Remaining in a familiar environment supports memory and reduces anxiety. Our services maintain safety and dignity, allowing your loved one to continue daily routines with confidence and compassion.
Specialised Care for Every Stage of Dementia
We understand that dementia affects every person differently. Our approach ensures we match your loved one with consistent, trained caregivers who truly know their history, personality, and triggers. A Registered Nurse develops and reviews a personalised care plan to ensure this consistency builds trust and reduces confusion.
- Safety and Supervision: Proactively managing wandering and Sundowning to ensure security.
- Routine Maintenance: Structuring the day with familiar rituals to provide stability and calm.
- Cognitive Engagement: Memory games, music and conversation to stimulate the mind.
- Personal Care with Dignity: Respectful assistance with bathing, dressing and toileting.
- Support for Families: Essential respite allowing you to step back and be a family again.
Specialised Care for Every Stage of Dementia
We understand that dementia affects every person differently. Our approach ensures we match your loved one with consistent, trained caregivers who truly know their history, personality and triggers. A Registered Nurse develops and reviews a personalised care plan to ensure this consistency builds trust and reduces confusion.
- Proactive safety and supervision that manages wandering and sundowning
- Structured routines and cognitive engagement, from familiar rituals to memory games and music
- Respectful personal care, including bathing, dressing and toileting
- Essential respite that lets you step back and be a family again
Alzheimer's and dementia care services, tailored to you
Care for every stage, built on routine, familiarity and caregivers who know your person's history and triggers.
Dementia care right across
Ararat
Our caregivers live and work locally, so care at home is never far away, anywhere in Ararat.
- Ballarat
- Wendouree
- Lucus
- Alfredton
- Mount Helen
- Brown Hill
- Sebastopol
- Beaufort
- Creswick
- Buninyong
- Mount Clear
- Ballan
- Gordon
- Mount Egerton
- Avoca
- Ararat
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Dementia care in Ararat:
How we can help
Is it safe for my loved one to stay at home with dementia?
Yes. Remaining in a familiar environment is often the best way to manage anxiety and confusion. We offer scalable support, from a few hours of respite to 24/7 supervision, ensuring your loved one is never alone or at risk. As their needs progress, we adapt the level of care to keep them safe and comfortable at home.
Are your caregivers trained in dementia care?
Yes. Our caregivers receive specialised training in dementia care. They are equipped with practical strategies to handle behavioural changes, communication difficulties, and safety concerns (such as wandering) with skill and dignity. This ensures they can manage challenges confidently without causing distress.
How do you handle aggressive or confused behaviour?
We view behaviour as a form of communication. Our caregivers are trained to identify the underlying triggers, such as pain, hunger, or frustration, rather than just reacting to the symptom. We use gentle redirection and validation techniques to restore calm and resolve the situation without conflict.
Will we have the same caregiver every time?
Yes. Consistency is critical for someone living with dementia, since a familiar face builds trust and reduces confusion. Instead of a revolving door of staff, we build a small, dedicated team who your loved one will always recognise and feel comfortable with.
Delivering a WOW Customer Experience
Michelle is the most Amazing, compassionate, and caring Nurse who goes above and beyond! I highly recommend Michelle and her team without hesitation! Cared for my husband for his final 2 weeks, and she made me feel we had know each other for a life time! Sharyn
Sharyn Harrison
What a great idea, it has been needed for a long time. I have been doing aged care 20years, my family didn’t put my sister in a residential as we looked after her. I see so many people who do not need to be in residential with all the red tape. I have helped my nextdoor neighbours to get assistance at home. Wow keep up the good work.
Julie Stepnell
Tailored supports delivered with empathy and humour. The Ballarat Nurse Next Door team are highly skilled and always go above and beyond.
Sara Sansom
Nurse next door supports my husband with Alzhiemers, from first day I met the management team Michelle and Teacey, I have only found this organisation to be absolutely amazing. All the staff in the office couldn't be any more supportive, understanding, polite and completely professional The staff who come into my home are so professional, friendly, helpful and just amazing. Everyone of them not only support my husband but also myself. All staff are totally accommodating to my hisbands needs and undertake every task in such ease and completely professional. No matter what I have asked around my husbands support they all have been completely accommodating with no fuss just happy to help. I could not recommend nurse next door highly enough. I am person who does not mix their words and will only put my name behind recommendations unless I truly believed in what I have stated So take it from me, give nurse next door a call, you will never regret it Thank you to everyone at nurse next door for being so amazing, so accommodating friendly and totally beautiful. Most of all thank you for helping me look after my husband ❤️
Maria Taylor
I am providing feedback on behalf of a NND client currently receiving services from Nurse Next Door Ballarat receiving chronic wound management. Michelle and her team have gone above and beyond for me, ensuring I feel comfortable prior to and during all procedures. I would like to thank Michelle and her team for providing an exceptional service. My wounds are improving each day thanks to Michelle and her skilled team. Noelene
Kymberly Rita Hartup
I am enormously grateful for the ongoing support which Nurse Next Door in Ballarat provides for my elderly mother. Their staff are consistently gracious, attentive and caring. Their services are professional and very competently delivered both in their home care and in their administrative arrangements. And their genuine dedication to my mother's well-being is superb.
Paul BEKIER
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Why Nurse Next Door?
Quality Home Care That’s Personal and Professional
Every Care Plan is thoughtfully crafted, and every Caregiver is meticulously chosen to meet your needs.
Quality Home Care That’s Personal and Professional
We Match You with Your Perfect Caregiver
We hand-pick the right person from our trusted team of Caregivers based on your needs, preferences and personality.
We Match You with Your Perfect Caregiver
Reliable Care with Our Attendance Monitoring System
Our activity monitoring system closely monitors every visit to ensure Caregivers arrive on time and schedules run smoothly.
Reliable Care with Our Attendance Monitoring System
Qualified & Insured Caregivers You Can Trust
Our Caregivers and Nurses are licensed, insured and highly qualified, with a minimum of two years’ experience.
Qualified & Insured Caregivers You Can Trust
We Aim to Provide You The Same Caregiver Everytime
We want you to see a familiar face every visit. Your perfect match Caregiver will learn your routines and favorite foods.
We Aim to Provide You The Same Caregiver Everytime
24/7 Live Calling Support
Speak with a real person in 30 seconds or less every time you call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
24/7 Live Calling Support
Comprehensive Care at Every Age
Our services range from elder care to daily living support for people of all ages. Quality care, regardless of age.
Comprehensive Care at Every Age
