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Opal Healthcare provides specialist aged care services for a range of needs including dementia and respite care.
The clinical care of their residents is their number one priority they also focus on the lifestyle and hospitality programs they provide.
They have partnered up with Dementia Australia to train all of their employees on the fundamentals of exceptional dementia care.
Opal Healthcare aims to provide a friendly and inviting home for each of their residents and families. Each aged care home has strong ties to the local community helping residents to achieve a better quality of life, well-being and independence.
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BlueCross Group has officially merged with Opal HealthCare, one of Australia's leading aged care providers. This union brings together two esteemed organisations, enhancing Opal HealthCare's ability to offer comprehensive care across 133 Care Communities in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia. With this expansion, Opal HealthCare now boasts a team of 17,000 dedicated professionals caring for over 12,000 residents and clients.
In approximately June this year and subject to regulatory approvals, ownership of BlueCross’ 31 Aged Care Residences and its Home Care services will be transferred to Opal HealthCare.
Opal HealthCare has welcomed the Albanese Government’s announcement today to give a pay increase to more than 250,000 people who work in aged care. The increase affects award wages for those who provide direct care.
For as long as he can remember, Gary has been creating art. From murals and landscapes to wildlife, he is inspired by anything to do with nature. Now living at Narrandera Homestead Care Community in regional NSW, Gary has become the home’s ‘resident artist’ and is sharing his passion with fellow residents and friends.
In what could be Australia’s longest romance, Daphne and John Patridge’s 80 years of marriage is a rare and special feat of love, dance and longevity.
When Chef Deb at Tweed River Care Community wanted to expand their popular Cooking Club to involve residents, team and the greater Tweed Heads community, she considered the two ingredients proven to bring aged care residents joy - cooking and animals.
Aveo has formed a strategic partnership with Opal HealthCare to build out its commitment to providing a holistic continuum of care for their customers based on their needs.
At Opal Healthcare's Norah Head Care Community, lifestyle coordinator Allison enjoyed a very special friendship with her wonderful meaningful mate, Norma.
The theme of this year's National Reconciliation Week - 'More than a word. Reconciliation takes action' - resonates with the team at Opal Healthcare. One of the ways Opal are taking action is through their partnership with CareerTrackers, where Opal welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interns into Opal's teams to support their tertiary studies and future careers with practical ‘in place’ learning.
Most pet owners will agree that animal interaction can improve physical, mental and social wellbeing. Many Opal HealthCare Care Communities regularly welcome animal visitors to spend quality time with residents. So why are animals so effective in residential aged care?
It is natural to want to live in a place where you feel safe and included. By enhancing the indoor and outdoor living spaces in their care communities, Opal Healthcare are creating homely environments where residents can more actively engage in their interests as and when they choose.
We all agree that 2020 has been a year like no other, full of unique challenges and circumstances that none of us could have imagined possible. It has also been a year where Opal Healthcare's care communities have seen the power of the human spirit rise to meet those challenges in the most extraordinary ways.
The Sale Show in Gippsland, Victoria is an event locals look forward to every November and when Opal Healthcare’s Sale Gardens Care Community residents found out the event was cancelled this year due to COVID, they took matters into their own hands by running their own show.
Last month, Opal welcomed the very first residents to its brand new Wallarah Point Care Community in New South Wales. The new home is in a stunning location in Toukley, capturing sweeping views of the lakes and nearby beaches.
A simple idea has transformed the daily lives of residents at Opal’s Alfred Cove Care Community, where a resident-run supermarket, known as the OGA, has become a thriving hub for shopping and socialising.
Honouring and respecting the cultural diversity, heritage, languages, values and beliefs of residents and team members is incredibly important in Opal's aged care communities.
Betty came to live at Opal Bairnsdale in 2017 for respite care after knee replacement surgery didn’t go to plan. One of Opal's team members met Betty at the Bairnsdale Regional Health Service to explain the benefits of respite care and help her on her rehab journey.
The importance of exercise in managing Parkinson's' has been evident in Dieter's ability to alleviate his symptoms at Opal Carine’s wellness centre. Dieter has been living with Parkinson’s disease for more than 10 years but he has never been one to let the diagnosis define him.
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.
A legend of the Australian Football League (AFL) and Opal By the Bay resident, Roly Caird recently chalked up an admirable personal milestone, celebrating his 100th birthday.
Cristine is currently a Care Manager at one of Opal Aged Care's newer homes and has been with Opal for six years in three different Opal homes. Starting off as a Registered nurse, Cristine was promoted to a Clinical Nurse Educator and then to a Care Manager.
Nurturing our relationships with family and friends is as important as ever and is at the heart of Opal Aged Care's approach to care. Throughout COVID-19, residents have been sending messages of love and affection, online, by phone and through letters and postcards to keep in touch with their families and friends.
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Sydney, New South Wales
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