News & Stories

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.

At Opal HealthCare we are always striving to improve the wellbeing of the wider community by being a sustainable organisation. In our Social Impact Report, we share some of the many things we do to realise a more prosperous future for our people, places and planet.

Click here to view our annual Social Impact Report. 
Michael and Eric

Care Community stories

What is Respite in Aged Care?

If you are caring for an elderly person - in your own home or theirs - you will no doubt have experienced the weight of the responsibility and the intensity of the commitment…

6th July 2020

Narrandera residents

Care Community stories

Connecting families at Narrandera Homestead

With every challenge comes opportunity and the pandemic this year has given us an opportunity to extend the way we connect with our families and community. The restricted…

2nd July 2020

Roly Caird

Care Community stories

AFL Umpire Roly Caird celebrates his 100th Birthday

A legend of the Australian Football League (AFL), our very own Mornington Bay resident, Roly Caird recently chalked up an admirable personal milestone, celebrating his 100th…

29th June 2020

Visiting relatives

News & Events

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

Augmented reality

Care Community stories

Augmented reality in aged care for sensory stimulation

Dorothy gazed at the brightly coloured fish swimming in a pond full of lily pads. “Had she played in the pond growing up?” we ask. Dorothy describes to us her childhood and…

22nd June 2020

Lifestyle Officer

News & Events

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

Art Therapy Bankstown

Care Community stories

Creating art as an expression of our lives

Creative Legacy Artist and Coordinator, Grace Faint-Ludemann is facilitating a beautiful lifestyle activity at Bankstown Terrace Care Community over the next month.…

1st June 2020

residents in garden

News & Events

An update for our Opal family: 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…

29th May 2020

Cindy receiving her clothes

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…

25th May 2020

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