9 November, 2020 BaptistCare home care client Edna Goodwin is celebrating turning 100. Happy Birthday, Edna! As a centenarian now, Edna is very proud to be living independently and is extremely grateful to BaptistCare for the services they provide. She says the BaptistC...
9 November, 2020 Recently a special BaptistCare at home client of Murrumbidgee, Mrs Olga Scott, became a centenarian. Happy 100th Birthday Olga!Born in 1920, Olga has spent the last 100 years serving her family - she has four children, Ray, Graham, Carol and Vincent - a...
12 November, 2020 Alf Bourne is somewhat of a legend to us at BaptistCare, so many lives of our residents and staff have been touched by Alf. He has lived a life devoted to being of service to others, and we’d like to honour and celebrate Alf on his 105th birthday – wha...
1 December, 2020 In a year where many Australians are going to be feeling the financial crunch of the pandemic and even more Australians are going to be feeling housing stress, BaptistCare’s newest community housing development in south west Sydney has opened with 122 v...
7 December, 2020 Wilhelmina Kop is a client of BaptistCare at home Central Coast/Hunter who has a zest for life. She has turned a remarkable 103 years old - Happy Birthday Wilhelmina! Wilhelmina’s daughter Anneka told us that her mum would be happy with the recognition ...
21 December, 2020 BaptistCare is excited to announce the publication of two very important pillars of our social sustainability framework: our Human Rights Position Statement and our first Modern Slavery Statement.Our purpose and intent for our Human Rights Position Sta...
8 February, 2021 BaptistCare team member Anthony Wood, known as Tony, has spent 12 years as a Client Liaison Officer in Residential Services, based in Canberra. On Australia Day of this year, it was announced by Governor-General Hurley that Tony has been recognised in t...
8 February, 2021 Olive Jardine, a resident at Dorothy Henderson Lodge, turns 100 years old on January 23 and says that her advice for living a long life is, “Having faith in God and doing the very best I can do in everything.”Born in Gladesville, Olive grew up during th...
10 March, 2021 The following interview with BaptistCare resident Patricia took place before the vaccine rollout at BaptistCare’s Maranoa, Alstonville. Name: Patricia Age: 87 soon to be 88 How are you feeling ahead of getting the vaccination?I want to get the vaccination...
Monday 3 May The eldest of seven children, Nana spent much of her youth in nearby Blacktown, which at that time was very much considered country, with farms and orchards across the suburb. Growing up she was given the nickname "Ralph" by her father as she was his consta...
Monday 3 May We are deeply saddened to share the passing of Ross Low, aged 72, BaptistCare’s former Chief Executive Officer.Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, his family and friends at this time – this is truly devastating news for them and we have shared our m...
Tuesday 1 June Mothers should be celebrated and the team at George Forbes House in Queanbeyan did just that recently when they put on a lovely Mother’s Day High Tea which was enjoyed by residents, staff and family members alike.Residents enjoyed sipping tea from beautif...
Tuesday 1 June In early December of 2020, BaptistCare submitted a Development Application to the City of Wagga Wagga for the renewal of our much-loved Caloola Centre.In early April of this year, BaptistCare was excited to receive approval for this long-awaited renewal o...
19 June, 2020 Nana Heather Gourlay recently celebrated her 106thbirthday at The Gracewood. BaptistCare currently has 37 residents across our homes who have reached the age of 100 years and Nana is our oldest resident, being born in 1914. Congratulations Nana on this won...
24 February, 2020 Providing care and support to empower people to live in their own homes is a large part of what BaptistCare at home does, but it also provides much-needed support and assistance to carers, which is a lesser-known part of their work.The BaptistCare at h...
18 February, 2020 As the final stage of the completion of The Gracewood Community draws near, the project is really starting to take shape. The scaffold to the façade has now been stripped and the focus has shifted to the completing the internal finishes.The 88 high end...
18 February, 2020 BaptistCare are pleased to announce that as of 1 February 2020, we have taken ownership of the daily operations of Bethshan Gardens Aged Care Centre at Wyee, located between the Central Coast and Newcastle. Our Residential Aged Care Division has been w...
25 February, 2020 Les Draper (Leslie Bellingham Draper) passed away on Thursday 26 December, 2019, aged 89. A Thanksgiving Service was held on Friday 3 January at Mortdale-Oatley Baptist Church. Les first joined the Baptist Homes Trust in 1973 - the first time for two a...
17 February, 2020 It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of a former BaptistCare board member, Barbara Jones, who passed away on Tuesday 24 December, 2019. Barbara migrated to Australia from England and joined the Baptist Homes Trust Ladies’ Auxiliary ...
Seventy five years after BaptistCare registered its name for the very first time as the NSW Baptist Homes Trust, the organisation has launched a commemorative anniversary book to mark its milestone anniversary. The book, titled "Because we care", features 75 stories tha...