To give a break from your usual care arrangements for short periods in an aged care home
Catholic Healthcare St Francis Aged Care - Orange
Set in the vibrant city of Orange, St Francis offers a tranquil, relaxing location for you to call home. St Francis nurtures a sense of community with warm and inviting lounges and dining areas, beautiful gardens, and a range of amenities including a hair salon.
Our home-style dining experience offers delicious and nutritionally balanced meals prepared onsite by our chef. Lifestyle and wellness programs are fun and fulfilling, while events and activities are based on resident input and personalised to your interests, passions and background. Working together with you, our team develops a tailored care plan focused on enriching your health, wellbeing and day-to-day living. For more information call us on 1800 225 474.
The Whiddon Group - Belmont
At Whiddon, our respite services are designed to give you continuity of care, and peace of mind.
If you’ve been in hospital, or are recovering from illness, you may appreciate some extra assistance to get you back on your feet. You may need to look after a loved one, and need a little extra support.
If you already have some help, respite care gives your carer the chance to go on holidays or attend to daily life, knowing that your routines and requirements are being looked after, just as always. Whiddon can help you arrange respite for as little or as long as you need – it may be for a few hours, or days, or longer.
Respite offers carers the opportunity to take a few days to recharge their batteries, attend to work during busy periods, or to travel overseas, knowing their family members are in safe and caring hands.
Please get in touch to find out how our respite care service can support you and your family when you need it.
Warrnambool Riverside Care Community
Warrnambool Riverside Care Community is a warm and inclusive community set in tranquil gardens where everyone is welcome and connection is at the heart of our care. We are well-positioned near the Hopkins River, local beaches and bays, with hospitals and local bus routes within easy distance. Our aged care home features living spaces, both inside and out, to enjoy time with family and friends.
Community partners and families regularly bring animals of all shapes and sizes to visit, providing comfort and companionship for residents. We have many gardening enthusiasts who tend to our plants and gardens, and for those who are music-lovers, we encourage music and song around our grand piano. Our residents enjoy staying active and there’s always time for a friendly game of cards.
It’s an environment where you’re free to enjoy your interests, independently or with others, continue to learn and try new things, and participate in our home life – so you can enjoy your day, your way.
Arcare Hillside
Arcare Delbridge has a warm, friendly atmosphere thanks to charming interior design and a peaceful Sydenham location. Outside, a spacious courtyard sits as the centrepiece of the residence creating a place of contemplation amongst the beautiful seasonal flora. Beyond the luxurious surroundings, your loved one will be supported by our innovative relationship-focused approach to celebrating and supporting old age.
Arcare Delbridge has 70 suites and offers permanent and respite care.
Arcare Delbridge features:
- Large private suites with:
- Ensuite with shower
- Personal telephone
- Foxtel available
- Individual heating
- Wireless internet
- Hairdressing salon
- Intimate dining & lounge rooms
- Peaceful library
- Activity room
- Manicured courtyards & gardens
- Delicious meals prepared fresh on site
- Private dining room
- Visit any time
Grange Residential Care Services
Doutta Galla Yarraville Village Aged Care Facility
Doutta Galla Yarraville Village blends quietly into a heritage streetscape, just a few minutes walk from beautiful Yarraville Gardens, Yarraville station and shops.
Yarraville Village is home to 47 people, and provides permanent and respite care. Rooms are private and spacious, each with their own ensuite bathroom.
It’s a close-knit residence, where friendships grow.
Residents share social and dining areas, and gather every day for activities like exercise, music and art. A unique Sensory Garden is being built - a flowering, fragrant place designed to provoke good memories.
Yarraville residents are especially passionate about football. Many residents have lived and worked in Melbourne’s West for many years, and maintain strong connections to the local community.
Kurrajong Lodge
Doutta Galla Woornack Aged Care Facility
Doutta Galla Woornack was built in 1998, extended and refurbished in both 2002 and 2009. It’s nestled into a quiet street overlooking the Kororoit Creek reserve, a haven for local birdlife with grasslands and shady willow trees.
The residence is designed as four interlinked houses, each with its own social area and courtyard. Doutta Galla Woornack offers 62 private and spacious rooms with an ensuite bathroom and garden views, including a 16-bed secure memory care unit. Services including permanent and respite care and dementia care.
All residents share a sunny central dining room, and gather daily to participate in an active Lifestyle program of cultural and spiritual events, physical exercise, music performances and more. Meals are freshly cooked on-site, using only the freshest ingredients.
Woornack’s central location means residents enjoy easy access to buses, trains and community hubs such as the RSL, local churches, Sunshine Plaza and lawn bowling club.
Multicultural Aged Care Services Geelong Inc
We are "Multicultural Aged Care Services Geelong Inc. known as "MACS", a not-for-profit, community based organisation that opened in 1994. All MACS services are designed to meet the needs of individuals from a wide range of cultural and other diverse groups from the Geelong area.
MiCare Avondrust Lodge
MiCare is an industry leader in Aged Care and continues to make significant contribution to all older Australians. At MiCare, we embrace the Eden philosophy, meaning that we aim to improve the wellbeing of the Elders by transforming the communities in which they live by fighting the three plagues of loneliness, boredom and helplessness. Elders are encouraged to make their own decisions to be involved in daily activities such as home and garden care, looking after pets or joining the many activities within our home and community. Avondrust Lodge is a luxurious state of the art home located in Carrum Downs with easy access to cosmopolitan Dandenong and the gateway to the beautiful Mornington Peninsula. Our home consist of smaller households with 12 Elders. All Elders have a private room with ensuite bathroom. We can accommodate couples through rooms with adjoining doors. We take pride in building relationships with our Elders and achieve this by maximising staff continuity.