Burnie Brae’s Home Assist Secure service can help people aged 60 years and over, or people of any age with a disability, who can’t undertake or pay for critical home maintenance without assistance.

We aim to provide safety-related information, referrals and subsidised assistance to help you to remain in your own home for as long as possible.

Types of services available:

• Free information and referrals about home maintenance, repairs and modifications, falls prevention and home security; including referral to reputable tradespersons and other relevant community services.
• Subsidised assistance for minor modification and critical maintenance work that is necessary, for health, safety and security reasons, enabling you to remain living safely in your own home. Non-essential work (beautification) cannot be subsidised through Home Assist Secure.
• Subsidised assistance with lawn mowing based on your safety and security needs; some limits may apply

Eligibility for the Home Assist Secure Subsidy

To be eligible to access subsidised assistance through the Home Assist Secure Program you will need to be:

• Aged 60 years of age or over;
• Of any age with a disability.

In addition, you will need to:

• Live in your own home or in rental housing;
• Hold a current Pensioner Concession Card. You may be required to show this card to a Burnie Brae representative;
• Be unable to undertake the work yourself or be at risk if you did attempt to do the work without assistance;
• Be unable to access other forms of subsidy e.g. services through:
  • My Aged Care e.g. Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP); Home Care Package Program (HCP);
  • Veterans Affairs;
  • Qld Community Care

The NDIS & the Home Assist Secure Program

Following transition to the NDIS, services provided through Home Assist Secure remain available to NDIS participants.

Low level ad-hoc maintenance requests such as changing a light bulb would not be approved in a NDIS participant’s plan and therefore not funded, so Home Assist Secure could assist.

If you think you could fall into this category, please give us a call and we can discuss this further with you to establish your eligibility.

For more information contact us on (07) 3624 2121 or click to view our Fact Sheet