Ageing, Disability and Home Care NSW

Ageing, Disability and Home Care NSW
Agency overview
Formed1 June 2009
Preceding Agency
  • New South Wales Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (June 2009 – April 2011)
Dissolved3 April 2011
TypeDepartment
JurisdictionNew South Wales
HeadquartersSydney
Employees13,600 (2011)[1]
Annual budgetA$2.5 billion (2011)[2]
Parent AgencyDepartment of Family and Community Services
Child agencies
  • Home Care Service of NSW
  • Disability Council of NSW
  • Ministerial Advisory Committee on Ageing

Ageing, Disability and Home Care NSW (ADHC) was a division of the Department of Family and Community Services in the Government of New South Wales that is responsible for the provision of services to older people, people with a disability, and their families and carers in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The ADHC division supports approximately 300,000 vulnerable people from its annual budget of A$2.5 billion. It employs more than 13,000 staff. ADHC delivers services and manages 900 non-government and local government service providers that are funded to deliver services such as early intervention, therapy, respite, supported accommodation, case management and post-school programs.

  1. ^ "Ageing, Disability and Home Care" (PDF). Annual Report. Department of Family and Community Services. 2011. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Ageing, Disability and Home Care" (PDF). Annual Report. Department of Family and Community Services. 2011. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.