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This information is most relevant to carers who live in the ACT. If you do not live in the ACT, please click on the appropriate link below, to view information relevant to your State/Territory.
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Tasmania
The following PDF files are read using Adobe Acrobat. Click here to download a copy from the Internet.
Series 1 Caring for an Older Person
Sheet 1 What is a carer?
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 2 Gradually becoming a carer
PDF file, 183 KB
Sheet 3 Suddenly becoming a carer
PDF file, 183 KB
Sheet 4 Things to consider when taking on a caring role
PDF file, 188 KB
Sheet 5 What might caring really mean for you?
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 6 Where should your family member live?
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 7 Helping your family member to remain living at home
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 8 Should your family member move in with you?
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 9 Should you move in with your family member?
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 10 Other accommodation options - supported living
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 11 Rights and responsibilities in caring for a family member
Sheet 12 Aids and equipment
Sheet 13 How and why to organise support services
Sheet 14 Home and Community Care services
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 15 Respite care - get the break you need
Sheet 16 Community care packages
Sheet 17 Specialist clinics - how they can help
Sheet 18 Services and support just for carers
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 19 Aged care assessment
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 20 Financial and legal considerations -
Part 1: Enduring Powers of Attorney/Guardianship and Wills
Sheet 21 Financial and legal considerations -
Part 2: Guardianship and administration orders
Sheet 22 How and why to get family to help with caring
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 23 How and why to hold a family meeting
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 24 What to do when your family member doesn't want help
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 25 Don't forget to make a back up plan!
Series 2 - Dealing with Hospitals
Sheet 1 The hospital ward - how it works day-to-day
Sheet 2 Medical staff in hospitals
Sheet 3 Allied health staff in hospitals
PDF file, 184 KB
Sheet 4 Nursing and other staff in hospitals
Sheet 5 Aged care assessment in hospital - what you need to know
Sheet 6 Your rights in the hospital setting
Sheet 7 Discharge from hospital - the options
Series 3 - Considering Residential Care
Sheet 1 Starting to think about residential care
PDF file, 184 KB
Sheet 2 Weighing it up - home or residential care?
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 3 How and why to hold a family meeting
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 4 Struggling with your feelings about residential care
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 5 Residential care - where to start
PDF file, 188 KB
Sheet 6 Aged care assessment
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 7 Financial and legal considerations -
Part 1: Enduring Powers of Attorney/Guardianship and Wills
Subject to availability
Sheet 8 Financial and legal considerations -
Part 2: Guardianship and administration orders
Subject to availability
Sheet 9 How to find the right residential care facility
PDF file, 189 KB
Sheet 10 Why consider respite in a residential care facility?
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 11 Residential care paperwork and waiting lists
PDF file, 184 KB
Sheet 12 How to work out what residential care will cost
PDF file, 192 KB
Sheet 13 How to prepare for the day of admission
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 14 The day of admission - what to expect
PDF file, 185 KB
Sheet 15 Residential care - how it works day-to-day
Series 4 - Caring for someone in Residential Care
Sheet 1 Rights and responsibilities in residential care
Sheet 2 Accreditation in residential care facilities
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 3 Making visiting work for you
PDF file, 187 KB
Sheet 4 How to feel comfortable at the facility
PDF file, 187 KB
Sheet 5 How to help the staff get to know your family member
PDF file, 183 KB
Sheet 6 The importance of rediscovering a life for yourself
PDF file, 186 KB
Sheet 7 How to find your new carer role in residential care
PDF file, 187 KB
Sheet 8 More opportunities for carers in residential care
PDF file, 184 KB
Sheet 9 Compliments, criticisms and dealing with conflict
Sheet 10 How to make a formal complaint
Sheet 11 How to deal with difficult news about your family member
Sheet 12 If circumstances change, can care at home be reconsidered?
PDF file, 188 KB
Sheet 13 When a change in facility might be needed
Sheet 14 What to expect when your family member is dying
PDF file, 187 KB
Sheet 15 Dealing with grief when your family member dies
PDF file, 185 KB
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Information Sheets were written by Kerry Foss with Gill Pierce for the "By Carers, For Carers" Project, which was only made possible through the time, knowledge and experience shared by carers, GPs, health professionals and service providers.
Proudly funded by the Department of Veterans' Affairs
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