Living with Disability
In Care Central share loads of advice and experiences to make living life with a disability easier.
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The Importance of Respite
The longer we work within NDIS the higher the importance has become evident for both a participant and primary carer to take some time and enjoy some respite. Unfortunately this does not prove to be an easy feat for many. For years they’ve become self dependent on providing care, dealt with the myriad of health issues and care changes and to think prior to NDIS many of these people have managed the care of their loved ones by themselves, there’s no wonder there’s primary carers out there who are completely depleted because they’ve had to neglect their own care and well being for far too long. NDIS have identified carer…
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Alleviate Wait Room Pressure
Alleviate Wait Room Pressure There’s many issues facing our health system. A Pandemic certainly hasn’t helped in the mix. A rapidly growing ageing population as our life expectancies increase, challenges with filling a medical workforce, particularly in regional areas, demands on waiting rooms and backlogged consultations and surgeries are just some of the issues we face. There’s no one simple solution but there are ways we can alleviate some of the pressure experienced and that’s by receiving home consultations and health care where possible. Prevention is always the key to avoid our health spiralling out of control to a point where it becomes difficult to enjoy a quality of life,…
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Spending time outdoors has countless health benefits
Exploring the outdoors and spending time in nature is the perfect way to desensitise. Our lives are filled with technology and noise. We believe at In Care Central a key part of desensitising is to spend some time in nature. Short walks in botanical gardens, sitting by a babbling creek or waterfall, enjoying the birdlife, walking bare foot, doing some gardening and feeling the salt air of the ocean are just some of the key activities we encourage where possible with our home care and disability care services. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram to stay up to date with some of our client adventures, we’re also working on some…
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Why Weight Training is So Important
Diet is a great way to ensure you fuel your body with the required nutrients it needs but you also have to maintain some kind of exercise regime no matter what the age or disability. Resistance or weight training, helps maintain and improve bone density which is vital as we get older. With age we tend to be more prone to falls and fractures and good bone density minimises the impact of these falls. Weight training also improves our strength, balance, posture, muscle length and mobility or range in motion which helps significantly when carrying injuries or living with a disability. It also improves our circulation which decreases the risk of…
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Communication is Key
Communication is key Being a good communicator is essential in order to have both own needs and the needs of those closest to us met, be it partner, child, carer, teacher or boss. Good communication consists of three essential skills: listening to what the other person is saying expressing how you feel and what you think and accepting the other person’s opinions and feelings, even when they are different from your own. Key listening skills include looking at the person as they are speaking, being encouraging (i.e. nodding your head), using open ended questions (i.e. how do you feel) and reflecting back the speakers emotions, “you must feel frustrated”. This…
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Living with disability
Living with Disability There’s no question that living with a disability can be challenging. Mobility, accessibility, medical conditions, skills of carers and the severity of the disability all impact the types of activities undertaken. From undertaking employment and study, to simply part taking in daily outings in the community it can be challenging but certainly not impossible. Some of the key In Care Central believe are imperative to overall health and well being are: Exercise and Rehabilitation Spending time in Water Spending Time in Nature Social Interaction Spending time with animals Enjoying the arts Exploring the unknown Undertaking Respite Enjoying road trips and site seeing Relaxing and immersing in…
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