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Learn more about residential aged care and our communities in South East Queensland. 

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Hawaiian party at John Wesley Gardens Residential Aged Care Community - July 2024
What is a RAS assessment? Educational articles

If you have been referred to an assessment by My Aged Care, you will be visited by either the ACAT or the RAS team. Learn how these teams determine the level of care and support you require as you navigate the aged care system.

Tags: Ageing well, Home Care, Residential Aged Care, Respite, ACAT Assessment

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Questions asked in an ACAT Assessment Educational articles

During an ACAT assessment the assessor will ask a series of questions. Here we cover the types of questions that will be asked, to help you prepare.

Tags: Ageing well, Home Care, Residential Aged Care, ACAT Assessment

A senior couple on the compupter with a tagline 'ACAT Series'
What is an ACAT Assessment? Educational articles

A simple summary of the ACAT assessment (Aged Care Assessment Team) process and how to schedule an assessment.

Tags: Ageing well, Home Care, Residential Aged Care, ACAT Assessment

A senior couple on the compupter with a tagline 'ACAT Series'
Aged Care Employee Day - in the words of our residents Stories

On Aged Care Employee Day, our residents share their thoughts on what their carers mean to them. Thank you to all WMQ aged care workers!

Tags: Ageing well, Home Care, Residential Aged Care, Video

WMQ aged care worker plays puzzle with a resident
Take a guess at how many residents have reached 100 years at our Parkview aged care community Stories

Celebrating a combined total of more than 900 birthdays!

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Parkview Aged Care Community

A special Anzac Day celebration at Emmaus Residential Aged Care Community Stories

Staff pulled out all the stops to ensure one resident in particular would not miss his first Anzac Day service.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Anzac Day, Emmaus Residential Aged Care, Video

Anzac Day 2023 at Emmaus RAC Village, in Chermside. Image shows Sergeant Major Allan Forsyth and his wife
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

Aged care worker laughing as she dances with a WMQ resident
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

Two elderly ladies smiling. One is in a red jacket holding a book she is reading to the other in a purple cardigan with a crochet blanket over her
Celebrating life's joys in lockdown Stories

Sometimes it is the small gestures that mean the most, and WMQ frontline workers have demonstrated this as they care for residents who have been in lockdown due to COVID-19.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Anam Cara Residential Aged Care

Elderly man and woman sitting at a table with a white table cloth and balloons in the background clinking champagne glasses
A day in the life of a workplace coach in residential aged care Stories

Meet Donna, an Enrolled Nurse and a Workplace Coach for Wesley Mission QLD’s Kentish Court aged care community within Sinnamon Village at Sinnamon Park.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Kentish Court Residential Aged Care

Lady in Wesley Mission Queensland uniform smiles at camera with plants behind
Judith's story - Kentish Court Testimonial

The staff are wonderful here. They’ve been so supportive. When you are having issues with pain or you are sad, they’re there for you and they’re lovely. They seem to work well as a team and I can’t speak highly enough of them.

Tags: Residential Aged Care

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A blanket donation to brighten your day Corporate news

We’ve been blown away by the generous donation from Women’s Creative Centre, a craft hub at Greenslopes Mall. They handed over 40 hand-knitted, colourful crocheted blankets to Wesley Mission Queensland Sinnamon Village residents on Tuesday.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Rosemount Retirement Village

group of women with crochet blankets
Ice cream to the rescue Stories

When John Wesley Gardens aged care community had to close its café due to COVID-19 restrictions, residents thought it was also farewell to the much-craved ice-cream fridge. However, staff put their heads together to create an ice-cream cart!

Tags: Residential Aged Care, John Wesley Gardens Aged Care

two people at an ice cream trolley
Jan's story - Cooper House residential aged care community Testimonial

It’s the security - the security of knowing that if you’re not feeling well, you can talk to someone who knows what to do. And then they come back and ask you how you are. It’s comforting.

Tags: Residential Aged Care

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The Wheller Gardens Auxiliary remembers the late Barbara Wood Stories

Barbara Wood, a kind and dedicated member to our Wheller Gardens community, passed away in early May 2020. Barbara was the President of Wesley Mission Queensland’s Wheller Gardens Auxiliary Garage Sale, which has been operating for over 40 years.

Tags: Fundraising, Residential Aged Care, Volunteering

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Aged care residents create a penpalship with NSW bushfire affected community Stories

Residents from Wesley Mission Queensland’s Cooper House aged care community in Chermside have picked up the pen and become old-fashioned pen pals with residents in the bushfire-affected community of Bowraville in New South Wales (NSW).

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Cooper House Residential Aged Care

Letters and man holding a letter
Aged care residents use their time wisely by learning more about dementia Stories

Residents at Cooper House residential aged care community, who have been spending their time wisely by doing a free online course in understanding dementia through University of Tasmania.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Cooper House Residential Aged Care

Old woman lying back with an ipad
Technology with heart Stories

It was an extra special day for aged care residents Delys and Joyce at Wesley Mission Queensland’s Cooper House community, as they celebrated their 100th and 99th birthday.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Cooper House Residential Aged Care

women in aged care home celebrating a birthday
Inspiring resident shares her story for International Women's Day Stories

International Women’s Day is a day to recognise, reflect and celebrate women’s achievements. A story that truly represents what the day stands for is Cheryl Patchett, an inspiring woman who shows us that we can do anything we put our minds to.

Tags: Disability and NDIS, Residential Aged Care, Dovetree Residential Aged Care

woman in a wheelchair with her paintings
Vital charity work continues from a new base in an aged care community Stories

Over the last eighteen years, 86-year-old Marjorie Bol has been busy putting together care packages for the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital’s Sexual Assault Response Team.

Tags: Fundraising, Residential Aged Care, Parkview Aged Care Community

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