Live In Respite Care Services

Live In Respite Care

KinCare's live-in respite care service enables carers of people with dementia and behaviours of concern who have difficulty accessing residential respite to have an extended break. KinCare provides a substitute carer to stay with the client while the primary carer takes a break.

This service is an Australian Government Initiative.

Who Can Refer for Live In Respite Care?

Anyone can refer a client to KinCare: you, any family member, friend, community service or health professional.

What Can a Live In Respite Care Assistant Do?

KinCare provides a trained live-in respite care assistant who can provide substitute care and support such as attending to housework, cleaning, shopping, personal hygiene, medication monitoring, transport and other supports the carer normally provides. KinCare's also offers an in-home dementia respite care program. This program provides a live in carer to allow carers of people with dementia and behaviours of concern to have a well earned break KinCare keeps in touch with carers and care recipients' doctors while the carer has a break.

How Does the Live In Respite Care Program Work?

A KinCare Program Manager conducts a detailed assessment with each carer and care recipient. Program Managers work with eligible carers to plan services that will best meet their needs and provide a positive experience for care recipients. Where dementia care is involved, KinCare has specialist staff, experienced in providing care for people with dementia and can discuss a variety of strategies that help reduce the stress of accepting care for carers and care recipients.

KinCare also provides disability respite care.

Special Needs

KinCare's services are planned around the needs of each individual client. KinCare can provide services that meet special language, cultural, religious, dietary and other needs. What about client safety? All KinCare staff have received specialised training to provide in-home care. Staff wear a uniform and photograph identification. All staff employed by KinCare must undergo police and working with children checks.

How Much Does it Cost?

A client contribution is required towards the cost of providing this service. Special consideration is available for clients who are assessed as financially disadvantaged.

What Areas is Live In Respite Care Available?

KinCare offer live and respite care in New South Wales. We currently offer live-in respite care in the following areas.

• Live in respite care in Northern Sydney: Hornsby, Hunters Hill, Ku-ring-gai, Ryde.
• Live in respite care in Western Sydney: Auburn, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Holroyd, Parramatta.
• Live in respite care in Central New South Wales: Bathurst, Bland, Blayney, Cabonne, Coorowa, Cowra, Evans, Forbes, Greater Lithgow, Lachlan, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Weddin.

If you require an interpreter:
If you require an interpreter phone 1300 733 510. State your name, telephone number and language. You will be placed on hold while an interpreter is contacted. If an interpreter cannot be contacted we will call you back.

Contact us for more information about Live In Respite Care.