Northcott Flexible Respite Northern Sydney
Phone: 9472 5204 Respite for people with disabilities to age 65 and their carers. Also Flexible Respite for Ageing Carers aged 70+.
RE Tebbutt Lodge
Phone: 9858 4999 40a Stewart St, Dundas 2117 Aged care residential hostel with 67 beds including respite care beds. Does not have a secured dementia unit. Referral: Assessment required by ACAT.
UnitingCare Ageing In-Home Respite Service
Phone: 1800 486 484 Flexible and individually tailored services to support older people and their carers in the Hunters Hill, Lane Cove, Mosman, North Sydney, Ryde and Willoughby LGAs. See advertisement inside back cover, page 131.
Telephone & Other Monitoring Services
Community Care Northern Beaches Dementia Monitoring Service
Phone: 9979 7677 7/ 8 Level 1 Pittwater Place, 10 Park St Mona Vale 2103 Email:
ccnb@ccnb.com.au Regular contact for people with memory loss who live alone. Could include companionship, social activities, assistance with shopping and household tasks or drop-in service.
Manly Warringah Pittwater Neighbour Aid Service
Phone: 9913 3244 Regular phone calls and visits by volunteers. Social support to multicultural communities.
Next of Kin Registry
Phone: Crime Prevention Officer at your local police station. See page 13 for police station phone numbers. Free service for people living alone to record their details at their local police station.
Telecross – Australian Red Cross
Phone: 9229 4222 (A free service) Web:
www.redcross.org.au Free service is delivered mainly by volunteers, who every morning, make a short, friendly phone call to people who live alone to ensure they are safe and well. If the call is not answered, emergency procedures are initiated and assistance is given if necessary.
Safely Home
Phone: 1800 100500 For people with dementia or other intellectual disabilities. A bracelet with an ID number linked to details in the NSW Police's Safely Home database. Cost is from $35. A joint project of Alzheimer's Australia and NSW Police.
Social Support & Neighbour Aid
Volunteers assist with shopping, transport to medical appointments, social contact and home visits.
Berowra Community Health Centre Phone: 9456 3344 Crows Nest Centre Phone: 9439 5122 Diverse Community Care - The Hills Phone: 9898 0000
Hunters Hill Ryde Community Services Phone: 9817 0101 JewishCare Phone: 9488 7100 Ku-ring-gai Neighbourhood Centre Phone: 9988 4966 Lane Cove Community Aid Service Phone: 9427 6425 Hornsby Linc Church Services Network Phone: 9476 3134 Linc Warringah Phone: 9451 0872
Manly Warringah Pittwater Neighbour Aid Social Support Service Phone: 9913 3244 Mosman Neighbour Aid Phone: 9978 4219 North Ryde Community Aid &
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Information Centre Phone: 9888 3380
Northern Beaches Community Visitors Scheme (Centacare) Phone: 8968 5100
MATE Social Support Service for Older Men
(North Shore, Ryde, Northern Beaches) Phone: 9975 7388
One to One Support Group (The Hills Shire) Phone: 9639 8620
Parramatta Home Support & Community Services: Phone: 9806 5121 Pennant Hills Neighbour Aid Phone: 9484 7777
Pittwater Linc Church Services Network Phone: 9973 1777
Senior Volunteer Service (SVS) Lifeline Northern Beaches Phone: 9949 5522 Willoughby Community Aid Phone: 9777 7824
Wisemans Ferry & District Community Health Centre Phone: 4566 4423
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