Inspiring healthy & happy living
On Friday July 16th, 2021, BallyCara’s Executive Director Sharon Blackburn CBE appeared on ABC Radio Breakfast with Craig Zonca and Loretta Ryan. Sharon discussed the current COVID-19 restrictions on residential aged care and the progress of vaccinations. You can listen...
BallyCara is incredibly proud of our dedicated and passionate workforce, and it brings us great joy to be able to show our gratitude to them for their incredible accomplishments! The Staff Reward and Recognition Scheme was born in 2020 as...
In the final of our three articles celebrating Exercise Right week, Elise Edwards lays out how exercising can maintain balance and prevent falls. Read part one on exercising for a healthy brain here, or read part two on...
This is the second of three articles penned by BallyCara’s esteemed Exercise Physiologist, Elise Edwards, in the run up to Exercise Right Week. This week’s article explores exercise and its connections to cancer management. Cancer. The big C....
In the first of three blog articles celebrating the lead up to Exercise Right week, one of BallyCara’s esteemed Exercise Physiologists, Elise Edwards, details how exercise can keep you mentally healthy. Happiness and fulfilment can ultimately be achieved...
Written by BallyCara’s Executive Chairman, Marcus Riley. Our aged care system for the future must have wellness as its centrepiece of service delivery. Wellness must be established as the golden thread of a system to ensure meaningful outcomes...
BallyCara is incredibly proud of our dedicated and passionate workforce, and it brings us great joy to be able to show our gratitude to them for their incredible accomplishments! The Staff Reward and Recognition Scheme was born in 2020 as...
Ruth Falconer is a qualified art therapist that has worked with people from all over BallyCara. She has taken some time out of her busy schedule to reflect on the immensity of her work. Creativity. We are all creative beings;...
Erynne Casey, Bachelor of Social Work Student (soon to be graduate), shares more of her placement experience at BallyCara. Three months have flown by since starting my student placement at BallyCara. Experiencing life as a social worker with...
Late in 2020, Logan Home Care Client, Helen (Eleni), celebrated 69 years of marriage with her loving husband Kon. BallyCara staff were able to be present on the day and gifted an orchid to symbolise the beauty of...
As 2020 draws to a close, Lachie Green reflects on how BallyCara has made the most of a “once-in-a-lifetime” year. I think it’s fair to say that 20-20 vision was impossible for the year 2020. “Unprecedented”, “extraordinary”, and “once-in-a-lifetime”...