Daily living activities may be a real challenge to anyone living with a disability, whether short term or long term. Our focus is to assist with and/or supervise you to undertake these tasks, for you to feel satisfied the care has been attended the way you prefer and to enable you to live as independently as possible.
All Multi-skilled Support Workers supporting our disability clients have training and experience in the area and are qualified with Certificate III in Ageing, Home & Community /Disability.
These activities can be provided to you in your home or at another location as appropriate; for instance personal care may be provided at your work place.
Assistance / training or supervision with Personal Care
Assistance / training or supervision with meal preparation
Assistance / training or supervision with shopping
Assistance / training or supervision with cooking
Assistance / training or supervision with cleaning
We can provide transport to enable you to participate in community, social, economic and daily life activities.
Public transport – assistance, supervision and training is provided to enable you to develop your skills to travel and use public transport independently.
Through training and ongoing support if appropriate, we work closely with you to help you increase your ability to live as independently as possible. We can also deliver training to carers in matters related to caring for a person with a disability.
We train skills development and provide supervision and support with (and not limited to)
Daily life activities
Communication
Social skills
Tenancy/Accommodation arrangements
Budgeting/money management
Problem solving
Leisure activities
It is important that healthy relationships between the family or carer and person living with disability is maintained and strengthened. The breaks provide positive experience for people with a disability, strengthens and maintains the capacity of families to provide support and care.
In-home assistance for the carer to undertake typical family activities
In-home assistance which gives the carer a break
Out-of-home assistance; individual activities, centre-based or shared living settings, alternative family setting or other flexible respite options
Respite accommodation in time of immediate need
Respite, either in-home or out-of-home for periods 13 hours or over
Accessing experienced community nurses to deliver professional and competent management of your health is extremely important. You need to feel confident with your nursing care.
My Flex Health community nursing team are highly experienced and have a long and reputable history of caring for our Veteran’s, Disability and Aged clients living at home. Our nurses each have a high level of expertise and knowledge to respond to your complex needs.
The team values holistic care and tunes in to your personal attributes in conjunction with your physical care needs. So matter what type of nursing service you require you can be assured each nurse will get to know your individual characteristics and tailor your care in consultation with you.
Medication administration
Blood glucose monitoring and insulin management
Catheter change and care
Wound care – simple and complex
Stoma care
Oxygen, C-PAP and nebuliser administration
Chronic disease management
Advance Care Planning
Skin check and pressure care
Vital signs monitoring
Collecting blood samples
PEG insertion and management
Care of IV and PICC lines
Nutritional advice and education
Health and wellbeing advice
Assessment and management of illness
Referral to Allied Health
Liaison with your GP as required
