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Organising Home Care for your Parents

By ey3admin | August 31, 2016

Organising & Implementing Home Care Services for your parents, or loved ones can be a stressful time that brings up lots of emotions… Many people have experience a lot of guilt – they feel that they should be able to do it all for their parents instead of bringing in ‘strangers’. This is particularly true if your loved ones are reluctant to have home support services. The reality is – we all lead busy lives, and many children caring for their parents work, have a young family of their own to support, or both! It’s just not possible to ‘do…

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In-Home Care – is it a viable alternative to a nursing home?

By ey3admin | August 24, 2016

While nursing homes offer numerous advantages for the support needs of the frail, the elderly and the terminally ill in terms of expertise and availability of help twenty fours hours per day, it is not always the best option for each person, and in home care should be considered as an alternative first. The decision to stay at home versus the move to a formal care facility is a personal one – each case should be considered individually, as what is right for one person can be very wrong for another. Another Option – Home Care Services For many people, home is the…

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Careers of the Future

By ey3admin | August 1, 2016

WHATS HAPPENING IN THE INDUSTRY? Looking for a new or future career or just starting out in the workforce? You might want to consider the biggest and fastest growing industry in the country – health and community services. There are major changes on the way with the start of the NDIS for people with a disability, and consumer directed care for the elderly. In addition to this the government’s push to keep people in their own homes rather than providing support services in an aged care facility means the home and community care sector is facing massive growth – which…

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Thinking of Hiring your Own Care Staff?

By ey3admin | February 27, 2016

In the words of the late & very great David Bowie – ch ch ch ch anges….. The world of home care is changing – with the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme for people with a Disability, and Consumer Directed Care for the elderly. The world of self directed services are not too far away… unlike One Direction!  Both of these provide people with much more flexibility about who, when and how their care services are delivered. Perhaps one of the most exciting possibilities is the opportunity for the person receiving support to hire their own support workers. In…

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How to choose the right aged care home for relatives or loved ones

By ey3admin | February 11, 2016

Finding an aged care home is a time consuming and often stressful experience. Often it is not considered until there is an urgent need and time is of the essence.  If at all possible don’t wait until it reaches crisis point – the sooner you can start planning and researching suitable facilities – for yourself or elderly loved ones – the less stressful it will be when the time comes to make the move to an aged care home. Once the decision has been made that living at home is no longer an option, where to now? How do you…

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5 Respite Care Options to give the carer a short or regular break

By ey3admin | December 3, 2015

If you look at the definition of respite it says : a short period of time when you are able to stop doing something that is difficult or unpleasant. Most people think of respite in terms of a carer taking a break. If you care for another person either temporarily or on a permanent basis you have probably heard the term respite care used to describe ways you can take a break from your caring role. Caring for someone is a very rewarding experience in many ways but it can also be overwhelming, frustrating and exhausting. Many research projects have…

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Aged Care – Ways to help your elderly parents stay in their own home

By ey3admin | December 1, 2015

As we age inevitably our thoughts turn to facing the day when we may have to move our elderly parent /s into a Nursing Home. While most people dried the thought, there is much you can do to ensure they are able to remain in their own home for as long as possible, if not for always. Some careful planning about your parents’ environment can enable them to remain there even when their health and / or their mobility decline. 1. HOME MODIFICATIONS Think and plan about how things may need to change as your parents mobility and function decline….

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Media Release Advanced Care Australia

By ey3admin | October 9, 2015

FINALIST IN 12th ANNUAL STEVIE® AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS Advanced Care Australia has been named as a finalist in the ‘Women-Run Workplace of the Year – More than 10 Employees in Business’ category in the 12th annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, and will ultimately be a gold, silver, or bronze Stevie award winner in the program. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees and the companies they run – worldwide.  The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world’s premier business awards. Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced…

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Why Young People with a Disability Do NOT Belong in a Nursing Home

By ey3admin | August 20, 2015

There are more than 7,000 young people living in Aged Care facilities in Australia. By ‘young’ people I mean people under the age of 65, and a significant portion of this number is people under the age of 50 ! Why are they there ? Many of them are younger people with a disability with complex support needs that for one or more reasons can’t be supported at home. It could be the cost, the physical environment of their home, the difficulties staffing their support, family issues – sometimes its complicated, it’s hard and its very costly for a younger…

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At Home Assisted Living Services – Home Care Services

By ey3admin | August 11, 2015

The human touch has a way of relieving pain and stress – physical and emotional. The elderly and ill get as much out of a personal home care visit as they do from yet another doctor’s appointment. When age – and the illness that comes with it – slows my mum and dad down, I know I will need help. Children know their obligations I know what I owe my parents. But, for many reasons, I cannot always honour those obligations fully. I work throughout the day. I have my own family to take care of. Sometimes, I just need…

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