Family Carers – Getting the Support You Need

Over 2.7 million Australians provide informal, unpaid care to a friend or relative – which is 11% of Australia’s population. Of these carers, 70% of them are women with an average age of 50.

This care can include help and support with any daily activities of living including household chores, feeding, showering, dressing and providing transport. 

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Additionally, it often includes support around specific medical conditions such as managing medications and attending appointments. Carers also tend to take on the role of emotional support and providing the person receiving care with a social network.

More than half of Australia’s primary carers provide over 20 hours of care a week. So it’s easy to see how carers are making it viable for millions of Australians to live at home with independence for longer. 

But this role, combined with formal paid work and additional family obligations, can be incredibly overwhelming.

Getting some additional help can be a big relief for both the carer and the person receiving support. Some areas where support can make a big difference include:

  • Clinical support from a community nurse to help with concerns such as continence management, medication management and wound care.
  • Personal care to assist with tasks such as showering, dressing and toileting.
  • Assistance to get the basic chores out of the way for example cleaning, laundry, shopping, cooking, gardening and pet care

Sign Up Free and search to find additional care. The fabulous carers at InPlace Care can schedule support times that suit your needs at a price that suits your budget.

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We know that the COVID-19 virus presents significant challenges and concerns for our clients and their families. InPlace Care have instigated many new operational actions to protect clients in the community.

OUR RESPONSE

WHAT WE HAVE DONE

  • Keeping our Carer community up to date with regular updates and new clinical operational procedures relevant for the best protection of their clients and themselves
  • Refreshed our Training documents for Hand Hygiene to recognize the COVID-19 recommendations
  • Continued our administration services and functions by supporting staff to work remotely, as well as other options that best suit individual staff circumstances.

WHAT WE ARE DOING

  • Keeping the InPlace Care community up to date with clinical advice that best support good practice in the provision of Home Care services
  • Implementing measures to mitigate an outbreak, including measures around health, hygiene, and general wellbeing of the community.
    Continuing to plan for potential scenarios and impacts to ensure the safety of our clients and carers.

The Inplace Care worker visiting your home is taking the necessary measures to ensure you say safe.
This includes following advice from Australia’s Chief Medical Officer about when to use equipment such as masks, gloves, aprons or gowns, and protective eyewear.
Most importantly, look after yourself and keep safe.

The promotion conditions are:
  1. The maximum FOC care in February 2021 is 8 hours of Care per individual Client when you book and pay for 8 hours of care
  2. limited to the first 10 Clients that take it up

The program will run for 4 weeks in February 2021.
The promotional FOC Care is only redeemable for new Clients that register and receive Care in February 2021.