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Resthaven Marion Community Services offers the full range of in-home support services, and a health and wellness centre, enabling you to remain living independently at home.
Trained Resthaven home support workers deliver services in your home, or at the Resthaven Marion Community Services site. With the main office located in Marion, there is also a secondary office located in Goodwood.
Services are delivered in a way that supports and respects your choices, independence, and privacy, providing peace of mind. You may choose to receive support with household tasks, home maintenance, shopping, social activities, keeping healthy, personal care and nursing care.
The range of programs available are tailored to meet the diverse needs of older adults, promoting independence, well-being, and social connection.
On Friday, 28 February, Resthaven held its 2025 Excellence Awards. The event recognised and celebrated Resthaven’s staff and volunteers, and the valuable and important work they do to contribute to the outstanding care and support of older people and their carers.
Held at the Wolf Blass Centre, Morphettville, almost 300 people attended the event, including the 80 award finalists, people who had nominated them, and special guests. Nominations for the awards were received from Resthaven residents, clients and families, as well as colleagues – with more than 1,800 nominations received.
Formal recognition programs, flexible work arrangements, increased rates of pay and additional leave entitlements are just some of the transformations Resthaven’s Executive Manager People & Culture, Sylvia Powell, has championed since joining Resthaven in 2020.
Coming on board soon after the appointment of CEO Darren Birbeck, the pair have worked together with the executive management team to boost the culture and conditions at Resthaven. They each strongly believe in workforce development and in celebrating the success of others. This International Women’s Day they are doing just that, while continuing to take steps to question unconscious bias, challenge discrimination and bring awareness to the areas where women’s equality is still a work in progress.
‘Wellness’ is a term that we hear a lot these days – and with good reason. The deliberate pursuit of activities, choices and lifestyle habits that improve our holistic health can lead to greater feelings of fulfillment and a better quality of life – something that is important at any age. Resthaven supports older people to pursue wellness, and this has been taken up a notch recently with the creation of a new position – the Community Wellness Manager.
Resthaven is proud to celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2025 with a series of events, activities and concerts to be held across all of Resthaven’s residential, community services and retirement lifestyle sites.
‘Ninety years ago, in the coastal southern suburb of Brighton, Resthaven opened its doors for the first time,’ Darren Birbeck, Resthaven CEO says. ‘Formed from the belief that older women with nowhere to live deserved charitable accommodation, members of the Methodist Church set about establishing this home.’
A piece of advice given to Resthaven Marion Community Services client Mrs Lesley Burgess when she was in her 40s was, ‘You’re never too old to learn a new skill’. Following her interests in dance and music, this is something Lesley has taken to heart.
A former employee of Resthaven, Lesley shares her birth year with Resthaven and will turn 90 in 2025. She learnt to swim when she was almost 50, took up tap dance at 43, and learnt the banjo at 65. Lesley continues to bring new skills into her life with scrapbooking, knitting, quilting and embroidery. Alongside all these achievements, Lesley says that the biggest event in her lifetime was the ‘meeting, engagement and wedding to my husband, Ray.’
After cutting the hair of Resthaven residents and clients for 45 years, Jan Beattie says it’s the relationships that matter most. A former salon owner, Jan clearly remembers the day she walked into the aged care home to enquire about work.
In late 2023, Resthaven hosted its second ‘Staying at Home in Regional South Australia’ program retreat in Stirling in the Adelaide Hills. The government-funded program focuses on enabling people living with dementia and their carer to experience quality respite care, wellbeing and engagement opportunities with targeted support.
Resthaven Marion Community Services clients have been enjoying extra support in their social groups lately, thanks to volunteer, Anusha Nadeem. In recent years, Anusha and her husband left their home in Pakistan for a new adventure in Australia.
Resthaven Marion retirement living residents, Mrs Beverley (Bev) and Mr Lawrie Warschauer, say that moving into retirement living was "the best thing we ever did." Bev explains, "Nearly four years ago, we were living in our house down at Moana, but it was so far away from everything. This is far more convenient."
Resthaven has launched a new government-funded program which aims to support older South Australians living with dementia to stay at home for as long as possible. The ‘Staying at Home in Regional South Australia’ program forms part of the Government’s response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and aims to provide vital education and support to carers whilst their loved one is cared for in the same location by experienced staff.
Puzzles are not the only reason Mrs Helene La Bonte enjoys her weekly visits from Home Support Worker, Alyson, and it’s not hard to see why! Resthaven Marion Community Services Coordinator, Monika, explains, "Alyson has been visiting Mrs Bonte every week for the past six months for social support."
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This month, Resthaven Marion Community Services social group, Men on the Move, enjoyed an unexpected day out, and certainly one for the books! For History Month, Coordinator, Monika Lyckholm, planned a visit for the group to the Port Adelaide Football Club Museum, located at The Precinct, Alberton Oval.
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Recently, Resthaven Marion Community Services were delighted to host an intergenerational visit with the Montessori Learning Centre, which Coordinator, Monika Lyckholm, says will be the "first of many."
On 16 December, the Resthaven Marion Community Services ‘Friday Club’ was treated to a visit from Santa Claus, handing out presents to all clients – both naughty and nice! Coordinator, Monika Lyckholm, says, "Santa (aka Coordinator, Chris) arrived on his walker, much to everyone’s amusement."
Recently, the Resthaven Marion Community Services ‘Friday Club’ members were delighted to enjoy a visit from two five week old lambs from Freedom Hill, a not-for-profit animal sanctuary.
On 21 April, Resthaven Marion Community Services social group, Men on the Move, joined the Noarlunga Model Railroaders Club (NMRC) for the morning, the first group to visit since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.
Staff at Resthaven Marion Community Services have been busy getting the site prepared for their new Butterfly Breeding Program, recently welcoming their first two ‘customers’!
On 21 January 2021, the Resthaven Marion Community Services ‘Men on the Move’ group enjoyed a relaxing day out at the Mount Osmond Golf Club. Therapy Assistant, Monika Lyckholm, says, "The Men on the Move group is all about creating new experiences and revisiting old ones, whilst enjoying the company of others."
The Resthaven Marion Community Services ‘Men on the Move’ Social Group recently lived up to their name, visiting the Bend Motorsport Park for a day of hot laps!
Huxley, the therapy dog of Resthaven Marion Community Services*, continues to delight clients. He first started visiting in May 2019. However, he’s not the only animal star at the site: meet ‘Stuart Little,’ or ‘Stuey,’ the ragdoll cat.
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On Friday 26 June, Resthaven Marion Community Services, at 43 Finniss Street, Marion, celebrated the return of their ‘Friday Club’ with a visit from special guest, Eddie the Labradoodle, and his human, Nick.
Over two weeks in early 2020, Resthaven Marion Community Services at 43 Finniss Street, Marion, hosted a ‘Henny Penny Hatching’ incubator, to the delight of clients visiting the centre for their wellness support.
18 month old puppy, Huxley, is bringing his own special kind of therapy to clients at Resthaven Marion Community Services.
On 14 February, Resthaven Marion Community Services clients celebrated Valentine’s Day with a ‘pamper day’ at 43 Finniss Street, Marion.
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