Aged Care
Community Access and Services SA’s (CAaSSA) Aged Care Service is funded by the Australian Federal Government Department of Health under the Commonwealth Home Support Program.
CAaSSA’s Aged Care service aims to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services to clients and also supports care recipients who wish to remain living at home for as long as possible.
We have a dedicated team of staff and volunteers who are passionate about supporting people and who have a strong commitment and empathy in providing our clients with friendly, efficient, non-discriminatory and respectful service.
Aged care staff and volunteers have a diverse range of skills, knowledge and experience that helps them address the needs of our aged care clients with mental health conditions, disabilities and people suffering from dementia – in a culturally sensitive manner.
Our Aged Care Team:
Our Services:
We offer the following services to individuals:
- Domestic Assistance
- Personal Care
- Flexible Respite
- Social Support Individuals: assisting individuals with shopping, medical appointments, community participation, connecting with family/ friends.
- Social Support Group: with a range of group activities that helps participants connecting with community and friend s whilst staying active and healthy.
- Central Based Respite
- Transport
- Other Meals Services
- During COVID-19 lock down period, we also offer Meals Services that delivered to your home
Who can access our services?
The Aged Care services are available to Vietnamese people and their carers, who are:
- Over the age of 65
- Affected or impacted by dementia
All new clients to the service need to be registered on the My Aged Care system first in order to be assessed for eligibility. Please contact our office for more information.
Contact us
If you would like to know more about CASSA’s Aged Care services, please contact us.
You can visit us we are open from Monday to Thursday from 9am to 5pm, except on Public Holidays
We are located at:
62 Athol Street, Athol Park SA 5012
You can call us by phone on:
(08) 8447 8821
How much does the services cost?
Depending on the type of service, you are asked to contribute a small fee toward the cost.
Central based respite
Centre Based Day Care Respite groups are held weekly:
- Monday Group – from 9am to 1pm in Athol Park. The group is specifically for elderly people who are frail or suffer from dementia and live in the West and Northern Adelaide
Social Support Group
Elderly people are able to access a range of group based programs to encourage active community engagement and to reduce the chance of social isolation. The groups operate on:
- Tuesday Social Support Group held at The Vietnamese Community Centre, from 9am to 1pm.
- Thursday Social Support Group held in the North-Eastern area, on the first, second and fourth Thursday of the month, and on the third Thursday of the month at CAaSSA Hall
Outing
The Outing is organised yearly for existing service users and is vary depending on the good weather
In home Support Services
In Home Respite care
Personal Care
Personal assistance
Domestic assistance
Cooking/Meal preparation
Shopping/Banking
Assistance to attend medical appointments
Other types of social support services to enhance community connection for the older persons
Home care services for older people who rereceived HCP (through a brokerage arranegment with a HCP Provider)
Personal Care
In home respite
Domestic Assistance
Cooking/meal preparation
Shopping/banking
Social support Group/community social
Assistance to attend medical appointment.
Other types social support
Language Support and Advocacy
CAaSSA also provides language support speaking on the behalf of the Vietnamese elderly to increase their access to services to meeting their needs.