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On Friday 7 June the Aged and Community Services Western Australia (ACSWA)Excellence in Care Awards took place at The Crown, Burwood. Baptistcare received three High Commendations for the Categories of Organisation, Trainee and Employee Awards.

Read the presentation by Baptistcare CEO Dr Lucy Morris on “Older Women, Discrimination and the ‘F’ Word” at the COTA (WA) Active Ageing Conference on Wednesday 6 June 2013 here.

Each week Baptistcare Community Chaplain, Rick Birch, drives an average of 1,000 kilometres visiting clients in their homes in the south west. Click here for further details.

The 2013 finalists for Aged and Community Services WA’s prestigious Excellence in Care Awards have been announced. Click here to find out who the finalists are.

Baptistcare CEO Dr Lucy Morris has made the following submission on the Home Care Packages Programme Guidelines. Please click here to read the submission. 

Baptistcare was pleased to have the opportunity to meet with the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs and discuss the implications arising from the five draft Aged Care Bills currently under consideration by Parliament. This Paper is submitted and contains the Opening Statement made at the Hearing on the 29th...

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AGED AND COMMUNITY SERVICES WA CONFERENCE 2013

The May 2013 edition of The Advocate is currently being printed and is due to be delivered to your local church shortly.

Baptistcare WA CEO and Chairperson of Baptist Care Australia Dr Lucy Morris, is questioning just who is the real winner in the Federal Government’s pay rise announcement in early March.

Just who is the real winner in the Federal Government’s pay rise announcement this week, Baptistcare WA CEO and Chairperson of Baptist Care Australia Dr Lucy Morris, is asking?

On a beautiful morning the WA Aged Care Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care Network gathered at Baptistcare’s Yallambee residential aged care facility in Mundaring for their third annual dedication service. Nestled within the trees and the sun shining, the setting couldn’t have been better. 

The March 2013 edition of The Advocate is currently being printed and is due to be delivered to your local church and organisation shortly.

Baptistcare staff at Hand in Hand community aged care are celebrating the achievement of another qualification in their professional service after completing further training in community care and management.

Excellent article written by Nicky Howe, Southcare CEO.

The Disaster Standing Committee of Australian Baptist Ministries met yesterday in response to the disastrous bush fires in Tasmania over the last few days.

The great leap forward the WA mental health system needs is in investment with the whole person at its centre not further institutional care. The Mental Health 2020 strategic plan provides a clear set of principles around which this cultural change can be built, but it is imperative that all...

Australian Baptist Ministries has cautiously welcomed the introduction of long-awaited gambling reform legislation in federal parliament, saying it was a small step forward but much more needed to be done to provide consumer protection for gamblers.

On Friday 2 November Riverside retirement village in Salter Point launched their Inaugural Expo of Arts and Crafts. The art group at Salter Point, run by resident Tom Letch, started in 2011. Here retirees come together to create all sorts of crafts including knitting, paintings, needlework and woodwork. 

On Thursday 1 November Baptistcare celebrated their 40th anniversary with the commissioning of their Leadership Team and Board at Riverton Baptist Church, Shelley. 

Baptists in Lebanon are appealing to the worldwide Baptist family to pray for the Middle Eastern country in the wake of a bomb blast on October 19. At least eight persons were killed, including Wissam al-Hassan, the country's head of intelligence and his assistant. An estimated 110 more were injured.

The Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) will participate in a review of Pakistan's human rights record at an upcoming meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).

Leading Western Australian residential and aged care organisation, Baptistcare, protested the federal government's decision to cut residential aged care funding by $500 million at its 13 residential aged care facilities and three disability and community care sites at the end of last week.

The Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) is leading a response to assist Syrians displaced by the civil war in the Middle Eastern country.

Thanks to the generosity and community spirit shown by Bendigo Bank and two local businesses, the elderly residents at Graceford Residential Aged Care Facility now have a safe and stable pathway for their daily walks.

Baptistcare will host a 1970s themed morning tea at Annie Bryson McKeown, Bethel and Gwen Hardie Residential Aged Care Facilities on Thursday 12 July 2012 as part of a series of events to mark our milestone 40th anniversary year. The times for each event are: