How to use the Aged Care Guide How to use the Aged Care Guide

The information featured in this 23rd edition of the Aged Care Guide Queensland will inform you on a number of considerations when choosing accommodation and care options.

The articles up to page 124 will help you become better informed about aged care, community care and retirement living.

The Aged Care Guide also includes a comprehensive directory of residential aged care homes (see pages 133 –156); retirement accommodation (see pages 159 –160); home care packages (see pages 161 –176); and facilities or services specific to your cultural background (see pages 177 –181).

How do I find what I’m looking for?

There are a number of ways you can use the Aged Care Guide in order to find aged care homes, retirement accommodation, home care packages, products or services.

The index on page 192 can help you to find the main information topics in the book and can direct you to the different directory tables for aged care homes, retirement villages, in home care options or products/services in the back of the Guide.

Each Council District (also known as a Local Government Area or LGA) on the referenced page includes a list of suburbs with homes or villages in each suburb listed in alphabetical order.

You will find some retirement accommodation listed within the residential directory where they are co-located on the same geographical site as the aged care home.

Locality search: If you know the Council District, suburb or town, then use the cross reference index on pages 128 –130. Each of these lists are in alphabetical order and you can then refer to the page referenced.

Cultural search: If you are of non-English speaking background, or prefer to find a home or service specific to your cultural needs, refer to the multicultural listings on pages 177 –181

Searching for other services .

If you are looking for In Home Care Services, Day Therapy Centres, Centre Based Care, or other Products and Services, you can find this in grid form in the directory section from page 182 onwards.

Visit AgedCareGuide.com.au for a complete list of services available near you