An outing to Kiama beach on a balmy autumn afternoon is now possible for HammondCare Horsley residents thanks to a brand-new Toyota Hiace minibus, funded by the HammondCare Foundation.
A world-first study of people living with severe symptoms of dementia has discovered that the impact of non-drug psychosocial treatments are more effective and significantly improve quality of life.
HammondCare Chief Executive Mike Baird told aged care sector bosses they must make “workforce, workforce, workforce,” their chief priority as they prepare for huge changes ahead.
The development of a new cottage-style, 30-bed dementia care home next to HammondCare’s Strathearn House will help ensure the long-term viability of high-quality aged care in Scone.
Poet Syd Riley can barely finish a sentence without breaking into one of the hundreds of his memorised original poems and stories. With the encouragement of HammondCare volunteer Jasmin, he has published his book of memorised verses and recollections, When Every Bubble had a Rainbow.
Mike Baird was one of five panellists on the live show, Spotlight on Aged Care, broadcast on Thursday 25 February that a tackled a range of reform questions ahead of the release of the final report of the Aged Care Royal Commission.
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