Aged Care Services

Nursing

Our registered nurses are available for clients with more complex healthcare needs or injuries who wish to continue living in their own home. We are available to provide clinical support – both short and long term – for a variety of different health conditions. Minimum of 1 hour service for home visits.

• Palliative Care
• Dementia Care
• Stroke Care
• Parkinson’s Care
• Acute care
• Post operative care
• Tracheostomy Care
• Ventilator care
• Catheter, bowel and stoma care
• Gastrostomy Care

Emergency Home Care

Unfortunately, accidents happen and one’s health can change rapidly. You may find yourself in need of urgent assistance or stranded without your regular support. We can arrange for care in 24 hours, often far less in a crisis. There is a person at the other end of the phone to take your call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• Care within 24 hours
• Urgent care in crisis situations
• 24/7 phone support, call any time

Respite Care

The demands – both mental and physical – in caring for someone are enormous. We are here to give you or your carer a break. Whether for only a few hours in your home so that you can go for a walk, attend appointments etc. or overnight/full-time for a few days. The aim is for you or your carer to have time out and come back refreshed, better able to cope.

• Short-term respite care
• Daily respite care

Social Support

As we age keeping socially connected with family, friends and one’s community is essential for good health. Our carers are available for as little as a friendly in-home chat, to accompany you on walks or outings to cafes and galleries. It’s important for your health and well-being that you continue to enjoy and attend community interest groups, family or sports events and religious services.

• Companionship (chatting, reading, computer skills)
• Transport / accompanying to medical appointments, social and other recreational activities, religious services

Domestic Assistance

Our staff are available for assistance with everyday household tasks such as meal preparation, light cleaning, changing and washing the bed linen, clothes washing and ironing, food shopping, watering the plants or feeding your pet. Living in a clean, presentable and hygienic home environment is vital both for maintaining good health, self-esteem and confidence. Domestic assistance gives you the time and energy to do the things you enjoy!

• Meal preparation
• Shopping
• Household cleaning / tidying
• Home and garden maintenance
• Pet care

Personal Care

Personal care includes assistance with bathing (including bed baths) and showering, toileting, support with shaving, applying make-up and hair care, oral hygiene, dressing and getting ready for bed.

• Showering
• Dressing
• Shaving

Allied Health Services

Allied health professionals advise and assist with therapies to enhance mobility, hearing, sight, speech and swallowing, nutrition and emotional support. We are able to arrange for an audiologist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech pathologist, podiatrist, nutritionist or psychologist to visit you in the comfort of your own home. This allows you the extra support you may need without the disruption of travelling to an appointment.

• Physiotherapist
• Occupational Therapist
• Speech Pathologist
• Psychologist

Transport

Our staff are available to take you shopping, drive you to medical appointments, social and leisure activities or simply to the supermarket, either in their vehicle or your own car. We can also arrange for you to access transport services, such as a taxi or uber, either as a one-off or on a regular basis.

• Shopping
• Medical appointments
• Social and leisure activities
• Supermarket
• Your vehicle or vehicle provided
• One-off or regular services

Medication Management

Mismanagement of medicine is a major cause of hospitalisation for the elderly. To ensure your safety and well-being, our staff are here to gently prompt and assist you to take the correct medication at the right time, to collect medication from your local pharmacy or to organise medication packaging such as a blister pack.

• Timely dose administration
• Collecting medication from the pharmacy
• Organising medical packaging

Dementia Care

Familiar surroundings and a regular daily routine provide a good framework to cope with the various challenges that come with dementia and memory loss. Our carers are skilled to provide outstanding dementia care; they understand what it is like to live with and care for someone with dementia. We are here to ease the burden on your family whatever stage of this debilitating condition you or your loved one is facing.

• Dementia care at home
• Timely dose administration
• Peace of mind for the family

Live-In Care

With the support of our live-in carers, you can live safely and independently in your own home – much as you always have – for life. This is 100% client focussed care tailored to your specific needs and wishes with caring, familiar staff who know and understand you.

As your health deteriorates, our live-in carers and registered nurses are available for palliative and end of life care and offer a compassionate, dignified alternative to a hospice.

• Independent living in your own home
• Live-in carers and registered nurses
• Palliative and end of life care
• 12 hour sleepovers and 24 hour shifts

Travel

Relax! Our carers are available to accompany you or your loved one on holidays. Whether you are planning a local trip or travel to overseas destinations, we can provide all the care services required.

• Holidays
• Local travel
• Overseas travel

Meal Preparation

A balanced diet and regular meals often fall by the wayside as we age. Our carers will partner with you to prepare nutritious meals you like which are aligned with your cultural or religious preferences.

• Balanced diets
• Nutritious meals
• Aligned with your preferences

Palliative Care

Palliative care at home provides the best quality of life for a person with a terminal illness. It allows you to remain in the comfort of what is familiar, surrounded by those close to you and also provides much-needed support for the family. Whatever the level of care required, we can provide the specialist palliative support you need so that you can live with the best quality of life at home, surrounded by friends and family.

• Palliative care at home
• Best quality of life
• Specialist palliative support

Care For Family At Home

The demands in caring for a family member are enormous. We are here to support your family member remaining in the comfort of what is familiar to them and also provide much-needed support for the family. Whatever the level of care required, whether that be short term or long term we can provide the physical, emotional and social support your family member needs.

• Flexible short-term care of a family member
• 24/7 long-term care of a family member
• Supporting physical, emotional and social well-being of a family member