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Doggy Day Care at Uniting Mayflower

on Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Moving house can be a strain on anyone, but for pooch Zach, it proved harder than most. The 11-year-old miniature Labradoodle struggled when owners Brad and Sandra Johnson moved from Canberra to Gerringong and he started getting up to mischief while his owners were at work.

Riding His Way into the Next Century

on Wednesday, February 7, 2018

It was a motorbike that brought Albert (Bert) Drury and his late wife Jean together – a marriage he describes as the “best thing I ever did”.

Caring For The Mind And The Body in Aged Care

on Tuesday, February 6, 2018

At the core of Christadelphian Aged Care is an understanding that caring goes beyond catering for physical needs, and includes the emotional and spiritual well-being of each and every resident.

The Glory of Gardening at Wesley Mission Queensland

on Tuesday, February 6, 2018

The bright, sun-flooded upstairs patio of Wesley Mission Queensland Knowles Court aged care community in Sinnamon Park is beginning to look like a jungle. Every week there are more and more pot plants covering every corner – it’s a riot of succulents, aloe vera, spider plants, and potted colour – even the occasional fern. Old Man’s Beard hangs from the upper-most branches of a rather large jade plant. Brian, a resident at Knowles Court, gestures to the jade plant as he walks out onto the patio. “That thing grows like crazy,” he says. “It’s easy to get cuttings from that and pot them up in new pots.”