How an 8-week program is changing lives for seniors
“We’ve had such improvements in our health.” How the Short-Term Restorative Care program has enabled Michelle and Michael to stay in their own home.
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Key points
Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) program is ideal for people who are goal-orientated and want to return to an earlier or improved level of function.
The program is completely driven by you. You identify the goals and let Feros Care know what you’d like to achieve.
Over eight weeks Feros Care will work together with you to deliver the program in the comfort of your home or within the community.
They say it’s the small things that count, and that couldn’t be truer for Michelle and Michael Billings.
Through Short-Term Restorative Care – a free service funded by My Aged Care – they’ve both learnt tips and tricks to improve their mobility and attend to daily tasks that used to be too challenging for them.
The program is designed to help individuals recover from injury or illness, getting them moving and retaining their independence. And in eight short weeks, Michelle and her husband Michael have seen huge differences.
“Balance has been a major problem for me as well as constant, severe pain,” says 76-year-old Michelle. “And I have to be able to look after Michael, who lives with a disability.”
“If I wasn’t fit enough to look after him, then I don’t know what would happen. We both want to stay at home together.”
The Billings’ journey started with a visit from their local Aged Care Assessment Service.
“I needed help with some things in the house and the aged care team organised for a lady to come for one hour a week to do my heavy shopping and one hour the next week to change the beds,” says Michelle.
“The aged care team then followed up with us and said, ‘You obviously have some issues there that we can help with'.”
Michelle then received a call from the Feros Care team offering her an appointment with a Wellbeing Manager.
“Our Wellbeing Manger came into our lives like a little dynamo,” says Michelle. “She was so much fun, so knowledgeable, and so friendly and professional. She’s really made an amazing difference in my husband’s and my lives.
“I’ve since worked with a lovely physiotherapist, Jan, who introduced me to a TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) machine.
“I couldn’t believe the pain relief that gave me along with the heat packs that were specific to the areas where I was suffering. I also worked with a physiologist named Josh who was a darling man and helped me so much to improve my balance and learn how to help myself. I’ve been enormously relieved.”
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Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) is designed to help you recover from injury or illness. It’s a free service funded by My Aged Care, and it aims to get you moving and helps you retain your independence.
To find out if you are eligible, contact the team at Feros Care on 1300 461 461 or follow this link to fill out the form.
About Feros Care: What we care most about is helping people live healthier, happier, better-connected lives. Since 1990, we’ve been making it happen, both for older Australians and people with disability.
Our aged care and disability support services can help you in many ways. Whether you need home care, residential and respite care, some clever technology to make life easier, assistance in accessing community activities or one of our growing number of allied health and wellness solutions.
