Caring for someone you love, day in and day out, takes a toll even when it’s done willingly. Prime 1 Care provides respite services across Melbourne so carers get genuine breathing room, whether that’s a few hours to run errands or a longer stretch to properly rest, while the person they support keeps receiving attentive, familiar care.
Respite is short-term, temporary care that steps in for a regular carer. It might mean a support worker calling in for an afternoon, an overnight stay, or a longer break spanning days or weeks. Whatever the timeframe, the goal is the same: your loved one stays safe, comfortable, and well looked after while you step back.
This applies whether the person you support lives with disability, a chronic illness, age-related frailty, or any combination of support needs.
A carer comes to you, assisting with personal care, meals, mobility, or simply company, for a few hours or overnight, whatever suits.
Structured day programs offering social interaction and light support, giving your loved one stimulation and connection while you take time for yourself.
For situations needing more intensive support or a longer carer break, this covers full daily support, meals, personal care, and supervision in a residential setting.
When a carer is suddenly unwell or unavailable, we can step in quickly to keep support continuous while things stabilise.
Respite tends to help:
Respite isn’t just logistics, it changes outcomes for both people involved. Carers get genuine physical and emotional recovery time. Care recipients get uninterrupted, professional support plus a change of scenery and social contact. And because everything is built around your schedule, from a single afternoon to several weeks, you’re never locked into a rigid structure that doesn’t fit your life.
Reaching out is the first step. Tell us about your situation, and we’ll walk you through funding options (NDIS, Home Care Packages, or private arrangements) and help shape a respite plan around what you and your loved one actually need. Get in touch and we’ll take it from there.
It depends on the plan, but commonly includes personal care, meal support, mobility assistance, companionship, light household tasks, medication support, and nursing input for more complex needs.
No fixed rule; it can be a single afternoon or extend to several weeks, depending on what's funded and what the situation calls for.
Not at all. We support people of any age, including children and adults with disability or chronic illness, alongside older Australians.
We offer emergency respite for exactly this kind of situation, where a carer becomes unavailable suddenly.
We try to keep continuity where we can, matching familiar carers to reduce disruption, since we know unfamiliar faces can be unsettling for some care recipients.
Get in touch with our team, we'll talk through your circumstances, explain what funding might apply, and build a respite arrangement around your needs.