News & Stories
Aged Care News and Stories
We publish regular stories of joy from across our Care Communities and invite you to share in these stories, videos, insights, news and events. To us, quality aged care means supporting peoples’ physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellbeing and we share those stories here.
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News & Events
Update for our families: Friday 29 May, 2020
As restrictions begin to ease in our communities, we are carefully and gradually reintroducing some of the activities that needed to be suspended due to COVID-19. A recent survey o…
29th May 2020
Care Community stories
Purposeful partnerships through care communities
Community partnerships are invaluable to us at Opal. We believe that we can only provide the best possible care when we do so in partnership with others. We choose to work with par…
25th May 2020
Care Community stories
Jim’s Radio Show – an unexpected return to the airwaves
During Jim Fleming’s 43 year career in broadcasting, his breakfast show became something of an institution as his dulcet tones rang out across the regional Queensland airwaves each…
20th May 2020
Videos
Journey from Registered Nurse to Care Manager
Cristine is currently a Care Manager at one of our newer homes and has been with Opal HealthCare for six years in three different Opal Care Communities. Starting off as a Registere…
15th May 2020
Videos
Nurse Graduate Program
Lifelong learning begins the moment a nurse begins their career at Opal HealthCare as part of our Graduate nurse Program 2020. View this year's graduates from our 2019 inaugural pr…
11th May 2020
Care Community stories
Care Communities says Thanks for Caring
Nurturing our relationships with family and friends is as important as ever and is at the heart of our approach to care. Throughout COVID-19 our residents have been sending message…
8th May 2020
Care Community stories
Person centred care ensures genuine human connection
Human connection is vital now as much as ever. Our person-centred care fundamentally means deeply knowing our residents and acknowledging each person as an individual whose backgro…
4th May 2020
Care Community stories
The healing power of gardening
Research has shown that gardening is an activity that promotes overall health and quality of life, physical strength, fitness and flexibility, cognitive ability and socialisation. …
27th April 2020
News & Events
Easter bunny visits Kawana Waters
The Easter Bunny really knows how to make an entrance with impact on the Sunshine Coast. Kawana Waters care community received an unexpected visit that really caused a stir when An…
20th April 2020