Community Care Services
Community Care Services
Community Care offers a range of services to the frail, aged, people with a disability and their carers living within Gilgandra Shire through the Home and Community Care program. These services are funded by the Commonwealth and State Governments through the Department of Ageing Disabilities and Home Care
You can get in touch by telephoning 6817 8750 or you can visit the Community Care Centre, 22 Miller Street Gilgandra.
Residents who wish to access these services can be referred by their Doctor, Community Nurse, family member, friend or the Aged Care Assessment Team. They can also refer themselves.
The Manager will assess your eligibility to receive a service and identify the type of services you require that will meet your individual circumstances.
Services offered include:
- Meals on Wheels
- In Home Respite
- Community Transport
Meals on Wheels provides:
- Healthy hot or frozen meals delivered on a regular basis without the stress of shopping and cooking
- Choice of what you eat
- Meals when you are not coping so well or you have just returned from hospital
- Help with shopping or taking a break from looking after someone you care for
Support for those who live in rural and remote areas of the Shire with bulk frozen meals
• Social lunches, afternoon teas and contact with volunteer teams
• Special diets for medical, cultural or religious reasons
Friendly volunteers deliver hot lunch Monday to Saturday including all public holidays. Lunch menu can include soup, main meal, dessert and juice. Thie are two choices for the hot meal each day.
Frozen meals can be delivered by arrangement to people who live in Gilgandra or in the rural and remote areas of the Shire. Clients can make their own choice from an excellent range of frozen meals which include soups, snacks, pies, muffins, yoghurts, main and mini meals and desserts.
Other services include shopping support with the client or on their behalf and microwave hire is also available.
Link to NSW Meals on Wheels Association Web Site www.nswmealsonwheels.org.au
In Home Respite provides
- Carers and family members with a break from their caring role
- Responds in an alternate way to the usual care arrangements
- Allocated hours for service provision are limited to planned flexible respite
- Delivered by Community Service Workers or volunteers
Community Transport provides:
- Bookings for medical escorts to transport clients to doctors and specialist appointments
- Physical Assistance to and from vehicle during the trip, and any possible waiting during the trip
- Referrals or other transport related services
Referrals to other Home & Community Care Services
These include:
Home Care: Initial assessment then referral to the Referral and Assessment Centre (RAC) for domestic assistance and personal care
Social Support: Initial assessment then referral to LifeLinks Community Support Services for one to one support, companionship visits and letter writing, none medical transport and assistance for carers.
Home Maintenance and Modification: Initial assessment referral to Occupational Therapist Gilgandra Multi Purpose Health Centre
Community Options: Referral is made for Case Management when multiple Home and Community Care Services are required
Cost to receive services
The Manger will advise the costs during the assessment.
These will vary depending on the services you choose to receive.
Contact details
Community Care
02 6817 8750 (ph)
02 6817 8755 (fax)
Email: foodservice@gilgandra.nsw.gov.au