Overview for 'residential-aged-care'

Our Corowa Court residents’ choir recently performed an in-house concert for fellow residents, relatives and team members.

Dallas, a resident at St Laurence Court in Eaglehawk, celebrated her 100th birthday on 25 September, surrounded by her family and friends.

Gladswood Lodge resident Mavis celebrated her 103rd birthday on Monday, 7 August.

We have trialled apartment-style facilities and recently conducted an extensive review. We are sharing this review in the spirit of collaboration to share with the broader industry an understanding of some of the benefits and challenges we faced.

This week is NAIDOC Week which marks the celebration of the histories, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This week, we celebrate National Volunteer Week, which provides us with a great opportunity to thank, honour, recognise and celebrate the vital role our volunteers play in our community.

Benetas St Paul’s Terrace residential aged care home in Frankston is fortunate to have a couple of kind hearted toy makers in the home. Resident Maria Hollway has a knack for knitting and a compassionate heart as she has spent the last few weeks knitting Trauma Teddy’s for the children in Frankston Hospital Emergency Department.

Benetas Pastoral Care practitioners have needed to pivot from their usual work in order to meet the increased demand for support.

The residents at Corowa Court aged care home on the Mornington Peninsula were delighted to receive a surprise delivery from the children at Devon Meadows Primary School recently, with bundles of hand crafted drawings and letters providing them with a sense of connection during lockdown.

Monica Fitzpatrick, known as Bonnie, celebrated the milestone of one hundred years young on 8 October. Bonnie marked the occasion at Benetas aged care home St Laurence Court Kangaroo Flat, surrounded by friends and then later with her family.

Thanks to a grant from the Psyche Foundation awarded to leading aged care provider Benetas, research was conducted into how to improve the mental health of people moving into residential aged care and ease the transition for them and their loved ones. Benetas welcomes more than 300 new residents into their Residential Aged Care homes every year. The research, managed by Benetas Senior Researcher Dr Meg Polacsek, aimed to uncover the pain points to help support residents and families better when the time came to make the move.

The Traralgon Pastoral Care team from Victorian aged care provider Benetas had to significantly adapt to tackle the challenges that COVID-19 brought in providing much-needed support to older Australians.