Group Home Daily Support

Boorloo Care services assist with temporary- or ongoing- support of daily tasks in a shared living environment which is safe and supportive.

We focus on your development, enhancement, and maintenance of domestic skills to enable independent living for you. Our services may include:

• All aspects of personal care – hygiene, and other day-to-day supports
• One-on-one carer assistance
• Assisting with daily tasks for autonomous living
• Self-care, accommodation, and activity support
• Providing short-term residency or transition residency for independent living

These services may also be delivered through shared living arrangements such as unit or host family arrangements. This service provides support within a variety of different shared living arrangements including:

1. Supported Independent Living (SIL)
We provide continuous (up to 24/7) assistance / supervision of daily tasks in a shared living environment of 2-7 care-recipients. Can be provided in SDA / regular homes. SIL is for care-recipients with higher-support needs who need some help at home all the time; includes:

• Help with personal daily tasks
• Skill building – meal preparation, cooking, cleaning, routine development
• Help to action behaviour support plans
• Social skill development
• Support with supervision, personal safety, and security
• Medication support
• Medical appointment support
• Community access (irregular) for personal task completion

2. Short-Term Accommodation (STA) including Respite
Assists with funding for care-support and accommodation costs for up to 14 days (at any one time) away from a care-recipients usual home. You may have a short stay by yourself, or with other care-recipients. This gives usual carers a break and provides a new environment for the care-recipient.

3. Medium-Term Accommodation (MTA)
Assists with funding for accommodation for a care-recipient to live in (for up to 90 days) if they cannot move into their long-term home yet as their disability supports are not ready. Does not include day-to-day costs of living such as food, internet, electricity, or personal care supports in the home.

4. Individual Living Options (ILO)
ILO focus on the care-recipients’ requirements for their living arrangements (personalised and flexible); this includes living alone, co-residency, host arrangements, and living together options. ILO is for care-recipients with low- to moderate- support needs and is an alternative to group home services. ILO allows you to make choices about where you live, who you live with, and how you want to be supported. Includes:

Stage 1: Exploration and design – sourcing and managing the property i.e., where you want to live, with who, support required, and who you want to provide that support

Stage 2: Support model – which is the care / supports provided in the home

• Support to make decisions on where you want to live and supports required to do so
• Personal care
• Support to set-up / manage your home
• Support to build independence
• Support to maintain connection with others
• Support with making day-to-day decisions
• Support to manage your emotions or behaviour
• Unpaid informal supports (neighbours)
• People who you call to help you when you need it (on-call)
• Training for people who support you