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SpanishCelebration Week: Roz Nolan, Residential Services Manager
Roz Nolan calls herself a ‘freshie’ to VMCH, having started as Residential Services Manager at St Bernadette’s Aged Care Residence seven mont...
Celebration Week: Aneta Donevska, Lifestyle Coordinator
Seeing a smile on the residents’ faces, brings Aneta Donevska immense joy, and has done so for the past 15 years. Aneta first started at VMCH as ...
Celebration Week: Dianne Kwong, Enrolled Nurse
Living in Sunshine North, Di watched the new St Bernadette’s Aged Care Residence being built across from her house. Di, who was of the last hospi...
Celebration Week: Susan Wilson, PCA
When Sue Wilson’s two sons started school, she knew she was ready to re-enter the workforce. In March 1999 as part of her aged care study, she co...
Celebration Week: Rani Wong, Coordinator MWC
Rani Wong has been the Coordinator of the Multicultural Wellness Centre (MWC) for five years. The MWC is the first culturally and linguistically di...
Retention bonus eligibility criteria unfair: VMCH
VMCH CEO Sonya Smart has written directly to the Prime Minister requesting a review of the retention bonus eligibility criteria. Ms Smart says that...
We need to talk about palliative care
The phrase ‘dying a good death’, can be quite jarring to hear. However, death is one of the certainties in life and something that we should al...
Older generation passes on good advice
Men’s health is an important topic, no matter your age. We asked five of our male residents at Berwick Aged Care Residence, Hans, Reg, Peter,...
Pat feels at home in Cluny House
Denise realised her mum’s dementia was getting worse while she was living on her own in Bendigo. She would leave the house to go to the shops, sh...
Creating Hearts of Love to remember
Ensuring our residents and clients remain connected while being apart has been one of the main goals of the Mission team. Following the COVID-19 re...
The importance of meeting spiritual needs
When the time comes to move into an aged care residence, there are many things to consider. Location, amenities, are reputation are some of the fir...
Caring for yourself when supporting others
When you are caring for someone with a life-limiting illness it can be difficult to remember to take some time out for yourself. However, it is ver...