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 Aged Care Service

Name Details Phone
Active & Older Program Various social & physical activity classes for people over 55 including walking, yoga, golf, aqua aerobics, dancing, tai chi and more. 6588 2800
Fax 6585 1275
Aged Care Accommodation Rights Level 4/418A Elizabeth St Surry Hills  NSW  2010
Advice when moving into an aged care facility		 1800 424 079
 
Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT)

PM Health Centre,    Morton St. PO Box 126 Port Macquarie
 For frail, aged clients. Team of registered nurses, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist & Psycho geriatric Nurse.  Aim to assist clients to remain in their own home as long and as safe as possible, or to assess for entry into a residential Aged Care Facility.

 6588 2875
fax 6588 2881
Aged Person’s Care Association   Camden Haven 6559 9275
Alzheimer's Australia NSW Dementia & Memory Community Centre Shop 2, 148 Gordon St, Port Macquarie 6584 7444
fax 6584 7144
Association of Independent Retirees PO Box 2251 Port Macquarie
Meets last Friday or Wednesday of month 9.30am Senior Citizens Centre. Advocacy group seeking equity and justice especially concessions for all self funded retirees.		 6582 3986  or           6583 1899
Catholic Care of the Aged - Director of Care   6583 1744
fax 6583 3716
Sweeney House Greenmeadows Drive PM
Community Aged Care Packages Program		 6583 7987
fax 6584 7985
St. Agnes Lodge Lochinvar Place, PM
 For aged men & women with dementia.		 6583 6200
Commonwealth Carelink Centre - Mid North Coast 2/9 River Street, Macksville 2447            P.O Box 514
Provides free information regarding community care, aged care, disability services & other support services.

Carer Respite Service

 1800 052 222
fax 6568 4270

 

1800 059 059
Community Care Packages / Housing Linked Community Health, Morton Street, Port Macquarie
Operates Monday to Friday 8.30am til 5.00pm Contact June Hawke

Older people living in public housing or disadvantaged older people living in private rental.

 6588 2957
Commonwealth Dept of Health/Aged Care Information Line   1800 500 853
Community Visitors Scheme   Peachtree Walk Arcade PO Box 1796, PM 2444
 Matches and trains volunteer visitors to isolated residents in nursing homes and hostels.		  6584 9530
Dementia & memory Community Centre Alzheimer's Australia - NSW Shop 2, 146 Gordon Street, PO Box 2577 PM 2444                                                    Provides info & support services for people with memory concerns, people with dementia, their carers & families, & the community. www.alzheimers.org.au         mnc@alznsw.asn.au 6584 7444          Fax 6584 7144
Dept. of Ageing, Disability & Home Care (DADHC) Gordon St PM 6588 3150
Dept. of Complaints re Nursing Homes   1800 550 552
Dept. of Health & Ageing   1800 048 998
Dept of Veterans' Affairs 5/7 Short St PM 2444.     PO Box 252      8.30am - 4.30pm. Veterans information service & community support advice                        (next to Centrelink) 6583 8273
Hastings Legacy Shop 11, 6-14 Clarence Street.
Dependents of deceased War Veterans. .		 6583 3570 or     6583 5672
Hastings Macleay Community Transport 26 Lord Street.  PO Box 1796  Port Macquarie
 Provides a range of Transport Services for people who have difficulty using public transport especially for the frail, aged isolated and disabled people in the Hastings Macleay areas.		 6583 8644
Hastings Older Women's Network Local women 45+. Meeting, discussing, sharing stories. Organised outings. Meets 4th Friday each month. Please phone for venue and more information. 65811329
Hastings Telecross Service 3/103 William Street      PO Box 374, Port Macquarie
 Red Cross daily home phoning service to ensure safety and security of people living alone. Monday - Friday: 8:30 - 10:00 am.		 6583 7707
Hastings Valley Community Options Project   6588 2840
fax 6588 2845
Hastings Valley Community Options Project Community Health, Morton St. PO Box 126, PM
A case management service for clients whose needs cannot be met by mainstream HACC

(Home & Community Care) services. The focus is to plan & coordinate assistance for the individual to ensure flexible, client-focused service delivery.

6588 2840 
fax 6588 2845
Home Care Service of NSW

5/109 William Street, Port Macquarie

P.O Box 563

6583 1122
fax 6583 2232
Home Modification & Maintenance Service

Shop 4 146-148 Gordon Street,                          

PO Box 1768, PM 2444
 Provides support for frail, aged & disabled people.

 6584 1304
fax 6584 7027

Manning Support Services Inc.

Hastings Valley Neighbourhood Aid

 

 18 Hindman Street,   Port Macquarie
Wauchope Community Health
 Frail aged people, younger people with a disability and their carers.

A volunteer based home & community care program funded by Department of Ageing, Disability & Home Care.
Operates Monday- Friday 8.30am-3.30pm    & Wauchope on Last Friday of Month. 

6583 4767
 6585 1133
fax 6584 0919

 
Mid North Coast Aboriginal Community Options  Morton Street Port Macquarie
 Aboriginal frail aged and younger disabled people living in the Hastings, Taree, Gloucester, Nambucca and Kempsey local Government Area. 

Operates Monday to Friday 8.30am til 5.00pm.

 6588 2841
New Horizons Salvation Army, 110 Lord Street,     Pt Macq.
 Exciting club for Seniors Monday, 9am-2pm		 6583 7444

Pensions Officer        

RSL Sub-Branch

 

 Assists ex-service personnel welfare, family support, veteran's affairs etc. Tues. & Wed. 6583 2748
Red Cross Carer’s Group  PO Box 181, Laurieton 
Shopping, doctor visits, social visits, walk with the blind, assistance to church, nursing home visits.		 6559 9291  or  
 6559 7457
Telecross (Hastings)

Po Box 374,

Sweeney House, Ocean Drive Port Macquarie
 

Red Cross daily home phoning service to ensure safety and security of people living alone.

Monday - Friday: 8:30 - 10:00 am.

6583 7707
St. Thomas’s Church

St. Thomas Anglican Church Hay St., PM
 Seniors – Retirement Villages, Nursing Homes, Friendship morning. To provide friendship & entertainment. Transport available/disabled access. 3rd. Thurs. of month-10am-12pm.

 6584 1033
Tradesman U Can Trust    If you  require a tradesman, we will organise one. 1300 550 331
The Talking Port Macquarie News Po Box 1373, PM. Offers talking newspapers to people affected by such conditions as blindness, arthritis, dyslexia, vision impairment, physical disabilities, illness and frailty. 6583 2860
Uniting Church, Wauchope  5 Range Street  Friendship and support for Seniors. 2nd.Tues & 3rd Tues each month at 10am in church hall. 6585 2065   or    6585 1488
     
 
 Home Nursing (care within the home) 
Name Details Phone
Community Health Nursing Services Camden Haven         Laurie St., Laurieton
8.30 - 5.00 Monday - Friday		 6559 9003
Fax  6559 9840
Port Macquarie         Morton Street
8.30 - 5.00 Monday - Friday		 6588 2882
Fax 6588 2800
Wauchope      High Street
 8.30 - 5.00 Monday - Friday		 6585 1133
Fax 6585 3741
     
 
 Meal Services
Meal Services Inc. Laurieton - Laurie Street,
 Provides frail aged, disabled and carers with a hot meal delivered to the home by volunteers.
Dietary requirements are catered for.		 6559 8883  
Port Macquarie             “Club House” Garden Village, 7 Garden Cres.  P.O Box 5484    Pt Macq
Monday-Friday, 8:30am – 3:30pm		 6584 1463 
Wauchope & District        5 High St Wauchope
Mon 9am-2pm –Tues-Fri 10am-2pm		 6585 2386
     
 
 Senior Citizen Centres 
  Laurieton - Bass Ave.  
Meets 2nd Friday of month 12.30pm-4.00pm		 6559 9780
Port Macquarie 6583 6292 or 6583 7149
Wauchope -  High Street
Meets 2nd Wed each month 9-10am.		 6585 3073
     
 
 Respite Services 
Name Details Phone
Day Care Club - Broken Bago  Senior Citizens Hall Wauchope - P.O Box 199
Day care for the elderly		 6585 3731
Mid North Coast Commonwealth Carer Respite Centre 2/9 River St, Macksville 2447
 Supports carers who look after a relative or friend with a disability, chronic, mental or terminal illness or who are frail aged. Offers advice/information on respite options, planned or emergency respite.                                     Email general@carer-respite.org                                   Web www.carer-respite.org		 1800 059 059      24 hrs / 7 days

Fax 6568 3728

 
Mobile Respite Service Morton Street, PO Box 126, Port Macquarie
 Mobile respite service for carers of elderly people with dementia and /or challenging behaviour in rural and remote areas of the Mid North Coast.  		6588 2875
Fax 6588 2881
Respite Day Care - Hastings District Respite Care Inc. Cnr Hindman & Ackroyd Street - PO Box 5709 - Port Macquarie   2444
Centre based respite for people experiencing memory loss and those who care for them.		 65814 544
Fax 6584 0919
Laurieton - HACC Centre, Laurie Street
Wed & Friday – 8.30am-2.30pm		 6559 9003
Port Macquarie Sherwood Park Respite Care Centre, 1 Merryman Way PM
 Tues, Thurs & Fri. 8.30am – 2.30pm		 6581 5122
Wauchope        Bundaleer Community Centre, Cameron St.
 Mon & Wed – 8.30am – 2.00pm		 6585 2811
     
 

Other
Name Details Phone
Association Of Independent Retirees PO Box 2251 Port Macquarie
email air@tsn.cc
Bob & Chris or Naomi & Alan
Meet last Friday of each month (not December) 2pm - 4pm.  Snr. Citizens Centre Munster St PM
Advocacy group for retirees, apolitical, improve lifestyle for older Australians.

 

 6582 3986
6586 1818
Fax 6586 1818