Caroline works closely with the kitchen teams across Autumn Aged Care's Clovelly Cottage and Bentons Lodge to introduce tasty and nutritionally balanced options creating wholesome dishes based on the seasonal offerings in Victoria.
Talented seniors at a not-for-profit Mercy Health aged care home are racing to finish more than 30 knitted headbands for Perth’s Hash Houses Harriettes, who are on a mission to raise money for a range of local charities.
As we all know, Australia’s population is ageing. Currently, 3.7 million of us are aged 65 years and over — that’s about one in every seven people. And overall, Australians enjoy one of the highest life expectancies in the world.
With every challenge comes opportunity and the pandemic this year has given Opal Narrandera an opportunity to extend the way residents connect with their families and community. The restricted access has meant visitors, volunteers, and contractors are unable to attend aged care homes, but, that doesn’t mean everything has to stop. With the support of Opal's Home Office, staff have been able to introduce calls to family and friends, for residents, through the Zoom Meeting App. Opal residents have embraced this technology and are getting great enjoyment from being able to see and talk with their loved ones.
Catholic Healthcare has announced that the construction on Stage One of the Jemalong Retirement Village in Forbes is now complete.
Medical & Aged Care Group Northern Gardens staff and residents recently enjoyed their visit from Indie the Australian Shepherd who regularly attends the home bringing lots of smiles and laughs with her.
TLC Healthcare has broken ground on their latest development in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Mordialloc. This development, located opposite Woodlands Golf Course, will incorporate a 120 place child care centre alongside a 150 place residential aged care home, community medical centre, commercial health club, swimming pool and café.
The team at Bunnings Warehouse in Belmont have helped to bring the outdoors in for residents and staff at a local not-for-profit aged care home.
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.
Bethanie, Western Australia’s most recognised not-for-profit aged care and retirement living provider is always seeking out opportunities for social contributions, driving activities which are not part of Bethanie’s core business, but contribute greatly to the wellbeing of the community.
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