SERIES THREE - CONSIDERING RESIDENTIAL CARE
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Starting to think about residential care
Sheet 1 provides information on residential care arrangements that are available when a family member or friend is either:
1. Suddenly diagnosed with a condition or
2. Gradually becomes vulnerable because of a condition
Weighing it up - home or residential care?
Sheet 2 considers the importance of carefully weighing up the advantages and disadvantages of home care versus residential care. It highlights the demands of providing care at home, and provides a list of support arrangements currently available to reduce the burden of caring for someone alone.
How and why to hold a family meeting
Sheet 3 provides tips on how to organise a family meeting to discuss difficult issues and make decisions on behalf of the family member or friend being cared for.
Struggling with your feelings about residential care
Sheet 4 provides information on how carers can get the support they need when they are deciding whether or not to place a family member or friend in residential care.
Residential care - where to start
Sheet 5 provides a step-by-step guide that carers can follow before they begin looking for residential care facilities for a family member or friend.
Sheet 6 outlines what an Aged Care Assessment Service is, and how an assessment can help carers determine the information, advice and assistance available to them in their caring role.
Financial and legal considerations - Part 1: Enduring Powers of Attorney/Guardianship and Wills
Sheet 7 outlines the information that carers need to know about the following three arrangements:
1. Enduring Power of Attorney (Financial)
2. Enduring Power of Attorney (Personal and Health Care) and
3. Wills
Financial and legal considerations - Part 2: Guardianship and Administration Orders
Sheet 8 considers the situation where a guardian or administrator is appointed to look after a person who is no longer capable of making their own decisions, and does not have an Enduring Power of Attorney in place.
How to find the right residential care facility
Sheet 9 provides a list of things that carers and families should look out for when visiting residential care facilities.
Why consider respite in a residential care facility?
Sheet 10 considers the benefits and challenges of respite care in a residential care facility, and provides information on how to start using this facility.
Residential care paperwork and waiting lists
Sheet 11 provides information on how to put a family member on the waiting list of a residential care facility, and how the carer can involve their family member or friend in the process of setting it up.
How to work out what residential care will cost
Sheet 12 provides information on how to calculate the costs of residential care, and who to contact for assistance if calculation becomes too difficult.
How to prepare for the day of admission
Sheet 13 considers the preparation that carers need to perform before their family member or friend is admitted into residential care. It encourages carers to get the affected family member or friend actively involved in the process.
The day of admission - what to expect
Sheet 14 provides information on the support needs of the carer, as well as the person they care for, on the day of admission into residential care. It considers the carers role in meeting and greeting residential care staff, setting up the room of the family member or friend, and what information the carer will need to have available on the day.
Residential care - how it works day-to-day
Sheet 15 provides information on the responsibilities of various members of staff at the residential care facility, and how each member of staff communicates to other members of staff information relating to a family member or friend in the residential care facility.
