Carer Respite Funding for Macleod

The funding is part of the Rudd Government’s National Respite for Carers Program (NRCP), and will help support the training of staff in the management of clients exhibiting violent forms of dementia, as well as the installation of additional safety equipment.

 

Ms Macklin said that local respite services were an invaluable time-out for people who care for friends or family members, often with very challenging conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer’s.

 

 “Carers across our local community play an incredibly demanding role,”

 

“They dedicate their lives to the care of those that are unable to look after themselves, including the elderly and those with various forms of disability,”

 

“It is incredibly demanding work – both emotionally and physically,”

 

“Like the rest of us, Carers need a break too, to go to work for a few hours, or go to the shops or socialise with friends.

 

“Supporting Carer respite programs like that at Macleod Village is a vital way of allowing local Carers to get the time-out they very much need and deserve.” Ms Macklin said.

 

Almost 2.6 million Australians provide care for family members or friends with a disability, mental illness, chronic condition or who are frail aged.

 

Of these about 500,000 are primary carers – the people who provide the majority of the care.