Dementia Care Queensland

South East Queensland

Dementia care Lockyer Valley

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

Open farm paddocks in the Lockyer Valley stretching to wooded hills under a blue sky.

Specialist dementia care, close to home.

The Lockyer Valley is one of Queensland's great food bowls, a stretch of farms and small towns between Ipswich and Toowoomba: Gatton, Laidley, Plainland, Withcott, Helidon and Grantham, with the Somerset towns of Lowood, Fernvale and Esk to the north. Many families here have farmed the same land for generations, and a lot of care still happens at the kitchen table. When dementia or cognitive decline makes home harder, we can help with dementia trained home care, complex care and in-home respite. We work closely with the teams at Gatton, Laidley and Ipswich hospitals when a hospital stay is part of the story. Our nearest Supported Independent Living homes are in Ipswich and Toowoomba.

Services in Lockyer Valley

What we offer in Lockyer Valley

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

  • Specialist Support Coordination

    Available

    Specialist level coordination for complex situations across Lockyer Valley.

    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 homes in Ipswich and Toowoomba

    1:1 and 2:1 homes in Ipswich and Toowoomba, 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 Lockyer Valley. 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.

    Call 0439 143 082
  • High Intensity and Complex Care

    Available

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

    About complex care
  • Community Participation

    Available

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

    About community participation

Specialist support coordination in Lockyer Valley

Our specialist support coordinators work with participants, families and hospital teams across Lockyer Valley. 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 Lockyer Valley

Dementia trained support at home across Lockyer Valley: 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 Lockyer Valley

Our nearest Supported Independent Living (SIL) homes to Lockyer Valley are in Ipswich and Toowoomba. 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 Lockyer Valley, we will talk through medium term accommodation and home care as the alternatives.

Medium term accommodation in Lockyer Valley

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 Lockyer Valley

In-home respite is available across Lockyer Valley, 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 Lockyer Valley.

Community nursing in Lockyer Valley

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

High intensity and complex care in Lockyer Valley

For people in Lockyer Valley 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 Lockyer Valley

Keeping work, sport, hobbies, friendships, routines and community roles going in Lockyer Valley, 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 Lockyer Valley

We work closely with the teams at Gatton Hospital, Laidley Hospital and Ipswich 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.

Areas we cover in Lockyer Valley

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

  • Gatton
  • Laidley
  • Plainland
  • Withcott
  • Hatton Vale
  • Kensington Grove
  • Regency Downs
  • Glenore Grove
  • Forest Hill
  • Lockrose
  • Helidon
  • Grantham
  • Murphys Creek
  • Postmans Ridge
  • Ma Ma Creek
  • Mulgowie
  • Lake Clarendon
  • Placid Hills
  • Lowood
  • Fernvale
  • Esk
  • Toogoolawah

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 Lockyer Valley

Dementia changes a lot. Not who they are.

Call us any time, day or night, or send a referral and we will respond the same business day.