aged care worker pay increase

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Aged care pay increase pledge

Opal HealthCare is committed to a 15 percent increase to award rates for its aged care team who provide direct care to residents from 1 July 2023 with the support of the…

17th April 2023

Designing buildings for residential aged care

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Designing buildings for residential aged care

How does the way we design our buildings improve the lived experience in residential aged care?  This was the subject of an Opal HealthCare Panel Discussion with…

14th April 2023

understand residential aged care

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5 Steps to begin your journey into Residential Care

Residential aged care is a life decision that few people anticipate, but which ultimately many older Australians either choose or need. This means that when faced with the…

1st March 2023

Residential care

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Moving into residential care

Moving house is known to be one of life’s biggest stressors – no matter what age or stage we’re at. Moving into residential care is no different. Fortunately, there are ways to…

12th December 2022

Glenmore Park

Care Community stories

Glenmore Park welcomes first residents

Glenmore Park Care Community, located in Western Sydney, opened its doors today and welcomed our first six residents. A beautiful Care Community set within parklands…

20th September 2022

Nursing Reform

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Fulltime nursing reform welcome

Opal HealthCare supports proposed reforms to the aged care system that aim to improve sub-acute care for older Australians. The Australian Parliament is currently debating…

9th September 2022

Wellness Centre

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Wellness Centre Kawana Waters- Iain Powell

When Iain moved into Kawana Waters Care Community two years ago, he was restricted to a wheel chair and was not able to mobilise on his own. Iain decided to join our in-house…

11th August 2022

Aged care reform

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Aged care reform welcome

Opal HealthCare today welcomed the introduction of a suite of aged care reforms into the Federal Parliament, and urged MPs to pass the proposed legislation into law as soon as…

27th July 2022

International Nurses Day

Care Community stories

Recognising aged care nurses on International Nurses Day

For our nurses and carers, caring for our residents is far more than a job, it’s a vocation. International Nurses Day is an opportunity to recognise their expertise,…

10th May 2022