Country Care closing attendant care services

I would formally like to announce it is with great sadness Country Care will cease to provide attendant care services as of June 30 2016. This decision has not been made lightly and is due to personal health issues. I would personally like to thank Clients, Care Workers and Professional Health Workers who have supported Country Care over the past 24 years.

We envisage providing this site as an information referral page in the future.

For further information please contact

other matters can be dealt with by contacting John on 0419 899 031 

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