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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.   Each week a busload of students, ranging from Kindergarten to Year 4, perform songs and dances across the various lodges of

With just nine days to go until the end of June, Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital Endoscopy Unit has already raised a staggering $14,000 for Bowel Cancer Australia. Bowel Cancer Awareness Month is an annual initiative of Bowel Cancer Australia, running throughout the month of June (1-30), to raise public awareness of

Calvary Nazareth Retirement Community Clinical Care Coordinator Madolyn Miller provides daily clinical and emotional support and is a voice for the aged care residents she cares for.   The 15th of June is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) and aims to speak up in opposition to the abuse and

Men’s Health Week 2017 runs from the 12th-18th of June and focuses on improving and maintaining the health of men, boys and their families. This year’s theme “Healthy body – Healthy mind: Keeping the balance” explores the different ways men and boys are managing to keep healthy, physically and emotionally,

When Dora Taylor isn’t working as an Emergency Department Nurse at Calvary Wakefield Hospital in Adelaide, she is taking leave  to volunteer with the Sambhali Trust in Rajasthan. Dora spends two months running workshops on every aspect of women’s health. Her workshops aim to educate women about the female body, including

Palliative Care is a term that’s widely misunderstood. For most people, it invokes thoughts of stress, sadness and fear. It implies the end of life, saying goodbye and living your final days in specialised care. But for many who have experienced Palliative Care – the experience is drastically different. The

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 carers. National Palliative Care Week, held this year from 22-28 May, is supported by the Department of Health and aims to raise

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. National Palliative Care Week, held this year from 22-28 May, is supported by the Department of Health and aims to

A world-leading surgery technique to remove a significant brain tumour through the nasal cavity has given Ken Newbold a new lease on life. Performed at Calvary Wakefield Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, by ear, nose and throat surgeon Dr Harshita Pant and neurosurgeon Dr Marguerite Harding, the 11-hour-operation successfully removed