Aged Care

  • Special delivery for aged care residents

    Colac Scouts have put pen to paper to help brighten up the days of resident of Colac’s Mercy Place aged care, which is closed to visitors.

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  • Corangamarah eases restrictions

    Colac’s Corangamarah aged care residents will be reunited with family members, after Colac Area Health eased some aged care coronavirus visiting restrictions.

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  • Aged care restrictions remain

    Colac Area Health’s aged care facilities will continue to limit visitors to avoid the spread of coronavirus to its residents and staff, but the hospital’s chief says the service will review restrictions.

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  • Groups share resources to care for community

    Colac Otway Shire Council says the region is prepared to meet any increase in demand for services from vulnerable members of the community amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Keeping cheerful in lockdown

    Flower deliveries, emails, Skype calls and window visits are the new ways Barongarook Gardens aged care home residents are keeping in contact with their families.

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  • Loving daughter crusades for dementia awareness

    FORREST’S Helen Speirs says she wants people to have a better understanding of dementia, a disease which her mother Shirley has battled for the past six years.

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  • New technology for mansion project

    NEW units around Colac’s historic Balnagowan House are attracting attention even before work starts on the concrete slabs.

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  • The secrets to a long life

    COLAC’S Lila Fraser says the secret to living to 100 is keeping busy and eating fresh vegetables.

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