About Veterans' Home Care - Phone: 1300 550 450
The Veterans' Home Care (VHC) program provides a wide range of low level home care services designed to enable veterans and war widows/widowers to maintain their health and well being and remain living independently in their own homes.
VHC is part of a range of DVA services provided to eligible members of the veteran community. These include community nursing, allied health services, for example physiotherapy and podiatry, counselling services, transport for health care, home modifications and appliances through the Rehabilitation Appliances Program (RAP) and the HomeFront falls and accident prevention program.
VHC services include domestic assistance, personal care, safety-related home and garden maintenance and respite care.
Access to VHC services is not automatic. Services are provided on the basis of assessed need and in accordance with set criteria.
Veterans and war widows/widowers are expected to pay a small co-payment for all services provided through VHC, except for respite care.
