Care finders program

Care finders can help vulnerable older people navigate the aged care system and find support services to improve their quality of life. Care finders can help with both accessing services for the first time and changing or finding new services and supports. The Care Finder Program provides specialist and intensive assistance to people within the target population to understand and access aged care and other relevant supports in the community.

The objectives of the Program are to:

1. Improve outcomes for people in the care finder target population, including:
   • improved coordination of support when seeking to access aged care
   • improved understanding of aged care services and how to access them
   • improved openness to engage with the aged care system
   • increased care finder workforce capability to meet client needs
   • increased rates of access to aged care services and connections with other relevant supports
   • increased rates of staying connected to the services they need post service commencement.
2. Improve integration between the health, aged care and other systems at the local level within the context of the care finder program.