Veterans' Home Care
MiCare is a trusted and recommended provider of the Veterans' Home Care (VHC) Program.
Caring for our Veterans
MiCare is a trusted and recommended provider of the Veterans’ Home Care (VHC) Program. We take great pride in giving back to our Veterans through personalized, high-quality services.
If you are a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) client and you qualify for Veterans’ Home Care, you can nominate MiCare as your care provider. Read about how we support Veterans below, or call 1300 064 064 to discuss your needs with us.
Are you an eligible Veteran, widow, or widower?
The first step to accessing the Veterans’ Home Care Program is organizing an assessment. To be eligible for an assessment, you must be:
- A Veteran Gold Card holder
- A Veteran White Card holder with an accepted service-related condition or injury
- A carer or family member of the above (eligible in some cases)
To get started, contact your Veterans’ Home Care Assessment Agency on 1300 550 450. If you’re not eligible for an assessment, or you are waiting to be assessed, we can still support you with our Private Home Care services.
Veterans’ Home Care Services
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Personal Care & Meals -Services to help you perform daily tasks.
For example, our Carers can help you with:
- Bathing and showering
- Using the toilet
- Dressing and undressing
- Medication reminders
- Getting in and out of bed
- Meal preparation
- Using eating utensils
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Domestic Help - Services to keep your home clean and tidy.
For example, our Carers can help you with:
- Internal house cleaning
- Making beds
- Washing and drying clothes
- Unaccompanied shopping (i.e. the Carer can shop for you on your behalf)
- The process of paying a bill
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Home Maintenance* - Services to maintain a safe house and garden.
For example, our Carers can help you with:
- Replacing light bulbs
- Cleaning gutters
- Cleaning windows
- Cleaning ceiling fans
- Lawn mowing, pruning, and rubbish removal in some circumstances
*The Veterans Home Care Program covers Home & Garden Maintenance services where an environmental health or safety hazard exists. It will not pay for major repairs to your property or non-essential garden maintenance. There are some out-of-pocket costs associated with Home & Garden Maintenance services.
