Baptistcare is one of WA’s largest not-for-profit providers of residential care, at home services and retirement living, supporting individuals and communities in metro and regional areas for over 45 years.
Baptistcare’s dedicated team takes the time to get to know you beyond your health care needs, with the aim of ensuring everyone has every opportunity to live life to the full the way they want.
With 11 residential aged care homes located in Perth and the South West of Western Australia, Baptistcare caters to a wide range of care needs. Whether you need permanent residential, respite or specialised dementia-friendly accommodation, Baptistcare can support you.
Baptistcare also provides home care services in Western Australia.
The Baptistcare community is one of perpetual warmth and friendliness, with professionally trained staff available 24/7 to tend to residents’ needs.
Baptistcare’s residential aged care homes all provide the highest possible standard of care and offer a range of services, including:
The Commonwealth Government monitors care and accommodation standards in all residential aged care homes. All Baptistcare homes have been awarded the maximum three years accreditation under the Accreditation Standards as set by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
Baptistcare resident Des Gilbert (87) is among the thousands of West Aussies who have started to collect and deposit their recyclables for the Containers for Change initiative.
Residents at Baptistcare Morrison Gardens Residential Aged Care in Midland are regularly treated to exclusive performances by fellow resident Anthony DeGrys.
Former Royal Australian Regiment soldier Timothy D’Arcy (85) lined up to join the fight against COVID-19 on Wednesday March 3rd. Living at Baptistcare Bethel Residential Aged Care in Albany, Mr D’Arcy was among the first seniors in the Great Southern region to roll up his sleeve for the Pfizer vaccine.
They may be more than 12,000km from their original home of Chile, but Mariela and Erika Ramirez have found their own unique extended family in Perth. The mother and daughter, who are both Care Partners at Baptistcare Gracewood Residential Care lovingly call the 135 seniors who live in the Salter Point facility familia.
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The performing arts have always been a family affair for Eileen Frith OAM, but the former actress and director wasn’t the only one who was delighted when her great-grandchildren staged a surprise dance performance at Baptistcare Gracehaven Residential Care in Rockingham.
He may be a few months shy of his 100th birthday, but Ronald Morrison’s favourite place to be is still in his at-home workshop where he spends hours restoring vintage motorcycles.
The art of letter-writing is alive and well thanks to students from Eastern Hills Senior High School, who have finally got to meet their pen-pals from Baptistcare Yallambee Residential Care in Mundaring.
Kim Jordan had always planned to celebrate her 50th birthday with a trip home to Belfast in Northern Ireland this year. But with the global pandemic putting her international travel on hold, the Lifestyle Coordinator at Baptistcare Gracehaven Residential Care in Rockingham has decided to commemorate the milestone by completing a bucket list of 50 challenges.
Video-chat technology has been taking seniors at Baptistcare’s William Carey Court Residential Care in Busselton on an underwater adventure eight metres below the ocean’s surface.
An elite team of five-star chefs are bringing fine dining to Baptistcare residential care facilities across Perth and regional Western Australia as part of a radical new approach to cooking for aged care residents.
Bringing a sense of wonder to residents living with dementia, WA’s first Tovertafel ‘magic table’ has been set up at Baptistcare Graceford Residential Care in Byford.
After more than 10 years volunteering at Baptistcare David Buttfield Centre Residential Care in Gwelup, Bev Denko still says it’s hearing the residents’ stories that she enjoys the most.
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The search for a creative outlet has led John Wilson to follow his heart and his camera lens to produce a special calendar for the South West residential aged care facility he calls home.
Lara Armstrong has found a way to close the distance between her and her loved ones in Perth by volunteering at Baptistcare Mirrambeena Residential Care in Margaret River.
Local small business owner, Leah Endersby, believes old-fashioned soft serve ice cream is the ultimate feel good food. So, when she heard seniors at Baptistcare Gracehaven Residential Care in Rockingham couldn’t receive visitors due to COVID-19 restrictions she decided what they needed was some happiness in a cone.
Reminiscent of the hit ABC documentary Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds, more than 30 kindy students joined seniors at Baptistcare Mirrambeena Residential Care on Friday for a festive morning of song and dance, tea and cake, and big smiles.
While going to a music concert is something most people take for granted, for 72-year old paraplegic and Baptistcare Home Care customer Susan Edmonds it can be a logistically and physically challenging experience. But when the country music fan heard Australian music legend, Lee Kernaghan, would be playing at the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre in August, there was no way she was going to miss his show.
It was a happy day for all involved when a farm on wheels came to visit Baptistcare Gracewood Residential Care in Salter Point.
Music has an incredible effect on both our hearts and our minds. For seniors, particularly those living with dementia, familiar songs from times gone by can remain vivid, triggering memories in a way nothing else can.
Residents at Baptistcare Yallambee Residential Care in Mundaring were treated to a special visit from a group of baby kangaroos.
It is said it takes a village to raise a child and when it comes to two-month- old Pyper Nancy Winter, nothing could be closer to the truth. Instead of the usual number of grandparents, she has 98 adopted seniors at Baptistcare’s Gracehaven Residential Care in Rockingham doting on her.
Forming friendships with some of Busselton’s most senior residents has proved to be a rich learning experience for a group of 17-year-old Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boys from the Clontarf Foundation. The eight boys who were in the South West for a Leadership Camp spent the day at Baptistcare William Carey Court Residential Care in Busselton undertaking voluntary maintenance work and playing bingo, chatting and sharing afternoon tea with some of the elderly residents.
Projects to encourage people living with dementia to reminisce, participate and feel more connected with their Margaret River environment are now possible thanks to a $30,000 grant from Alzheimer’s WA and the Royalties for Region scheme.
Residents at Baptistcare’s William Carey Court in Busselton are now on the move in grand style thanks to a generous grant of $49,665 from Lotterywest.
In a day and age of instant gratification and an emphasis on job satisfaction, statistics show that the era of a job for life is over with the average Australian having more than 17 job changes in a lifetime.
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