About Us
What we do
Our Compassionate Community Care Model is tailored to meet the needs of the individual, their families, and their carers. We work on various collaborative projects to enable those with dementia to age in place and live well in their community. Our approach has been to reimagine the environment for aged care in rural areas, with a smooth transition between care at home and residential care.
Why we do it
Many people in our community are living with dementia and we have witnessed its impact on the individual and its toll on immediate family and carers. We see the most critical considerations for dementia care are choice, independence, safety, security, and compassionate care.
People Living with Dementia
Dementia is currently the single greatest cause of disability in people aged over 65
In 2022, there are an estimated 487,500 Australians living with dementia. Without a medical breakthrough, the number of people living with dementia is expected to increase to almost 1.1 million by 2058.
Removal of people living with dementia from their communities and homes is a major cause of stress and loss of personal freedom.
Carers
In 2022, it is estimated that almost 1.6 million people in Australia are involved in the care of someone living with dementia.
When diagnosed with dementia, caregiving usually falls on the partner or a close family member, who may be unwell themselves and whose needs are often overlooked.
Carers often struggle with providing care at home in fear that transferring a lifelong partner or other family member to residential care will have a negative impact. They are often unaware of support services that may be available in their region.
Access to services in rural and remote Australia is limited.
Many carers report poor health, social isolation, depression, and loneliness.
Statistics from Dementia Australia
We identified that this reality was not what we wanted for our relatives, community, or ourselves. Our vision of the future has allowed us to imagine and work towards better models of care. The problem belongs to all of us and we need to work together to fix it.
Who we are
Our volunteers have donated thousands of hours of their executive-level expertise to enable those affected by dementia to age in place and live well in their community. We work together both in-person and online and would love to welcome anyone inspired by our vision.
Sandra Slatter - Founder / President
Our values
Collaboration
Through partnership and cooperation we drive innovation
Respect
Honour and recognise those we care for and work with
Trust
We have confidence and trust in each other to depend on our actions
Teamwork
We work to support each other individually and as a team
Our Story
During a community luncheon in 2014, we discussed the challenges of living in rural Australia regarding ageing, health, and wellbeing. We did not want our parents, friends and eventually ourselves to be subject to an undignified and lonely end of life. This was the day we decided to harness the power of our community to develop and implement our own vision of the appropriate standards of care for our community members.
