Auscare Day Services (ADS) is proud to deliver reliable and exceptional quality supports to our communities every day, including during these extraordinary times. We have taken extensive measures that ensure we provide support safely. We remain vigilant in our adherence to the very latest Government advice and requirements. In response to our clients and communities needs, we have increased capacity of our services, including extra focus on:
- In-Home Care
- Skill-Building
- Activities for Adults & Children
- Home & Garden Maintenance
- Short-term Accommodation / Respite
Some of the measures taken to keep our clients, staff and community safe during this time include:
- Practicing social distancing
- Increased 1:1 support offerings, so as to abide by the 2-person outdoor gathering restrictions
- Increased the robust and regular commercial cleaning of facilities & equipment
- Increased and thorough protocols around sanitation and hygiene
- Temperature testing to enhance the likelihood of early detection and the protection of the ADS community
- Self-isolation for all clients and staff who feel unwell
- Educating clients about what the Coronavirus is, as well as explaining and facilitating concepts like social distancing and increased sanitary hygiene
What you need to know:
- Wearing a facemask in public won’t help to protect you from infection
- Only wear a facemask if you are sick with symptoms that might be due to COVID-19
- Anybody can be infected. We are all at risk and COVID-19 does not discriminate between race nor gender
- COVID-19 spreads from person to person through droplet transmission such as small pieces of saliva, sneezing and coughing
- Droplets travel no more than one metre through the air
- You touch objects (e.g. door handles) and then touch your eyes, nose or mouth
- If you have a high temperature, new cough or have arrived from overseas, stay home and to avoid people for 14 days (self-isolation)
- If you have symptoms stay home and seek medical advice by:
- going to www.healthdirect.gov.au
- call the National Coronavirus Information and Triage line (1800 020 080)
- call your usual care provider