Newcastle / Lake Macqarie Dementia Respite (HACC)

This service provides a quality, flexible and responsive range of respite options for the carers of people who have dementia, or challenging behaviours.
Once the clients’ needs are identified a respite care plan will be developed which will allocate a fixed financial amount to a client for respite for a specified period, usually 6 or 12 months.
There is no guarantee that funds will be available for another respite package at the conclusion of each period.
The Care Co-ordinator will discuss with the carer the options for receiving the care. The carer may  choose, within the allocated resources, the days and times that respite occurs.

Am I Eligible?

To be eligible you should:

• Be the Carer of  a person who has a diagnosis of Dementia, and

• not be living in a hospital, group home or residential care facility, and

• not be receiving care under a Community Aged Care Package, Service Access System or Attendant Care Program, and

• reside in the Lake Macquarie or Newcastle Local Government areas.

Output:

 4,800 hours of respite per annum