News and information about what's happening in our homes
As a residential aged care provider, we play a vital role in caring for older Australians - with the care we provide and the services we offer our residents, we use natural resources to heat, cool, and power our homes, and generate waste and have a footprint that impacts the natural environment.
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An initiative by the United Nations, hosted annually on 5 June, this year’s theme is reimagine, recreate, restore - focused on protecting our unique ecosystems. We can’t turn back time, but now is the time to grow trees, green our cities, plant in our gardens and clean up our rivers and coasts.
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On Wednesday 26 May, Estia Health celebrated the grand opening of its newest residential aged care home, Estia Health Blakehurst.
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When Kevin moved into Estia Health Blakehurst, he’d had a number of falls and was using a walker to get about, which meant he’d lost some of his confidence and independence.
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Leonie Barnes and Jill Ladewig of Coolum’s Red Cross were recently recognised for a decade of dedication to their community with a long-service medal.
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Soup is often a winter favourite as a warming lunch and for our residents, it can be a preferred option when they’d like someone a little lighter. We serve soups all across the year and they’re made daily in our home’s kitchens.
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Jane Bridgeman is Estia Health Blakehurst’s Care Director and brings a breadth of experience to the role. She began her career as an aged care Assistant in Nursing (AIN) before progressing her career as a Registered Nurse in paediatrics, orthopaedics and community nursing, before returning to the aged care sector where she’s worked for the past 10 years.
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Tulika is an Enrolled Nurse at our Estia Health Golden Grove home. Having worked at Estia Health for the past eight years, she began her career as a Personal Care Assistant (PCA), before training to become an Enrolled Nurse, which she’s now been for the past two and a half years.
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We spoke to Almond Tan, a Registered Nurse at our Estia Health Bannockburn home in Geelong and asked him to tell us about his career and why the nurse role is so important in aged care.
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