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Simply Helping our seniors

Geelong Barwon Simply Helping owner Harvey Lang pursued the vocation of caring because of a carer who made his dad’s last weeks at home treasured memories.
“We were having difficulty finding carers for our parents before they passed away,” he explains.
“When we found a carer that had a connection with dad that made me realise this is what we have to do.”
The carer formed a special bond with his dad, who was fighting prostate cancer, after Harvey’s mum died 18 months before.
“His last six or seven weeks before he went into a nursing home were the best he’d had in 12 months,” Harvey says.
“That bond – that’s what I’m looking for in our carers.”
Simply Helping opened in 2010, and provides care and respite for 140 NDIS clients and their carers.
“We have now been approved for aged care packages and can provide services for clients on the Bellarine Peninsula and throughout Greater Geelong,” Harvey says.
Simply Helping’s carers can support people with a disability or the elderly with everything from shopping and appointments to maintenance and gardening.
Harvey loves his job and finds the business rewarding.
“It’s just a really good thing that our carers are going to make our client’s lives that little bit easier,” he says.
“We endeavour to match our carers with our clients needs.”

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