Day and overnight respite care
We appreciate sometimes you might need a break and some extra support. Whether you prefer respite care in your own home, at one of our Social Connections Hubs or even an overnight – or longer – stay, we can help you.
We offer flexible day, evening and overnight respite care, tailored to best fit your circumstances, in warm and welcoming surroundings, 7 days a week. We take the time to get to know you, understand your personal requirements and support you to make choices that give you piece of mind.
Activities during the day include art and music therapy, indoor bowls, games, gardening, outdoor leisure activities, friendship and much more.
For overnight respite, take a real break in hotel-like accommodation with delicious and nutritious home cooked meals, a comfortable bed and our attentive staff on hand.
Our approach
Offering respite care to the community for more than 30 years, we truly understand how difficult it can be to make the decisions that feel right for you and your family. We will support you through the process of making choices that suit your needs, and ease your transition in a number of ways:
Make an appointment
Let us take you on a tour through Banksia to get a feel for our services and discuss how we can best assist you.
Create a transition plan
Start with short-term stays and build to longer stays over time.
Build a support strategy
Allow us to build strategies to support you and your family member.
Overnight respite
Banksia Frankston Respite Centre provides a ‘home away from home’ in warm and welcoming surroundings, 7 days a week. Our overnight respite facility hosts just six guests, ensuring a high level of personalised care, and includes a private room with en suite.
For long-term care, we also offer residential care.
Dementia care
As dementia care specialists, our highly qualified nurses and staff are trained to deliver support that focuses on meaningful and self-enhancing experiences. We work with you to replicate routines from your home environment to avoid confusion or disruption, and offer the opportunity to engage with others and develop new social connections through recreational activities.
How to apply
We take the time to get to know you so that we can tailor our respite care services to suit your needs. Call us on 1300 147 147 or complete the form below and we’ll be in touch to let you know how we can help.
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‘I think the staff here enjoy what they're doing and they're proud. They've been the best support.’
Margaret, wife and carer
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‘Having the ability to be able to build long lasting relationships with our clients really does matter, you give a bit of your heart and I'm glad that at Brotherhood Aged Care we get the chance to do that.’
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‘People genuinely treat the people here like they’re their own family – like their mothers, fathers, grandparents, it’s nice, it’s home.’
Michael, Team leader
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‘The group offers a lot of camaraderie. We have a lot of fun and laugh. Because dementia is a very strange thing to wade your way through.’
David, Younger Onset Dementia client
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‘It's a reliable, helpful and friendly service, everyone has been so organised and cheerful. It's made my life easier.’
Andreas, In-home support client
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‘The other day I needed a new microwave –Michelle (Client Advisor) came here, unpacked it, made sure it worked properly and put little stickers on it so that I knew which buttons to press. She is good like that, she understands the needs of vision impaired people like me.’
Wilma, In-home Support client
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‘To see the relief in their face when they know that they don’t have to deal with those problems on their own. That we are here to help. That’s really rewarding.’
Michelle, Client Advisor
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‘They keep me in the picture all of the time. My Client Advisor is in touch with me regularly and offering me any services that are available and might be suitable for me. It makes a tremendous difference and I wouldn’t know where to begin without their help’
Maria, In-home support client
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‘I owe a lot to Alice (Client Advisor) She suggests things such as the Singing for Wellness program and I always say no at first. Then I think on it and realise that she is right, it is good for me to have a break too. I’m a juggler you see, I juggle caring for husband, the gardening, my handcrafted rug and seeing my friends. These lessons make me appreciate my free time’
Alison, In-home support client and carer
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‘They are like family and mum's life is so much better because of their support’
Cheryl, daughter of client
