by admin | Aug 31, 2022 | healthy@home News, Service Provider News
What began as a get-together for older Australians almost four decades ago has evolved into a full-blown 21st century digital approach to combatting the scourge of loneliness. And that, says Inclusee’s CEO Rachael Cook, is the organisation’s strength. “Loneliness is...
by admin | May 24, 2022 | healthy@home News, Service Provider News
Barbara Buchanan (87) and Margaret Bullock (89) celebrating their birthdays at Communify Healthy@home clients share their diverse life stories TWO sisters separated by distance were faced with the prospect of never being able to spend time together as dementia slowly...
by admin | Apr 29, 2022 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
Featured image: Jude Emmer CEO of Wesley Mission Queensland (seated front right) with staff at an event IT was a daring experiment when Wesley Mission Queensland opened Queensland’s first aged care community in 1936. Yet for an organisation that can trace its roots to...
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
Featured image: Dina Ranieri (middle) and her Co.As.It Community Services staff in Brisbane. EVOLVING from a consular welfare committee in 1978, the Italian Welfare Association became Co.As.It. by 1986 and in the late 1990s, Community Services was added to the name to...
by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
ONE in 10 Queenslanders is a carer, some for up to 20 hours a week, others 24/7. It is these family and friends, the unpaid support workers, who turn to Carers Queensland. Carers cover the spectrum, from disability – children to the elderly – to those with mental...