Mikkel is happier, healthier and motivated to enjoy life. About 9 years ago, Mikkel Blignault emerged from high-risk surgery for a brain tumour, unable to talk or move his arms or legs, or even swallow food. At the same time, doctors also confirmed Mikkel had Huntington’s disease—a genetic disorder, which would progressively impact his mobility, his memory and his moods.

Introducing Adelaide's Allied Health Expo by sacare. He role of Allied Health is essential and life changing for the disability community. Supporting individuals and families with therapeutic care and strategies are key to creating an outstanding quality of life. Adelaide’s Allied Health sector in Adelaide is diverse, exciting, and dynamic.

Achievable new year goals to set and how to make them happen. It’s a new year, which means that some of you may be wanting to set new goals that will improve your life and make you feel happier and healthier. Our THRIVE coordinator and qualified Diversional Therapist Emily Woolford assists THRIVE participants to achieve their meaningful goals through our Peer Goal Mentoring service.

"A year of exciting developments and initiatives for sacare"​ - A Quarterly Review from sacare's CEO Chloe Kempe. This year has certainly been a year of exciting new initiatives and developments for sacare. The highlight so far has been hosting the Carer’s Lounge at the Royal Adelaide Show. To witness first-hand the impact on families, carers, and participants in providing them a sensory space, feeding and equipment cleaning area, and a private, comfortable setting for complex changes motivates us to continue to push for change in public spaces.

Say Hi To Stacy Mckenzie - General Manager of Growth & Partnerships For our next episode of "Meet The Team", it's time to say hi to Stacy Mckenzie, our General Manager of Growth & Partnerships! With years of professional experience in healthcare, business development & growth, Human Resources and wellness initiatives, Stacy is sacares’ warm and vibrant General Manager of Growth and Partnerships.

Adelaide's first SDA Expo 1st December 2022 hosted by SACARE We're excited to be hosting Adelaide's First SDA Expo on 1st December 2022. The SACARE SDA Expo brings together under one roof, the latest Specialist Disability Accommodation providers in Adelaide to connect with house-hunters and services alike. The expo is a chance for providers to showcase their accommodations as well as network with people looking for a new home. The best part is that the expo is completely FREE for both exhibitors (SDA Providers) and attendees.

SACARE’S Carers Lounge driving inclusion to 2022 VALO Adelaide 500! A green light for the special needs community. We are proudly bringing back our ‘Carers Lounge’ at this year’s VALO Adelaide 500. Here to refuel you on your racing day… The VALO Adelaide 500 is one of the biggest events of the year for South Australians. With world renowned artists, action packed events, and the famous Repco Supercars Championship, the roar of the engines and excited crowds may get a little overwhelming.

What is Occupational Therapy? It’s now at SACARE! SACARE has introduced Occupational Therapy to support our clients in achieving functional and meaningful goals. SACARE’s Therapy Clinicians and Assistants work inclusively with its participants and the people in their life, including families, friends and individual support coordinators to help them to support your goals and outcomes.

Top 4 Things That Make a Great Support Worker. Looking for a support worker for you or your family? Here are our top tips for things to look out for! Support workers are an important role in the life of a person who is living with a disability, so finding a great one is gold. Whether you’re looking for yourself or for a loved one, you want to find the right fit. Be it In-home Care or Supported Independent Living, the support worker will become a part of everyday function and will have a unique relationship with their person.

SACARE's Concierge Care - An exciting new model of care. Introducing SACARE’s exciting new model of care - Concierge Care. Unique, innovative and dedicated support to live with independence and confidence.

SACARE’s THRIVE Therapy Services launch to provide a progressive and holistic approach to allied health. SACARE, leading SA disability care provider, has launched THRIVE Therapy Services in August 2020. Since the launch of the award-winning THRIVE Program in 2018, SACARE has spent a considerable investment to identify areas of improvement for a therapy service that uniquely addresses the needs of people living with disabilities..

Adelaide’s exciting ‘comfort lounge’ for carers at the Royal Adelaide Show presented by sacare! A special space for special needs. Our exciting ‘Carers Lounge’ for carers at the Royal Adelaide Show. South Australia’s disability community receives the ultimate show experience! The hustle and bustle of the Adelaide Show is exciting and, at times, overwhelming. For our community with sensory sensitivities or complex medical needs, it may be too much for some. The challenges faced navigating the Show with wheelchairs, finding a hygienic space to administer medications or special feeding requirements meant for some of our community, sometimes, the easier option may be to just stay at home.

What we can all learn from the Paralympics. As the 2022 Winter Paralympics has just finished, I have been reflecting on all the amazing achievements made by all the athletes.

SACARE have now partnered with ONCALL Group Australia 'It Just Makes Sense.' In exciting news, SACARE have now partnered with ONCALL Group Australia! ONCALL Group Australia is a leading provider of supports for children, young people, and adults with disability through a range of funded services that enable quality living at home and in the community.

It's been a stellar year at sacare with growth, success and new initiatives. A large part of this is because of our innovative Leadership Team. ⭐️ We've created a "Meet our Team" series - starting with our Leadership Team - where you can read more about our sacare superstars.

How You Can Look After Your Mental Health This Winter

Alice’s Top Tips For Mental Health This Winter Winter can feel long, dreary, and cold! There is even an actual diagnosis for the winter blues called SAD! Seasonal Affective Disorder. So it’s super important during the winter months to take care of our mental health. Our resident blogger Alice has taken some time to share her 5 top tips with us to support your mental health this winter.

What is a NDIS Support Coordinator? Recently we had a fantastic week at the two biggest disability expos in Adelaide, KYD-X and Disability, Ageing and Lifestyle Expo, not only did we meet some potential new SACARE participants but we met with some very passionate Support Coordinators too. So, we thought we’d share a guest blog post from a Support Coordinator who has been tremendously helpful by referring NDIS participants to SACARE, her name is Laura Morris and she has just launched her new business “Abilities SA”. Some of you may be wondering what a role of a Support Coordinator looks like, so we asked the fabulous Laura herself!

How to Live an Environmentally Friendly Life When You Have a Disability. Taking care of our beloved Earth and its environment is a mission for everyone. We can start to help save the Earth by changing little things in our daily life to be eco-friendly. Alice Waterman has been thinking about this a lot lately, and has done some research!

Planning A Day Trip For Someone With A Disability: Alice Waterman’s Top Tips. The weather in Adelaide has warmed up and we're moving into the best time of the year to get out and do things. One of the best things to do is plan a full day out and see a new part of the local world around you. If you're from Adelaide and looking for local wheelchair accessible activities to get up to this summer, have a look at this list we put together of our top local activities!

SACARE's Victor Hub Open Day! SACARE’s excited to be joining the beautiful Fleurieu community of Victor Harbor and we would love to invite you along to the opening day of our new Disability Support Services Hub. If you or a family member are living with a disability and want access to the latest services and support for you and your community, come and join us on Wednesday 6th April 2022.