“Many men have a rather solitary life outside their families and work,” says Adrian. “So retirement’s great – for about six months!" "One of the things I like about BOOMers is that we’re not sitting around, we’re actually doing things; we’re talking but we’re out and about.” This mechanical and industrial engineer, who has worked [...]
Community Hub client, Geraldine Scimione, cuts the birthday cake with Member for Lane Cove, Anthony Roberts It was like a makeover on reality TV, quipped Member for Lane Cove Anthony Roberts when he re-opened the SCS Community Hub at Hunters Hill, formerly known as SCS Seniors Hub. The renovated Hub now gives seniors [...]
Victoria Caush, an awarded SCS volunteer who volunteers on our delivered meals service Exceptional individuals who contribute to the wider world should not go unsung, and local deeds were recognised late May by Lane Cove’s Annual Citizenship Awards and Ryde Council’s Volunteer Recognition Awards. More than 100 people attended the Lane Cove celebration [...]
Originally qualified as a registered nurse in the UK, Annette Allen came to Australia via New Zealand where she specialised in aged care and infection control. She started a family – now four children – and so took nine years at home away from her career. When it was time to get back to nursing, [...]
SCS' CEO Gill Batt is now a member of the Home Care and Community Advisory Committee of Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA), the peak body representing service providers. This enables Gill to offer valuable insights for the coming year. “As a small aged care and disability services provider which has very strong connections with [...]
When Michele Neil worked with the rapid response team at War Memorial Hospital in Waverley, she became inspired about what nurses could achieve out in the community. The team consisted of nurses, a geriatrician, social worker and occupational therapist but the nurses were the ones called urgently into the homes of failing and vulnerable people. [...]
Azka Hameed, volunteer gardener Finding happiness in the simple things in life is a personal tenet of Prof. Lea Waters, founding director of the Centre for Positive Psychology at Melbourne University. “One of the most powerful things is to contribute to the happiness of others; it changes our sense of who we are,” [...]
There’s been a welcome expansion of a successful, in-home Short-Term Restorative Care program (STRC) in which a multi-disciplinary team from HammondCare works with people who are declining in function. HammondCare’s STRC teams work in north, south-west and south-east Sydney regions to help people to stay independent at home (including in an independent living unit). The [...]
This week, public hearings by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety are inquiring into residential aged care, the most disturbing aspect of the sector which provoked the inquiry. Previous hearings in Adelaide focused on aged care in people’s homes and explored key features of the overall system and how it operates, including [...]
The sun shone on early arrivals to the Hunters Hill Food and Wine Festival on Sunday morning, May 5, and they were soon wandering Boronia Park Oval and busily sampling stalls, music and more. Families flocked to the action-packed rides ‘alley’ and shopped for gifts or something to nibble on while having a drink from 15 [...]
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