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Home Care Services

Home Maintenance

Small jobs that keep your home in good working order

Glow Health Care Australia helps older Australians in Sydney with essential minor home maintenance and repairs, and can help you understand funding for home modifications such as grab rails and ramps. Support can be arranged through Support at Home, the Commonwealth Home Support Programme, DVA programs or private funding.

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About Home Maintenance

What Is Home Maintenance and Repairs?

Home maintenance and repairs covers essential minor jobs around the house that you used to do yourself, where they are needed to reduce hazards around your home. Think changing a light globe, cleaning gutters or fixing a broken door handle.

Home modifications are changes to your home, such as grab rails, ramps or bathroom changes, to make it easier to move around your home. Under Support at Home these are funded separately through the Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) scheme, so you do not need to save from your quarterly budget.

Our team can help with minor maintenance and talk you through how home modifications are assessed and funded.
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What's Included

How We Can Help Around the Home

Maintenance must be essential and linked to reducing hazards around your home. Your assessment and care plan set out the help you are approved for.

01

Changing Light Globes

Replacing light globes and smoke alarm batteries that are hard to reach.

Lighting
02

Cleaning Gutters

Clearing gutters where blocked gutters could cause a hazard.

Gutters
03

Minor Repairs

Small fixes such as a broken door handle, loose fitting or sticking lock.

Repairs
04

Clear Access

Keeping paths and entrances clear so it is easier to get in and out.

Access
05

Home Modifications Advice

Explaining how grab rails, ramps and other modifications are assessed and funded.

Modifications
06

Assistive Technology

Help to understand and arrange equipment through the AT-HM scheme.

Equipment
Hand tools laid out on a table
Good to Know

What Home Maintenance Does Not Include

Some work around the home sits outside this service. Our team can explain your options.

Professional Trade Services

Work you would normally pay a tradesperson for is not covered, unless there is an urgent age related safety risk.

Cosmetic Work

Painting, decorating and jobs for appearance rather than safety are not included.

Other Parties' Responsibilities

Repairs that are your landlord's or strata's responsibility are not covered.

Large Renovations

Major building work sits outside maintenance. Eligible modifications go through the AT-HM scheme.

Who It's For

Who Can Access Home Maintenance?

Support at Home Participants

Older people assessed through My Aged Care with home maintenance approved in their support plan.

Entry Level Home Support

People who need a lower level of help, through the Commonwealth Home Support Programme.

Veterans and DVA Card Holders

Veteran Gold Card and eligible White Card holders, through DVA's Veterans' Home Care program.

People No Longer Able to DIY

Anyone who can no longer climb ladders or do small repairs themselves.

Funding Options

How Home Maintenance and Modifications Are Funded

Maintenance and modifications are funded in different ways under Support at Home.

Quarterly budget

Home Maintenance

Home maintenance and repairs is an everyday living service, paid from your Support at Home quarterly budget.

  • Must be approved in your support plan
  • Must be essential and linked to safety
  • Everyday living services have the highest contribution rates
  • Your contribution depends on your means assessment

If you had a Home Care Package, or were assessed as eligible for one, on 12 September 2024, you will not pay more than under the old arrangements.

Costs and Payments
AT-HM scheme

Home Modifications

Home modifications are funded separately from your quarterly budget, through the AT-HM scheme.

  • Low tier: under $500
  • Medium tier: up to $2,000
  • High tier: up to $15,000
  • A contribution may apply, based on your means

Assessment and prescription by a health professional are clinical supports, with no contribution.

Support at Home Guide
DVA funded

DVA Veterans' Home Care

Home and garden maintenance is one of the services available through DVA's Veterans' Home Care program.

  • Arrange an assessment on 1300 550 450
  • For Veteran Gold Card and eligible White Card holders
  • Based on your assessed needs

Check with DVA about any copayment that applies.

DVA Services
Details are based on the Support at Home program handbook service list, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and DVA Veterans’ Home Care as at November 2026. Eligibility and approved services are decided through your assessment.
Getting Started

How to Get Help With Home Maintenance

1

Check Your Eligibility

Contact My Aged Care on 1800 200 422 for an assessment. Veterans can call the VHC assessment agency on 1300 550 450.

2

Get Your Support Plan

Your assessment sets out the services and any home modifications you are approved for.

3

Choose GHCA

Make a referral or call us on 1300 157 715 to tell us what needs doing.

4

Plan the Work

We agree the jobs and timing with you, and explain anything that needs a tradesperson or the AT-HM scheme.

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No More Ladders

Climbing ladders and reaching high places are common jobs to hand over as you get older. Tell us what needs doing around your home and we will work out together what we can help with, and what may need a tradesperson or a home modification.

Want to talk it through? Call us on 1300 157 715.

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Home Maintenance

Talk to Us About Help Around the Home

Our team can talk through your options and funding. Call 1300 157 715 or send us a referral.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of maintenance is included?
Essential minor repairs and maintenance that you used to be able to do yourself, where needed to reduce hazards around your home. Examples include changing light globes, cleaning gutters and repairing a broken door handle.
Is professional trade work covered?
Generally no. Work you would normally pay a tradesperson for is a general expense, unless there is an urgent age related safety risk. We can help you work out what applies to you.
How are home modifications funded?
Under Support at Home, home modifications such as grab rails and ramps are funded separately through the Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) scheme, so you do not need to save from your quarterly budget. Funding tiers are under $500, up to $2,000 and up to $15,000. A contribution may apply based on your means.
Do I pay a contribution for home maintenance?
Usually, yes. Home maintenance and repairs is an everyday living service, which has the highest contribution rates under Support at Home. How much you pay depends on your pension status and your means assessment by Services Australia. See our Home Care Cost and Payments page for more.
Is gardening included?
Essential light gardening needed to keep paths and yards accessible, such as lawn mowing, pruning and yard clearance, is part of home maintenance and repairs. Gardening for appearance only is not covered.
How do I get started?
For government funded aged care, contact My Aged Care on 1800 200 422 to arrange an assessment. Once approved, you can choose Glow Health Care Australia as your provider. You can also call us on 1300 157 715 or make a referral online and we will help you with the next steps.
I am an NDIS participant. Is this the right page?
This page covers home maintenance for older people through aged care and DVA programs. If you are an NDIS participant, see our Disability Services page or call us to talk through your options.