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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. Trained Resthaven staff are based at the Community Services office in Noarlunga, where they coordinate home support services, delivered in your home or at the site.
Services are delivered in a way that supports and respects your choices, independence, and privacy, providing peace of mind. You may choose to receive support with household tasks, home maintenance, shopping, social activities, keeping healthy, personal care and nursing care.
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
