Restorative care that helps you rebuild strength and confidence
Feel more steady day to day, with support focused on getting you back to doing more.
We provide in-home restorative care for older people, people with disability, and anyone recovering at home - from goal-based support and mobility assistance to helping you regain independence after illness or injury.
What is restorative care and how does DANS do it differently?
Restorative care usually involves clinical oversight from our registered nurses, who support you through recovery after surgery, so you heal quickly and stay comfortable. Whether you've just come home from hospital or had unexpected surgery, our team helps with mobility, medications and day-to-day support around the home while you get back on your feet.
We help you recover sooner, and stay comfortable doing it.
What does our restorative care include?
Our focus is recovery: helping you get back to yourself sooner, and keeping you comfortable along the way. Here's our approach and some of the things we help with:
Wound care and recovery monitoring
- Support with dressings, wound observation and post-surgical recovery needs
- Monitoring for changes that may require further medical attention
- Supporting healing in line with discharge instructions and your care plan
Medication and pain management support
- Assistance maintaining medication routines after surgery
- Support managing changing prescriptions and recovery plans
- Assessment of pain and monitoring effectiveness of pain medication
Personal care during recovery
- Assistance with showering, dressing and mobility while strength returns
- Help with everyday routines when movement may be limited
- Support individual needs and ensure comfort is maintained during the recovery period
Mobility and rehabilitation support
- Assistance moving safely around the home following surgery
- Helping reduce fall risks during periods of limited mobility
- Encouragement and practical support as confidence improves
Domestic assistance and meal support
- Help with light household tasks while recovering
- Meal preparation and practical day-to-day assistance
- Supporting rest and recovery while reducing unnecessary strain
Nursing support for more complex post-surgery recoveries
- Registered nurse involvement where additional clinical oversight is needed
- Support for more complex surgeries or ongoing recovery concerns
- Coordination with doctors, specialists and rehabilitation teams
Flexible short-term recovery support
- Temporary assistance during early recovery stages
- Support that can increase or reduce as recovery progresses
- Care tailored around your surgery, goals and schedule
Our services are grouped into broader pricing categories, so the pricing label below may not exactly match the name of this service. What you pay will depend on your funding pathway and any applicable subsidies or contributions.
Nursing care - registered nurse
Personal care
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Questions about in home care, funding, and getting started? We've answered the ones we hear most.
What is restorative care?
Restorative care is short-term support that helps you rebuild strength, confidence and daily skills after a setback - so you can keep doing things for yourself rather than have everything done for you. Under Support at Home, restorative care can be funded for up to 12 weeks.
Who can benefit from restorative care?
People recovering from illness, surgery, a fall or a hospital stay, and anyone whose confidence at home has slipped. It suits people who want to regain independence rather than move straight to ongoing care.
Is restorative care about independence?
Yes. The goal is to step support down over time, not up. Care workers help you practise everyday tasks safely, progress is reviewed against your goals, and the plan finishes when you have regained what you set out to recover.
Still have questions?
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Ready to get started?
We’d be happy to speak with you. Contact us for a free care assessment, or simply have a chat with our team to ask questions and understand your options.
