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Honouring the past at MacKillop House
Catholic Healthcare’s newest Residential Aged Care Home, MacKillop House in Norwest, will be welcoming residents from November. As part of the commissioning MacKillop House Norwest, a local company has been sourced to install historical artworks in the Home
Oct 15 2021
A Beautiful Day Celebrating the Blessing of Villa Maria Fortitude Valley
A beautiful ceremony took place at Villa Maria Fortitude Valley Residential Aged Care to mark the Official Opening and Blessing of the Home with residents, staff, family and community members gathering to celebrate the occasion
Jun 21 2021
An Absolute Privilege - Meet Community Worker, Jenny Worley
Jenny Worley has spent over 30 years serving the Hunter region in residential aged care and the community. She is passionate about helping others and says her current role as a Community Worker with Catholic Healthcare, assisting clients to stay independent at home for as long as possible, is an absolute privilege.
Oct 06 2020
Buried in Treasure group programs
Do you have a tendency to accumulate excessive items or find it difficult to part with them? If so, you may be suffering from a Hoarding Disorder.
We will be running Buried in Treasures group programs across NSW to provide strategies and techniques that can support you to declutter and reduce acquiring.
Jan 13 2020
Forbes Jemalong Aged Peoples Association Contributes $1.25M Towards Catholic Healthcare’s Jemalong Retirement Living Village
Catholic Healthcare was delighted to receive a cheque from the former Forbes Jemalong Aged Peoples Association for $1.25 million, contributing towards the development of its Retirement Living Village in Forbes today.
Dec 10 2019
Better Brain Health
Should you routinely prescribe exercise? Can people with dementia learn new skills? Does a focus on vascular health benefit brain health? Catholic Healthcare speaks to Associate Professor David Burke, Director of Older People’s Mental Health Services at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney.
Aug 13 2019
Girls just wanna have fun
Catholic Healthcare is celebrating its 25th anniversary! Part of the celebrations is a Win a Wish competition for residents and clients across all Catholic Healthcare's services. A group of residents from St Joseph Aged Care in Hunters Hill had their wish come true - a fine dining experience at the famous Doyles seafood restaurant at Watsons Bay.
Jul 08 2019
10 Tips to Keep Healthy this Winter
Many people stop exercising and turn to comfort food high in sugar, fat or carbohydrates as winter approaches.
To stay healthy, follow these 10 expert tips from Teresa Boyce, nutritionist at The Health Whisperer, and Nicola Rosenthal, Catholic Healthcare’s Regional Manager for Home and Community Services.
Jun 18 2019
The Power of Song
Music has incredible power to affect us both emotionally and physically. Singing is proven to improve your health and wellbeing. In aged care when music therapy is used, it can help improve a resident’s mood, stimulate positive interactions with others, facilitate better brain function, and coordinate motor movements.
Apr 09 2019
Catholic Healthcare residents create Honour Garden for Mental Health Awareness
To co-incide with Mental Health Month and World Mental Health Day, Catholic Healthcare residents at Charles O’Neill Hostel and St John’s Villa have created an honour garden, which officially opened to the public on 10th October, for Newcastle’s Calvary Mater Hospital.
Oct 16 2018
Newcastle aged care home launches mental health initiative in lead up to Mental Health week
In the lead up to Way Ahead Mental Health Week in October, Catholic Healthcare’s Charles O’Neill Hostel has launched an initiative encouraging residents and community members to create and plant artificial Flannel Flowers for increased awareness of mental health.
Jul 27 2018
Aquinas Court celebrates 25 years of service
Jean Yarker can tell you all about the Aquinas Court Retirement Village. Speaking from her experience as their longest-living resident, Jean tells all about her home in Springwood on this special 25th anniversary of the village - about why she came, and why 20 years on, she "simply wouldn't live anywhere else".
Jul 11 2017
Fifty-one years of helping the homeless
The iconic Vincentian Aged Care service in East Sydney reached a proud 51 years of service this past week, celebrating their achievements in providing roofs over the heads of hundreds of residents in marginalised communities for over half a century.
Jul 02 2017
Resident celebrates 105 amazing years
IT’S a tight squeeze inside the foyer of Joseph House, one of the nine residential cottages at Holy Spirit, Croydon. The room, spacious and fit for 30-plus residents is rarely populated by so many guests at once; all bearing gifts of flowers, balloons and framed certificates of achievement.
May 18 2017
New funding provides support for Sydney’s west and the Illawarra
PEOPLE who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, will benefit from funding awarded to Catholic Healthcare under the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP).
Mar 10 2017
Transition unit welcomes residents
AGED care and mental health were the focus of a blessing in the Hunter last week, with Catholic Healthcare and Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) opening the first Mental Health Aged Care Partnership Initiative (MHACPI) transition unit in the region.
Feb 20 2017
Restorative care conference: functioning independence of the frail elderly
JOIN Catholic Healthcare and Professor Lee-Fay Low (Associate Professor in Ageing and Health in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney) to be among the first to hear the positive trends in 'Lifeful', a restorative care and reablement program.
Nov 04 2016
Villa Maria finalist in Quality Practice Award
CATHOLIC Healthcare's Villa Maria Centre at Unanderra has been announced as one of six finalists in the 2016 Meaningful Ageing Australia Quality Practice Award, which recognises innovation and excellence in the spiritual care of older people.
Aug 17 2016
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: NSW Elder Abuse Helpline launches identification and response toolkit
June 15 marks the annual, internationally recognised World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). 'It represents the one day in the year when the whole world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted to some of our older generations.' UN.org
NSW Elder Abuse Helpline launches identification and response toolkit
Jun 10 2016
Setting new goals with restorative care
Catholic Healthcare’s community services approach to health and wellness
is being embedded across its varying programs and services. In an exciting
new restorative care pilot, it is continuing to roll out its Health and Wellness
Framework and has shown what’s possible when the senior citizen is empowered
and put at the centre of a health coach guided restorative program.
May 17 2016
Work officially commences on Bathurst Redevelopment project
Tuesday March 22, 2016: Catholic Healthcare celebrated an important milestone with the commencement of construction at St Vincent’s Aged Care, Bathurst.
To mark the occasion, a sod-turning ceremony was held at Catholic Healthcare’s St Vincent’s Aged Care.
Mar 22 2016
Challenging beliefs around ageing - Restorative Care Pilot Program
When the Australian Government announced the release of Restorative Care Packages in February 2016, Catholic Community Services (CCS) commenced a pilot program named Restorative Care, which focuses on restoring quality and function to their clients’ lives.
Feb 23 2016
