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Set in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs in leafy Myrtle Bank, Southern Cross Care offers a warm and inviting retirement living community called Heritage Apartments. This vibrant community within the Lourdes Valley precinct is close to everything you need, including an array of shopping centres, medical facilities, cafés, restaurants and public transport at your door step.
Representing wonderful value, these apartments have undergone stunning refurbishments and include features such as European kitchen appliances, reverse cycle air-conditioning for year round comfort, built-in wardrobes, new flooring and modern lighting, all while maintaining the heritage charm. Car parking is also available. As a lovely added bonus, there is a beautiful historical Chapel onsite, offering regular services.
As an extension to your new home, you will have full access to wonderful onsite facilities and amenities within the Lourdes Valley precinct, including delicious meals available at The Waterford Crystal Café, a gym, spa, theatre and library. In addition, next door at Carmelite, you also have access to The Bowler Family Café, and the Community Health & Wellness Centre where we encourage you to make use of our professional community services. If you are recovering from an illness or injury, or just want to live a more active life, our therapy and fitness classes, and one-on-one allied health services could be perfect for you. We also offer a range of Home Support services tailored to meet your needs.
If you enjoy the outdoors, Heritage Apartments is within easy walking distance of Ridge Park which has a wonderful playground for the grandchildren, and green spaces for the whole family - including pets - to enjoy. With like-minded neighbours and help at hand when you need it, Heritage Apartments is a better place to start the next phase of your retirement journey.
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Leading aged care provider, Southern Cross Care (Vic) once again threw its weight behind White Ribbon Day, with staff and office locations across Victoria taking an active role to raise awareness on the prevention of domestic and family violence. Among the various initiatives planned were workplace morning or afternoon teas, and ‘Wear White to Work’ day.
Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart blessed the Southern Cross Care (Vic) Support Services Office in Hughesdale, Melbourne, on Thursday 7 September to acknowledge the shared mission the organisation is embarking on with Mercy Health.
A violence prevention program by Southern Cross Care (Vic) and the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) has been given a boost, thanks to a grant from the Victorian Government through the Community Partnerships for Primary Prevention Program.
For the past 12 months, Wayne Hughes has been a familiar face at Ave Maria Village, an idyllic aged care home located in Shepparton, north of Melbourne.
For many older people, home is where the heart is and living the best life may simply mean living at home for as long as possible. And with the right support, this is possible, said Kitty Smutny who has been a full-time carer for her husband for the past four years.
For older people living in the southern metropolitan region of Melbourne, they can now take advantage of a unique home-based dementia advisory service which is delivered in the comfort of their own home.
Mercy Health and Southern Cross Care Victoria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore a possible merger and work together to ensure the quality and consistent care of the people they serve, now and into the future.
Leading aged care provider, Southern Cross Care (Vic), is launching a three-year dementia strategic plan to respond to the challenges of dementia which is today, the single biggest health issue facing older people in Australia.
The roar of motorcycles could be heard miles away even before they arrived at Southern Cross Care Lynbrook aged care home.
Southern Cross Care (Vic), a leading aged care and community services provider has won the Organisation Award at the 2016 ACSA Victoria Aged Care Awards.
Community service is in the Leonard family DNA. Like their connection to aged care provider Southern Cross Care (Vic), it has been a warm, positive thread throughout their lives for more than 40 years.
A photograph, a keepsake, a song or even a whiff of perfume – these are among the many sensory cues that can bring back an old memory.
Cutting an impressive sight in the heart of vibrant suburban Dandenong is leading aged care provider Southern Cross Care (Vic)’s showpiece aged care home, Southern Cross Care Dandenong.
Leading aged care provider Southern Cross Care (Vic) has successfully been accredited as a ‘White Ribbon Workplace’, for taking active steps to prevent and respond to men’s violence against women.
Ask Wally O’Meara what gives him great satisfaction in life and he would tell you it is helping people and giving back to the community. Wally volunteers at Southern Cross Care Dandenong aged care home, a role he has proudly devoted his time to for the past fifteen years. At 93, Wally is Southern Cross Care (Vic)’s second oldest volunteer.
Employees of a leading aged care provider in Victoria are now entitled to special paid leave to seek help, if they are experiencing domestic or family violence at home.
The chairman of the board of directors of Southern Cross Care Victoria, Greg van Mourik, has announced the early retirement of a “passionate and transformational leader”, long-serving chief executive officer Jan Horsnell.
Following a public tender process, leading aged care provider Southern Cross Care (Vic) is taking over management of Kingston Council’s three residential aged care homes and the independently operated Mordialloc Community Nursing Home, commencing late February 2016.
When Carole Johnson was hit by several severe strokes sixteen years ago, her husband Bill took on the responsibility of caring for her. In 2011, Carole took up a Home Care Package with aged care provider Southern Cross Care (Vic) to provide her with more support.
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