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Living with dementia: finding the right support at home

Date: 16/09/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: After a dementia diagnosis, people often need information to help them and their carers understand the condition and find services that support independence at home.

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10 signs your elderly parent needs help

Date: 17/06/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: Discover 10 signs your elderly parent needs help, from changes in daily living to physical limitations and how home care, professional support and senior living options can help them stay independent.

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Palliative care in your own home

Date: 12/05/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: During National Palliative Care Week, discover how BaptistCare at Home delivers comfort and dignity to people with life-limiting illnesses through palliative care at home, providing vital physical, practical, and emotional support to clients and their families.

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This International Nurses Day, meet BaptistCare home care nurse, Amanda

Date: 29/04/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: In recognition of International Nurses Day we’re shining a light on the incredible work of home care nurses – people like BaptistCare Registered Nurse, Amanda, whose career is filled with purpose, compassion, and genuine connection.

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World Parkinson’s Day

Date: 10/04/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: World Parkinson’s Day, held each year on 11 April, marks the birthday of James Parkinson, the doctor who first described the condition that now bears his name.

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BaptistCare at home client, Joyce celebrates her 100th birthday

Date: 12/03/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: On 26 January, 2025, BaptistCare at home client, Joyce celebrated her 100th birthday at a surprise party organised by her daughter, in the company of her closest family and friends. Asked about her longevity, she says it amounts to taking each day as it comes.

What’s involved with palliative care services at home?

Date: 19/01/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: Palliative care at home, a largely untapped resource in Australia, can support you or your loved one through life’s most challenging times. From symptom management and practical help with daily living to emotional support and respite for caregivers, it’s about enhancing quality of life and ensuring comfort and dignity in the place you know best - your home.

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Activities for the elderly at home

Date: 15/01/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: Are you looking for activities for the elderly to help them stay happy and healthy at home? Read on!

Stay connected this Christmas with BaptistCare social clubs

Date: 04/12/2024
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: The science is undeniable: we’re happier when we connect with other humans. This festive season, why not join your local BaptistCare social group for seniors and enjoy all the benefits of social connection for yourself.

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BaptistCare to acquire Keyton’s Western Australian retirement village portfolio

Date: 12/11/2025
Category: News
Subcategory: Retirement Living

Description: BaptistCare is pleased to announce that we have entered into an agreement to acquire Keyton’s portfolio of retirement villages in WA.

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Cooking up a career: How work experience led Arthur to his dream job

Date: 11/11/2025
Category: News
Subcategory: Home Care, Retirement Living

Description: When 18-year-old Arthur Robinson first stepped into the kitchens at Sunrise Supported Living Tuncurry retirement village as a year 10 work experience student, he had no idea how much it would shape his future.

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BaptistCare opens its newest aged care home, as BaptistCare Glendale Lodge is officially opened

Date: 10/11/2025
Category: News
Subcategory: Aged Care Homes

Description: Community was on full display as a gathering was held to open a new aged care home.

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BaptistCare to acquire Keyton’s Western Australian retirement village portfolio

Date: 12/11/2025
Category: News
Subcategory: Retirement Living

Description: BaptistCare is pleased to announce that we have entered into an agreement to acquire Keyton’s portfolio of retirement villages in WA.

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Cooking up a career: How work experience led Arthur to his dream job

Date: 11/11/2025
Category: News
Subcategory: Home Care, Retirement Living

Description: When 18-year-old Arthur Robinson first stepped into the kitchens at Sunrise Supported Living Tuncurry retirement village as a year 10 work experience student, he had no idea how much it would shape his future.

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BaptistCare opens its newest aged care home, as BaptistCare Glendale Lodge is officially opened

Date: 10/11/2025
Category: News
Subcategory: Aged Care Homes

Description: Community was on full display as a gathering was held to open a new aged care home.

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Home care that changes with you – support for people with a progressive illness

Date: 21/11/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: Learn how BaptistCare at home supports people facing a progressive illness and their carers with flexible, personalised care that adapts as needs change.

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Refresh Retreats: how Cathy and Peter found connection, confidence and a wider circle of support

Date: 13/11/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: Peter was experiencing the early stages of dementia when his wife, Cathy, saw an ad on Facebook for BaptistCare at home’s Refresh Retreats

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Glendale Lodge: a place to truly call home

Date: 13/11/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Aged Care Homes

Description: At 95, Pauline calls Glendale Lodge “wonderful,” praising its caring staff, homely design, and welcoming spaces where her large family loves to visit.

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Home care that changes with you – support for people with a progressive illness

Date: 21/11/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: Learn how BaptistCare at home supports people facing a progressive illness and their carers with flexible, personalised care that adapts as needs change.

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Refresh Retreats: how Cathy and Peter found connection, confidence and a wider circle of support

Date: 13/11/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Home Care

Description: Peter was experiencing the early stages of dementia when his wife, Cathy, saw an ad on Facebook for BaptistCare at home’s Refresh Retreats

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Glendale Lodge: a place to truly call home

Date: 13/11/2025
Category: Stories
Subcategory: Aged Care Homes

Description: At 95, Pauline calls Glendale Lodge “wonderful,” praising its caring staff, homely design, and welcoming spaces where her large family loves to visit.