Western District Respite Service

About Western District Respite Service

To be eligible for service people must reside in Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Cobar, Warren, Narromine, or Walgett LGAs, or the Unincorporated Area, and must have a physical, intellectual, sensory, psychiatric or acquired brain injury or a combination of any of these, where the disability is permanent or likely to be permanent, and has resulted in a substantially reduced capacity for learning, communication or mobility. For Walgett LGA residents only this service is also available to people who are frail aged, and supported by an unpaid carer. Respite is encouraged to be planned, where possible, in advance. It can involve *in-home respite, *overnight care, *caring for a person with a disability on a family outing, *community access, *social and recreational, *living skills or *holiday care. A Respite House was opened in May 2003 at 124 Bogan Street Nyngan to provide Respite care for a maximum of 2 people at a time