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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. 
leadership style

News & Events

Evolving leadership style a recipe for success

Audrey, Head Chef at Bathurst Riverview Care Community, loves her job. She always believed the traditional style of leadership she had learned in the kitchen was the only way…

28th April 2023

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

social impact goals

Care Community stories

Setting social impact goals

Opal HealthCare is built on the belief that we can improve the lives of older Australians by providing high quality residential care- and in doing so, contribute to the…

10th March 2023

Dementia Care Connections: Supporting families with understanding and empathy

Care Community stories

Dementia Care Connections: Supporting families with understanding and empathy

It’s estimated more than 400,000 Australians are living with dementia; a figure that’s expected to double in the next 25 years. Nearly two-thirds of people living with dementia…

9th March 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

Wayfinding

Care Community stories

Wayfinding solutions for better living

What is Wayfinding? Wayfinding refers to the practice of using spatial information to help people navigate a physical space. This is particularly important in aged care…

8th February 2023

Healing music

Care Community stories

Keith gets his groove back

There’s nothing like a few catchy tunes to lift the spirits! For Keith, picking up a guitar and strumming a few bars was just the beginning. Now he’s sharing the healing power of…

17th January 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

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