Cessnock Retirement Community

Anzac Day falls on 25 April each year, commemorating the lives of all Australians who have served their country in times of war, including our own Leslie Hughes, a resident at Calvary Rye Sands on the Mornington Peninsula.

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Marlene strolls around the new garden at her home at Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community. Her younger sister Margaret is visiting and arm in arm they meander along the paths, around the recently planted lemon and lime trees, under an arbor, past raised garden beds ready for planting and succulents already

Aged Care Employee Day is being held this Saturday to celebrate more than 360,000 aged care employees around Australia. This year’s theme is ‘Thanks For Caring’ to recognise each team member involved in caring for the 1.3 million older Australians receiving home care or residential care services. At Calvary we

Calvary has entered confirmatory due diligence with Japara Healthcare Ltd following a decision by Japara’s Board to allow access for Calvary to develop a binding proposal the board can recommend to its shareholders. The Revised Indicative Proposal proposes the acquisition of 100% of the shares by Calvary in Japara by

Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community residents and family members have had a sneak peek of life in the new-look Hebburn Lodge, which has undergone a $2.4 million redevelopment – including creation of a large sensory garden. It was thumbs up all round for the new residential care accommodation at a recent

Many Australians know someone who has been diagnosed with, or has cared for, someone with dementia. We want to help, but how? Calvary is supporting the Step Up for Dementia Research program. StepUp is a research participation and engagement service, a “one-stop shop” that connects individuals – both with and

On 2 March 2021, the Australian National University (ANU) and Calvary Health Care formalised their partnership in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that extends their joint activities, beyond the ACT to Calvary Health Care nationally.

Katherine Ryan has been the welcoming face and voice behind the reception desk at Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community for the past 20 years.

A new report commissioned by Catholic Health Australia (CHA) calls for the provision of more home-based palliative care services to relieve pressure on hospitals and save valuable health system dollars. CHA, the peak body for Catholic health and aged care service providers in Australia, launched the report today at Calvary

Thirty One Trainees were recognised at Calvary Cessnock Graduation Evening On Thursday 22 March over 160 employees, families and friends braved the wild weather to celebrate thirty one successful trainees’ graduation dinner and ceremony at Potters Tavern Marquee in the Hunter Valley. The special occasion was marked with National Director

Sr Cecelia started volunteering at Calvary Cessnock in 2009. She uses her own hearing loss to assisting residents with hearing loss and improving their quality of life. The transformation in residents who have been helped and supported by Sr Cecelia is heartwarming to see. Speaking with residents shows you are never to old

Calvary Cessnock showed the positive impact that movement and music can have on health, wellbeing and mobility in elderly people.

Calvary Retirement Communities employee Maxene Vernon (Max) has been recognised for 30 years of service within both Allandale and Calvary sites. Max has worked across many roles in her time at Calvary.

With a sense of unease and discomfort, Calvary noted several media articles over the weekend of 19 and 20 August 2017 which claim that the “Catholic church” is threatening to fire teachers, nurses and other employees who marry their same-sex partner if gay marriage is legalised. We reassure staff and

On Wednesday 12 of July Sr Mary Cecelia Creigh celebrated her diamond Jubilee as a Sister of St Joseph.

Over the past eight weeks students from St Philip’s Christian College have been visiting residents at Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community as part of their Young At Heart program.

Calvary Retirement Communities focuses on holistic palliative and end of life care which encompasses supporting the emotional, spiritual and physical needs of aged care residents, their families and their carers.

The Calvary Cessnock Auxiliary was established in May 1963 and has served the local community for over 50 years. The group of 10 are part of the 6 million volunteers across Australia that will be celebrated this week as part of National Volunteer Week (8th -14th week).

Little Company of Mary (Calvary), Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites) and Mary MacKillop Care SA (MMC) are pleased to announce that Calvary will acquire MMC in South Australia.

In line with Senior’s Week celebrations Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community hosted an Open Day and Markets on Saturday 11 March 2017.

Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community alongside WEA Hunter are delivering an integrated, pre-vocational aged care training program.

Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community are hosting a Seniors Week Open Day and Markets on Saturday 11 March 2017 from 10am – 2:30pm.

WHS Coordinator Kim Skeffington has recently been recognised as a finalist in the Hunter Safety Awards.

Calvary Cessnock employee Jake Basista won the Robert Beggs Award for his involvement in the aged care industry.

Calvary Cessnock resident Bill Hicks had led an amazing and varied life – from koala conservation to developing the longstem planting method. Bill shares his story with us. 

On Friday 11 November 2016 a moving Remembrance Day service was held at Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community.

Calvary has over 14,000 volunteers that devote their time to care for others. Our volunteers at Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community, in the NSW Hunter Region, are living examples of how volunteering not only makes a difference in the lives of others, but also has a positive impact for the volunteers as well.

Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community, in the NSW Hunter Region, and Alzheimer’s Australia NSW, have launched a ‘Story of our Lives’ pilot program to further enrich residential dementia care.

Each year we congratulate our Calvary Cessnock Retirement Community graduates on completing their Cert III in Aged Care. This year we celebrated the work of eight graduates, all of whom are part of our ‘Locals caring for Locals’ program.