Homebound Services
We provide a full range of services for all Homebound residents.
FAQs
- Cairns residents who have been confined to their homes and are unable through illness, frailty, or physical disability to visit a library branch. A Doctor's Certificate is normally required.
- No. The Homebound Service is free for those who qualify and are approved.
- Registration for the Homebound Library Service may be made over the telephone and if approved, you will be allocated a delivery date.
- To help library staff choose the most appropriate material a reader profile with your preferences will be compiled.
- Depending on where you live, deliveries are made either by a Friend of Cairns Libraries or by a member of the library team. Friends of Cairns Libraries visit Homebound clients at a mutually acceptable time, and deliveries made by Library staff are made on a fortnightly basis. Any changes to delivery times will be negotiated with Homebound clients.
- A Homebound library member may borrow up to ten items at a time, for three weeks. Loan extensions may be arranged if a reservation has not yet been placed on the material. Unavailable items can be reserved or borrowed from other libraries through the inter-library loans system. Replacement costs may be incurred for any materials not returned to the library.
- Cairns Libraries provides the same services to all Library Members. The Homebound Library Service delivers regular and large print books, magazines, and audio-visual items such as talking books, videocassettes and CDs. Please contact your library or your Friend of the library if you would like to request specific items or information.
- If you have any enquiries regarding the Homebound Service or wish to apply for registration, please contact Marina Speziale on 4044 3755.
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