Home and Community Support Services
Home and Community Support Services are services funded by the Ministry to help you live at home. They can help with both household management and personal care.
Household management may include help with:
- meal preparation
- washing, drying or folding clothes
- house-cleaning, vacuuming and tidying up.
Personal care may include help with:
- eating or drinking
- getting dressed or undressed
- getting up in the morning or getting ready for bed
- showering or going to the toilet
- getting around your home.
Who is eligible?
You’re eligible if you:
- are under 65 years old
- meet Disability Support Services’ definition of being disabled
- have had a needs assessment saying you need home-based support services.
Household management is only available to:
- people who have a Community Services Card
- children under the age of 16 whose parents/caregivers have a Community Services Card.
To learn more about Home and Community Support Services, contact your local Needs Assessment Services Coordinator.
In this section
- Individualised Funding is a way of paying for home and community support services which lets disabled people directly manage the resources they are allocated for disability supports. Read more
Resources
Home and Community Support Services factsheet
A Ministry of Health publication
Page last updated: 17 May 2012
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