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Resthaven Paradise & Eastern Community Services, located in Paradise, offers a range of in-home support and respite, health and wellness activities and allied health services, supporting you to remain living independently at home.
The Resthaven Paradise & Eastern Community Services main office is located in Paradise, with a secondary office located in Sefton Park. Support is delivered in your home by trained home support workers, or at one of our offices.
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.
Resthaven Paradise and Eastern Community Services staff have rallied together this festive season, creating special care bags for women living in crisis this Christmas. Manager, Eli Ulbrich, says, "This initiative was brought to us by a staff member, who wanted to be involved in Share the Dignity’s 'It’s in the Bag' Christmas appeal."
Resthaven Paradise & Eastern Community Services Podiatrist, Chris Frangos, chose aged care 20 years ago, and he hasn’t looked back since. "I graduated with a Bachelor of Podiatry from the University of South Australia in 2002, and found employment at Port Pirie Hospital."
Due to popular demand, Resthaven Paradise & Eastern Community Services has held their first ‘Spinning Yarns’ social group session. Therapy Assistant and group facilitator, Nicola Grose, says "Our clients love their knitting, and our weekly ‘Clicking Needles’ group has progressively outgrown itself."
According to Resthaven Paradise & Eastern Community Services Occupational Therapist, Jeevan Bhela, the best thing about being an OT in the aged care sector is "putting a smile on clients’ faces, and knowing I have made a difference in their lives."
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.
World Parkinson’s Day is on 11 April 2023, when we recognise the 14,000 Australians who are diagnosed with the disease each year. A disease categorised by both motor and non-motor deficiencies, it has no identifiable cause.
Flinders University graduate, Hillary Williams, is starting her career off strongly, as Resthaven’s first ever Exercise Physiologist, adding to Resthaven’s existing suite of allied health and wellness services for older people.
Nancy and Nadia have found a close friendship through social groups offered to them at Resthaven Paradise and Eastern Community Services. When visiting Nancy and Nadia at Resthaven’s newest respite house, Alexandra Cottage, it was clear that these two friends are joined at the hip.
Resthaven Paradise and Eastern Community Services client, Irene O’Shea, who celebrated her 105th birthday on 30 May, is not your average centenarian.
Looking for a job? Visit our employment section
61 Silkes Road
Paradise, South Australia
5075
