Aged Care
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24 September 2022
Taking the residents for walks is part of the daily routine for Penny Palmer, lifestyle coordinator at the Salvos Riverview Gardens Aged Care Centre. Penny Palmer is a diversional therapist and lifestyle coordinator at The Salvation Army’s Riverview Gardens Aged Care Centre near Brisbane. Below, Penny talks about her work looking after senior Australians, including those living with dementi...
28 September 2021
The United Nations International Day of Older Persons takes place on Friday 1 October. It is a day to highlight the important contributions older people make to society and raise awareness about issue...
27 September 2021
Getting outside for daily walks is an important part of each day for the residents. Highlighting the stories, skills and contributions of the previous generations Words Simone Worthing “Our age...
14 May 2020
John's care at The Salvation Army's Burrangiri Aged Care Plus Respite Centre brought him back to his Salvationist roots. Pictured here with his family in 1930 with Commandant Joseph Griffith and his s...
14 May 2020
The Salvation Army specialises in caring for the elderly and will step up this com - mitment with an extra four residential centres as part of a new national agenda for aged care. Photo: James Horan H...
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14 May 2020
Emotional focus is making a huge difference in dementia care. More than 400,000 Australians have some form of dementia (healthdirect.gov.au/dementia-statistics). That’s three in 10 people over ...
14 May 2020
Dotti's weekly visits to the Salvos' Barrington Lodge Aged Care facility is a highlight for many residents. You know it’s Wednesday at Barrington Lodge in New Town, a suburb in Hobart’s ...
14 May 2020
The Salvation Army Aged Care has secured a builder, Total Construction, to begin work on the Kubirri Aged Care Centre in Mossman, Far North Queensland. Following discussions with Douglas Shire Council...
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31 March 2020
It was dark by the time I arrived. Dinner had already been served and the nursing staff had settled my dad into bed. He was resting but not quite asleep. The lighting in the room was slightly dimmed, ...