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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update

Department of Health update regarding COVID-19 / Coronavirus. Jim Murray, Facility Manager and the entire staff of the Company initiated increased hygiene awareness some weeks ago and before communications received from the Department of Health regarding Coronavirus/COVID-19. It is wonderful when you have a Housekeeping Team who just do the right thing, they commenced cleaning handrails and door handles on their own […]

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The Village News : March – April 2020

Every few months we publish industry information and village news. In the February – March 2020 edition: Aged Care Australia at significant financial risk in 2020 Volunteer lunch Can’t Stop Dancin, Can’t Stop Singin’ COVID-19 update An audience with Zali Steggall MP Download and read our March / April 2020 newsletter (PDF) »

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An Audience with Zali Steggall MP

Our sincere thanks to our Federal Member for Warringah who joined us in a full-house audience of residents, relatives, staff, contractors and consultants on 30 January 2020 just before returning to Parliament. During the interview and at the Q&A session, Ciarán expressed the view of many RACF Operators across Australia that the Federal Government is […]

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Volunteer Lunch

Management of our RACF and Company Management celebrated our wonderful dedicated team of volunteers in February at our Annual Volunteers Lunch. From our most recent to our longest-serving volunteer, Renata Junker who has been making weekly visits on 2 buses each way for almost 18 years. Ciarán thanked them all for the skills, knowledge, caring […]

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The Village News : December 2019 – January 2020

Every few months we publish industry information and village news. In the March – April 2020 edition: Resident, Olive Hunter, celebrates her 100th birthday Allambie Heights Village bushfire survival plan Ausgrid electricity outage Christmas 2019 Staff Concert – A 14 year tradition LASA Membership Charter Australia Burns – Bushfires 2019 / 2020 Aged Care at Financial Risk […]

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Aged Care Financial Risk 2020

As 2019 came to a close, alarm bells were ringing loudly that 54% of all residential aged care facilities are operating at a financial loss. Industry analysis of Department of Health data indicates that almost 200 Operators caring for up to 50,000 older Australians are operating at a high level of financial risk. Some RACFs […]

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Australia Burns – Bushfires 2019 / 2020

Australia has been the focus of the World and our support and sympathy goes out to our fellow Australians enduring the horrendous bushfires most recently on the eastern coast of New South Wales and Victoria. We have to learn from this, be less polarised politically and to work together. People have died. At time of […]