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Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services offers in-home care and support, respite for carers and social support for older people living the southern foothills and outer southern suburbs.
Resthaven offers a wide range of flexible services so that you are able to live independently at home.
Support is delivered in your home by trained Resthaven home support workers, or at the Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services site.
You may choose to receive support with household tasks, home maintenance, shopping, social activities, keeping healthy, personal care and nursing care.
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.
Other services offered at Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services include:
Enjoy some respite at our community venues in the southern vales or seaside! Resthaven supports carers of older people to have a planned rest or break from their caring role with in-home planned respite care provided by trained staff, enabling the carer to have a break. Staff understand the needs of older people, including those who have problems associated with memory loss or confusion. Resthaven also offers planned, overnight Community Respite on a short term basis in the southern region. Our trained staff are present at all times. Why not enquire - with staff to do all the cooking and care support, a good rest and recuperation is possible.
What are Refundable Accommodation Deposits (RAD) and Daily Accommodation Payments (DAP)
You can reduce the Daily Accommodation Payments (DAP) by paying a deposit up to the RAD value. Enter a deposit amount below to see the adjusted DAP amount.
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Happy 100th birthday to Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services client, Mr Mervyn Roberts, who has lived a life of bravery, fame, and everything in between. Born on 30 December 1923, Mr Roberts grew up in Adelaide with his mother, father, and younger sister.
"It’s not what happens to you, it’s how you handle it." These are the wise words of Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services client, Mrs Phyllis ‘Jean’ Croxton, who celebrated her 102nd birthday on 29 December 2023.
Happy 100th birthday to Mr Lyall Ellers, Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services client, who celebrated his centenarian milestone this month. Mr Ellers was one of four children, growing up in Claremont, Western Australia, against the backdrop of the Great Depression.
Resthaven has launched a new government-funded program which aims to support older South Australians living with dementia to stay at home for as long as possible. The ‘Staying at Home in Regional South Australia’ program forms part of the Government’s response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and aims to provide vital education and support to carers whilst their loved one is cared for in the same location by experienced staff.
Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services client, Mr Robert Small, was once a keen fisherman, and with the assistance of his Home Support Worker, Natalie, he is now back in the game!
Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services client, Mr Edward ‘Ted’ Jones, stumbled upon his creative side four years ago, after a lifetime in civil service.
On 12 December, Mr Wilfred ‘Wilf’ Taylor celebrated both his 100th birthday, and 50 years in his southern suburbs home, where he lives independently, with the assistance of Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services. Born in Rose Park, Adelaide, in a family of five, Mr Taylor reflects on childhood through the 1920s and Depression years of the 1930s.
Resthaven Coordinator, Corinne Lama, is living up to her namesake, introducing a ‘Llamajoy’ program for Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services clients, providing therapeutic social encounters with llamas.
"The day I started working in aged care, is the day I fell in love with it," says Resthaven Home Support Worker, Robyn Jones. "I have been working in the aged care sector for around 20 years, a lot of that being in residential care."
Happy 100th birthday to Mr Ross Longmire, who is supported to live independently at home by Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services.
On Wednesday 7 June 2017, Resthaven Onkaparinga Community Services are holding a free information day, which aims at ‘Helping you through the maze of aged care services’.
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3 James Clark Road
Noarlunga Centre, South Australia
5168
