Victorians requiring support as they age can now thrive-in-place with in-home support services from locals in their area, following the launch of Mounties Care Home Care. Enabling and empowering older Australians and those with a disability to continue living as independently as possible in their own homes, Mounties Care Home Care offers a range of services that cater to people from all walks of life, with a focus on collaboration to create a personalised care plan that is tailored to a person’s needs and lifestyle.

Mobility and home care support for Australia’s ageing population provides such benefits as continuity of social connections, reduced disruption to daily routine, comfort of the home environment, reduced risk of infections and more.

With the Victorian government stating its older population is exponentially growing, and with it – there will be ‘more frail and vulnerable older people living in their homes for much longer’ including ‘increasing numbers of those living with dementia’, the need for increase home care support services is paramount.

The launch of Mounties Care Home Care provides the 22 per cent of Victorians aged 60 years or older – and the 4.3 per cent aged 80 or older – with more options for home care support, giving Victoria’s growing elderly population and their families another choice for home care support. This includes everything from practical to psychosocial support, which has enormous wellbeing benefits to the community.

Older Australians are a diverse group, with different ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, life experiences and lifestyles, each of which influence the ageing process and affect Australians’ health and wellbeing. The launch of Mounties Care Home Care in Victoria forms part of the healthcare organisation’s wider plan to enhance support to all community members across the country. Mounties Care Home Care is just one service offering of Mounties Care, the health division of Mounties Group, a profit-for-purpose organisation and one of the largest Club groups in Australia.

Mounties Group CEO, Dale Hunt, says delivering compassionate care in the home through innovation and understanding is core mission of Mounties Care: “The later years of a persons’ life can be particularly challenging, though the benefits of ageing-in-place are well researched. Our members are our family at Mounties Group, and our goal is to work with Australians to create tailored care packages that not only enable a continued quality of life, but enhance it through support and wellbeing activities based on an individual – rather than blanket – approach to home care”.

Victorians have the option to use Home Care Packages, NDIS or private funding to access Mounties Care Home Care for services such as hourly or 24-hour care, companionship, live-in care, overnight care, respite care, domestic assistance, transport, mobility support and more. Clients include the elderly, clients living with dementia or disability, people returning home after hospitalisation, those requiring respite care or who may be terminally ill, and those in nursing homes who may require additional support.