Independent not for profit aged care service providers join forces

Adelene Life Village at Wyoming and Evergreen Life Care have joined forces with two other Central Coast aged care service providers to officially launch PACE Aged Care.

Members of the Central Coast ageing and disability community and local business leaders gathered on the evening of March 17 to celebrate the launch of PACE Aged Care, a concept in aged care on the Central Coast which has seen the local organisations come together to share a community of care. These organisations will collaborate on the best ways to deliver quality aged care and support services to people of the Central Coast in a bid to raise the benchmark in care standards and resources. An announcement during the launch revealed that Vietnam Veterans Keith Payne VC Hostel in Norah Head was the first new organisation to take up membership with the Group, further expanding the diverse range of services on offer. “PACE has already generated considerable interest in the aged care sector,” said Mr Shane Neaves, a director of PACE Aged Care and CEO of Peninsula Village.

“We have been approached by a number of organisations to date who are very interested in our model and our plans for the future,” Mr Neaves said. “While the PACE group currently offer independent living, respite care and residential aged care, we are planning to enhance services offered by entering into the community care sector in the very near future,” he said. “PACE will eventually provide a full range of aged care services for people looking to move into a residential facility or receive care services in their own home,” he added. The official launch was marked with the cutting of a cake by the founding four members of PACE Aged Care. Project manager, Mr Ron Thomsen said that the organisation will change the standard of aged care on the Central Coast. “With the Central Coast boasting a prominent ageing population, the aged care industry is becoming increasingly competitive, but instead of working against one another, PACE is an opportunity for organisations to work together for the betterment of all,” Mr Thomsen said.

Media release, Mar 18, 2016 Katey Small, Brilliant Logic