The Matthew Flinders Home Inc. DAY CENTRE offers services of Day Therapy and Day Care, assisting the aged from the community.
The aim of the Day Centre is to assist older people to regain and maintain life skills and remain in the community as active, valued participants. The focus is on rehabilitation and there is access to support from other relevant services.

• The Day centre is Commonwealth funded for Day Therapy and State funded for Day Care provides a wide range of therapy services to frail older people living in the community and funded residential aged care facilities.
   
• Our aim is to assist older people to regain and or maintain a level of independence which will allow them to remain in the community as active, valued participants.
   
• We focus on rehabilitation and we help access support from other relevant services.

• Services are offered to people over 60 years and on a pension living in the community of Port Lincoln and surrounding districts.

• Can be made by a professional person, carer, friend or by yourself.

• After referral the Coordinator will attend to an assessment and discuss the needs of the clients.
• The client is involved in the implementation of a care plan and an agreed set of goals.

• A full list of fees are available from the Manager of the Day Centre and are necessarily designed to be affordable for all.
• Clients who are unable to pay the fee will not be refused access to services.
• The revenue generated through fee charging is used to maintain or expand the services.

• All clients have the right to privacy relating to their personal affairs including disclosure of their means/income to the Day Centre for the purpose of assessing the client’s capacity to pay.
• Information pertaining to individual clients is stored in a manner that maintains client confidentiality.
• The Day Centre will inform clients of their rights and responsibilities prior to the client accepting services, and beginning the use of services.