Support tailored to your needs.
Independent Life services can be arranged for as little as a few hours a week
or up to 24 hours a day. Whatever your needs, we’re here to support you and those
who care for you.
When you use Independent Life services, our Service Manager will talk with you in person to gain a thorough understanding of your needs. We then tailor our services to your preferences and health requirements and match you with a Wellbeing Assistant most suited to your particular needs.
Our range of services includes:
- Personal Assistance - Visit briefs can be flexible & can vary for each visit. Includes: housekeeping/cleaning, personal grooming; companionship; transport; meal prep; shopping/ errands; wellbeing enhancing activities; other non-medical assistance as requested. Personal Assistance tasks can be integrated with all other programs
- Social Connections - Practical support and companionship for outings to connect people with their community and new or past social contacts with the aim of maintaining or re-establishing social independence
- Caring for the Carer - Flexible respite and practical assistance to support those in a caring role
- Everyday Recovery - One on one support, encouragement & gentle motivation for people to undertake their rehabilitation exercise program at home
- Hear! Hear! - Hearing Aid acclimatisation program. One-on-one support aimed at getting people off to a good start with their hearing aid to avoid hearing impairment becoming a barrier to independence
- Affirming Alzheimer's/Dementia Care - Flexible strengths-based assistance to maintain independence & self-esteem within an evolving context of restorative support
- Home De-cluttering or Transition to Residential Care - Professional service with a caring attitude to prepare a person's home for ageing in place (safely) or relocation to residential care. Includes de-cluttering/downsizing; sorting; packing; removals; coordination & oversight of external services and settling in to the new home environment
- Volunteering Support - Support & practical assistance for a person to undertake a volunteer activity
The list of services outlined above is just a guide. We can help with any of those little things which make your life your own. Click here for more details.
The right people are the key…
Independent Life staff are skilled, caring, friendly, and reliable people who love
the work that they do. Most importantly, they have integrity and are absolutely committed
to helping you maintain your independence and the way of life that you love.
All Independent Life employees undergo thorough reference and police checks as a mandatory condition of employment, and our selective recruitment processes ensure that only people who share Independent Life’s philosophy and values become part of our team. We provide multi-phased training and on-going professional development so that our staff are equipped to consistently provide you with the highest standard of care and assistance. As the employer, Independent Life takes responsibility for all aspects of staff employment such as insurance, workers compensation, superannuation, scheduling and ongoing staff training.
Being part of a family network of care…
We understand the pressures families can face trying to meet the care needs of a loved
one and the sense of responsibility attached to finding the right people to care for them.
Whether we’re providing a little support to give primary carers a break or more extensive care
in situations where family aren’t able to provide any direct care themselves, we regard it as
a privilege to become part of a family’s network of support. Our staff are skilled at working
collaboratively and sensitively in situations where there are multiple people involved in a
person’s care.
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