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Community of care comes together to benefit those with MND
Clinicians at Calvary Bethlehem hospital in Melbourne hope a new community of practice will lend support and share knowledge among health and support teams caring for people with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The Community of Practice (CoP) was launched this month in partnership with MND Victoria and Palliative Care Victoria and, importantly, people with lived…
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Community of care comes together to benefit those with MND
Clinicians at Calvary Bethlehem hospital in Melbourne hope a new community of practice will lend support and share knowledge among health and support teams caring for people with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The Community of Practice (CoP) was launched this month in partnership with MND Victoria and Palliative Care Victoria and, importantly, people with lived…
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Calvary Kooyong precinct’s connected care enhanced by new GP clinic
A GP clinic at Calvary’s landmark Calvary Kooyong retirement living, health and aged care precinct is the latest step to delivering integrated living for residents and patients. Family Clinics Australia’s clinic provides services to precinct residents and the surrounding Caulfield South and Glen Eira community. The ground-floor clinic will offer GP, pathology and geriatrician services,…
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Love thy neighbour, one stitch at a time
A weekly knitting group that began as a social get-together for retirees at the new Calvary Kooyong retirement living, health and aged care precinct, has quickly becoming an exercise in helping thy neighbours – one stitch at a time. The ladies of the ‘Knit ‘n Knatter’ group help create comfort rugs palliative care patients in…
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Calvary sets a new benchmark for integrated care
By Shannon Thompson, Calvary Kooyong General Manager Older Australians are demanding care and services that allow them to age in place, and Calvary is proudly leading the charge in investing and developing genuine integrated care models to support these desires. Our Calvary Care System is strategically enabling our existing services to operate well, and enhance…
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Official Opening Day at Calvary Kooyong health and ageing precinct
Residents, staff and invited guests have joined Melbourne’s Catholic Archbishop Peter Comensoli today to officially open Calvary Health Care’s landmark retirement living, health and aged care precinct, Calvary Kooyong. A procession wove its way through each part of the integrated precinct giving residents, patients, families, volunteers, and clinical and support staff the opportunity to share…
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