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Palliative Care Support

“The end of life deserves as much beauty, care and respect as the beginning.” - Anonymous It's National Palliative Care Week and the theme for 2022 is 'It’s your…

22nd May 2022 | 2 mins

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Better together with volunteers

‘As you grow older you find you have two hands – one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.’ – Audrey Hepburn. And that’s exactly what we see in the countless…

16th May 2022 | 2 mins

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Pet Therapy

In formal terms, pet therapy is a guided interaction between a person and a trained animal. It can also involve the animal’s handler. The purpose of pet therapy is to help someone…

11th April 2022 | 2 mins

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Personalised Care - Extraordinary Lives

Elizabeth lives at Murdoch Gardens Care Community in Perth and is an educator, author and international teacher. To establish personalised care we place great emphasise…

4th April 2022 | 2 mins

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Sale Gardens wins Aged Care Award

We’re proud to announce that Sale Gardens Care Community has won the Prime Super Employer Excellence in Aged Care Award at the Community Achievement Awards Australia in…

3rd March 2022 | 2 mins

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Making happy memories in residential aged care

Creating and celebrating moments of joy and memories is a fundamental part of life in our Care Communities. Recognising anniversaries is an important part of this. Helen…

9th February 2022 | 2 mins

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Transforming palliative care in aged care

Talking about palliative care in aged care and end of life care can be difficult but planning ahead is important. To support you as best we can when you begin these…

18th January 2022 | 3 min read

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Dementia courses

Elsie Pink has been at Berkeley Vale Care Community for three and a half years. Her husband Ern also lived at the Care Community with Elsie but passed away nearly two years…

8th December 2021 | 3 min read

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Carseldine Green's Wellness Centre opens its doors

Our new Wellness Centre at Carseldine Greens Care Community officially opened its doors last week, welcoming all who wish to participate in our wellness program. Jeremy…

12th November 2021 | 3 min read

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Social Impact Report 2020

We are immensely proud of the role Opal plays in our society, not only in caring for older Australians but also in providing valuable social support for the wider…

15th April 2021 | 4 min

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Wallarah Point Care Community in Toukley welcomes first residents

On Monday we opened our doors at Wallarah Point Care Community in New South Wales to our first residents. Our new home is in a stunning location in Toukley, capturing sweeping…

18th November 2020 | 6 mins

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Statement following ABC 7.30 programme

The ABC 7.30 program last night carried a story that mentioned Opal Aged Care and our former CEO, who left the organisation almost three years ago. In 2017, Opal Aged Care…

3rd November 2020 | 3 mins

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Journey to Client Services Officer

Moving into aged care can be overwhelming for many individuals. As our Client Services Officer, Pritpal helps our residents to transition from the hospital or home into aged care…

28th September 2020 | 4 mins

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Treeby Parklands Care Community team welcomes first residents

Today our team warmly welcomed our first residents to our brand new Treeby Parklands Care Community in Western Australia. Our beautiful new home has been designed to create…

14th September 2020 | 6 mins

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Construction begins on Applecross Shore Care Community

We are delighted to have celebrated a major milestone with our community partners in Perth, with the turning of the first sod marking the start of construction of our newest…

1st September 2020 | 4 mins

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Meadowbank Grove Care Community welcomes first residents

We are delighted to announce that Meadowbank Grove Care Community’s first residents have been warmly welcomed into their new home, marking an important milestone for aged care…

20th July 2020 | 4 mins

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Visitor arrangement update: Tuesday 23 June 2020

We understand how important visits from family and friends are to our residents and we welcome the opportunity to enable more flexibility for visitors as the broader community…

23rd June 2020 | 2 mins

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A purposeful career as a Lifestyle Officer

Valli was inspired to work in aged care as a Lifestyle Officer. Through her role, she facilitates social, psychological, recreational, cultural, and spiritual wellbeing activities…

15th June 2020 | 4 mins

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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 | 3 mins

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Training in aged care

At Opal HealthCare we believe companies don’t succeed, people do. Inspired by our purpose to bring joy to those we care for, we’re delighted to launch the Opal HealthCare…

16th December 2021 | 3 min read

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Caring for our carers – R U OK?

Asking anyone who works in the front-line of healthcare ‘R U OK?’ is more important now than ever. Because asking them R U OK? is about taking care of our carers. Among a…

9th September 2021 | 3 mins

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Aged care team day 2021

Aged Care Team Day is an opportunity to publicly recognise and thank our extraordinary team for their dedication, kindness and care they give to our residents every day.…

5th August 2021 | 4 mins

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Senior leadership roles available in WA

A Regional General Manager (RGM) role within aged care is a uniquely rewarding career and Opal HealthCare is a hugely supportive environment in which to make the move.…

16th March 2021 | 4 mins

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Regional Manager is a uniquely rewarding career

Edwina Caesar is Opal HealthCare’s Regional General Manager in Queensland, where she is responsible for ten care communities. Her career in Australia began 25 years ago when…

8th March 2021 | 6 mins

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CareerTrackers paves the way for Indigenous youth

We are proud to be partnered with CareerTrackers as they drive career development opportunities for young Indigenous people in Australia. Kim, who joined our Opal family in…

10th February 2021 | 4 min

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Chef delights in Aged Care

Many chefs have a signature dish. For Samira, our head chef at Quakers Hillside, that special dish is baklava. Samira says that baking the decadent Middle Eastern treat…

19th January 2021 | 6 mins

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R U OK initiatives - Take care of yourself

Taking care of yourself is not selfish but rather puts you in a better place to take care of others – which is what we do at Opal. We need to be in the best possible position to…

10th September 2020 | 3 mins

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