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Support BaptistCare HopeStreet with much-needed funds through Return and Earn initiative

To date, BaptistCare HopeStreet has raised an astounding $7,000 off the back of community members recycling cans and glass bottles at Return and Earn locations around NSW.That equals 70,000 cans or 35,000 glass bottles, which is an extraordinary effort.BaptistCare HopeS...

Announcing our first Reconciliation Action Plan

This National Reconciliation Week, we are delighted to launch BaptistCare’s first Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Developed in collaboration with Reconciliation Australia, the Reflect RAP is a meaningful roadmap towards building stronger relationships with Fi...

Wallsend Social Club

The BaptistCare Wallsend Social Club provides day respite for older people and people with mild to moderate dementia.

What’s it like to work in maintenance at an aged care home?

Download this article as a printable PDF. After more than thirty years of working as a builder within the construction industry, Tony chose to make a sideways career move into maintenance work within residential aged care. Like many before him, Tony had grown tired of...

Celebrating NAIDOC Week

First Nations Australians are the oldest continuing living culture in the world, and during NAIDOC Week, we honour their history, culture, and achievements. NAIDOC Week, an annual celebration, runs from Sunday, 2 to Sunday, 9 July. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines...

Chaplaincy – the power of presence

“Chaplains are approachable people who love God and love people.” These words from BaptistCare CEO Charles Moore sound simple, but they hold great depth. In many ways, chaplaincy is the embodiment of the BaptistCare purpose, vision and values. Every day, Don Watson tran...

What are the exit fees in a retirement village?

Retirement living has become an increasingly popular lifestyle choice for many Australian seniors these days, with 5.7 percent of the over-65 population choosing to make the move into retirement villages. By 2025, this number is predicted to rise to 7.5 percent (Retirem...

BaptistCare’s largest housing development unveiled

BaptistCare’s largest social and affordable housing development was officially opened this week by Minister for Housing and Homelessness, the Hon Rose Jackson MLC, on the site of the organisation’s birthplace. The new housing location, BaptistCare Gimbawali Place in Ca...

New Home Care hub and social club launched in Orange

While BaptistCare home care client Robyn Stewart enjoys getting out and socialising, she knows there’s no place like home . She doesn’t even need to click her shiny silver shoes three times to get there thanks to the support she receives from BaptistCare’s growing Home...

The Gracewood Community celebrates as finalist in Urban Development Awards

Leading aged care and retirement living provider BaptistCare NSW & ACT has been announced as a finalist in the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) NSW Awards for Excellence, in the Retirement Living category. The Gracewood Community's third and final sta...

Madge celebrates 100 years!

In August Madge Miller, a long-time resident at BaptistCare Aminya Village turned 100! A special BBQ spit roast party was held at the village to mark the milestone, with family members, residents and staff present. Madge grew up in Liverpool, England and was adopted at...

How BaptistCare at home has supported 101-year old Josef to keep up with this very unique hobby.

At 101 years young, BaptistCare at home client Josef is a remarkable person, with a truly unique hobby that exemplifies his creative talent, skill, and cultural heritage. Josef has spent a lifetime crafting bespoke furniture and models that sing of his upbringing in Ro...

Resident testimonial: What’s it like living in an aged care home?

Elizabeth moved into Cooinda Court residential care home just under a year ago.Download this article as a printable PDF. Elizabeth moved into Cooinda Court residential care home just under a year ago, but she’s been a familiar face to many in the BaptistCare community f...

Refresh Retreats

What are Refresh Retreats?The Refresh Retreats program aims to equip carers with the knowledge, tools, and support needed to care for somebody living with dementia at home, whilst their loved ones receives quality care and a simultaneous program of engaging activities.S...

Gimbawali Place: a constellation of stories, a community of belonging

Gimbawali Place, BaptistCare's largest and newest social and affordable housing community in Carlingford for seniors and single-parent families, is built on an historic piece of land for BaptistCare. Now designated a Site of State Significance, it was the first land p...

Local Darug and Darkinjung artist brings artistic magic to Gimbawali Place

Gimbawali Place, BaptistCare’s newest and largest community housing development of 162 apartments for seniors and single-parent families in Carlingford, is built on a historic piece of land for BaptistCare, the site of our very first aged care home, Yallambi Elderly Lad...

BaptistCare Governance

The strength of our organisation, our values, and our purpose is embodied through our people.

Church Partnerships

Since 1944 when BaptistCare commenced as the NSW Baptist Homes Trust in NSW, Baptist churches have been significant partners in all our ministries through prayer, volunteering and giving. BaptistCare is committed to this partnership and continues to provide opportunitie...

BaptistCare Foundation

The BCS Foundation was established in June 1995 and accepts donations, bequests and other benefits from the public. The funds are invested in accordance with the provisions of the Trustee Act of NSW. The BCS Foundation is a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) and all donati...