Assistance with Care and Housing
Short term case management is provided by a Coordinator who can link seniors to suitable community services and work with them to find sustainable and affordable housing opportunities, including:
- Locating suitable and affordable long-term
housing - Provide advice and assistance on
housing applications - Help in accessing accommodation-related
legal and financial services - Make referrals for help with packing, moving and
relocating seniors into their new homes - Advocating and negotiating with services,
where suitable - Linking and referring seniors to aged care,
community care, health care and welfare
services, and disability services, where
appropriate.
Limitations
The program cannot help with:
- assistance outside of the Illawarra or Shoalhaven region of NSW
- crisis support
- ongoing care
- provision of housing or accommodation
- individuals who are not eligible, including people who own their own home or have significant assets or income
- clients who are already being case managed by another service
Eligibility
The Assistance with Care and Housing (ACH) program is available to seniors who are:
- Living on low incomes
- Homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
- Living in unsecure housing
- Frail and aged 65+
- Aged 45+ if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- Aged 50+ if prematurely ageing (eg. people who have aged more quickly due to their life experiences or physiological . This might include active military service, homelessness or substance abuse and/or multiple co-morbidities usually seen in someone much older).
Access
The service is currently at capacity, however we are accepting applications to our waitlist. The currently wait time is approximately 3 months. Interim information and advice is offered at our drop-in service on Tuesdays from 9am to 12noon at the DCJ One Place Service Centre on Bridge Street in Coniston.
