Provides Community Access - Individual, Host Home Day Respite, Host Home Overnight Respite, In-home Day Respite, In-home Overnight Respite, Mobile Respite, Other planned respite.

The Whiddon Group Community Care - Glenfield

The Whiddon Group Community Care- Kelso

Office hours are 8am-5pm weekdays. Services available 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Simply Caring Australia

Uniting AgeWell Loddon Mallee North Community Programs

Better Support Solutions

I provide a comprehensive assessment and care planning service for people in the community in the areas of health and social care. Advocating for my clients to ensure they receive the care and support they require to remain living independently in their own homes. I provide guidance and support to my clients to assist them in obtaining the most appropriate care for their individual needs at the time and place of their choice.


After hours available by negotiation.

Melanie Scott Health and Social Care

Services include: 
• in-home day respite
• in-home overnight respite
• community access–individual repite
• host family day respite
• host family overnight respite
• mobile respite

United - Spanish Latin-American Welfare Centre

Home visiting service.

Dementia Specific Day Centre.

CALADENIA DEMENTIA CARE

Programs, services, respite and information for people living with dementia and those who care for them

Toosey Aged and Community Care

The Flexible Respite Program provides two respite options for carers who provide care for someone aged 65 years and over and 50 and over for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
1. In-home Respite is provided by trained and experienced staff taking into account your needs and preferences and those of the person you care for. Staff will provide personal care, support and companionship at home or out and about in your community. Regular respite of approximately 52 hours per quarter may be used on a weekly basis or more flexibly. There is a small cost to the carer of $3.60 - $10 per hour.
2. Carer Events offer carers a range of opportunities; to attend education sessions that support their caring role, social occasions and respite is provided to enable carers to attend the sessions.

Alfred Health Carer Services - Caulfield

Alfred Health Carer Services assists with short-term support to carers of all ages. Services include emotional support, respite brokerage, planning for the future, carer education and links to other services and supports. AHCS is unable to offer ongoing or regular assistance.

Supports carers of frail aged, person with dementia or disability and live in Liverpool, Fairfield and Bankstown LGAs. 
Provides individual support to carers by: regular home visits or over the phone contacts, information, referrals, advocacy, access to community services, training, support groups and consumer meetings.

CATHOLICCARE

ausEE Inc. is an Australian charity providing support and information to anyone diagnosed with or caring for someone with an Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorder (EGID) including Eosinophilic oEsophagitis (EoE). 

This service is staffed by volunteers and may be available outside of normal operating hours, otherwise a message may be left.

Additional services provided by this organisation include in-person support groups; and online support.

ausEE inc.

Services include support and information on eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders

We operate a 24 hour telephone service for carers 1800 052 222.
Carer support workers provide short term assistance to young carers in the form of:
• Practical help and support
• Emotional support with the caring role
• Assistance with support to continue studying
• Information about local youth and health services
• Free camps and day activities with other young carers.
The service provides short term support and assistance to carers of older people. Carer support workers assist carers to support frail, older people and those who have dementia. They can provide emotional support, practical assistance and may link carers with other services that can assist them. Specifically they may:
• Visit a carer at home to provide emotional support and counselling to assist them in their caring role
• Identify and support ways to enhance a carer's wellbeing
• Assist the carer to use tailored strategies to help them with behaviours of concern associated with dementia
• Introduce carers to a range of options such as flexible and residential respite, support groups and workshops for themselves and the person they support
• Discuss feelings and concerns about using residential respite with the carer and the person being cared for
• Assist carers to develop a plan for using respite regularly
• Provide individually tailored support to introduce an appropriate respite place, and assist with the transition between home and respite.

Carelink Centres

The Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service (DBMAS) is a free, nationwide service funded by the Australian Government. We provide individualised professional support for the carers of people living with dementia whose behavioural and psychological needs are rapidly changing and impacting on the person's care and quality of life. DBMAS services are provided by highly skilled multidisciplinary teams to support family and health care professionals to better understand and respond to individual changes in behaviour. We're here to help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Landline: 08 9388 2800 
1800: 1800 699 799

Dementia Support Australia : Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service

Service provided by the Alzheimer's Australia WA Ltd Organisation

Northside Community Forum Ltd

The beyondblue Support Service gives every person in Australia the opportunity to talk through his or her concerns with a trained mental health professional. People who access the service can receive a one-on-one counselling session focusing on addressing an immediate concern, as well as receive information and advice on continuing to seek support.
There are three ways to access the service:
·         Call 1300 22 4636, any time of the day or night
·         Send an email via the beyondblue website
·         Select the web chat option on the beyondblue website, www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport, available between 3pm and 12am (AEST), seven days a week.
beyondblue provides an extensive range of free resources aimed at helping everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live. Resources are available to download or order via the beyondblue website at www.beyondblue.org.au/resources or by calling the beyondblue Support Service on 1300 22 4636.

beyondblue

The beyondblue Support Service gives every person in Australia the opportunity to talk through their concerns with a trained mental health professional. People who access the service can receive a one-on-one counselling session focusing on addressing an immediate concern, as well as receive information and advice on continuing to seek support.

There are three ways to access the service:

·Call 1300 22 4636, any time of the day or night

·Send an email via the beyondblue website

·Select the web chat option on the beyondblue website, www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport, available between 3pm and 12am (AEST), seven days a week.


beyondblue provides an extensive range of free resources aimed at helping everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live. Resources are available to download or order via the beyondblue website at www.beyondblue.org.au/resources or by calling the beyondblue Support Service on 1300 22 4636

Dementia Australia NT - Darwin

Formerly Alzheimer's Australia NT Inc. Darwin Region

group outings for people with dementia, community engagement and re enablement

Cancer Council Tasmania

Carers SA - Eyre

Whyalla Hospital And Health Services

The Whyalla Hospital is a designated General Hospital which provides emergency services, general medical, midwifery services, surgical services including day surgery, high dependency, children's health unit, palliative care, rehabilitation, renal dialysis and mental health services. Integrated teams provide services in community health, community mental health, domiciliary care, palliative care and allied health (including physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology)

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