Specialist Palliative Rural Telehealth (SPaRTa) Sunshine Coast
*FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ONLY General Practitioners and other clinicians caring for patients with terminal illnesses can now access additional advice and support through Queensland Specialist Palliative Care Rural Telehealth service with 4 hubs along the Queensland Coast. The Sunshine Coast Hub Specialist Palliative Care Rural Telehealth Service aims to support clinicians caring for patients from […]
Specialist Palliative Rural Telehealth (SPaRTa) Cairns
* FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ONLY The Cairns Hub Specialist Palliative Care Rural Telehealth Service aims to support clinicians caring for patients from Tully in the South, North through Cape York and the Torres Strait and westward to Croydon, capturing the HHS areas of Cairns and Torres and Cape. This service operates during business hours […]
Blue Care
Blue Care is state-wide and one of Queensland’s largest providers of in-home (community) care, residential aged care, disability services and retirement living. Blue Care’s Customer Service Centre can be contacted Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Services include: Carer Support GroupsCentre-Based RespiteChronic Disease ManagementClasses and GymCleaning (Home Care & Disability)Complementary TherapiesContinence Management […]
Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion
Queensland Advocacy’s mission is to promote, protect and defend, through advocacy, the fundamental needs and rights and lives of the most vulnerable people with disability in Queensland.
Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia)
ADA Australia is an independent not for profit organisation that offers a wide range of advocacy and education services, as well as targeted projects and resources for supporting older people and people with a disability.
National Disability Advocacy Program
The National Disability Advocacy Program (NDAP) provides people with disability with access to effective disability advocacy that promotes, protects and ensures their full and equal enjoyment of all human rights enabling community participation. Advocacy for people with disability can be defined as speaking, acting or writing with minimal conflict of interest on behalf of the […]
Aged Care Quality Safety Commission
The role of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is to protect and enhance the safety, health, well-being and quality of life of people receiving aged care. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission accredit, assess and monitor aged care services subsidised by the Australian Government, conduct home investigations and determine provider compliance. They […]
Queensland government NDIS Support
Advocacy services can assist with NDIS-related issues and information. To find an advocacy organisation who may be able to help visit: Queensland Government funded advocacy services, including Disability and Community Care advocacy services or the National Disability Advocacy Program.
Queensland Government Interpreting Service
Call 1800 512 451 for interpreter assistance to access Queensland Government services and websites
Fraser Coast Hospice
Fraser Coast Hospice is a registered not for profit, charity. It offers a 6 bed purpose built inpatient facility providing end of life care. Fraser Coast Hospice offers care to anyone in the community over the age of 18 years who has a terminal illness. The facility is short term for people within the last […]