PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR AGEING PARENTS IN SYDNEY
Need help for Mum, but don’t know where to start?
Call me. You might not know where to start, but I do. If you live away and suddenly mum is having problems in Sydney. She's gone into hospital and you need to know if you're needed at home. You want someone quick, competent and reliable to help. And you want them now. I'm like a ring-in sister or daughter. I'm Jane. I spent over a decade as Qantas First Class cabin crew. Now I look after ageing parents through life's bigger changes. A hospital stay. A move. A partner going into care. For a week, a month, or as long as it takes. Let me know what's happening at home. My super power is picking up the reins and getting things back on track. I work both exclusively, or with a small number of families at a time, depending on what's happening. If I am tied up, I have solid referral networks with registered nurses and well trained women who can act fast. "She is highly competent and was able to take the strain off my family, at a time my children were busy travelling." Ruth Port, 89, Bellevue Hill
"Is there nothing you can't do?" - Client feedback
How it's priced
Life can happen fast. I work flexibly without red tape, rosters or lock-in contracts. My job description is "do as a loving daughter would do". My KPI is "Thank God we found you".
If things change, I flex around available family support, or step in completely.
A week of live-in support, $6,500.
A twenty four hour period $1,200.
Eight hours of support $680.
Hospital pick-up and settle in $350.
All prices include GST. Invoices can be issued to an individual or a company.
Need something different?
Call me to talk about what's happening. I'll find a solution for you.
I don't call what I do "aged care". I work with people who happen to be over 70, and their children who aren't geographically close to home. Dignified support, because Mum doesn't want a carer. She needs an insanely capable friend.
What if mum has dementia?
I can work with the early stages of dementia. For any progression I can refer to my networks of dementia doulas and make sure mum gets what she needs.
Questions families ask
Can I trust someone I've never met with Mum?
Others have. Over a decade in First Class taught me discretion and how to read a room. I'm police checked, fully insured, and First Aid and CPR current. Call me first. You'll know quickly.
Not sure what you need?
"I'm not sure if you're the right person, but when I looked at your site it sounded perfect. My aunt and uncle are in a bit of a pickle." - Chairman, Major Australian Health Fund
If you aren't sure what's needed, tell me what's happening and I'll give you some options. If you'd rather hand over the oversight in the interim, or on a retainer, I can do that too.
Can one person do it all?
I can, I do! Mum gets the same face from the first day to the last. We get to know each other, and you only brief me once. She won’t have to repeat herself or adjust to new faces in her space.
How long can you stay?
I've lived in with a client for six weeks, then visited most days for six more. Every recovery is different, I can work in with what happens.
What Can I Help With?
Home from hospital
For at home recovery periods, I collect Mum, get her home and settled. I can work in around family and friends who are able to step in and stay, or I can stay the first nights. If needed I live-in for a week or two as Mum gets back to routine. I work flexibly so if things improve or deteriorate, I'll let you know what’s needed.
Through life's bigger changes
A move, a new diagnosis, a partner going into care. I'm there for the logistics and the person.
Appointments and everyday life
I'll get mum to the Doctors, specialists, errands, the car service, sort any trades. And yes, with mums permission I can go into her appointments and take notes, so you'll always get a straight answer about what's happening.
Regular check-ins
When you live overseas or interstate. I can pop in like a good friend who knows your parent, sees them often, and calls you when things are changing.
Travel companion
Flights, transfers and the trip itself, with someone who has spent 11.5 years looking after people in the air.
One person and familiar face for the hours, nights, weeks or months.
You can go back to sleeping and taking deeper breaths, because I'll handle things this side.
