Catholic Health Australia had long called for aged care funding reforms that would allow providers to operate sustainably and keep serving their communities.

The session helped to raise awareness of Elder Abuse and the Care Finders Program Initiative.

MercyCare’s new 108-bed community in Maddington, is based on the best practice small-house model of care and features six homes of domestic scale, which will be home to just 18 residents each.

Mercy Health Carers Marevic Desamparada, Anisha Maharjan and Priyanka Gyawali, who hail from the Philippines and also Nepal, have lived in Perth collectively for over 20 years and say they adore their adopted country just as much as the seniors they care for at Mercy Place Mont Clare. Photo: Supplied. A trio of care companions at a popular local not-for-profit aged care home will celebrate ...

Nageena Maskinyar was a student under the Job Ready program, where she undertook the taster program at Centacare Employment and Training.

One new resident at the popular Claremont aged care home, Mercy Place Mont Clare, is 75-year-old Charmaine Brown, who started life in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia back in 1947, after her father – a tropical disease pathologist working for the World Health Organisation – was transferred from British Borneo after World War II.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, will speak on hopes for the future of the Australia Church following the Plenary Council. Photo: Ron Tan. More than 250 of the nation’s most senior health, aged-care and community leaders will descend on Brisbane next week for Catholic Health Austral...

Hamersley resident Alan Williams and Kingsley local George Wakelin visit Mercy Place Edgewater every Thursday where they socialise with residents, accompany them on walks in the garden and help with various activities, including morning exercises.

Clare Grieveson is the new CEO at Southern Cross Care (WA), a major provider of health, care and accommodation needs for the ageing and those living with disability and mental illness in Western Australia.

Mercy Place Mont Clare resident Norman Walker will be one of many to remember those who were involved in the war effort at a commemorative ceremony at the not-for-profit home this ANZAC Day.