Allied health that helps you keep living life at home
Clear, practical allied health support aligned with your Support at Home assessment, goals and approved services.
- ✓Support built around your goals
- ✓Qualified allied health clinicians
- ✓Home, community & telehealth
- ✓Family and provider collaboration
Support at Home starts with your life.
Support at Home is the Australian Government program for eligible older people who need coordinated help to remain at home. It began on 1 November 2025, replacing Home Care Packages and Short-Term Restorative Care. Your aged care assessment determines the services and funding you are approved to receive.
Clinical expertise connected to the life you want to live.
We look at your strengths, health, environment, routines and priorities. From there, we agree on practical support that is relevant, understandable and able to be reviewed.
Understand what your approval covers
Assessment considers what your approval covers alongside your health, home environment, routines and the support already in place.
Choose services around assessed needs
Recommendations are matched to your assessed needs and designed to be practical for the older person, family, carers and care team.
Build or regain everyday function
Support builds or restores everyday function through relevant skills, equipment, environmental changes or education where appropriate.
Coordinate support with your care team
Progress is shared with your care team and reviewed against the older person’s priorities, safety, comfort and quality of life.
Start with what has changed—or what you want to keep doing.
You do not need to know the clinical answer before contacting us. Older people, family members, carers and providers are all welcome to enquire.
You have been approved for Support at Home
You are waiting for funding and want to understand the next step
Your support plan includes allied health or therapy
You need help after a fall, illness, surgery or hospital stay
Equipment or home modifications may improve safety
You are a registered provider seeking an allied health delivery partner
Support at Home services
Every recommendation depends on individual assessment, clinical suitability, consent and the agreed service arrangement.
Clinical supports
Bloom provides relevant allied health services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, exercise physiology, speech pathology and psychology/counselling.
Restorative care
Short-term, goal-focused allied health may help regain or maintain function and reduce avoidable decline when approved.
Assistive technology
Occupational therapists and physiotherapists can assess relevant equipment needs and make clinically justified recommendations.
Home modifications
Assessment can identify environmental barriers and recommend changes that support safety and accessibility.
Provider partnerships
Bloom can work with the participant’s registered provider under an agreed service arrangement.
Care-team collaboration
Clear communication can help care partners, family and clinicians work toward consistent goals.
Government funding is not automatic. Approved services and budgets are determined through the aged care assessment and the person’s support plan. Bloom confirms service arrangements before care begins.
A clear path to practical support.
The exact pathway depends on needs, location, clinical suitability, availability and the approved funding or service arrangement.
Tell us what matters
Share the person’s goals, postcode, current situation and who is arranging the service.
Confirm the pathway
We clarify the discipline, service setting, availability and funding or provider arrangement.
Meet your clinician
Your clinician listens, assesses what is relevant and agrees priorities with you.
Put the plan into practice
Strategies are applied in everyday life, with progress reviewed and support adjusted when needed.
Respectful care, made practical.
Support is designed around the older person’s rights, choices, routines and real environment—with clear communication for everyone involved.
Choice and dignity
The older person remains central to decisions, communication and agreed goals.
Practical recommendations
Strategies are designed for the person’s real home, routines and support network.
Collaborative delivery
With consent, Bloom can coordinate with family, carers, providers and treating professionals.
Clear expectations
We explain the service, likely next step and agreed arrangement before support begins.
Answers before you begin.
If you are unsure whether support at home is the right service, tell us what is happening. You do not need to diagnose the solution yourself.
How do I access Support at Home?
Eligibility and approved services are determined through an aged care assessment. You can apply through My Aged Care online or by calling 1800 200 422.
Does Support at Home pay for allied health?
Allied health may be included as a clinical support when it is approved in your support plan. Your registered provider should confirm the available funding and service arrangement before therapy begins.
Will I pay a contribution for allied health?
Under current Support at Home settings, participants do not contribute to clinical support costs. Contributions can apply to independence and everyday living services and depend on individual circumstances.
Who coordinates my Support at Home services?
Under the single-provider model, the older person’s registered provider oversees the service agreement, care management and delivery of approved services. Bloom can discuss an allied health service arrangement with that provider.
What are the short-term pathways?
Support at Home includes Restorative Care, Assistive Technology and Home Modifications, and End-of-Life pathways. Approval depends on the person’s assessment and circumstances.
What information should a provider include in a referral?
Include the person’s consent, postcode, approved service, goals, relevant health and risk information, preferred setting, funding contact and any required reporting timeframe.
What would you like to keep doing at home?
Tell us what matters. We’ll help you understand the most suitable next step.