Home Care Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply for private home care services?
Immediate Home Support Care
For anyone who needs home care in situations for short or long term, private care is available.
Call My at Home Care and discuss your needs and services required and we can explain how care can be provided to improve your current situation. Services are usually provided within 1 to 5 days from phone call to arrival of care staff.
A My at Home Care care coordinator will visit you and your loved one to discuss services, find out how you like duties performed and complete a home care agreement so staff know exactly what needs to be done to help.
My at Home Care will arrive at the arranged time, care for you as organised, all at your own home.
What services are available through My At Home Care?
See our range of services below, if what you are looking for is not here, please just ring and ask and we will try our best to accommodate your needs.
Domestic Assistance
Dusting, washing, hanging out laundry/collecting laundry from line/folding, change bed linen, ironing, cleaning bathrooms and toilets, vacuuming, washing floors, brushing cobwebs away, cleaning out fridge, monitoring food expiry, accepting and packing away of grocery shopping, cleaning internal/external windows, prepare shopping lists, arrange/re-arrange products and appliances, escorting shopping trip, preparation of meals.
Personal Care
Assistance with showering, medication prompting, dressing and grooming, assisting to wash hair, toileting, meal preparation, assistance with nutrition, picking up prescriptions, accompany to appointments, application of pressure stockings, social support.
Nursing
Wound care, clinical assessments, medication administration, monitoring diet, care planning, continence care, medical information.
Specialist Care
All specialist appointments available; hearing, physiotherapy, nutrition and dietetics, podiatrists, health checks, general practitioners, skin checks.
Transport
Transport to outings/errands, hospital, pharmacy and private appointments, shopping, visiting and social group transport.