Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged Program
Assistance with care and housing for older people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Our goals are
- To resolve crisis
- To re-establish family links
- To re-establish a capacity to live independently of Specialist Homelessness Services
Services
- Support
- Crisis counselling
- Advocacy
- Emergency accommodation
- Access to other services for the elderly
- Financial counselling
Who can access the service?
Anyone who is aged 50 years and over or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander who is aged 45 years and over:
- Without any acceptable roof over their head e.g. living on the streets, under bridges, in deserted buildings etc. (absolute homelessness or sleeping rough)
- Moving between various forms of temporary or medium term shelter such as hostels, refuges, boarding houses or friends;
- Constrained to living permanently in single rooms in private boarding houses; or
- Housed without conditions of home e.g. security, safety, or adequate standards (includes squatting).
How can I access the service?
Our office is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Address: 15 McKenzie Street, Ceduna, SA 5690
Phone: (08) 8625 3810
Email: cedunaadmin@centacarecdpp.org.au
We can be contacted to deal with emergency situations 7 days a week out of hours from 7am to 7pm on 0418762513
Management
Rebecca Touhy, Operations Manager Homelessness
Email: rtouhy@centacarecdpp.org.au
Available Locations