Restorative Care Pathway

It focuses on improving your strength and daily skills, managing age-related changes, and providing guidance so you can maintain your wellbeing and remain independent for longer.

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The Restorative Care Pathway provides:

• Up to 16 weeks of support, with extensions to 16 weeks in some situations, for example, in regional and remote areas, or to allow culturally safe care to be delivered.
• Coordinated allied health services, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, exercise physiology or speech therapy.
• A restorative care partner, who works with the individual to set goals, develop a plan, and organise the right services.
• Practical strategies to build strength, improve daily function and support community connection.

The Restorative Care Pathway helps to:

• Regain independence: by rebuilding strength, balance and confidence.
• Prevent or delay decline: supporting wellbeing before higher levels of care are required.
• Promote safe living at home: through personalised therapy and practical solutions.
• Encourage participation: enabling older people to continue with hobbies, social activities and family life.

Each period of restorative care provides about $6,000 to support up to 16 weeks of more intensive services. This funding is separate from your ongoing Support at Home funding. If eligible, you may receive extra funding, increasing the amount available to up to $12,000 during that period.

You can access restorative care twice, as long as the periods are not back-to-back and there is at least three months between them.

An aged care assessment is used to decide whether a person may benefit from short-term, focused support through the Restorative Care Pathway.

A person may be eligible if:

• They will be able to continue living at home without ongoing Support at Home services, or without changes to their current supports.
• Short-term, intensive care from allied health and/or nursing professionals is expected to help improve a specific issue.
• They are willing to set goals and actively take part in activities to build independence.

A person cannot access the Restorative Care Pathway if they:

• Are receiving End-of-Life care.
• Have already received two units of restorative care funding in the past 12 months.
• Are receiving, or eligible for, transition care.
• Are living in permanent residential aged care.

If you are currently receiving services through Huon Regional Care, please do not hesitate to contact your Care Partner to discuss how this pathway might be right for you.

Huon Regional Care delivers restorative care with compassion, expertise and local understanding.

Our team:

• Helps older people identify goals that matter most to them.
• Connects clients with experienced allied health professionals.
• Coordinates services to reduce stress for families.
• Encourages independence while respecting culture, traditions and preferences.

We can guide you through the steps to assist in accessing the right support for you or your loved one.