Carer Crisis Assistance Contacts
- 24 Hour Telephone Counselling Services/Website
Health Line (13HEALTH): 13 43 25 84:
Web: www.health.qld.gov.au/13health/default.asp
Qualified health professionals give you confidential, free advice 24 hours per day.
- Lifeline:
Ph: 13 11 14:
Web: www.lifeline.org.au
Lifeline’s 24 hour telephone counselling service is staffed by trained volunteers.
- Lifelines Financial Counselling
Ph: 1300 370 255
- Commonwealth Respite & Carelink Centre
Ph: 1800 052 222
www.commcarelink.health.gov.au
Providing information and options about respite care and other support services for carers.
Call 1800 059 059 for emergency respite support outside standard business hours.
- Family Relationships:
Ph: 1800 050 321
www.familyrelationships.gov.au
Helping families build better relationships.
- Queensland Aged & Disability Advocacy QADA:
Ph: 1800 818 338
Web: www.qada.org.au
Email:info@qada.org.au
Provides support and speaks our on your behalf in a way that represents your best interest.
- Indigenous Wellbeing Centre:
Ph: (07) 4151 5402
Web: www.iwc.org.au
Provides holistic, high quality wellness services that build the capacity of Indigenous people through a focus on individual, family and community wellbeing.
- Carers Queensland Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Program:
Ph: (07) 4194 6597
Access and receive culturally appropriate home and community care servicers.
- Young Carers Telephone Counselling:
Ph: 1800 242 636
Web: www.youngcarers.net.au
Provides a telephone counselling line for young people who are the main carer of a friend or relative.
- Public Trustee:
Bundaberg (07) 4153 3723
Maryborough (07) 4121 2905
Assistance provided with enduring power of attorney services.
Helpful Websites
- Life Bridge
Web: http://www.lifebridge.com.au/index.html
- Family Relationships Online
Family Relationships Online provides all families (whether together or separated) with access to information about family relationship issues, ranging from building better relationships to dispute resolution.
It also allows families to find out about a range of services that can assist them to manage relationship issues, including agreeing on appropriate arrangements for children after parents separate.
Web: http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/
- Carers Australia - Carers Queensland
The purpose of Carers Queensland is to improve the lives of carers. We provide important services like counselling, advice, advocacy, education and training. We also promote the recognition of carers to governments, businesses and the public.
Web: http://qld.carersaustralia.com.au/
- Centrelink
Centrelink assists people to become self-sufficient and supports those in need
Web: http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/home/index.htm
- arafmi Mental Health Carers
Web: http://www.arafmiqld.org/
- Disability and Community Care Services
Community events calendar
Web: http://www.disability.qld.gov.au/news-events/events/calendar/
- Suncare Community Services Inc
Since establishment, Suncare Community Services Inc. management have provided services to the community such as the network of Commonwealth Carer Respite Centres, Direct Respite Services, Meals on Wheels, Maroochydore Day Respite Centre, Community Alternative Transport Service, the Carelink Centre, including Carebus mobile information units.
In a community development capacity they have supported other organizations to establishment such as Alzheimer’s Association (SC), Sixty and Better and Volunteering Sunshine Coast
Web: http://www.suncare.org.au/index.htm
- South Burnett Community Welfare
Find help for all types of problems here!
Web: http://www.welfare.southburnett.com.au/
- Queensland Aged & Disability advocacy Inc.
is a not-for-profit community-based Statewide advocacy service funded to provide information, education, support and representation to enable people to understand and exercise their rights and their responsibilities.
QADA can provide staff or clients of residential care facilities, HACC services and the broader community with education and information regarding QADA and advocacy? Please contact us for more information.
Our services are free and confidential.
Web: http://www.qada.org.au/default.htm
- pwd people with disability
People with Disability Australia Incorporated (PWD) is a national peak disability rights and advocacy organisation. Our primary membership is made up of people with disability and organisations primarily constituted by people with disability. PWD also has a large associate membership of other individuals and organisations committed to the disability rights movement.
Web: http://www.pwd.org.au/index.html
- My Community Directory
My Community Directory is a community-centred response to the need for up-to-date information.
My Community Directory is different. It is simple, useful and up-to-date because community organisation’s who enter their details remain in control of their information and can make their own changes as they occur.
Web: http://www.mycommunitydirectory.com.au/ - Mesothelioma Resource Online
Mesothelioma Resource Online is an information resource provided by Seeger Weiss LLP and Newsome Melton law firms. This website was created to provide answers, support and advocacy for people diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer, as well as their families and loved ones.
Web: http://www.mesotheliomasymptoms.com/
- Mesothelioma Center
We are here to help you. Whether you, a family member or a friend are diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease, this site was designed for you. The Mesothelioma Center is committed to being a comprehensive one-stop resource for all asbestos- and mesothelioma-related issues, from occupational exposure to treatment options. We understand that being diagnosed with cancer, especially a cancer as rare as mesothelioma, can be overwhelming.
Web: http://www.asbestos.com/
- Autism Action
The objects of the Organisation are to provide speech therapy, occupational therapy, behavioural interventions and life skills for children with Autism and like afflictions. The Organisation will also set up a respite and training facility to provide services to families with Autistic children.
Web: http://www.autismaction.org.au