Support for Carers

Support for Carers and additional respite

Support for Carers provides tailored and flexible support options based on an unpaid carer’s needs and circumstances.

Services can be:

• information and advice
• one to one support
• group support
• counselling
• respite – carer alone, care recipient alone or carer and care recipient together
• goods and equipment to support the caring role

Additional Respite 2022-2023 provide respite options only (such as 1:1 support, facility-based respite, group setting or camps/weekend away).

Local Support for Carers providers are:

• Gateway Health: Rural and regional carers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers, carers from multicultural communities, LGBTQIA+ carers, young carers, carers of people living with a mental illness/psychological disability. Phone 02 6022 8888.
• Rosehaven Hospice Limited: Carers supporting a person with a palliative condition. Phone 03 5775 3161.
• Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited : All carers, with a focus on rural, First Nations, culturally diverse, young people at risk of disengaging from school due to their care role. Phone 03 9051 7000.
• Upper Murray Family Care: All carers. Phone 02 6055 8000.

Local additional respite providers are:

• Aspire Support Services: Carers with family members who have disability including young carers, sole carers and couples. –Phone 02 6058 4000.
• Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited: All carers, with a focus on rural, First Nations, culturally diverse, young people at risk of disengaging from school due to their care role. Phone 03 9051 7000.
• Westmont Aged Care Services Limited: Carers caring for someone who is over 65 years and has dementia. Phone 02 6043 9867.

State-wide Support for Carers providers are:

• Calvary Health Care Bethlehem: People caring for a person with a palliative condition. Phone 03 9595 3190.
• Little Dreamers – Younger carers. Phone 1800 717 515.
• MND Victoria (Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria): Carers of people living with Motor Neurone Disease. Phone 1800 777 175.
• Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre: Carers supporting Peter MacCallum clients with cancer. Phone 03 8559 6461.

State-wide additional respite providers are:

• Cystic Fibrosis Community Care: Carers of people living with Cystic Fibrosis. Phone 03 9686 1811.
• Different Journeys: Carers of people living with autism spectrum disorder/mental health. Phone 0490 774 068.
• Little Dreamers: Younger carers. Phone 1800 717 515.
• MND Victoria (Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria): Carers of people living with Motor Neurone Disease. .Phone 1800 777 175.