What is Extra or Convalescent Care?

Extra and convalescent care means a short term stay. You or an elderly relative or friend may need respite or convalescent care following

• Surgery, illness or injury
• A hospital stay, and you’re not quite ready to manage at home
• Your carer needs to take a break
• Your carer or family are taking a holiday
• You need time to regain your strength and confidence

What are Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments?

Classic Residences Serviced Apartments provide you with peace of mind that your mother or father is living in an elegant but safe, secure and friendly environment. Accommodation is apartment style living that is purpose built and designed to make living easier than in the family home while still providing for independence, privacy, and freedom of choice. One and two bedroom apartments are available in which we are able to deliver services such as housekeeping, meals and medication. Assistance with showering can be arranged.

Assistance can be arranged at any time by ringing a staff member directly or in an emergency pressing a 24-hour emergency call button or pendent - this is answered by staff who work within the building.  We have regular staff so your parent and our staff have a good understanding of needs and expectations. All our staff are qualified in providing care services as well as being trained in first aid and CPR. All staff are police checked and hand picked for their care skills, friendly dispositions and respect for elders.

You can be assured you are in the best of care at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments. Care Managers on duty 24 hours a day offering medication management and monitoring. Personal care is available; as are visits from health professionals including doctors, physiotherapists, massage therapists, podiatrists and optometrists. Families and carers can visit at anytime, or keep in touch by phone.

Guests at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments can also use the Club Classic facilities including the wellness centre, gym, spa, heated pool, walking tracks, beauty salon, billiard room, craft room, workshop, theatrette,library, and business centre.

We pride ourselves in providing the best possible services and are always reviewing our services and standards through our Continuous Improvement program. We are fully accredited with Retirement Villages Australia.

For a comprehensive list of facilities and activities, see lifestyle.

Are you one of the sandwich generation?

It is estimated that in nearly one out of every four households, the family takes an active role in caring for an elderly loved one. The number of families involved in caregiving has increased in the past ten years.

Typically the primary caregiver is a married woman. She holds down a job and looks after a family and puts in another 18 hours a week caring for a parent, or parent-in-law who lives nearby. Referred to as the "sandwich generation," 35 percent of these women provide care for both an ageing relative and a child under the age of 15. The pressures of caregiving can be debilitating, both physically and emotionally. Without respite, a caregiver can become frustrated, exhausted, isolated and depressed.

Respite at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments

Our respite package at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments is the perfect solution for primary caregivers. It allows you to take a break, pursue abandoned projects, or just relax without worry. During a stay at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments your loved one can take part in activities and use the facilities at Club Classic and also enjoy companionship while still receiving needed care. In addition to giving caregivers a break, respite also allows people who maybe considering a move to the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments an opportunity to "try us out."

"Respite care means my mother gets a holiday and so do we. I can now spend a summer break with the family without rushing back to Melbourne every second day to check on mum. She is in the best of care at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments, and we’re all a lot happier."

"I am not as fit as I was ten years ago, and caring for my mother who is in her 80s, is very time consuming. I would like to see more of my grandchildren but find there isn’t enough time between running to the doctors with mum and making sure sheis eating correctly. I needed help. I spoke to the Care Manager at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments and she suggested a short term stay for mum. the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments is just like a resort hotel, and mum loves her stays and I have more time with the grandkids."

What exceptional value!

A full service package starts from $125 per day. Some health funds will cover the cost of respite or convalescent care if it is an alternative to staying in hospital.

Respite care full service package includes:

• Three meals a day in our restaurant plus morning and afternoon tea.
• Daily housekeeping 5 days a week
• Weekly linen laundering, with all linen provided by the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments
• The security of 24 hour care monitoring service.
• Use of all Club Classic facilities and services including the beauty salon, gym, pool, library, business centre, card room and art and craft room.
• Rubbish removal

Respite and convalescent care at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments is tailor-made to deliver so much more.

"When dad had his recent operation we knew he wasn’t ready to manage at home, so we decided to try out respite at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments. Dad loved it. He even tried out the gym and started playing snooker again in the billiard room. Dad has booked in for another short stay when the family is away over Easter."

Talk to us today
Phone 03 9599 2222, or visit Rob taylor our Manager or our consultants, Pam Phipps and Julie-Anne Williams at the Classic Residences Brighton Serviced Apartments.
1 Brewer Road Brighton East.
www.becton.com.au
email: info@becton.com.au