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New name reflects identity of Calvary at Kingswood
New signage reading Calvary Kingswood is the official public notice of a name change for the residential aged care home previously known as Mitcham. Located in the Adelaide suburb of Kingswood, the installed signage is the final step of a name change first proposed following Calvary’s acquisition at the home in 2021. Since taking over…
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Calvary community grants supporting Tasmania
Calvary’s Community Council has awarded almost $25,000 in its latest round of community grants to support vulnerable people across Tasmania. The grants were awarded to six projects including a group providing dental care for aged residents, a local high school ‘cycology’ program, and a volunteer program teaching creative writing and storytelling to young school children.…
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Crafty Calvary residents back for fun in the SunFest
Crafty residents will be front and centre at Calvary Goonawarra‘s stall at SunFest this weekend, selling knitted items and bead jewellery made especially for the community festival. The Calvary Goonawarra team are back bigger and better this year, after being awarded Best Business/Service at their inaugural appearance at last year’s festival. Behind the Scenes This year, ladies…
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Ireland’s health minister sees MEG auditing innovation at Calvary
A partnership between Calvary and MEG, an Irish digital quality management system, is supporting the Australian not-for-profit healthcare provider meet its commitment to regulatory compliance and continual improvement. Since 2023, Calvary has implemented MEG as the digital auditing tool for clinical quality audits, to ensure a standardised monitoring and measuring of the data across our…
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Calvary closes door on older style home and modernises expanded services at another in Victoria
Residential aged care home Calvary Bonbeach, in Melbourne’s south-east, will cease operations by 31 May 2024, while the doors will open to a modernised new wing at Calvary George Vowell. Calvary has a rich heritage of serving the needs of our communities for over 135 years and we continuously assess our homes to support high…
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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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Twin trifecta for Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
Across five days, Calvary North Adelaide Hospital (CNAH) has welcomed three sets of natural-born twins. While twins are a fairly regular occurrence at CNAH, all three sets of twins were natural-born. “It is rare to have sets of twins born vaginally these days, with many born via caesarean section due to risks associated with multiple…
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