Our Community services include:
Aged and Disability Care
- Home Care Packages (HCP)
- Commonwealth Home Support Packages (CHSP)
- Social Groups
- Meals on Wheels
- Assistance with Care and Housing (ACHA)
- Care Finders
Housing, kinship and transport
- Tenancy Support Program
- Minbani Bebe Kinship Care
- Transport
- Emergency relief
Our focus is on developing the skills necessary for individuals and families to maintain an independent and healthy lifestyle of their choice. We do this through supporting people to access services that reduce factors that contribute to disadvantage. We help people to LIVE LONGER, LIVE STRONGER.
Aged and Disability Care
Larrakia Aged Care Services provides a comprehensive suite of support services to assist not only our First Australians, but all elderly to remain living independent and in their homes for as long they choose.
Through our Home Care Packages (HCP) and our basic Commonwealth Home Support Packages (CHSP), elders can access a variety of supports that offer flexibility and responsiveness to individual needs.
First Australians who are at least fifty years of age, who are frail and aged and others that are 65 years old, who experience difficulties in undertaking essential activities of daily living are eligible to receive these services.
Home Care Packages (HCP)
Larrakia Nation is an approved provider for the Department of Social Services Home Care Packages. These services include:
Domestic assistance
- Household cleaning
- Bed making
- Dish washing
- Assistance with laundry
- General cleaning
Individual social support
Support to visit family and friends or just have a coffee or lunch at one of Darwin’s or Palmerston’s great coffee shops or places to eat.
Personal care
Assistance with eating, showering, grooming and medication prompting.
Social support groups
Held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Activities include arts, craft, bingo, gardening and trips to interesting places around the Darwin and Palmerston region. Morning tea and lunch is provided.
Transport
Our friendly staff will support and transport you places you need to go. This may include grocery shopping, to the hospital, friends, doctors or specialist appointments. Priority is given to medical appointments.
Commonwealth Home Support Packages (CHSP)
Larrakia Nation is an approved provider for the Department of Health for Aged Care Services. These services include:
Domestic assistance
- Household cleaning
- Bed making,
- Dish washing
- Assistance with laundry
- General cleaning
Transport
Our friendly staff will support and transport you places you need to go. This may include grocery shopping, to the hospital, friends, doctors or specialist appointments. Priority is given to medical appointments.
For further information contact us through email agedcare@larrakia.com or phone on 08 8985 6811.
Social Groups
Tuesday – 10am – 2pm
Wednesday – 10am – 2pm
Thursday– 10am – 2pm
*Note: Our social groups do not operate on public holidays.
Our aged care clients are welcome to attend any one of our social groups, they are held at our Head Office, 76 Dick Ward Drive, Coconut Grove.
Social Groups engage in a variety of activities that are changing all the time. Some activities include:
- Social outings such as picnics and BBQs around Darwin, fishing, art displays
- Visits from school kids and other young people to spend time with our elders
- Guest speakers, dance performances and entertainers
- Arts and craft
- Bingo
- BBQs
- Trivia
Morning tea, coffee and lunch are supplied.
We love to see any of our aged care clients attend our social groups. Come on in, have a cuppa and a chat.
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels is a community based service organised to help persons who have difficulty or are unable to prepare and cook meals for themselves.
From our kitchen we provide hot meals cooked and delivered fresh daily to your door.
We provide meals five days per week with the option of adding a weekend pack to tide you over the weekend.
At a low cost per meal you will be provided with healthy meal options of which examples include; a weekly roast lamb, beef or pork. Chicken curry, Thai beef noodles, lasagne and salad, quiche and salad and pork ribs and bok choi with rice.
Each meals come with a juice and fresh fruit daily and a desert twice per week.
Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged
Our Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged program (ACHA) is Commonwealth funded to offer short-term case management to assist elderly people link up with services to address their housing and care related needs.
Services Include:
- Comprehensive Assessment of needs and Action Planning
- Advice & Advocacy on tenancy related matters
- Locating suitable accommodation
- Relocation assistance
- Assistance to identify suitable community based support services e.g. Aged Care, Mental health etc
- Referrals to health professionals
For further information email us at agedcare@larrakia.com or phone 08 8985 6811.
Care finders
Care Finders offers to support older people who need extra, intensive support to access aged care services and other supports in the community.
Care finders is a free service that supports vulnerable people – who have no one else who can support them – to learn about, apply for and set up support services. To find out more Read our brochure or ring 08 8985 6811 or email agedcare@larrakia.com
Tenancy support program
Our Tenancy Support Program works within the local Darwin and Palmerston regions and provides support to the town camps and town camps within the broader community.
Our program offers practical and flexible assistance for residents to maintain their tenancies thereby minimising the risk of homelessness.
With a focus on physical, social and emotional well-being combined with advice and support in maintaining safe and health homes we assist people through:
- Basic home repairs
- Domestic assistance
- Lawn maintenance
- Financial counselling and advice
- Accessing other community based support services
- Rubbish removal • Advocacy and referral services
- Support with difficult life circumstances such as domestic violence, unwanted visitors, mental health, substance misuse, disability, unemployment and homelessness.
For further information email us at tsp.teamleader@larrakia.com
Minbani Bebe Kinship Services
Minbani Bebe Kinship Care model is based on the Children Safe Family Together model designed by the Tangentyere Council.
This model acknowledges that Aboriginal children are best placed in their family homes, and that all effort should be made to prevent the removal of children.
Currently nine out of 10 children in out of home care in the NT are Indigenous. Often those children are placed in non-Indigenous families losing connection to kin, culture and country.
Our program aims to reunite children in care with the families and work with the family to design care that keeps children safe and connected.
Our services include:
- Family finding
- Carer assessments
- Supporting carers
Contact Minbani Bebe:
Email: kinship@larrakia.com
Phone 08 8997 2111
Transport
Larrakia Nation provides transport assistance to all people accessing one of our other services.
We recognise the value for all people to access family, friends and the broader community in reducing social isolation and increasing participation.
If you’re a member of Larrakia Nation and need held with transport, ring 1800PATROL