Home care
In Home Respite Care, Overnight & 24/7 Support — Gold Coast, Brisbane & Northern NSW
In home respite care gives family carers a genuine break while the person they care for stays safely at home. Loving Hands Care provides planned and emergency respite, overnight sleepovers and full 24/7 rosters across the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Northern NSW.
- Planned, regular or emergency respite from two hours to several weeks
- Overnight sleepover and active night shifts
- 24/7 rotating rosters and live-in support
- Consistent, matched workers who learn the routine
Servicing Gold Coast, Brisbane, North East NSW.
- Respite booked from two-hour blocks upwards
- 2 hrs+Respite booked from two-hour blocks upwards
- Sleepover and active night shifts available
- OvernightSleepover and active night shifts available
- Around-the-clock rosters and live-in care
- 24/7Around-the-clock rosters and live-in care
- Gold Coast, Brisbane and Northern NSW
- 3 regionsGold Coast, Brisbane and Northern NSW
What's included
Respite, overnight and around-the-clock care we provide
Short-term home care that keeps daily routines intact and gives family carers time to recover, work or travel with confidence.
Planned in-home respite
Regular weekly or fortnightly blocks so carers can rely on protected time for appointments, work or rest.
Emergency respite
Short-notice cover when a carer is unwell, hospitalised or called away, subject to worker availability.
Overnight sleepover shifts
A worker stays overnight, rests on site and responds to toileting, falls or night-time confusion.
Active night care
An awake worker for people needing frequent repositioning, continence care or close supervision.
24/7 rotating rosters
Multiple workers scheduled across day, evening and night so care never lapses between shifts.
Live-in support
Continuous in-home support during a family holiday, a carer's own recovery or a period of decline.
Dementia-aware respite
Familiar routines, calm redirection and consistent faces to reduce agitation and sundowning.
Carer handover and notes
Written handover on meals, medications, sleep and mood so family carers return to a clear picture.
Overnight & 24/7
Safe nights at home, without a family member on watch
Nights are where most home care arrangements break down. Falls on the way to the bathroom, missed pain relief, wandering, breathlessness and disrupted sleep all peak overnight — and a family carer who has not slept properly in weeks cannot keep covering it safely.
We roster overnight support two ways. A sleepover shift suits households where the person settles reliably but needs someone there in case of a fall or confusion. An active night shift suits higher clinical need — regular repositioning to protect skin, continence care, two-hourly checks or palliative symptom monitoring — with the worker awake throughout.
Where need is continuous, we build a 24/7 roster with overlapping handovers so nothing is lost between shifts, and a coordinator holds the plan. Clinical tasks such as wound dressings or complex medications are handled by our nursing team alongside the support roster.
Who it helps
When families ask us for respite care
Respite is not a failure of care. It is the thing that makes long-term caring at home sustainable.
- A spouse carer who has not had an unbroken night's sleep in months
- Adult children juggling work, their own family and daily care visits
- Carers with their own surgery, treatment or hospital admission scheduled
- Families needing cover for a wedding, funeral, holiday or interstate trip
- Households where dementia-related night waking has become unmanageable
- People needing extra supervision after a fall, illness or hospital stay
- Families trialling more support before committing to a long-term roster
Respite often pairs with personal care supports and domestic supports so the household is genuinely covered while the carer steps away — not just supervised.
Getting started
Respite arranged in four steps
1. Call our team
Call 1800 343 012 and tell us the dates, hours and level of support you need.
2. Home visit and plan
We meet at home, learn the routine and document medications, mobility and preferences.
3. Worker matching
We match a small consistent team, including night-experienced workers where required.
4. Care and handover
Support delivered as rostered, with written handover notes each shift for the family.
Other home care services
Explore other supports we deliver across Gold Coast, Brisbane, North East NSW.
Personal care supports
Showering, dressing, grooming and mobility support delivered with dignity at home.
Hospital-to-home transition care
Coordinated support for the first weeks after a hospital stay, including overnight cover.
Nursing care – wound care
Registered nurse wound assessment, dressings and healing reviews in your own home.
FAQs
In home respite care FAQs
Book in home respite, overnight or 24/7 care
Call 1800 343 012 and our team will arrange planned or emergency respite across the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Northern NSW.