Providing individual social support including culturally specific services for eligible people identified as being of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Australian South Sea Islander heritage.

An individualised service where a volunteer is matched one to one with a client, based on similar interests, skills and personality to provide companionship, social engagement and support to engage in activities that enable the older person to maintain a sense of meaning and purpose, even in times of increasing frailty. Activities may include social outings, home visits, getting out and about in the community, learning together, sharing interests (music, cooking,crafts, model trains etc), doing things together (eg. shopping /movies/ arts), capturing and/or sharing life stories and more. All activities are personalised and are designed around the needs and interests of the client. This program has a particular focus on the Treasured Stories Project, which helps share the life stories of older people with others in the community.

The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is a State Government organisation providing comprehensive health services to country West Australians.

WACHS spans 2.55 million square kilometres and is the largest country health system in Australia covering the whole of the State outside the metropolitan area.

Despite vast distances, WACHS provides health services to residents and visitors that include emergency and hospital services, population, public and primary health care, mental health, drug and alcohol services, Aboriginal health, child and community health and residential and community aged care services.

WACHS provides aged and community care services for older people across our communities, including aged care assessments, community care, residential aged care, subacute and acute care, and transitioning older people from hospital back into the community.

WACHS is a provider of CHSP services such as domestic assistance, personal care, meals and food services, and transport.

Everyone is entitled to a fun and fulfilling life.
Lack of transport, support, mobility, or companionship can make it hard to live an active life. Your Brightwater care worker can help you get involved with the community again, or just be by your side while you enjoy a change of scenery.
Visiting friends, seeing the ocean, ticking your to-do list, or taking up a new hobby – whatever you’d like to do, we’d like to do too.
With Brightwater by your side, you can be your best at home.
As a not-for-profit organisation, we provide solutions for residential aged care, disability support, retirement living and at home services. From our holistic health and support team, to our innovative in-house Research Centre, care is at our core.