Support at Home Package Management Cairns
Your Support at Home Care Collective
Meet your local Home Care Advisor
Rebecca Stone
Rebecca is a dedicated Care Advisor with over nine years of experience across the aged care sector. Her career began as a Support Worker in residential aged care before progressing into nursing, where she gained extensive experience delivering high-quality care to older Australians.
Throughout her nursing career, Rebecca completed rural and remote placements in residential aged care, developing a strong understanding of the unique challenges faced by older people in diverse communities. She later transitioned into community nursing, supporting clients receiving Home Care Packages and providing nursing services under the NDIS.
Rebecca also worked within the Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) program, now known as the Restorative Care Pathway (RCP), where she found particular satisfaction in building meaningful relationships with clients and helping them achieve positive outcomes during times when support was needed most.
Passionate about community care, Rebecca is committed to helping older people maintain
their independence, dignity, and quality of life while remaining safely in their own homes. She values the opportunity to work closely with clients and their families, providing guidance, advocacy, and person-centred support that empowers individuals to continue living life on their own terms.
“Supporting older people to remain independent in their own homes isn’t just my profession – it’s my passion.”
Learn more about how Rebecca can support you with your goals to stay at home independently for longer. Find out more here>
Self Managed Support at Home Cairns
Rebecca services the Cairns, Atherton Tablelands, Mossman, Port Douglas, Tully, and Innisfail regions.
Aged Care Assessment – Cairns
ACAT undertakes a comprehensive assessment of care needs for older people needing access to residential and/or home (community) care, and helps the elderly and their carers to determine what kind of support will best meet their needs.
Target group is older people, typically over the age of 65 or for indigenous Australians, people over the age of 50, or people who have an age-related condition.
Often comprises of a doctor, nurse, social worker and occupational therapist, the team will recommend services deemed to be the most appropriate to meet care needs through a series of questions, and with the client’s consent will liaise with families/carers and health care providers.
Referral Procedure, by care recipient themselves or others:
• The care recipient, carer, family must be aware of and consent to the referral
• All referrals are to be made via MyAgedCare: 1800 200 422
CAIRNS ACAT
381 Sheridan Street,
Cairns North QLD 4870
Phone: 07 4226 4595
ATHERTON ACAT
Atherton Community, Allied and Mental Health
Jack St, Atherton, QLD 4883
Phone: 07 4091 0211
Local Information & Initiatives for Seniors
- Centacare FNQ – Social support Hub for elderly Aged Care Services
- ADA – A free service that offers aged care advocacy and ADA Link, a seniors care finder program.
- OPAN – provide free, independent and confidential support to older people seeking or receiving government funded aged care services.
- Mind Australia – Supporting people to find help, hope and purpose.
- Live Up – Ageing your way, great resources Discover Your Path to Healthy Ageing.
- Men shed Cairns.
- She Shed Cairns.
- Cairns and district Senior Citizens Association – Over 50s community for fun, fitness, freedom and independence.
- Cairns Seniors friendship circle.
- Cairns RSL Club – Cairns RSL Hambledon House – Social group and activities for seniors.
- Community Centre – South Cairns and Surrounds.
- Gordonvale Community Garden
- Marlin Coast Community centre – Organisation dedicated to promoting, supporting and enhancing community, family and individual well-being.
- Home FNQ Volunteers.
Ready to Self Manage your Home Care Package?
We offer low management fees, ensuring you get maximum care hours
We make self managing Support at Home simple and inexpensive. Here's how:
Your Local Guardians Home Care Representative will:
Be your dedicated Home Care Contact
Who understands your needs and will make sure you’re getting the most from your package.
Manage Your
Home Care Plan
Using world class technology for seamless plan management, on any device.
Connect
You
To suitable providers (we have a database of thousands).
Budget
Effectively
To ensure you get maximum possible care hours from your funding.
Want to know more or sign up to self manage your Home Care Package?
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