Dementia Care Queensland

Central Queensland

Dementia care Gladstone

Specialist NDIS support for people living with dementia and cognitive decline across Gladstone. Call us any time, day or night.

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Specialist dementia care, close to home.

Gladstone is a working harbour city, with Tannum Sands and Boyne Island to the south, Calliope inland, and the coastal towns of Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy further down the coast. Many people came here for work in the port, the refineries and the gas industry, and stayed to raise their families. Dementia and cognitive decline can arrive earlier than people expect, sometimes while a person is still working. Our dementia trained team supports people at home and in the community across the region, with home care, complex care, in-home respite and specialist support coordination. We work closely with the team at Gladstone Hospital. Our nearest Supported Independent Living homes are in Bundaberg, about two hours south.
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Services in Gladstone

What we offer in Gladstone

All 8 of our services, and what each one looks like in Gladstone.

  • Specialist Support Coordination

    Available

    Specialist level coordination for complex situations across Gladstone.

    About support coordination

  • Dementia Home Care

    Available

    Dementia trained support at home, with a worker matched within 4 days.

    About home care

  • Supported Independent Living (SIL)

    Available, nearest home in Bundaberg

    1:1 and 2:1 homes in Bundaberg, with placement in 7 to 14 days.

    About SIL homes

  • Medium Term Accommodation

    Available

    A home sourced in 5 to 7 days for every referral, for up to 90 days.

    About medium term accommodation

  • Short Term Accommodation and Respite

    Available

    In-home respite across Gladstone. Ask about the nearest respite home.

    About respite

  • Community Nursing

    Not available in this region, call us

    Not currently available in this region. Call us to talk about options.

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  • High Intensity and Complex Care

    Available

    Complex health and behaviour support, including 2:1, across Gladstone.

    About complex care

  • Community Participation

    Available

    Keeping work, hobbies and friendships going, with a dementia trained worker.

    About community participation

Specialist support coordination in Gladstone

Our specialist support coordinators work with participants, families and hospital teams across Gladstone. We coordinate at the specialist level only, for situations that are complex: a hospital discharge, a housing crisis, changed behaviours or needs that are changing fast.

Dementia home care in Gladstone

Dementia trained support at home across Gladstone: personal care, domestic assistance, companionship, community access and overnight support, active or sleepover. We match a worker within 4 days, and every worker is trained on the person's own assessments and plans before their first shift.

Dementia SIL homes near Gladstone

Our nearest Supported Independent Living (SIL) homes to Gladstone are in Bundaberg. Every home is 1:1 or 2:1, purpose built and set up for dementia and Huntington's disease, with placement in 7 to 14 days. If the person needs to stay in Gladstone, we will talk through medium term accommodation and home care as the alternatives.

Medium term accommodation in Gladstone

When someone cannot go home yet, we source a Medium Term Accommodation (MTA) home in 5 to 7 days for every referral, from hospital or the community. Stays last up to 90 days, staffed 1:1 or 2:1, while we gather the evidence for the right long term plan.

Dementia respite in Gladstone

In-home respite is available across Gladstone, always with at least 1:1 support. Respite home stays start at 14 days, and emergency respite is available. Ask us about the nearest respite home to Gladstone.

Community nursing in Gladstone

Community nursing is not currently available in Gladstone. Call us on 0439 143 082 to talk about options. High intensity supports, such as enteral feeding and catheter management, are still available in Gladstone through our high intensity and complex care service.

High intensity and complex care in Gladstone

For people in Gladstone with complex health or behaviour support needs: complex bowel care, enteral feeding (PEG), severe dysphagia, epilepsy and seizure management, catheter care, subcutaneous injections and complex wounds. We also support behaviours of concern, exit seeking and regulated restrictive practices where authorised, including 2:1 support.

Community participation in Gladstone

Keeping work, sport, hobbies, friendships, routines and community roles going in Gladstone, with a dementia trained worker alongside. The aim is a week that still looks like the person's own.

A woman in her sixties and her adult daughter smiling together in a sunlit living room by the verandah doors.

Hospital to Home

Hospital to home in Gladstone

We work closely with the teams at Gladstone Hospital. When a patient living with dementia or cognitive decline is medically ready to leave but has nowhere safe to go, we meet them on the ward, not at the front door. We attend discharge meetings at no charge, source a medium term home in 5 to 7 days, and send the treating team a written update every week. One named contact stays with the person from referral to permanent home.

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Areas we cover in Gladstone

We support people in these suburbs and towns, and everywhere in between.

  • Gladstone Central
  • Tannum Sands
  • Boyne Island
  • Agnes Water
  • West Gladstone
  • South Gladstone
  • Barney Point
  • Clinton
  • Kin Kora
  • New Auckland
  • Glen Eden
  • Kirkwood
  • Telina
  • Toolooa
  • Sun Valley
  • Callemondah
  • Benaraby
  • Calliope
  • Mount Larcom
  • Yarwun
  • Miriam Vale
  • Seventeen Seventy

Don't see your town? We cover all of Queensland. Call 0439 143 082 and we will talk through what is possible where you live.

The same standards in every region.

Same day
Referral response, same business day and always within 24 hours
Same day
First contact with the person and their family
4 days
Worker matching
5 to 7 days
Medium term accommodation home sourced, for every referral
7 to 14 days
SIL placement
No charge
Discharge meetings, case conferences and MDTs attended
Weekly
Written progress update to the treating team and coordinator during medium term accommodation
1 contact
One named contact from referral to permanent home

In their words.

“When Mum was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at 58, we were completely lost. Every provider we called said they 'do dementia too' but it was always an afterthought. Dementia Care Queensland was the first place where the person on the other end of the phone actually understood what we were going through.”
Sarah M.Daughter of a participant living with young onset Alzheimer's, Cairns
“I'm 54 and I've been living with vascular dementia for two years. I still want to live. I still want to be me. The team at Dementia Care Queensland gets that. They've helped me stay in my own home, keep doing the things I love, and plan for a future I can feel dignified about.”
Michael R.Participant living with young onset vascular dementia, Gold Coast
“As a referring clinician, I need to trust that the providers I recommend can match the complexity of my patients' conditions. Dementia Care Queensland is the only NDIS provider I refer dementia patients to without hesitation. Their coordinators ask the right questions, understand disease progression, and plan ahead.”
Dr James T.Neurologist, Brisbane

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Questions about dementia care in Gladstone

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Dementia changes a lot. Not who they are.

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