Aged Care Disability Case Study 2022

Running head: AGED CARE DISABILITY
AGED CARE DISABILITY
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Disability is defined as the condition, which makes it difficult for the person to perform
daily activities and live a quality life (Temple and Williams 2018). These disabilities can be of
different types such as cognitive, intellectual, mental, physical and also by the combination of
the multiple factors. As per the study was done by Chatterji et al. (2015), the occurrence rate of
disability in an older individual is more as compared to that of the other individual due to the
changes linked to ageing. The immunity system of an individual belonging to the age group of
65 and more is less which makes them more vulnerable to any disease leading to disability.
Hence, to provide them with a quality life, it is vital to deliver high quality healthcare to the
individual. Australian health care system offers healthcare facility for the individual aged 65
years and above. In the case of the Australian indigenous population aged 50 years and above,
who are not able to lead their life without support (My aged care 2019). This assignment
discusses the ageing care facilities provided in Australian Health care system and its positive and
negative impact on the patient.
According to the survey conducted by (Vetrano et al. 2016), the rate of comorbidity in
the older individual is more than that of the other individual. The statistics show that around 8 in
every ten older individuals are suffering from one or more chronic illness and it is also
considered as one of the most major reason behind the enhanced disability rate. Aged care in
Australia falls under the department of health, along with that the funding required providing
appropriate facility is done by federal government funding through the subsidies. The
commonwealth government is responsible for delivering an aged care facility in Australia. Care
is provided to the individual either in their home or in the residential aged care facilities and the
community. According to the study piloted by Jeon and Kendig (2017), total expenditure done
by the government on the older individual is around $15.8 billion, out of which the Australian

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government system does 90 %. To provide adequate care to the older individual, the government
has formulated an Act named as Aged Care Act enacted in 1997. Aged care act is formulated
based on the Aged care principles and ethical and legislative framework. As mentioned above,
the aged care in Australia is provided by three different means such as residential care, and home
care and flexible (Backhouse et al. 2016). The type of care provided to the target population
depends upon the health condition and the disability of the individual. In addition to that, it is
also dependent upon the funding agreements with the health care providers.
According to the information provided by (My aged care 2019), the commonwealth
support program initiated by the government assist the older individual by providing care at
home at entry-level. It is done to improve their quality of living by providing those services at
their home. The aged care services offered at home by the commonwealth support program
includes transport, domestic chores, home maintenance, personal care, nursing care, allied
healthcare services, home modification, help, social, mental and physical support. The aged care
plan is formed by considering according to the needs and concern of the patient and is
improvised accordingly to deliver quality care and speed the recovery process of the patient.
There are two different packages provided by the government to the older individual which are
commonwealth support program and Homecare Package program. Homecare Package program
is provided to the patient with greater health needs (Carroll 2018). This program assists the older
individual to stay at home instead of residential aged care which is often observed in case of the
common-wealth support program. Homecare Package program of the government is divided into
four levels based on the health need of the older individual (Johnson et al. 2018). Rendering to
Sellars, Detering and Silvester (2015), each package whether commonwealth support program or
Homecare Package program is personalized to the need and concern of the patient as per the