than if they were under 65 and could get NDIS funding. The difference in funding levels is especially prevalent for entry level aged care support needs in comparison to the NDIS.

Speirs, T. (2021) “Comparing aged care and NDIS support” page 22


Although people over 65 are not eligible for NDIS, individuals that were receiving NDIS support services before turning 65 can continue to receive the same supports, from the same provider with the same level of NDIS funding and will have the option to change to receive aged funding through My Aged Care if they wish, however this could impact the level of funding they receive.

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Home Care Package (HCP) management fees to be capped

Minister for Aged Care, Anika Wells has announced her plans to cap aged care provider’s management fees by January 1. Care management fees will be capped at 20 percent, and package management fees will be capped at 15 per cent.

 

By capping care management and package management fees, seniors will get more hours for their home care package, as there are currently providers charging as much as 40 per cent of their Home Care Package (HCP). Gratitude In-home Care only charges 25 per cent so seniors can get more support hours from their HCP.

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Even if the water level is not very high, driving in flood waters can be very dangerous

Don’t try to drive through flood waters. Even if the water level is not very high, driving in flood waters can be very dangerous. 

Flooding can obscure underwater objects and the quality of roads that may have been weakened or washed away. 

Most cars lose power when the water depth is over 15 cm, as the water enters the exhaust port, flows into the air intake. Most cards will begin to float when the water level exceeds 30 cm.

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Remembrance Day 2022

Today we pay our respects to Australians who died while serving in wars for Australia.


Remembrance Day is a memorial day for Australia and throughout the British Commonwealth countries, also known as Veterans Day in the United States, and Armistice day in France. Rememberence day originated from the day the Armistice agreement was signed between the Axis and Allies in France which marked the end of World War 1 on November 11, 1918 at 11:00AM.


It is customary to take a minute silence to pay respects.

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