Risk assessment for elderly care.
Our risk assessment service is designed to identify and address potential risk factors in your living environment, ensuring you can continue to live comfortably and securely. By using your Home Care Package, you can arrange a comprehensive evaluation that considers your unique needs, health risks, and home setup. This proactive approach helps prevent accidents, enhances your quality of life, and supports your desire to remain independent in your own home.
What is a risk assessment in aged care?
Our expert team develops personalised Care Plans tailored to your needs for the best possible care. A comprehensive geriatric assessment evaluates your health risks and living situation and how these factors may impact your safety at home. This proactive approach allows us to identify potential issues early, fostering stability, independence, and peace of mind.
Services you could be eligible for:
- Fall risk assessment and installation of safety measures such as grab bars, railings, and adequate lighting.
- Medication reviews to prevent adverse drug interactions and events.
- Assistance in developing emergency plans for fire, natural disasters, and power outages.
- Home safety assessments, including trip hazard evaluations, smoke detector checks, and safe storage of household chemicals.
- Reviews of cognitive impairment issues that could lead to unsafe behaviours, such as wandering.
- Analysis of nutrition and eating difficulties to prevent choking hazards.
Identification of social isolation risks and connection to resources that reduce these risks. - Ongoing reassessments after changes in physical condition or environment.
Who is eligible for these resources?
Our comprehensive risk assessments are designed for older adults receiving Home Care Package funding who wish to maintain their independence safely. We aim to help older adults identify and plan for risks early on, so they can continue living safely at home. This service is particularly beneficial for:
- Older adults with chronic conditions that pose risks such as falls, medication issues, and nutrition deficits.
- Individuals with reduced mobility who need assistive equipment, home modifications, and improved accessibility.
- Older people experiencing cognitive impairment, requiring evaluations of judgment, decision-making, and safety concerns like wandering.
- Socially isolated older Australians who may face self-neglect risks related to hygiene, nutrition, and following treatment plans.
We have assessors local to your community.
At Lucky Care, we connect you with local professionals who specialise in risk assessment for elderly care. Whether you live in a rural area or a metropolitan city, our assessors use specialised tools and expertise to identify safety issues, emergency preparedness needs, and other concerns to ensure you receive the best care possible.
How life is better with Lucky Care Care.
- More choice and control.
We will give you more choice and control to choose who delivers your care and services through your Australian government-approved Package.
- Low fixed fee, nothing more.
We charge one low, fixed and transparent fee to support you.
- Experts in self-management.
We were Australia’s first self-managed Provider. Whether you have low-level or complex care needs we have options to help you.
Our pricing.
Our pricing is simple and transparent. We help you pay the lowest cost possible from your Home Care Package funding. The full cost of your care with us is unbeatable when you look at both our low and transparent fee, and the market rates you can hire your care workers at. We help you get more from your Home Care Package funding.
- Level 1
This provides basic support and assistance for individuals with low care needs to help them remain independent at home.
- Level 2
Offers a moderate level of support and services for individuals with increasing care needs, focusing on enhancing their well-being and comfort at home.
- Level 3
This level of funding supports clients with intermediate needs.
- Level 4
This is the highest level of Home Care Package support.
Chat with a Care Expert to find out about care services in your area.
Benefits of the risk assessment tool.
- Identifies factors that may lead to falls and injuries, allowing you to take appropriate measures to reduce these risks.
- Helps develop effective emergency response plans, ensuring timely support in case of emergencies.
- Improves your residential environment and implements safety measures to boost confidence and well-being.
- Allows older people to continue living safely in their homes for an extended period, even as care needs increase.
- Prevents potential hazards that could lead to physical or mental crises.
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How to set up your personal care services.
We help you get your personal care started quickly to ensure you get the support you need to continue living safely and happily at home, delivered by the carers you choose. With us it’s easy.
step 1
The first step is to speak with one of our Care Experts and we will discuss which option will best suit you and your care needs.
step 2
Our friendly Care Experts will arrange the signup documents for you to complete online so you can get your services started as soon as possible.
step 3
And you’re ready to get your services started! With Lucky Care you have the ability to choose from our huge list of amazing service suppliers or bring your own carers onboard.
FAQs
We’ve put together a list of frequently asked questions to help guide you through the Home Care Package process. We know it can be confusing, but we hope this helps to explain some of the most commonly confusing topics.
A risk assessment tool is essentially a comprehensive checklist. It covers a thorough inspection of the home environment, conducted by a specially trained assessor, to identify safety hazards and vulnerabilities. This home safety assessment examines the places you frequent, your abilities and physical challenges, medication usage, eating and hygiene patterns, cognitive impairment issues, social support networks, and emergency systems. The assessor may also discuss lifestyle, nutrition, and medical status to gain greater context and provide recommendations.
A safety check helps prevent accidents and emergencies by identifying hazards and vulnerabilities early on. Using a comprehensive risk assessment tool that examines physical conditions, abilities, home safety, medications, mobility limitations, and other factors, care teams can pinpoint risks that could lead to serious incidents if left unaddressed.
If a significant hazard is identified, the assessor documents the findings in a hazard report. High-priority risks require immediate control measures across the care team. For example, if the stove poses a danger due to client confusion, the team might install a stove timer device to prevent unattended use until cognition improves through special support services outlined in the plan.
Risk assessments should occur:
- Upon initial enrolment in-home care.
- Annually, as routine monitoring.
- After a fall or hospitalisation.
- After a major decline in physical condition.
- Upon a change in environment, such as moving homes.
- After natural disasters that cause damage that requires renovations.
- Regular assessments help address new risks as your well-being and abilities change over time.
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