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Local Aged Care Cook Joins Maggie Beer

on Friday, September 2, 2016

Kristine Gerdtz, facility manager at Calvary Kelaston Residential Aged Care in Wendouree, couldn’t be more proud of her new recruit Lee Littlepage. Lee has only been a cook at Kelaston Residential Care for a little over three months and has just been accepted into the Maggie Beer ‘Creating an Appetite For Life’ education program.

Arcare Aged Care Olympics

on Friday, September 2, 2016

It was game, set and match at the annual Arcare Olympics on Thursday 25^th August held at the Salvation Army in Craigieburn. Residents from Arcare Craigieburn, Maidstone, Epping, Sydenham and Hillside got together for the day, a fantastic opportunity to meet with other aged care residents in the area.

New case studies show shocking impact of more than $2 billion in Federal Government aged care funding cuts on sick older people in Victoria

on Thursday, September 1, 2016

Aged care residents in Victoria will be hit hard by Federal Government funding cuts which threaten vulnerable and sick older people, Uniting AgeWell Interim Executive Director Peter Folliot said last week.

New case studies show shocking impact of more than $2 billion in Federal Government aged care funding cuts on sick older people in Victoria

People with dementia the loneliest people in Australia

on Thursday, September 1, 2016

People with dementia are almost twice as likely to have high rates of loneliness compared to the general public, a new survey has found, and people with dementia and carers are significantly more lonely than the general public.

People with dementia the loneliest people in Australia