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Home Chef
Home delivered meal service especially for the aged and disabled. We cook Vegetarian, Diabetic & Vitamised meals as well.
Wise Employment - Parramatta
Employment services for people with disabilities requiring a consistent level of support to obtain or maintain employment.
Aspire Early Intervention
Aspire Early Intervention is private early intervention service dedicated to assisting you in bringing out the full potential of your child, regardless of the difficulties they may face in socialising and learning language, playing and other skills.
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Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) - Tasmania
This scheme is part of the Commonwealth Government's initiatives to enhance the rights of older people living in residential aged care facilities. A community visitor befriends residents who are isolated and would like a regular visitor.
Lifeline Hobart
Telephone counselling 24hours a day, statewide, for the cost of a local call. Walk in crisis sounselling may be avaiable during office hours (Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm).
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Red Cross - Burnie
Regional office. Services include: asylum seekers assistance; delivered meals; emergency home alarm; first aid training; elderly home units; hospital services; infant restraints; international humanitarian law; international tracing and refugee service; library; MATES program; medical equipment; single incident emergency relief; volunteer placement; Christmas assistance; Community Visitors Scheme; patient support; Telecross service; transport (contact service provider for fees); Goodstart Breakfast Program.
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Australian Red Cross - Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) - Tasmania
Australian Red Cross volunteers befriend a resident of an aged care home to increase the person's social contact and their participation in community activities. The Community Visitors Scheme is a federally funded initiative.
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Community Care NESB
A case managed program to coordinate services for complex needs frail aged and younger people with disabilities and their carers of non English speaking background.
Community Visitors Scheme - Community Care (NESB)
The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) is a federal funded program established to promote links beween people living in an aged care home and the wider community. The scheme aims to enrich the quality of life of residents in aged care homes who may be socially isolated or lonely.
Community Visitors Scheme - Red Cross
This Commonwealth Government initiative is also available through Community Care ( NESB) depending on the aged care facility. This scheme encourages volunteers to brighten up the day of a person living in an aged care facility. Volunteers are matched with an individual based on shared interests and experiences.
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Starlight Children's Foundation Australia
Starlight is an 'integral part of the total care of a child', where medical teams treat the illness, and Starlight lifts the spirits of the child. There are over 600 000 child admissions to hospitals across Australia each year and Starlight currently reaches '1 in 3' seriously ill and hospitalised children and their families. By 2010 we hope to reach '3 out of 3' hospitalised children. Starlight's programs (Starlight Express Rooms and Starlight Express Vans featuring the wonderful Captain Starlight; Starlight Fun Centres; Starlight Escapes and Starlight Wishgranting) provide positive "distraction therapies", helping children take their mind off the pain, stress & isolation caused by their illness and treatment. Starlight services metropolitan, regional and remote communities across Australia. This includes every state and territory, and regional and remote areas. Starlight has a permanent representation in 138 hospitals.
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Midlands Multi-Purpose Centre
Community health, medical, transport, allied health and home support services. Residential Aged Care Facility and respite services.
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Queensland Community Care Network Inc
Volunteer visitors are placed with residents in approximately 75 Aged Care facilities across Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Phone the service for more specific locations. 100 Plus Club is a social club for people 100 or over living in Aged Care facilities or in their own home.
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Wise Employment - Parramatta
Employment services for people with disabilities requiring a consistent level of support to obtain or maintain employment.
Fusion Home Support
A home modification to enable people with disabilities, the frail aged, and their carers to remain in their home
Home Chef
Home delivered meal service especially for the aged and disabled. We cook Vegetarian, Diabetic & Vitamised meals as well.
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