Improved services for Exmouth WA with new multi-purpose service
Exmouth residents on the northwest cape in Western Australia will receive improved aged and community care through the Exmouth Multi-Purpose Service (MPS), with the Australian Government allocating annual funding of $278,000 to the service.
The aged care service, run from the MPS, is provided under a partnership between the WA and Australian Governments to support regional communities, which do not have nursing homes or other services for older Australians.
The Exmouth MPS serves a population of more than 2,000 and provides a flexible in-home high care place and six flexible community care places.
In future, the program will bring even more benefits – providing two residential aged care places on the hospital campus, one low-care place and additional health services, including acute and allied health care.
Renovations are currently under way at the hospital that will see these residents cared for in rooms refurbished to create a home like environment.
WA Health Minister, Jim McGinty, welcomed the funding from the Australian Government and said the care offered through the program could be tailored to the needs of the individual.
“An individual might require services such as high level nursing or personal care in their home, social support, respite care, home maintenance or meals on wheels. The MPS program has the flexibility to cater for the individual’s needs,” Mr McGinty said.
“Under the MPS program, rural and remote residents get tailored care, and they do not have to move to another town. They can stay close to family, friends and their own community.”
