Pay increases welcomed in aged care sector
With International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8, the ACTU says women are now seeing real growth in their wages. Women in full-time work on the average wage have…
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All on track for new aged care home
Catholic Healthcare has celebrated a major construction milestone for its new aged care home at Kincumber with a topping out ceremony. Growthbuilt, Catholic Healthcare’s construction partner, hosted the ceremony with…
Morning tea celebrates 40 years of Coastlink
Disability and aged care provider Coastlink is celebrating 40 years on the Central Coast in 2025 and will host a morning tea on March 12. Coastlink is an approved Commonwealth…
New app to find right person for the job in aged care
Peninsula Villages, a leading provider of aged care and retirement living services on the Central Coast, has achieved significant recruitment outcomes since launching its new employee referral and reward program,…
The next generation of aged care workers
Peninsula Villages has unveiled its new and innovative traineeship program in partnership with Registered Training Organisation, ET Australia. The first of its kind on the Central Coast, the Care Partner…
Housing shortage affecting aged care workforce
The aged care sector on the Central Coast is suffering a staff shortage, largely because of the lack of accommodation for workers, according to the Committee for Economic Development of…
Help in accessing aged care
Federal Member for Robertson Gordon Reid has welcomed the introduction of the Care Finder program, offering vulnerable older Australians one-on-one intensive support to help them access aged care as well…
In-home clinical care workers needed on the Coast
An aged care and disability support service is looking for high-level support workers and registered nurses to help fill the growing demand for at-home complex and clinical care on the…
First sod turned on aged care refurbishment
Construction has started on a major refurbishment and rebuild at local aged care organisation, Bluewave Living, which will allow more residents to be accommodated. Stage one of the extension commenced…
Face-to-face aged care support now offered at Woy Woy
A new aged care specialist officer will now be able to offer face-to-face support at the Woy Woy Services Centre for locals wishing to access aged care services. The free…
Peninsula Villages development wins state award
Peninsula Villages’ 114-bed ageing in place development, Pozieres House, has won a 2021 Master Builders Association Excellence in Construction Award at the Master Builders Association of NSW (MBA) Awards on…
Coastlink looking for workers in aged care and disability
One of the Central Coast’s leading aged care and disability service providers is spearheading a recruitment campaign to address major staff shortages in the critical sectors. Operating on the Central…
Valentines Day sparks romance at the Villages
Love was in the air at Peninsula Villages on Valentine’s Day, as the aged care organisation welcomed back visitors for the first time in months. The previous visitation restrictions that…
Debra switches careers with a little help from TAFE
Former graphic designer and magazine publisher Debra Elliot is just one of 12 recent graduates in the Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) at Gosford TAFE to have secured work…
Bateau Bay community campaign forces changes to retirement development
Uniting Nareen Gardens has bowed to community pressure and reformulated some of its plans for a six block, multi-storey retirement and independent living development in Bateau Bay.
Nursing homes not in need of Defence Force assistance
Local aged care organisations have welcomed the news that Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will be able to support staff if work shortages intensify. No local organisations have received that…
‘At the end of our tether’ – busloads of Central Coast nurses travel to rally
Nurses and care workers in residential care homes across the seats of Dobell and Robertson fall victim to Covid far more frequently than the residents they care for.
Aged care provider says Nurse Practitioners are the future
Nurse practitioners are needed to help stem the “aged care GP crisis” on the Peninsula according to local aged care provider Peninsula Villages. Peninsula Villages is one of only a…
$800 handout to aged care workers not enough, says McBride
Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, has slammed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plan to offer Australian aged care workers an $800 bonus payment. With the Coast’s aged care sector in dire…
Aged care described as ‘desperate’ and a ‘nightmare’ at forum
“We’re crying out for staff”, “we are desperate”, “it’s a nightmare” – were some of the pleas from local aged care providers and representatives when parts of the sector met…