BaptistCare at home is launching their largest ever Home Care recruitment campaign and is looking for caring people to care for older people in our local communities and help people live their best lives at home. BaptistCare at home is proud to support over 8,000 client...
Alf celebrated his birthday with a morning tea surrounded by staff and residents and an afternoon tea with a special visit from his family this week. Alf has lived through some of history’s most significant moments. These include World War II, the building of the Harbou...
The 39-year-old mum-of-two from Wollongong is a client support worker with BaptistCare HopeStreet, a job she secured after undertaking work placement for her Certificate III in Community Services course in 2019. Nicole was nervous about studying with TAFE NSW but excell...
Accepting the challenge to walk as many steps as they could, 207 care service employees, facilitators and managers walked 39,568 kilometres – more than the perimeter of Australia’s coastline – clocking up 55,728,961 steps. “We saw a huge number of staff come on board wi...
Dorothy Henderson Lodge resident, local legend and centenarian Alf Bourne has been part of the BaptistCare family since 2002, first living at Willandra Village and then at Dorothy Henderson Lodge.Sadly, on Friday 19 November, Alf passed away in his sleep at the age of 1...
The construction milestone was marked with 86-year old Caloola resident, Louis de Kort, turning the first sod alongside Wagga Wagga City Council Mayor, Councillor Greg Conkey, and the teams from BaptistCare and Lipman. Designed to provide the best residential care now a...
Dear Prime Minister, Change is needed: A warning from COVID’s ground zero in aged care I write to you because we are fast approaching the two-year anniversary since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in the aged care sector and, heartbreakingly, it feels as if we a...
Having purchased a final stage apartment at The Gracewood off-the-plan in 2019, Robin and Gai Mitchell sold their North Rocks home so quickly that they had to move in with one of their sons for many months while waiting for construction to be completed. But on 1 July la...
When Jack Weller is not travelling around the countryside, he is out walking in the bush with the twittering birds keeping him company. He’s a very proactive 98-year-old who has called BaptistCare Aminya Retirement Village home for 23 years and is an absolute pleasure t...
Merilyn Philip discovered BaptistCare Aminya offered the perfect jumping-off point for years of adventure exploring her own backyard when she moved here with her husband, Ray, in 2013. And what better way to explore it than with the added company of her fellow residents...
When Warwick and Sandra Trimble were ready to downsize, health was at the forefront of their minds. Having both gone through cancer, moving to a village where they could spend less time maintaining their large five-bedroom house and more time maintaining their wellbeing...
Tom and Eileen Vimson only looked at one retirement village before they knew where they wanted to be. They moved into BaptistCare Angus Bristow on 24th August. “We didn’t have to look further. We came here first. It was close to family, and it was quiet, peaceful, open....
It was a desire to plan ahead for both her family and her own independence that led Pat Doyle to sit down and plan her future. Having been on her own for seven years, Pat, 72, wanted to take charge of how and where she lives as she ages, so that the responsibility for d...
BaptistCare Watermark Village was awarded the Wagga Wagga Business Chambers’ Excellence in Business Ethics Award last week, acknowledging the villages’ core values of Love, Respect, Reliability and Empowerment. Sandra Fletcher said - in her particular experience – it is...
When Gail Kerr heard one of BaptistCare Maranoa’s Stage One apartments had re-entered the market, she knew it was perfect timing. She bought it, moved in mid February, and has never doubted her decision. “My husband suddenly passed away last July. I couldn’t stay in our...
21 July, 2020 BaptistCare NSW and ACT has announced Charles Moore as its new Chief Executive Officer from July 13, on the retirement of current CEO Ross Low. Ross Low joined BaptistCare in 2004 and has made a significant contribution to the legacy of the organisation du...
Floral wonder at BaptistCare Carey Gardens When Floriade was cancelled in Canberra this year due to restrictions from COVID-19, BaptistCare Carey Gardens decided to create their very own Floriade, much to the delight of residents and staff alike. We spoke to Petrina Bec...
After an extensive amount of planning and preparation, BaptistCare HopeStreet Port Kembla celebrates its official opening this week, having relocated to 27-29 Wentworth Street in Port Kembla in July. The recent move has opened doors and created pathways for an increased...
2 November, 2020 Jean Prince, a resident at BaptistCare Shalom Centre celebrated 105 years on Friday 23 October. Our Shalom staff, along with some of her family, held a little party for her with flowers and a cake. Born on October 23, 1915 in Newtown, Jean had one broth...
2 September, 2020 It is with sadness that BaptistCare acknowledges the passing of June Heinrich AM, former CEO and Board member of BaptistCare on Wednesday 2 September.Our love and condolences go to June’s husband Bill, her family and her many friends. June's contributi...