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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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 birthd…
29th June 2020
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 begi…
23rd June 2020
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 then he…
22nd June 2020
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
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. Residents from …
1st June 2020
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