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Respite Placements

Respite care enables families to attend to activities and relationships, providing the the carer with the opportunity to engage with one another without the pressure of caring for their elderly relative. Periodic respite can help carers relax and return revitalised and better able to care for their loved one.

Similarly, respite care provides the care recipient with a change from the daily routine and gives them something to look forward to. Respite care can also deliver the benefit of gradually introducing aged care to those that are "set in their ways" and reluctant to accept the changed situation.

Families who care for their elderly relative or friend are often stretched to breaking point. Respite helps to strengthen their resolve and manage their exhaustion.

Respite, hospice and palliative care

Many people confuse respite, hospice and palliative care believing that they are one and the same. Yet each is distinct with a specific role in the care of residents. A hospice is a place where specially trained staff care for elderly people with life threatening illnesses in a home like environment with hospital like facilities and resources. Palliative care is the active total care of the elderly who are not responsive to treatment. The focus of palliative care is on making people comfortable, controlling their pain and helping to make their final days easier.

Respite care which provides that much needed break is an important component of the care spectrum enabling the whole family to relax and unwind.

What are the costs of respite care?

Respite care is a government subsidised program designed to give the carer a break from caring duties and can be provided in low level or high level aged care, depending upon your requirements.

If you have a current Aged Care Assessment recommending low or high care residential respite care, you may have up to 63 days of respite care in each financial year, with allowable extensions of 21 days at a time if necessary.

When receiving residential respite care, you will be asked to pay a basic daily care fee. The fee for residential respite care is based upon the current pension rate and is affordable.

Need to find a respite placement ?

Contact us with your individual respite care requirements.

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Family Testimonials

My sincere thanks to you for just 'being there' at a time when relatives feel so vulnerable, having to deal with the mercenary side of their aged parents needs. I have total confidence in recommending your services should any of my friends be in a similar position. It has taken a huge weight off me, as not being well myself at this time, I found it all very draining. Thanking you once again for your very prompt and effective service and wishing you every success in the future. Kind regards

Leonore (22nd Nov 2011)

Thanks for all you have done for us

Mr. Anthony Severn (4th Feb 2011)

Again let me thank you for your professionalism and efficiency in these negotiations and I add a final note of gratitude from the Doyle Family, as we applaude the result. Our Father, now I'm sure, will settle down and be well looked after in this facility and we'll continue to keep a watchful eye over him in his new home.

Mr. Chris Doyle (10th Aug 2010)

Thanks for your assistance with helping us find a great place for mum and dad. kind regards.

Mr. Stephen Meurs (12th Jul 2010)

You guy's did a great job - having people who know the business acting for us made a world of difference.

Martin Krygsman.(27th May 2009)

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