commonwealth home support programme
PLEASE NOTE: AS OF 1 NOVEMBER 2025, SUPPORT AT HOME HAS REPLACED THE COMMONWEALTH HOME SUPPORT PROGRAMME. CLIENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING CHSP SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THEIR SERVICES AS NORMAL.
ONCE CLIENTS ARE RE-ASSESSED FOR CHANGES IN THEIR NEEDS OR FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES, THEY WILL TRANSITION TO THE NEW SUPPORT AT HOME PROGRAM. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM.
Services under the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) aims to keep seniors over 65 living at home independently, and remaining active and engaged with family, friends and the community.
You can read more about the CHSP on the My Aged Care website Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) | My Aged Care
What CHSP services does AFCS provide?
We are funded to provide the following service types:
- Social Support Group – Includes light exercise, cultural dancing, art activities, community singing, outings, aqua exercise and digital skills learning
- Social Support Individual – Accompanied shopping and medical appointments, friendly calling and visiting
- Personal Care
- Community-Based Personal Care (Personal Grooming services). Learn more about our new innovative approach to personal grooming services!
- Personal Care Assistance- assistance/prompting/guidance with showering, eating, getting dressed, moving around the house, getting out of bed
- Home or Community General Respite – Day respite and overnight respite in the home or at our Maharlika Lodge™ Respite Home
- Domestic Assistance
- Home cleaning
- Unaccompanied shopping (grocery delivery)
- Home Maintenance (Garden Maintenance) – Includes lawn mowing, general tidying up of the garden, raking leaves, minor weeding and pruning, weed killer spraying
- Meals – Cultural meals delivered to home or available for pick up at our Doveton site
- Transport – Transport that assists clients to stay connected and active in the community
- Specialised Support Services – services include:
- Dementia advisory services
- Continence advisory services
- Vision advisory services
- Hearing advisory services
- Other clinical conditions
- Client advocacy – advisory and support service
We Provide Specialised Care
AFCS is a verified provider of specialised services Culturally and Linguistically Diverse older people, specifically of Filipino cultural background.
We provide dementia-specific support and activities with dementia friendly environments and trained staff. To learn more about our dementia support services, visit our Dementia Support page
