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10 ways home care can make your life easier Educational articles

Are everyday tasks becoming a challenge? It might be a sign that you could do with a little extra help at home.

Tags: Home Care

5 ways to get support while you wait for a Home Care Package Educational articles

Need extra help at home before your HCP comes through? You don’t qualify for government-funded options? Here are a few options to consider.

Tags: Home Care

Up to 30% of Wesley Mission Queensland office staff chose to work on Australia Day Media release

To demonstrate allyship and live out its values, WMQ has given employees the choice to work on the Australia Day public holiday.

Tags: Corporate, Reconciliation, Reconciliation

Want to understand more about First Nations past? These books are a good start Educational articles

Books offer a window into First Nations peoples and the often-overlooked history of this land we call home

Tags: Reconciliation, Reconciliation

Your Story is Our Story video series - WMQ’s First Nations Staff on reconciliation Media release

Video series shares the stories of some of our First Nations staff and sheds a light on what reconciliation means to them

Tags: Reconciliation, Video

What does January 26 mean to WMQ staff? Corporate news

In this video we ask some of our team, both First and Second Nations, what 26 January means to them.

Tags: Reconciliation, Reconciliation

How to make your money stretch further these holidays Educational articles

Problematic weather conditions down south and skyrocketing prices have impacted your grocery shopping this season. To help you save money and plan ahead, our Head Chef Russell shares his tips and tricks.

Tags: Corporate

Voluntary assisted dying at WMQ Media release

While WMQ does not provide VAD services at our homes/facilities, if a customer in our care wishes to access VAD, we will support them to do so.

Tags: Palliative and Hospice Care

New accommodation to help plug gap in housing for people living with a disability Media release

Wesley Mission Queensland has partnered with RF Corval to deliver six new state-of-the-art disability needs apartments in Brisbane’s East.

Tags: Disability and NDIS

A safe space for all Media release

Wesley Mission Queensland has helped launch the Brisbane North Safe Space Network initiative in Redcliffe this week to offer an alternative form of support for people experiencing distress and vulnerability.

Tags: Mental Health

Aged Care Employee Day - it's all because of you Media release

Aged Care Employee Day, is a time each year to recognise and celebrate those who care for our ageing family and friends.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Video

Meet the team putting Action into Reconciliation Action Plan Media release

To celebrate Reconciliation Week, WMQ hosted a Cultural Awareness Training Workshop for all staff to learn the distinction between Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country, as well as the effects of colonisation still felt in First Nations communities.

Tags: Reconciliation, Reconciliation

Staff at WMQ Cultural Awareness Training Workshop during Reconciliation Week 2022
90 years old, 13 days, 300kms and $21,000 raised - Athol you're a star! Corporate news

After 13 days and 300 kilometres, 90-year-old Hummingbird House volunteer and fundraiser Athol Alcorn walked over the finish line last Sunday, to the delight of his crowd of supporters.

Tags: Fundraising, Palliative and Hospice Care, Volunteering, Children, Hummingbird House

You've got a friend in me Stories

Friendships play an important role at all stages of life and studies have found them to be critical for a healthy aging process. It has even been suggested that social contact is more beneficial than physical exercise and healthy habits (not smoking, weight management) for health and longevity.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, John Wesley Gardens Aged Care

We did it, together we raised $218,500 at WMQ's Giving Day! Media release

We are delighted to announce that Wesley Mission Queensland raised over $225,000 at our Giving Day!

Tags: Fundraising

Double your impact on WMQ's Giving Day! Media release

Join us on Thursday 2 June as we raise much needed funds for mental health, palliative care, disability and emergency relief.

Tags: Fundraising

WMQ retirement offering grows as buyers seek space Media release

WMQ is about to expand its retirement living offering with building work set to begin on Stage Two of Rosemount Retirement Village at Sinnamon Park.

Tags: Retirement Living

For Morse code Mavis, war memories never fade Media release

At 96 years of age, St Mark's resident Mavis Obst may have lost the touch for her Morse code training, but her memories haven’t faded.

Tags: Residential Aged Care

International Women's Day 2022 Media release

Today we celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and call for action on gender equality. Watch this message from people across WMQ on International Women's Day.

Tags: Corporate

Her Excellency the Governor of Queensland announced as patron of Hummingbird House Media release

Queensland’s only children’s hospice, Hummingbird House, has announced the Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young PSM, as its new patron.

Tags: Corporate, Palliative and Hospice Care, Children, Hummingbird House