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At Uniting, we believe in taking real steps to make the world a better place. We work to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
Our services are in the areas of aged care and disability, community services, and chaplaincy and we get involved in social justice and advocacy issues that impact the people we serve. As an organisation we celebrate diversity and welcome all people regardless of lifestyle choices, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Uniting is the services and advocacy arm of the Uniting Church in NSW and ACT.
We believe choice is everything.
Uniting is the largest not-for-profit provider of aged care in New South Wales and the ACT, with more than 15,000 people in our services. We offer aged care homes, independent living, care in the home and in the community, healthy living for seniors and respite care.
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Uniting NSW.ACT is calling for the federal government to urgently bring forward the planned review of aged care accommodation funding for clients who cannot cover the cost. From the November start of the new Aged Care Act, wealthier people in aged care will contribute more towards their accommodation but under the new system financially vulnerable older people are at risk of being squeezed out.
Maintaining our physical health is important at every age, and even more so as we get older. Regular exercise can improve strength, flexibility and balance, helping us to continue living safely and independently. It’s also been shown to boost mood and help prevent chronic diseases.
Uniting wins Reader’s Digest 2024 Trusted Brand Award for home care in NSW and the ACT, as voted by thousands of Australians.
Aged care residents from Uniting Annesley in Haberfield and Locke Haven in Petersham recently had their very own ‘red-carpet’ moment when they attended the premiere of a new homegrown short film, which shares scripted personal stories about living with mental illness as an older person and the importance of community.
Retired Uniting Missionary Pastor, Rev. Neville Threlfall, has been awarded one of Papua New Guinea’s highest Honours, joining other esteemed recipients such as Queen Camilla and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, by being made a Companion of the Order of the Star of Melanesia.
Uniting NSW.ACT is delighted to announce that the first group of in-house trained aged care graduates have now qualified from its inaugural Traineeship Program, offered originally across a range of Uniting’s Central Coast aged care facilities.
Uniting Annesley welcomed Studio 10 to flip, stack and waffle with residents while enjoying a delicious feast of pancakes at this year’s Pancake Day celebration. Residents and staff at the Haberfield aged care home for people living with mental illness enjoyed a variety of pancakes as well as an Elvis sing along and live cross with Channel 10 Reporter Dan Doody.
Joan Thomas celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday with a special morning tea and recognition by the local Red Cross for her service as a Red Cross nurse based in Hampshire UK then later Germany during the Second World War.
Uniting's new Upper North Shore retirement village Bowden Brae has been nominated as a finalist for the Best Retirement Village Development Award in the Retirement Living Council's 2023 Awards.
When pioneering Uniting minister Dorothy McRae-McMahon came out in 1997 at the Uniting National Church National assembly, she stood shaking and trembling with tears running down her cheeks. The announcement made national headlines and came at a time when the church was debating its position on gay clergy and McRae-McMahon was its national director for mission and an ordained minister.
Uniting NSW.ACT has welcomed a NSW Government recommendation to establish a new crisis response and early intervention service for people aged over 55 who are at risk of homelessness, similar to the ‘Home At Last’ model in Victoria.
Centenarian Renee Bartel was just 32 when Queen Elizabeth 11 made her first visit to Sydney and passed by in a motorcade on George St in 1954. This year, The Uniting Chapman Close resident celebrated her 100th birthday with fellow residents at the Dougherty Centre in Chatswood.
Uniting Epping Carinya resident John Donohoe will reveal new details about the life and death of Australian bushranger Captain Thunderbolt in his new book. Captain Thunderbolt’s Folly - The Day the Gentleman Bushranger Got Himself Killed, Donohoe’s third book, examines how Frederick Ward, a master horseman, could be run down by a single mounted policeman and shot dead.
Former World Masters squash champion Brian Sandercock, 87, is back on the court and says his love of sport has helped him recover from cancer. The Uniting Mawarra West Pennant Hills resident, who has seven children and five great grandchildren, has finished radiation therapy and is now back playing squash two nights a week and tennis two days a week.
For the past eight years Elaine Tod and Maureen Neal have worked tirelessly for months each year to sew clothes and gather toys to ship overseas to children in need. Each year the Uniting West Pennant Hills Mawarra residents rally the community to support the Samaritan's Purse international relief effort, Operation Christmas Child.
Uniting NSW.ACT will celebrate the official opening of its newest retirement living development – Uniting Nowra Symons House on Thursday 16 June.
With the transition now complete, residents and staff are praising the seamless changeover of the recently acquired Uniting NSW.ACT residential aged care home in Berry especially during the challenges of COVID -19. Uniting Berry was one of four homes across southern New South Wales purchased from Bupa six months ago, to fulfil Uniting’s growing commitment to support these communities and its people in the region.
Today Uniting opened its doors to a newly refurbished space for fitness and wellness in Beverly Hills for people over 60. The Uniting Senior Wellness Centre is a safe and supportive space for seniors and carers to socialise, exercise and relax.
Richard Crookes Constructions (RCC) the builder for Uniting's Amala aged care home in Gordon has won the Special Purpose Commercial Building category of the 2021 ACT Master Builders and Asset Construction Hire Excellence Awards.
Sarah Esplin who recently turned 105, is not your average centenarian. She's led a full life and shares her secrets to longevity. Sarah who is a resident at Uniting Farmborough aged care home in Unanderra, says the key to having lived a happy and contented life is, not worrying about the things you can't control.
An independent evaluation of Uniting's Household model by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), has concluded that the model of care increases residents’ sense of choice and control in a home-like environment.
The 8-year construction of Uniting Amala aged care home is being celebrated as an innovative model of care that aligns with recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Teacups have been clinked to celebrate Doris Wood as one of the longest serving residents at Uniting Forest Village one her 100th Birthday.
Residents at Uniting’s aged care services have become some of the first Australians to receive the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19. First in line yesterday, were residents at Uniting Mirinjani, the residential aged care service in Weston, ACT.
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