Resources for Families – South West Compassionate Communities Network

Get to know your Neighbours and help build a connected community

How well do you know your neighbours? We have found some great resources by City of Melville, City of Gosnells, City of Albany and Neighbourhood Watch promoting meeting your neighbours. Lots of benefits for yourself and them. We’ve put together some printable cards that can be used to drop in your neighbours’ letterboxes if you don’t feel comfortable approaching them directly.

Download our Neighbours Card

Staying Healthy and Well

Regional Aged Care, WA Country Health Service | 9781 4000

MyAgedCare is the best place to start if you need to accessing Australian Government funded services to help you to stay independent and at home or need to access a residential facility.

Planning Ahead – Advance Care Planning

Advance care planning promotes care that is consistent with your goals, values, beliefs and preferences. It prepares you and others to plan for future health care and a time when you may no longer be able to communicate those decisions yourself.
It involves 4 key things:

Will (how you wish your assets to be distributed upon your death)
Enduring Power of Guardianship (who makes personal, lifestyle and treatment decisions on your behalf)
Enduring Power of Attorney (who makes financial and/or property decisions on your behalf)
Advance Health Directive (outlines treatment you would want – or not want – to receive if you ever became sick or injured and were incapable of communicating your wishes)

You can access online support and forms from

Having a conversation
Online help and tips on how to talk to others can be found at