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04:57 25 Oct 19
Recently Oxley Home Care commenced providing home care personal services for my father. The Senior Care Coordinator was very prompt in coming to visit my father and in organising support within a week of my phone call enquiry. She has been very friendly and helpful, and keen to ensure that the Care Worker is a good match for my father. We appreciated her phone call following up after the Care Worker's first visit to check that Dad was happy and that his needs were being met. Dad is indeed very happy with the support of his Care Worker - "She is a delightful young lady with a personality that brightens up my day. She comes for one hour five mornings a week, and is meticulous in carrying out the allocated tasks. She is efficient and uses her initiative." Many thanks Oxley Home Care! Margaret Grainger
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23:36 18 Sep 19
Oxley Home Care are real professionals, and I was lucky to find them. They followed up promptly on my initial call, and always stayed in contact. They went out of their way to help me get started with a care worker, who was always prompt and supportive. I can highly recommend them !
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05:20 06 Sep 19
Supportive and caring organisation with clients best interests at heart. A truly wonderful place to work
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00:37 02 Jul 19
I do not know what I would do without Oxley Home Care. From Management/Office staff to Carer's, the service is exceptional. The level of service and the interaction of Carer's with my parents is just amazing. Absolutely exceptional. At times I have needed adhoc services urgently and Oxley Office staff has organised this with ease for me. I cannot praise Oxley Home Care enough. I know they have my parents needs and wellbeing a priority. I do not hesitate in recommending Oxley Home Care .
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07:16 17 Dec 18
I have been very fortunate to find a provider like the Oxley Home Care team. From senior management to Regional care Manager, to all the lovely ladies in the office and all the care workers that have assisted in helping me take care of my mother at home, I have found them to be very professional in all aspects of there work. They have been very understanding and caring and very compassionate , always willing to do above and beyond in assisting me to take care of my mother and giving me and my family the moral support to continue to do so. I highly recommend Oxley Home Care to anyone who is in need of any type of care for themselves or for there loved ones or even for a friend. You will not be disappointed. Thank you so much Oxley Home care Team. You are amazing. Please continue the terrific work of always helping others. Thank you again. Sr. Sofia.
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Dementia – from an insider’s perspective

  • By Gilian Douglass
  • January 25, 2017
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  • Dementia

What is it like to experience dementia?

It’s suggested that to truly understand someone, you need to walk a mile in their shoes. But, how can you experience the world from another’s perspective when that person has dementia?

Oxley Home Care has devised a handy guide to help you understand what it’s like to experience early dementia.

Fundamentally, dementia changes how you interpret what you see, hear, taste, feel and smell (that’s according to the US National Institutes of Health).

If you’re experiencing dementia:

  • Your memories may be effected:
    • You may forget where you put things.
    • You may forget if you have done something and so may repeat doing or saying the same thing.
    • Your strongest memories may be from the past.
    • Your memory loss is persistent and progressive and not just occasional, according to Alzheimer’s Australia.
    • You may experience difficulty in continuing to work or carry out familiar tasks.
    • You may have difficulty finding your way home.
    • You may blame others for ‘stealing’ your lost items.
  • Your reasoning may be effected:
    • You may find handling money and the notion of value difficult to understand.
    • You may be slower to grasp complex ideas and take longer to complete your routine jobs.
    • You may be unable to adapt to change and unwilling to try new things
  • Your stress levels may be raised because:
    • You may find large groups of people difficult to experience now.
    • You may find too much noise confuses you.
    • You may find that you’re anxious in social situations you once coped well with previously.
    • You may find it difficult to be included in social situations where others don’t have the same impairment as you.
    • You may have failed at undertaking a certain new task that you set yourself.
    • You are aware that you are likely to become more agitated, anxious or aggressive due to dementia.
  • You become more dependent on all of your senses:
    • You may need to smell, feel and see things when you didn’t need to use all of your senses before.
    • You could become agitated if you become too hot.
    • If there isn’t enough light to see, you could become confused. Shadows can be interpreted as objects.
    • Clutter, chaos and noise and patterns (in flooring and furnishings) can become unhelpful as they are distracting.

On average, symptoms of dementia are noticed by families three years before a diagnosis is made (according to J Phillips, Author of ‘Timely Diagnosis of Dementia: Can We Do Better?’)

For people with Advanced Dementia, some abilities remain, although many are lost as the disease progresses. According to Alzheimer’s Australia, a person still keeps their sense of touch and hearing and their ability to respond to emotion.

To find out more about dementia, click here.

How can Oxley Home Care Help?

Oxley Home Care offers tailored, early intervention and health and lifestyle coaching to people with dementia. Each person assisted is treated as an individual with their own history, memories and likes/dislikes taken into consideration.

Oxley Home Care’s support services for people with dementia and their carers include:

  • Personal care, showering, dressing, grooming, dental hygiene and denture care
  • Preparing and serving of meals
  • Daily living support, including domestic assistance
  • Transport to social events
  • Shopping and errands
  • Companionship and leisure activities

In addition, Oxley Home Care’s respite support allows carers to rest and reenergise with peace of mind, on a regular basis.

To find out more about getting the right support and care for a family member with dementia, contact Oxley Home Care on 1300 993 591.

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  1. Anna says:
    September 2, 2016 at 10:39 am

    What a great article, it really went in-depth and listed out many things that people never realise. This was so handy for our family!

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  2. Brenda seery says:
    August 13, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    My husbands dementia has deteriorated last 6 months. I am his only carer and can’t leave him at all. He doesn’t recognise our house and says he lives elsewhere with another Brenda..my name..this is every day .very wearing, he is very confused .

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