Aged care
Our first guest speaker Linda Walk spoke on Commonwealth Respite and Carelink. Here's a summary:
The aged and people suffering from mental and physical disabilities can get support by calling 1800 200 422 and discuss their needs with an Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing representative.
Services available include home maintenance like gardening lawn mowing and house cleaning.
A carer can also take the elderly for weekly shopping trips, doctors appointments, banking, hair appointments etc.
Help is also available for personal needs like showering, nail clipping and other personal hygiene matters. Also available are respite for personal carers of up to 65 days a year.
Post operative nursing care can be arranged but Linda advises this should be done while the patient is still in hospital, not after.
Lounge Secretary Vince Paino gave examples of house design that was not accessible for the disabled and spoke about future amendments to the Building Code of Australia which would incorporate a voluntary star rating system for access friendly house design.
For more info on aged care agedcareaustralia.gov.au
The aged and people suffering from mental and physical disabilities can get support by calling 1800 200 422 and discuss their needs with an Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing representative.
Services available include home maintenance like gardening lawn mowing and house cleaning.
A carer can also take the elderly for weekly shopping trips, doctors appointments, banking, hair appointments etc.
Help is also available for personal needs like showering, nail clipping and other personal hygiene matters. Also available are respite for personal carers of up to 65 days a year.
Post operative nursing care can be arranged but Linda advises this should be done while the patient is still in hospital, not after.
Lounge Secretary Vince Paino gave examples of house design that was not accessible for the disabled and spoke about future amendments to the Building Code of Australia which would incorporate a voluntary star rating system for access friendly house design.
For more info on aged care agedcareaustralia.gov.au
