Moran Sylvania will be hosting a free Dementia Australia – Care for the carer session on Wednesday 6 November. This session will provide an understanding of dementia. It explores strategies, resources and support services for maintaining positive carer wellbeing and effective communication. Dementia Australia’s facilitators have specialist dementia knowledge, skills and experience. You will gain knowledge […]
Aged Care Quality Standard 1 – Consumer Dignity and Choice It is human nature for us to care and to want to ensure that people closest to us are safe. We must also recognise that everyone is an individual and once we become adults, we should be able to make decisions about our day to […]
From July 1 2019, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission expects all organisations providing aged care services in Australia to be compliant with the new Aged Care Quality Standards. Each Standard says what you, the consumer, can expect. Your aged care provider has to meet an “outcome” for you and they have to demonstrate […]
When we think about our retirement we often list activities and interests that we have not had the time or opportunity to pursue in our younger years. Just recently at Moran Kellyville a group of residents indicated that they would like the opportunity to express themselves creatively. A number explained that this has been something […]
We’re looking for awesome carers to join our team. We have a variety of roles across all shifts at our homes in Engadine, Sylvania and Kellyville. As well as working with our our amazing residents and calling one of our stunning homes your place of work, there are plenty more reasons why you should consider […]
The month of April is also known as ‘April Falls Month’. The focus for 2019 April Falls is falls prevention and frailty and being able to recognise the signs in yourself or in your loved ones. Signs of frailty include: losing weight when you’re not trying to feeling weak, finding it harder to open things […]
For many families the aged care journey can be emotional, stressful and overwhelming. We thought we would share a letter from the daughters of one of our residents which shares their journey and experience of finding specialist dementia support for their mum. Last year my sister and I sadly came to a crisis point with […]
In the spirit of celebrating International Women’s Day this month we thought we would put the spotlight on three inspirational ladies from our residential care community at Moran Roxburgh Park. Loving Grandmother, Haben Warda, 85 is originally from Iraq, she has 6 children and 21 grandchildren. In Iraq she worked as a cleaner at the […]
We’ve got some pretty special staff members and today we thought we would take the opportunity share this beautiful story from Moran Sylvania. Staff members Ranju and Sophia decided to do something special for a new resident who was soon to arrive at the home. This was a really simple act of kindness which […]
In the spirit of celebrating International Women’s Day this month we thought we would put the spotlight on three inspirational ladies from our residential care community at Moran Kellyville. Fun and bubbly, Rita Wright, 75 originally from Northern Ireland, was a former housekeeper who lived with her husband in Campsie where they brought up their […]