Respite care - able to book in advance for holidays, tailor to family needs
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Respite care - able to book in advance for holidays, tailor to family needs
From date of diagnosis, all carers are entitled to respite care and to accumulate it like sick or annual leave, rather than the entitlement expires every 12 months.
Commonwealth to build and fund respite centres across the entire country.
Centralised date base listing all respite centre vacancies enabling break planning for the first time.
When mum went into respite care, should be able to keep her carers, have no other family, important for her well-being to maintain consistency, continue visitations, continued social interaction,
Need to be exceptions to the rules, broke my wrist 9 weeks respite care not enough, cannot lift anything heavy for 3 or more months. 9 months later still in constant pain, would not have been able to look after at her home
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