Council currently provides the following community care and support services that are subsidised by the Commonwealth and State Governments.
- Domestic assistance — including general house cleaning, shopping (delivered to home) and linen services
- Goods, equipment and assistive technology — including self-care aids, support and mobility aids, medical care aids, communication aids and reading aids
- Home maintenance — including home maintenance and repairs, and safety garden maintenance
- Home modifications- installation of safety rails and ramps that assists clients limited mobility move around their home safely
- Delivered Meals — either at home or at a centre
- Personal care — including helping the client to care for themselves and manage their own medicine
- Social support (individual) — including visiting, telephone/assistance with technology, and accompanied activities like shopping
- Social support (group) — centre-based group activities to provide social connection
- Flexible respite – providing a break for carers to help sustain family relationships
Council’s Positive Ageing Team also currently provides the following Council subsidised supports and activities to promote and encourage social connection, including:
- A fleet of Council owned Community buses provides transport for shopping trips, group lunches, to promote social connection
- Day Outings- trips on Community Buses to places of interest such as Werribee Zoo, Begonia Festival, Tessalar Tulip Farm
- Exercise classes, Dances, regular carer walks, seniors’ programs such as Tech Savvy at Council libraries
- Free use of Council venues for seniors’ clubs and groups
- Greater Dandenong Ageing Well Newsletter.
