Service summary

Care Finder is a free service that can help vulnerable older people in South Eastern NSW who need extra, intensive support to access aged care services and other supports in the community.

The service can assist with tasks like completing forms and understanding aged care service agreements, talking to My Aged Care, arranging, attending and providing support at an assessment plus finding and short-listing local aged care providers.

Care finders can also assist older people in need to access health, mental health, housing and homelessness, drug and alcohol services and community groups.

COORDINARE has funded organisations in South Eastern NSW to link eligible community members with care finders.

Continuing To Be Me (C2bMe) provides mental and emotional support to people living in Residential Aged Care Homes in Southeastern NSW.

Continuing to be Me (C2bMe) is funded by Coordinare and is a free therapeutic mental health program designed to support eligible people living in Residential Aged Care Homes (RACHs) in Southeastern NSW who are presenting with mild to moderate mental health distress.

C2bMe provides person-centred and evidence-based 1:1 mental health support and group programs for eligible residents who reside in RACHs partnered with the C2bMe program.

C2bMe seeks to holistically support residents’ mental health by offering capacity building and training opportunities to Care Staff to support their understanding of mental health with their residents.

C2bMe is designed to:

• Provide a comprehensive person-centred model of care.
• Reinforce the person’s identity and purpose.
• Increases connectedness and hope.
• Improve the person’s mental health wellbeing.
• Increase the day-to-day functioning of residents in aged care homes.

C2bMe is a free service for people who are:

• Residents of a partnered Aged Care Home, within the Southeastern NSW area
• Aged 65 years or older, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 or over
• Experiencing mild to moderate mental health concerns or at risk of developing mental health concerns
• Consent to receive support
• Able to actively participate in mental health support, this requires them to have the capacity to reflect and retain information.

Not sure if a RACH is partnered with C2bMe?

Contact us or speak to the individual’s RACH to ask about whether the individual you are referring resides in a RACH partnered with C2bMe.

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The National Dementia Helpline provides free and confidential support for individuals affected by dementia.

You can contact them at 1800 100 500, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The helpline offers expert information, advice, and connections to community support services and government programs.

Supporting people with dementia and their care network. When a person living with dementia is experiencing changes to their behaviour, we work with you to understand the causes – and help you improve their quality of life.

Dedicated helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - 1800 699 799.

Trained dementia consultants work with you, so you receive the right support at the right time.

Nationwide service that goes wherever you are. Including rural and remote Australia.

Sole entry point to access the Specialist Dementia Care Program.

How Dementia Support Australia can support you: watch video.

The Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service is located at Wollongong and provides holistic health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The IAMS strive towards developing and enhancing new and existing services in an endeavour to better the overall health and social and emotional wellbeing of Illawarra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services provide culturally appropriate health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities on the Far South Coast of NSW.

Their facilities include general practice and medical and dental clinics. Allied health programs are in place for eye health, otitis media and maternity care. There are also many outreach programs available to serve the wider community.

Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services serve communities from Eden to Batemans Bay.

Contact number:

Batemans Bay 1-3 Old Princes Hwy, Batemans Bay - (02) 4488 4050

Bega Valley 25 Bega St, Bega - (02) 6492 0532

Narooma 26 Princes Highway, Narooma - (2) 4476 2155

Find and access government funded aged care services.

Provided by Advance Care Planning Australia the National Advance Care Planning Advisory Service provides free advice and assistance with advance care planning for everyone from consumers to workforce.

Contact the National Advance Care Planning Advisory Service from 8 am to 4 pm (AEST) Monday to Friday on 1300 208 582.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is the new way of providing disability support in NSW and around Australia.

The NDIS provides all Australians under the age of 65 who have a permanent and significant disability with the reasonable and necessary supports needed to enjoy an ordinary life.

Find out more at National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) or by calling 1800 800 110.

Social Rx is a short-term program designed to link you to locally available support services and community-based resources using a social prescribing approach.

Primary and Community Care Services (PCCS) can help you to tackle the non-medical barriers to your health and wellbeing, issues such as housing, social and community networks, family relationships and other socioeconomic factors that you and your doctor cannot address alone.

They work with you to identify meaningful goals and a personalised plan to meet these needs while reducing isolation and disadvantage.

Ask your GP or health provider about this program and for a referral or reach out to Social RX for more information and to discuss access to the program.

The South Coast Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation (SCMSAC) is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) providing health and health-related services relevant to the wellbeing and to the benefit of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout the Shoalhaven.

The SCMSAC operates out of 8 sites providing holistic primary health care and other health-related services including improving the equity of access to mainstream services for the Aboriginal communities in the Shoalhaven.

Strong Yawa provides an after hours support line for Aboriginal women and children, delivered by Waminda.

Available after 5pm, all calls are confidential and will be treated with respect.