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With less than a week to go before his first residents arrive at SummitCare Baulkham Hills, executive chef Amit Nagpal is excited to be busily putting the finishing touches to his first mouth-watering menus. He and his team of up to 15 kitchen staff will be creating a wide range of delicious freshly cooked meals at the state-of-the-art residential aged care centre.
National Carers Week takes place this week – October 15 – 21, 2017 – and is all about recognising and celebrating the amazing positive difference that Australia’s 2.7 million unpaid carers make to our families, communities and the national economy.
Norman Jones may be 86-years-old, but his years of experience have hardly dampened his hunger for adrenaline. The resident of Catholic Healthcare’s Charles O’Neill Hostel awoke hours before dawn last week, too excited to sleep, before embarking on his hot air balloon ride over the Hunter Valley – an item he has been keen to check off his bucket list from a young age.
By 2050, more than five million people will need access to aged care and according to the Productivity Commission, Australia will need almost one million aged care staff to care for all these people by that time.