Dementia Home Care
The right approach
MNCHN provide first-class dementia home care. All of our staff have undertaken specialised training in Dementia Care. We focus on maximising abilities, independence and quality of life, restoring the dignity of the person living with dementia. In fact, we believe the right approach to dementia care can help your loved one maintain a high-quality of life even in the face of memory loss.
Dementia care is better at home
Research has shown the best place for a person with memory loss is in familiar surroundings. We are most comfortable when we are at home. We feel safe, secure and relaxed. This feeling is even more powerful for someone with dementia.
Our approach to dementia home care
Our relationship-based approach to dementia care enables Mid North Coast Home Nursing staff to provide each individual client personalised care that:
• Helps your loved one remain safe and calm at home
• Encourages engagement
• Provides nutritious meals
• Creates social interaction
• Provides mind-stimulating activities
• Helps minimize changing behavioural and cognitive symptoms
• Honours who the senior was earlier in life
• Supervises activities of daily living
• Supports the family.
Dementia in Australia
According to Dementia Australia, dementia affects over 400,000 people in Australia. In fact, over 50% of people in aged care suffer from a form of dementia. It’s a growing concern. There are many types of dementia including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia and Lewy body disease. Dementia can happen to anybody, but it is more common after the age of 65.
Dementia Home Care throughout the Mid North Coast
We provide After Hospital Home Care services throughout the Mid North Coast of NSW. This includes Coffs Harbour, Woolgoolga, Sawtell, Bellingen, Dorrigo, Nambucca Heads, Macksville, Kempsey and all surrounding areas.
Call (02) 6600 8527 today or contact us here to discuss your options for Dementia Home Care.
