I am sorry for your loss of your Husband.
If you are a pension or an older Australian over 65 (or if ATSI 50 years of age) you may be able to access the support of MyAged Care for financial support to maintain independent living, examples may be a support package that has amounts for home maintenance tasks. Some Local Councils, State and Territory Governments provide support services where they subsidise the cost of essential and safety home services such as plumbing, electrical, battery replacement in fire and Carbon Monoxide monitors, lawn mowing, house cleaning and small carpentry jobs. Things like support rails in bathrooms and similar are also covered.
So start with your State/Territory Government to see what support they are aware of. If seeking the Aged Care assistance you can go online at Access Australian aged care information and services | My Aged Care to undertake an online assessment of whether they can provide assistance or phone them on 1800200422 during normal weekday times except public holidays and weekends.
Please don’t continue to struggle as there is support for you out there.
