Helping Hand partners with Findon Technical College to offer career opportunities in aged care.

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Helping Hand is inviting consumers to establish a Consumer Advisory Body, and we are looking for people to register their interest in becoming members and representing the many voices and shared experiences of consumers across our residential and home care communities.

The introduction of a Consumer Advisory Body is one of the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. It offers a unique opportunity for consumers to make a difference to the way we deliver and continuously improve our services and improve quality of life for everyone. As part of the selection process, we are committed to ensuring that membership is inclusive and reflects the diversity of Helping Hand consumers.

The Consumer Advisory Body will meet four times a year and will provide updates to the Helping Hand Board of Directors, through the Client Care Committee. These updates will include identifying issues and sharing key themes and feedback that are based on real-life experiences. The Consumer Advisory Body will support our ongoing consumer engagement activities and Helping Hand’s highly experienced engagement team will provide ongoing support, advice and guidance to members.

Anyone who is currently, or has previously used our services, as well as family members, friends or representatives can register their interest to become a member.

Expressions of Interest close 15 December 2023.

If you would like to request further information and an Expression of Interest form please contact Chelsea Lewis, Manager Engagement and Partnerships at [email protected]

This year’s Annual Review looks back on 70 years of service.

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UnitingCare Australia has released a Statement of Commitment to Trauma Informed Aged Care: Forgotten Australians and Care Leavers.

UnitingCare Australia is the national body for the Uniting Church’s community services Network and an agency of the Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia. The UnitingCare Network is the largest not-for-profit aged care provider nationally supporting over 97,000 older people through residential and home care services.

UnitingCare Australia recognises that the Uniting Church in Australia and its predecessor Churches operated a number of institutions, group homes and missions across the country for those who were in out of home care and therefore played a role in the harm that was experienced by Forgotten Australians and Care Leavers when they were in care as children. Children were not always cared for as they should have been and many experienced physical and sexual abuse, neglect, harsh physical punishments, rigid rules, cruelty and humiliation. They did not always receive good medical and dental care, nutrition, education, nurturing and support. This was wrong.

UnitingCare Australia draws on the invaluable work led by Helping Hand’s Positioning Statement – co-designed with Forgotten Australians – to affirm its commitment to increasing its capacity and capability in providing trauma informed aged care for Forgotten Australians and Care Leavers.

Read the full Statement on the UnitingCare Australia website.

You’re invited to attend a free webinar: Forgotten Australians and Care Leavers as a special needs group under the Aged Care Act 1997

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National Carers Week, 15-21 October, is an opportunity to raise community awareness among all Australians about the diversity of carers and their caring roles.

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Today is Allied Health Professions Day!

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Recently Helping Hand’s Lightsview home was proud to support Flinders University in hosting a delegation of 15 senior human rights leaders from Mongolia.

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You may have seen Toby’s smiling face at the desk as you enter our North Adelaide care home.

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On World Alzheimer’s Day, 21 September, why not show your support and consider becoming a Dementia Friend? (more…)