Dementia Care Queensland

Darling Downs and South Burnett

Dementia care South Burnett

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

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The tall white Kingaroy peanut silos under a deep blue sky.

Specialist dementia care, close to home.

The South Burnett is red soil country, known for peanuts, wine and the Bunya Mountains. Kingaroy is its centre, with Nanango, Wondai, Murgon, Blackbutt and Proston around it, and the community of Cherbourg close by. Families here are used to doing things themselves, and many look after a parent or partner at home for years. When dementia or cognitive decline makes that harder, we can help, with dementia trained home care, complex care, in-home respite and specialist support coordination. When a stay at Kingaroy Hospital means someone cannot go straight home, we source a medium term home in 5 to 7 days. Our nearest Supported Independent Living homes are in Toowoomba.
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Services in South Burnett

What we offer in South Burnett

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

  • Specialist Support Coordination

    Available

    Specialist level coordination for complex situations across South Burnett.

    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 Toowoomba

    1:1 and 2:1 homes in 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 South Burnett. 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 South Burnett.

    About complex care

  • Community Participation

    Available

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

    About community participation

Specialist support coordination in South Burnett

Our specialist support coordinators work with participants, families and hospital teams across South Burnett. 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 South Burnett

Dementia trained support at home across South Burnett: 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 South Burnett

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

Medium term accommodation in South Burnett

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 South Burnett

In-home respite is available across South Burnett, 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 South Burnett.

Community nursing in South Burnett

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

High intensity and complex care in South Burnett

For people in South Burnett 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 South Burnett

Keeping work, sport, hobbies, friendships, routines and community roles going in South Burnett, 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 South Burnett

We work closely with the teams at Kingaroy 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 South Burnett

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

  • Kingaroy
  • Nanango
  • Murgon
  • Wondai
  • Taabinga
  • Coolabunia
  • Crawford
  • Memerambi
  • Wooroolin
  • Kumbia
  • Maidenwell
  • Blackbutt
  • Benarkin
  • Tingoora
  • Proston
  • Hivesville
  • Moffatdale
  • Cherbourg

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 South Burnett

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Dementia changes a lot. Not who they are.

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