As 2019 came to a close, alarm bells were ringing loudly that 54% of all residential aged care facilities are operating at a financial loss. Industry analysis of Department of Health data indicates that almost 200 Operators caring for up to 50,000 older Australians are operating at a high level of financial risk. Some RACFs […]
Australia Burns
Australia has been the focus of the World and our support and sympathy goes out to our fellow Australians enduring the horrendous bushfires most recently on the eastern coast of New South Wales and Victoria. We have to learn from this, be less polarised politically and to work together. People have died. At time of […]
LASA Membership Charter
It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to share that on 17 December 2019, I signed the new LASA (Leading Age Services Australia) Membership Charter on behalf of Allambie Heights Village Ltd. LASA is the leading lobbyist and our representative for the Home Care, Residential Aged Care Facility and Retirement Village Industries in meeting with […]
Staff Concert
‘There was more laughter from the audience than you’d get from a week of comedies on Netflix’ For 14 years, we have been ‘entertaining’ our residents, (well at least they laugh a lot) at our Annual Christmas Staff Concert & Resident Lunch, an absolute ‘sell out’ meaning that those who had not bought tickets early […]
Ausgrid Electricity Outage
We were again tested following the forecasts of catastrophic weather conditions with a mini-cyclone that hit Sydney’s North Shore and Northern Beaches. I drove through the damage myself from a meeting in Sydney back to Allambie Heights. The damage was pretty excessive in certain areas, whole streets were affected in some instances and others untouched. […]
Bushfire Survival Plan
No-one likes to enter the week or day with a forecast of catastrophic weather and a threat of possible fires. Our team went into action and launched our Bushfire Survival Plan. We encouraged Village Residents to spend time with families or in shopping centres as advised by a range of health and emergency services. Our […]
Resident Olive Hunter turns 100
Watch video of Ciaran Foley interviewing resident, Olive Hunter, as she celebrates her 100th birthday. We celebrated Olive Hunter on 10 December 2019 on her 100th Birthday. I had the privilege of interviewing Olive in the morning just after her breakfast with other residents. An amazing 100 years unfolded of growing up in Country Australia and […]
Transforming pain management with PainChek at Allambie Heights Village Ltd.
It’s always great to share good news and I trust that you will enjoy reading the information below about how Allambie Heights Village Ltd is transforming pain management with PainChek. As one of the first Operators and Aged Care Providers in Australia to embrace PainChek and as part of our continued approach to collaborate with partners […]
Report from the CEO – Annual General Meeting 2019
Annual General Meeting, 23rd October 2019 I would like to thank all of my Team, everyone of them who have been the driving force of our success and accomplishments over the past year. In a customer orientated Company where wealth is derived from our residents, residents must come first all of the time and I […]
Report from the President – Annual General Meeting 2019
Annual General Meeting, 23rd October 2019 I extend a very warm welcome to all those who have chosen Allambie Heights Village Ltd. as their new address. To the families of those who have left our care this year, I extend my sincerest sympathy. Allambie Heights Village Ltd. is a Company that does not rest only […]