Care & Support

Elements residents commonly share the desire to actively embrace their Third Age of life. Elements can provide you the opportunity to do just that!

Care and Support When Needed

Elements can provide you the opportunity to experience over 50’s living at its best.. We have formed partnerships with well-respected and trusted health, security and care providers.

Assisted Living - Available Care & Support

Elements recognise some residents may require assisted living and to that end we can help you in finding the right care and support which can easily be delivered to our modern two and three bedroom homes.

Every consideration has been given to a modern retirees’ busy, active life, comfort and security when designing our homes. We do however recognise from time to time additional care and support may be required, which can easily be delivered without the need to alter the homes. We have also formed partnerships with well-respected and trusted health, security and care providers.

Care and Support
Options

In-home care and lifestyle support packages

Elements have partnered with Heather Hill Home Care to deliver a HACC (Home and Community Care) assessment when you first move in. All new residents will be able to avail themselves of Heather Hill Home Care’s health and wellbeing assessment prior to moving into their homes.

Heather Hill Home Care

To enhance their experience of retirement living in Brisbane, Elements residents have access to a range of retirement living facilities, including Heather Hill in-home care and lifestyle support packages.

Available at Elements retirement village in Brisbane, Heather Hill Home Care is a family-owned business providing private & government subsidised professional in-home services to ensure seniors can continue to enjoy their independence and lifestyle.

Upon completing the assessment, staff from Heather Hill Home Care will advise and assist residents in accessing government funded packages to enable them to remain independent in their homes whilst achieving a high level of wellbeing. Our exclusive partnership with Heather Hill Home Care can deliver care and support directly to you at Elements. Heather Hill Home Care meet with you and assess if you can access any of the HACC packages. They will let you know what is available, how to access packages and provide friendly advice and guidance.

 
  • In-home care packagesassist residents to live independently for as long as possible.
  • Heather Hill Home Care offer flexible in-home care that takes into account lifestyle, cultural background and religious beliefs.
  • The range of services provided by Heather Hill Home Care to the community are supported by a variety of funding sourcesincluding HACC (Home and Community Care), DVA (Dept of Veterans’ Affairs), Queensland Health, Home Front and private funding.
  • Heather Hill Home Care help maintain your independence at homeby providing support with everyday household tasks.
  • Help is available with houseworkcleaningbill paying and bankingshoppingassistancemeal preparation, and personal care.
  • Heather Hill’s full list of services can be viewed here. Their in-home care solutions are flexible and if there is a service you are interested in but don’t see, just ask us!
Heather Hill Home Care run monthly clinics at the Elements @ Springwood village.

 

At the weekly clinics, a Registered Nurse Consultant is on-site at Elements to answer all residents’ health & support questions and to assist with:

 
  • Blood Pressurechecks,
  • Blood glucosemonitoring
  • Simple wound care

Consumer Directed Care (CDC) Packages

Gives older people and their carers greater control

To enhance their experience of retirement living in Brisbane, Elements residents have access to a range of retirement living facilities, including Consumer Directed Cared (CDC) packages.

Consumer Directed Care (CDC) is a care service designed to give older people and their carers greater control and flexibility about the types of care services they receive and the delivery of those services.

Consumer Directed Care (CDC)  for Elements @ Springwood residents is delivered by Heather Hill Home Care.

If you want to know more about CDC and how it can help improve your lifestyle and wellbeing, Elements retirement village in Brisbane can help by putting you in touch with our Heather Hill Home Care nurses who will be able to visit you and advise on home care arrangements.

Heather Hill Home Care is a family-owned business providing private & government subsidised professional in-home services to ensure seniors can continue to enjoy their independence and lifestyle.

Our exclusive partnership with Heather Hill Home Care can deliver care and support directly to you at Elements, including Consumer Directed Care (CDD) and other In-Home Care packages.

The range of services provided by Heather Hill Home Care to the community are supported by a variety of funding sources including HACC (Home and Community Care), DVA (Dept of Veterans’ Affairs), Queensland Health, Home Front and private funding.

Heather Hill Home Care help maintain your independence at home by providing support with everyday household tasks.

Heather Hill’s full list of services can be viewed here. Their in-home care solutions are flexible and if there is a service you are interested in but don’t see, just ask us!

Telecare, Telehealth, Assistive

Range of security and safety options

At Elements retirement village in Brisbane, residents have access to a range of retirement living facilities, including extensive security and safety options by Tunstall.

Tunstall offers a wide range of solutions for residents to maintain their independence and secure peace of mind for loved ones. Packages include:

  • T400 base alarm with personal radio trigger – This allows a resident to activate an alarm call to Tunstall’s 24 hour response centre any time of the day or night.
  • Pull cord – These are usually placed in the shower, toilet or over the bed to trigger the base alarm.
  • Bogus caller – Subtly activate an alarm call to Tunstall’s 24 hour response centre if  uncertain or uncomfortable with the person at your front door.
  • Fall detector – Worn on the belt, the fall detector detects when the wearer falls only activating an alarm call if they do not get up within 15 seconds.
  • Property exit sensor – Monitors people leaving at unusual time of the day or night and activates an alarm call if they do not return within a preset time frame.

Assistive Technology’ is a device or system that provide people with practical solutions to everyday life activities.

  • Aids for daily living – Devices that help in daily living and independence.
  • Mobility aids – Devices that help people move within their environments.
  • Seating and positioning – Adapted seating etc that provide body support to help people perform a range of daily tasks.
  • Environmental controls – Electronic systems that help people control various appliances, switches for telephone, TV etc.
Safety and security is always paramount for residents enjoying retirement living in Brisbane at Elements. A wide range of options, packages and equipment is available for residents, while loved ones receive peace of mind.

GP Services

A local clinic that fully understands senior health

Local Clinic In Springwood

 

Enjoy retirement living in Brisbane with the peace of mind knowing that Elements’ preferred General Practitioner (GP) provider, Watersprings Health Centre have aligned with Elements to offer exceptional residential care as part of Elements’ retirement living facilities.

Watersprings Health Centre is a practice that fully understands senior health and offers patient priority and home visits for residents of Elements retirement village in Brisbane when necessary.

 
  • Watersprings adopts a primary health care approach
  • Focus is on achieving general well-being and being proactive in preventing our residents from acquiring age-related disease.
  • Full health and wellness approach to your well-being.
  • An integrated health service with medical doctors having over a decade of clinical experience.
  • Services include Holistic NutritionDietitian/Nutritionist with an adjoining pathology collection centre and
  • Watersprings Health Centre is located at 2 Murrajong Road, Springwood.

Elements’ preferred general practitioner (GP) provider, Watersprings Health Centre, is a practice that fully understands senior health.

Elements @ Springwood are proud to have formed partnerships with a number of trusted healthcare providers, including Watersprings Health Centre.

Elements residents and their families can be assured of peace of mind while maintaining independent living with our care and support options including convenient, local and professional GP in-home and after hours visits enabled by our partnership with Watersprings Health Centre in Springwood.

The National Home Doctor Service provides urgent, bulk billed in-home medical care for residents of Elements.

A visit from a Home Doctor is:

  • Bulk Billed for Medicare and DVA cardholders.
  • Available anytime 4pm-8am Weekdays, from noon Saturday to 8am Monday and 24 hours on a public holiday.
  • Booked by calling 13 SICK (13 7425).

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