Resthaven Northern Community Services (Gawler)

Want access to support services at home, but don’t want to be assessed, or wait for eligibility or income testing?

Resthaven’s Lifestyle Choices Plus is completely flexible and can be individually-tailored and designed to support you on a fee-for-service basis.

This means you can receive your own specific services when and where you want it, with no waiting!

Call Resthaven now on 1300 136 633 to learn more.

Click this link to download the brochure:

Resthaven Lifestyle Choices Plus

What assistance can I have?

Lifestyle Choices Plus services include the full range of Resthaven’s fully accredited, high quality community aged care services, including:

• domestic assistance,
• personal care,
• respite,
• home nursing,
• transport, and
• help with shopping or appointments.

So whether you live at home, in retirement living, or residential care, you may take up these services in the long term, short term or for “one-off” needs.

Resthaven provides Lifestyle Choices Plus services in metropolitan Adelaide, the Adelaide Hills, Riverland, Murraylands, Limestone Coast and the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Please contact Resthaven Community Services on 1300 13 66 33 for more information.

We work with you to negotiate support according to your individual circumstances.

Support may include, but is not limited to:

• household tasks such as cleaning, laundry, meal preparation and gardening
• home maintenance
• shopping
• transport
• support with medication
• attending medical appointments
• assistance with personal care such as showering and dressing
• pet/garden care
• professional nursing and allied health services
• support to keep in touch with family, friends and the community
• emotional support
• help with documentation
• other assistance as negotiated according to need – contact us for more details.

Visit the Home Support Services page for more information.

How much does it cost?

The cost reflects the negotiated range of services provided for each person.

Please contact Resthaven Community Services on 1300 13 66 33 for more information.

Need to stay mobile?

For a fun and low impact way, join one of Resthaven Community Services’ exercise and wellness groups. With services offered at a community services site near you, you are sure to benefit from our individually tailored programs, and make new friends, too.

Some of our services are listed below.

To find out more, call Resthaven on 1300 136 633. We’ll facilitate your My Aged Care or ACAT referral.

To find a service near you, click here to go to the ‘Find a Service’ page.

What services are available?

• Hydrotherapy
  Used for both rehabilitation and gentle exercise, this class helps to strengthen muscles, improve movement, and ease aches and pains.
• Falls Prevention
  Falls prevention classes focus on strength and movement, showing you how to fall-proof yourself and your home.
• Keep Fit
  Keep fit, socialise and have fun at one of our exercise classes, focusing on strengthening muscles and improving joint movement.
• Tai Chi/Chi Ball
  Perfect for those with low mobility, relax and take a chi ball or tai chi class! Improve posture, concentration, and reduce aches and pains.
• Massage
  Our massage therapy is delivered by qualified physiotherapists to help relieve aches and pains.
• Activity Groups
  Our activity groups are tailored to your interests. Come along and join in painting, knitting, games, outings or something that you suggest!
• Social Engagement
  Resthaven offers fun social groups in a variety of settings to suit all lifestyles. Click here for more information.
• Parkinson’s Disease Support Group
  Physical and emotional support for people with Parkinson’s Disease. Click here for more information.
  Interested? Call Resthaven on 1300 136 633 to find out more.

Exercise groups run by Resthaven are focused on improving strength, fitness and balance, and can be tailored to your individual needs.

Groups include aquatic, dance, resistance training, and cardiovascular activities.

These activities are run by qualified Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists or Exercise Physiologists.

To help you stay living at home longer, Resthaven’s Home Care Packages provide in-home assistance and support.

Services are delivered using a Consumer Directed Care (CDC) approach, giving you choice and flexibility in the way you receive your services.

Resthaven’s trained staff deliver services in a way that supports and respects your choices, independence, and privacy, providing peace of mind.

There are four levels of Home Care Packages.

• Home Care Level 1 and 2: designed to help people with basic or low level care needs.
• Home Care Levels 3 and 4: designed for people with intermediate or high care needs.

Services can include (but are not limited to):

• Domestic assistance
  House cleaning, laundry, shopping and paying bills, and help with pets.
• Personal care
  Grooming, showering, assistance with medication, and continence management.
• Meal preparation
  Help with preparation of healthy home cooked meals.
• Home maintenance
  Minor maintenance and gardening.
• Outings
  shopping, medical appointments, or visiting friends
• Nursing and allied health
  Physiotherapy, speech pathology, occupational therapy.

All services are delivered based on assessed needs, and are responsive to the client’s cultural background, lifestyle choices and preferences.

Resthaven’s Home Support Services provide in-home assistance to help you stay living at home.

Home Help

Domestic services that will help you around the home include:

• House cleaning
• Laundry
• Light gardening
• Meal preparation
• Shopping and bill paying
• Help with pets
• Minor home maintenance

Personal Care

We assist you in self-care, supporting you in maintaining your independence.

Tasks include:

• Showering/washing
• Dressing and grooming
• Taking or applying medications
• Continence management

Resthaven’s nursing services aim to improve the quality of life for older people living in the community or residential care.

We provide rehabilitation, transitional care, and clinical nursing and allied health services for people living at home.

Resthaven’s enrolled and registered nurses are fully qualified and trained to deliver specialist care in the following areas:

• Dementia care. Resthaven’s Professional Nursing services provide dementia-focused clinical care.
• Palliative Care. Resthaven supports people whose illness or chronic condition cannot be cured.

Click here to download the Resthaven Community Nursing brochure.

A little rehabilitation or therapy can assist to maximise independence with the activities of daily living.

Resthaven’s rehabilitation and therapy services are designed to improve quality of life through rehabilitation, maintenance and ‘reablement’.

Upon recommendation from your doctor or other health professional, we can facilitate your application process through My Aged Care.

Contact Resthaven Community Services on 1300 136 633 for more information.

What services can I access?

Therapy services can be delivered in your home, or at your local Community Services site.

Therapy services offered include:

• Physiotherapy
  Improve muscle and joint movement with tailored exercises and treatments.
• Occupational therapy
  Helping you live well at home.
• Podiatry
  Helping to keep you on your feet for life.
• Speech pathology
  Individual or group therapy supporting those recovering from stroke, surgery or injury, including aphasia.
• Nursing
  Delivering quality nursing support at home.
• Continence management
  Consultation, exercise and education to build confidence and improve quality of life.
• Falls prevention
  Individual support and group strengthening sessions offered at a Community Services site near you.
• Exercise programs
  Group exercise sessions offered at a Community Services site near you.
• Dietetic services
  Dietary advice and support from qualified dietitians to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle.
• Counselling and Social Work
  Support available upon request.
• Parkinson’s disease
  Supporting people who are suffering from Parkinson’s Disease and their carers with both physical and emotional support and self-management programs.
• Chronic condition self-management
  Support to help you manage diabetes, stroke, arthritis or other conditions.

Therapy services can be tailored to a range of needs and supports for people living with a variety of illnesses and injuries.

These include:

• Alzheimer’s disease, dementia/memory loss
  Group support and social groups
• Parkinson’s disease
  Support for people with Parkinson’s Disease and their carers, both physical and emotional support.
• Stroke
  Helping you get back on your feet.
• Recovery from surgery/injury
  Providing physiotherapy, exercise or nursing services during recovery.

To find a service near you call 1300 136 633, or click here to go to the ‘Find a Service’ page.

We provide respite to support carers, to enable them to sustain their physical and emotional health.

Respite provides carers a break from their caring role and enables them to continue participating in community life, while having the confidence that the person they care for is supported by trained staff. Staff are trained in supporting older people and their carers living with dementia.

Respite can be in the carer’s or client’s home, a community venue or at one of our Community Services centres or at one of our respite cottages.

Choose from day respite, in-home respite, and overnight respite.

Respite involves many different activities tailored to the client.

Some activities include:

• Outings
• A meal and chat
• Art and craft
• Games

Day Repite includes morning tea and lunch.

If you have an interest and would like to share it with others, please let our friendly staff know and we will work with you to incorporate it within our respite services. Resthaven’s priority is to offer services tailored to the needs and interests of our clients.

Click here to learn more about Respite, and how Resthaven supports carers.

Resthaven’s Short Term Restorative Care (STRC) Program provides services over an eight week period to improve your wellbeing and independence.

The services aim to improve your ability to complete everyday tasks, and delay or avoid the need for long-term care.

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Social engagement is provided one on one or in small groups, depending on individual needs and preferences.

Come join us for an outing, activities, or just a cup of tea and a chat.

Contact Resthaven Community Services on 1300 136 633 for more information.

Recreational Groups

Our social groups have a great time! We regularly travel around Adelaide, always seeing and doing something new.

You can choose to travel with us on an excursion, or join in one of the many activities at the centre, including:

• arts and crafts,
• music,
• entertainment,
• Men’s Group,
• card and board games.

We work with you to develop activities based on your interests, hobbies and abilities.

To find a service near you call 1300 136 633, or click here to go to the ‘Find a Service’ page.

Click here for more information.

Support for people with dementia

Resthaven actively runs support programs for people living with dementia.

These programs are funded by the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP), and offer both individual and group activities for people over 65 years living with memory loss, with or without an identified carer.

These tailored programs provide a supportive environment that aim to reduce isolation, strengthen community and social supports, promote wellness and independence, and provide memory support through Cognitive Stimulation Therapy and Brain Training.

Group activities include:

• lunch outings,
• the Cue Club,
• ‘Just Fellas’ men’s excursions,
• Sew, Knit & Chat (Hersey Cottages Marion),
• art groups, and
• ‘The Shed’.

These programs support people living in southern and eastern metropolitan Adelaide.

Click here for more information on Dementia Support

To find a service near you call 1300 136 633, or click here to go to the ‘Find a Service’ page.

Parkinson’s Disease Group

The Parkinson’s Disease Support Groups support people and their carers who are suffering from Parkinson’s Disease with both physical and emotional support.

Groups are currently run from Resthaven Paradise and Eastern Community Services, and Resthaven Murray Bridge, Hills, and Fleurieu Community Services (Murray Bridge).

The groups undertake balance activities using the Chi Ball, games, education and cognitive speech exercises each week, with regular outings.

To find a service near you call 1300 136 633, or click here to go to the ‘Find a Service’ page.

Speech Communication Group

Resthaven’s Speech Communication Group supports older people recovering from stroke, surgery or injury that has affected their speech, resulting in aphasia or other problems.

To find a service near you call 1300 136 633, or click here to go to the ‘Find a Service’ page.

Support for older people with vision impairment.

A mix of direct service delivery, tailored support and expert advice to assist older people and their carers and families, to manage the older person’s vision loss and maximise independence to enable them to remain living in their own home.

Resthaven provides Vision Support Services throughout all Adelaide metropolitan areas, the Limestone Coast, Murray Bridge, the Adelaide Hills, and the Fleurieu Peninsula, thanks to Commonwealth Home Support Programme funding.

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