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2. Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 2 HOMESHARE IS SO WORTHWHILE

3. Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 3 PROVING THE CASE FOR HOMESHARE Formal evaluation studies – qualitative, quantitative & economic Monthly and annually reporting Match monitoring, references and anecdotal evidence

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5. Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 5 QUALITATIVE EVALUATION Maintenance of the independence of the older people & people with a disability Enhancement of the quality of life of both householders and homesharers Reduction or delayed reliance of our householders on family or community support services

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9. Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 9 QUALITATIVE EVALUATION Maintenance of the independence of the older people & people with a disability Enhancement of the quality of life of both householders and homesharers Reduction or delayed reliance of our householders on family or community support services

10. Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 10 QUANTATIVE EVALUATION 1.Number of matches worked with in a year (matches in place at beginning of the year + new matches made). 2.Weeks of homesharer ‘in residence’

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12. Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 12 MULTIPLE MATCHED HOUSEHOLDERS Twice matched43 Three times24 Four times11 Five plus times4 i.e. one third multiple matched

13. Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare 13 Homeshare programs provide a service that facilitates a range of positive outcomes for participants and the community Provides Householders with support to remain at home and companionship Provides Homesharers with affordable accommodation and companionship Provides assistance and peace of mind to Householder family members Wesley Homeshare is a great example of a mature program, achieving excellent outcomes An analysis of Wesley Homeshare was performed to identify a benchmark for the potential net benefits of a mature Homeshare program over a one-year period Two key tools were utilised for this analysis – Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Social Return on Investment (SROI) – and these tools were supplemented by case studies to capture the qualitative benefits Background Results A mature Homeshare program can be expected to provide cost savings of ~$281K p.a. to the federal government through savings to residential care alone Also many other benefits to the government and community, including: savings to the hospital system (reduced admissions and length of stay); savings to respite care; savings in rent for homesharers; and improved happiness and quality of life to participants and their families These benefits outweigh the cost of the program ~$120K p.a. Full-potential net benefit of the program is expected to be ~$160K p.a., and 1-yr SROI of ~2.3

14. Wesley Mission Victoria Wesley Homeshare Beris Campbell Melbourne Australia 14 HOMESHARE IS HARD WORK but so WORTHWHILE

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