Can my package pay for Safety & Security at home?

Many of our consumers live alone, which can bring both a sense of independence and, at times, feelings of vulnerability, particularly when their vision, hearing, or mobility is impaired, making them more cautious about their surroundings and personal safety. However, there are several ways you can improve safety and your overall sense of well-being at home.

The first approach relates to home security. Our participants sometimes want to upgrade home security measures such as security cameras inside or outside the home, deadlocks, video doorbells, external sensor lights, security screen doors, security gates, window locks, peep holes, lockable letterboxes, remote control lockable garage doors, and home alarms.

While these items can help improve your sense of safety and security, they must be purchased using your personal funds. The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has made it clear that Support at Home funds cannot be used to buy, repair, or install these security products. This is because safety and security are responsibilities that all citizens share at any stage of life, and these needs are not classified as ageing-related care requirements.

Whilst those mainstream items and equipment cannot be funded, there are a range of personal SOS alarms and duress alarms that may be accessible under your Support at Home funding, particularly devices that monitor health and notify others in case of an emergency, such as a fall, injury or illness.

Wearing a personal alarm may give you a greater sense of safety, knowing that help is at hand if you need it.

Please reach out to discuss how we can help to increase your safety and security at home with some creative and functional technology solutions.