Home Care Packages and the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) both give you support to stay at home. But there are differences between the programs.

With the Commonwealth Home Support Program, you:

• choose from a set menu of services – there isn’t much flexibility
• only pay for the services you use
• can dip in and out of the program as you need things.

With a Home Care Package:

• a case manager or case adviser helps you understand the system and work out a Care Plan
• you decide how to spend the funding you get, rather than choosing from a menu
• once you have a package, it stays in place for the long term