2002

6th June 2002
Community Aged Care Unit Finds New Home
During a special ceremony tomorrow afternoon (Friday 7th June), the Most Reverend Michael Malone, Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, will officially open and bless new premises for the Community Care Unit of Catholic Care of the Aged (CCA).

The new Community Care Unit, situated at Iron Bark House on the St Joseph's Home site at Sandgate, is a former dairy farm residence built in the early 1900's.

According to Mrs Lynne Graham, Manager of Community Care, "This is a significant development in the life of Community Care. It's the first time that the Community Care Unit of Catholic Care of the Aged has taken ownership of 'bricks and mortar' to house staff and provide support services."

CCA's Community Care receives funding from the Commonwealth Government to provide support services to frail aged persons living in the community who have been assessed by the Aged Care Assessment Team as needing low level residential care.

Services provided to individuals include personal care, housekeeping, meal preparation, transport, shopping, and some therapeutic services such as monitoring of medications.

Generally, services are targeted to minimise the deficits in activities of daily living that an individual may experience and to assist them to remain safe and secure in their own home.

Community Care services are provided in the Newcastle, Maitland, Port Stephens, East Lake Macquarie, Taree and Gloucester areas.

The opening and blessing of CCA's Community Care Unit
will take place tomorrow Friday 7th June at 12:00 noon
Iron Bark House, 240 Maitland Road Sandgate

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