News & Stories

News & Stories

Aged Care News and Stories

We publish regular stories of joy from across our Care Communities and invite you to share in these stories, videos, insights, news and events.  To us, quality aged care means supporting peoples’ physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellbeing and we share those stories here.

At Opal HealthCare we are always striving to improve the wellbeing of the wider community by being a sustainable organisation. In our Social Impact Report, we share some of the many things we do to realise a more prosperous future for our people, places and planet.

Click here to view our annual Social Impact Report. 
Augmented reality

Care Community stories

Augmented reality in aged care for sensory stimulation

Dorothy gazed at the brightly coloured fish swimming in a pond full of lily pads. “Had she played in the pond growing up?” we ask. Dorothy describes to us her childhood and…

22nd June 2020

Lifestyle Officer

News & Events

A purposeful career as a Lifestyle Officer

Valli was inspired to work in aged care as a Lifestyle Officer. Through her role, she facilitates social, psychological, recreational, cultural, and spiritual wellbeing activities…

15th June 2020

Art Therapy Bankstown

Care Community stories

Creating art as an expression of our lives

Creative Legacy Artist and Coordinator, Grace Faint-Ludemann is facilitating a beautiful lifestyle activity at Bankstown Terrace Care Community over the next month.…

1st June 2020

residents in garden

News & Events

An update for our Opal family: Friday 29 May, 2020

As restrictions begin to ease in our communities, we are carefully and gradually reintroducing some of the activities that needed to be suspended due to COVID-19. A recent…

29th May 2020

Cindy receiving her clothes

Care Community stories

Purposeful partnerships through care communities

Community partnerships are invaluable to us at Opal. We believe that we can only provide the best possible care when we do so in partnership with others. We choose to work with…

25th May 2020

Jim's story

Care Community stories

Jim’s Radio Show – an unexpected return to the airwaves

During Jim Fleming’s 43 year career in broadcasting, his breakfast show became something of an institution as his dulcet tones rang out across the regional Queensland airwaves…

20th May 2020

Cristine Care Manager

Videos

Journey from Registered Nurse to Care Manager

Cristine is currently a Care Manager at one of our newer homes and has been with Opal HealthCare for six years in three different Opal Care Communities. Starting off as a…

15th May 2020

graduate nurse program

Videos

Nurse Graduate Program

Lifelong learning begins the moment a nurse begins their career at Opal HealthCare as part of our Graduate nurse Program 2020. View this year's graduates from our 2019…

11th May 2020

community says Thanks

Care Community stories

Our Opal community says Thanks for Caring

Nurturing our relationships with family and friends is as important as ever and is at the heart of our approach to care. Throughout COVID-19 our residents have been sending…

8th May 2020

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