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Christadelphian Aged Care

Locality: Padstow, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 1800 246 637

Address: 1 Arab Rd 2211 Padstow, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.chomes.com.au/

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25.01.2022 Courtlands Village centre looking beautifully decorated in all its Christmas spirit for this year's Christmas Dinner! Well done to the team!

24.01.2022 A brilliant initiative from Meaningful Ageing! Their campaign 'Masks with a Heart' helps our residents recognise their nurses and carers who now wear masks throughout the facility. As seen in the photo, our Ashburn House Aged Care staff members have displayed a photo of them on their lanyards. What a great initiative!

24.01.2022 What a great morning exploring the gardens and grounds of Courtlands Village for this years Spring Walk!

24.01.2022 #MeetTheStaff - Vicki at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care Ok, so I really dont like to talk about myself, so here goes. I was born in Brisbane. My Mum was a stay at home mum and Dad was a carpenter. Im the youngest of five kids. Dad decided to pull the roof off our house and build a second floor. He would have a ladder against the house to gain access to upstairs while working on it. As he was upstairs working away one day, he heard a little voice say Me help Daddy. He and ...I chatted away for a little bit, then he realised where he was and how he would get there he turned and I was standing there with a teddy bear (according to Dad Nearly the same size as you!). Surprised, he asked How did you both get up here? I shrugged, and replied I climbed up the ladder and swung in like you did! Well, after that, the ladder would be pulled up to the top floor with him whenever he worked up there! My beautiful Mother passed away as a result of a collision with a drunk driver. Dad remarried another beautiful lady and shes been my Mum now for about 35 years, and Id be lost without her! I married the love of my life when I was 20. Weve just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary with our four loving children (aged 23, 21, 19 & 13). I was a stay at home mum for most of our married life, but when our youngest went to school I started looking for something I could do during school hours. This is how my cleaning business came about and I ran it for about 4 years. I decided to pursue my childhood dream of being a nurse and trained to be an aged care nurse, finishing in November 2016. Last year, I decided to study again and in November completed my Leisure and Lifestyle Certificate. I have the best job, with the best people to support me, and the greatest people to work with.

24.01.2022 Father's Day celebrations at Ashburn House Aged Care!

23.01.2022 Check out some of the 'fiddle mitts' our residents have created for others at our Chamberlain Gardens home in Wyoming! What a great idea this is!

23.01.2022 Master chef! Fonzie doing a cooking demo for our Maranatha residents! Sadly Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey couldn't attend the taste testing.

23.01.2022 Phyllis, a resident at Chamberlain Gardens with her great-great-grandson as they watched the Melbourne Cup!

23.01.2022 #MeetTheResidents - Wendy at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care Wendy was born in the 1940s in Albsery Buckinghamshire, UK. The middle child of three girls, Wendy attended primary school at West Cliff, UK and left school when she was 14 to enter the workforce, as it was after the Second World War and times were tough.... Wendy worked at a number of positions to make ends meet; her first job was at Boots the Chemist, West Cliff where Wendy helped with dispensary and book work. Wendy moved on to work for the factory Marconis, working with the French testing the controls for the Concord Aeroplane. Wendy met her husband (now deceased) at her sisters 21st birthday party and they had a son named Richard. Wendys parents and sisters had moved to Sydney so, in 1969, Wendy decided to move with Richard who was 14 months old to Sydney, becoming a Ten Pound Pom. Wendy said she was on the last deployment of Ten Pound Poms, arriving on the ship Archille Lauro, which later sank off the coast of Somalia in 1994 due to a fire on board. Its other claim to fame was a hijacking off the Coast of Egypt in 1985. Wendy said it was a long 8 week trip, but they were lucky enough to get off the ship at different ports to have a look around. This was a relief, as conditions on the ship were not the best. Wendy said she will never forget the beautiful sight arriving in Sydney and seeing the Sydney Harbour Bridge and then the faces of her parents. When Wendy and Richard had left the UK it had been snowing, and on arrival, the sun was shining and the harbour looked beautiful. Wendy was living in a flat at Dulwich Hill; she had only been there 3 months when her flat was robbed. Wendy worked at numerous jobs; a bakery, newsagent and Jewels Food store to make ends meet so she could bring up her son. Wendy worked for many years for both Coles and Woolworths refurbishing their old shops, her specialty being the deli section. Over the years, Wendy became a supervisor and was in a managerial position. Wendy had to leave many years later due to declining health. Wendy says she was always active; she loved to swim, play squash, walked twice a day, in the mornings with her dog and then later on her own. Wendy loves all sports except tennis; she played squash, attended water aerobics and loved her garden. Wendy said she enjoyed knitting, crocheting, tapestry, jigsaw puzzles and was never bored with her own company. Wendy has two granddaughters to her son Richard, who live locally and he and his partner Leah are expecting a third child. Wendy said she is happy living here; she had no choice, but has accepted her lot due to her declining health. Her son Richard has been a gem taking over the daily tasks for Wendy and ensuring her room at Chamberlain Gardens is looking homely.

22.01.2022 Check out these gorgeous ducks swimming in the lagoon at Maranatha! Looks like a great day for a swim!

22.01.2022 #MeetTheResident - Allan at Courtlands Aged Care in North Parramatta Allan born in Holloway, North London England in 1946. Allan’s Family was divided between Arsenal and Tottenham hotspurs supporters. Allan is big spur supporter throughout his life. He went to Highbury county school than polytechnic school. After leaving school at age of 16, he started to work at BBC studio as his first job as clerk. Allan was in charge of the Key room at the BBC where all the master keys wer...e kept. All the executive secretories used to come to Allan to get keys cut. Than he started to work as photographer at BBC studio where he met lots of celebrities like David Attenborough, Tony Hancock, The2 Ronnie’s, the Monty Pyrton and Flying circus crew. In 1969, Allan Migrated to Australia on the Fair star via Cape Town port at South Africa. Is ship was docked at Pyrmont in Sydney, where he met Commonwealth employees who drove him to Dulwich Hill, He lived there for about a week than he moved to Mosman. He started to work at ABC studio as an assistant to animator and part time camera man. He met his future wife DEE at ABC studio where she was working as a graphic designer and illustrator for children’s famous show Play School. Their first date has story behind it. It was at golf course to search for tadpoles for Dee’s next project. Dee has to do illustration about tadpoles for the show but she did never see ant tadpoles and Allan remembered seeing them at golf course while playing golf. He took Dee to Golf course and rest is history. After attending his sister’s wedding in England with Dee, they got married in Australia. They started their family having 3 children. Tiffany, Oliver and Morgan. Allan also has a grandson Sabastian from his son Oliver and Lizzy. Allan continue working with ABC and promoted as a photographer and cameraman. His last job at ABC was as a graphic designer. Allan has major interest in sports. He likes follow most of the events of sport and watch it on TV WHENEVER HE CAN. He will stay awake all night to watch football world cup whenever his favourite team is playing. He also used to play Squash and Golf. Allan had good knowledge about English history. He said it’s really fascinating for him. Allan likes to listen music he is big fan of Pink Floyd, Queen ,Beatles and classical music. It is nearly 20 years since Allan has moved in Courtlands. He has good experience in here with staff and other residents. He appreciates all nurses who care for him.

22.01.2022 Our Southhaven residents enjoying their gardening! All working hard planting a variety of herbs and vegetables in our new raised garden beds in Treetops.

22.01.2022 #MeetTheResidents - Marjorie at Southhaven Aged Care Marjorie was born in the 1920s in Earlwood. Marjorie is an identical twin! Growing up in a busy household of brothers and her identical sister, her mum used to always say to the whole family I had 5 kids in 4.5 years. It was a very busy home. In her childhood, Marjorie lived at Earlwood as her Dad had a Joinery factory there. She went to Clempton Park Public School until she was 10. Her dad, Frank, then built a 2 storey ...Continue reading

21.01.2022 Our Southhaven residents having fun making their own sandwiches (Fairy bread, banana and Vegemite) to have it with their afternoon tea!

21.01.2022 HOLE IN ONE! Our Southhaven Aged Care residents channelling their inner Tiger Woods! In a putt-putt challenge

20.01.2022 ein Prost! Oktoberfest celebrations at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care!

19.01.2022 Merry Christmas from Northcourt in North Parramatta!!!!

19.01.2022 Spring is here! And so is our Spring Newsletter! Click the link to download your free digital copy.

19.01.2022 Check out the latest job opportunities at Christadelphian Aged Care!

19.01.2022 Chamberlain Gardens residents making Christmas tree ornaments from Salt Dough!

19.01.2022 Happy 100th Birthday to Rita at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care!

18.01.2022 Thank you Bharathi for providing some musical therapy to residents at Southhaven Aged Care! Keep up the great work!

18.01.2022 #MeetTheVolunteers - Sue at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care Hello Everyone, My name is Sue Ward and I have been a volunteer at Chamberlain Gardens for 5 years, enjoying the company of our lovely residents whom I have grown very fond of.... I had always worked in offices as a PA or in the accounts department but those jobs pale in comparison to doing a simple task like supporting a resident with their meal, calling out the numbers for their beloved bingo game or just sitting with them for a chat. These are things they look forward to every week therefore putting joy into their day. I have been married for 46 years and have 2 daughters who have given us 3 grandsons who are the light of our lives. It has been extremely hard recently due to Covid-19, not being able to give them a cuddle and being that they are only 6, 4 and 3 years old its hard for them to understand. We moved to the Central Coast from Sydney in 1988 where we built in the leafy suburb of Wyoming. We were owner/ builders which we realised very early on was a massive task and we must have been a little crazy to attempt it. I left my job and took on work as full time project manager and in doing so learned many skills and also aged very quickly. The outcome was a beautiful home in which we still live today. One of my great loves is gardening so with such a large block of land to work with and the help of my mother, I quickly got to work on our many gardens which still bring me huge amounts of joy. We are also big travellers. We have a campervan, so we love to take off to the bush or the coast and visit many places all over Australia. We have also seen a lot of the world (60 countries last count). The best of these being 6 months spent living the many cultures of Europe, staying a week in each. As my husband comes from Northern Ireland, it is always great to catch up with his lovely family. We only hope that when this pandemic is over we are able to continue with our many journeys but for now, we are all in this together and health and safety comes first.

18.01.2022 Love is in the air at Courtlands Retirement Village!

18.01.2022 Nature immersion day for our Courtlands Village residents! Visiting the beautiful tranquil Crosslands Reserve!

17.01.2022 Dessert Pizza making at Southhaven Aged Care!

16.01.2022 Daffodil Day at Southhaven Aged Care! Enjoying the celebrations with staff and residents. The place was decorated with Daffodils and yellow balloons. Happy Hour with drinks and nibbles.Painting daffodils, watching video about Daffodils and cancer research. Also discussing the importance of celebrating Daffodil day and its significant.

16.01.2022 Remembrance Day at our Queensland aged care Home - Maranatha.

15.01.2022 #MeetTheStaff - Maguy from Casa Mia Aged Care in Padstow Maguy was born in Chekka, North Lebanon and was one of eight, having four brothers and three sisters. Up until the age of 18, Maguy was very sporty and had a passion for running, which she was very good at, holding the record in Lebanon for the 700m cross country run between the ages of 12-14. Maguy was so good, she was trialed for the Olympics Games. Unfortunately, the war started and so was not to be.... Maguy is deeply religious and at age 18, Maguy made the decision to enter the convent, where she began teaching in various subjects. After six years, Maguy left the convent and returned home. It was there she met her future husband Joseph, a long time neighbour who was returning from Australia to visit his family. Maguy and Joseph had three beautiful sons and became soccer parents, driving their boys to various matches they participated in. She is very proud they all obtained a Masters degree, two in Education and one in Criminology and Business. Maguy loves languages and is fluent in Arabic, French, English and understands Italian. Maguy became a full time carer after Joseph became sick and after his passing, Maguy decided to go back to TAFE and study Cert 3 in AIN and Cert4 in Leisure and Lifestyle. Maguy joined Christadelphian Aged Care in September 2019. Her love and commitment to the residents, her desire to always learn and the experiences of her life makes her an asset to the family at Casa Mia.

15.01.2022 The time a lost Maccaw came to visit Maranatha Aged Care!

14.01.2022 Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock! The Big Christmas Sing-a-long event at Courtlands!

14.01.2022 #MeetTheResidents - Ananda at Northcourt Aged Care in North Parramatta I was convinced my dad Ananda Wettasinghe was a child genius the day I heard him tell us a story of how at age 6 he put wires into a lemon and made a tuneable radio, and would climb up a tree to listen to the first radio transmissions in Sri Lanka. It was from this same tree that he witnessed the flight of the Japanese bomber squadron that bombed Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) during World War 2. It was this fea...t that convinced me of this, not the fact that he was the leading engineer who built the first 5 TV transmission stations and towers across the island as Director of Engineering at ITN Sri Lanka. Although, a major part of his career he spent pioneering television, his first love was actually radio. He was the youngest radio amateur in Sri Lanka at age 16 in 1945, building his own valve radio transmitter by himself with the guidance of his much-loved mentor and physics teacher at St Aloysius College Galle. His Sri Lankan call sign was 4S7NB - better known as Nancy Baker. His Australian call sign was VK2IHV - a passion he continued till 2018 from self-built valve transmitters till the age of computers. Our earliest memories are of treading carefully over wires, valves and ceramic insulators strewn across the floor of his radio shack and hearing the Big Ben blast through the radio at 4 am every morning which he used to always set his watch to, though he was always running late! Some of my favourite memories were tagging along on family trips when he went to scout for places to put transmitting towers. He had a great group of very close friends from childhood who, to date keep in touch with him across the oceans. Though he was a genius, I would say his true genius was in being able to make the perfect cup of tea every time, as the designated tea maker of our household, a void that could never be filled by any of us. He was always a loving husband, a kind and generous father and grandfather and was a great supporter of my mum’s and my community work. He was always a perfectionist in his work, committed, dedicated and brave - I only found this out when his immediate Boss (Director General of ITN) was shot dead by terrorists and even though my father was also under death threat, just for going to work, he never missed a day. To date the words that echo in my head, is his advice to me as a teenager: never look in the mirror to find beauty, rather cultivate beauty within. I would say is an extraordinary, rare and unique human being. Story by Himali Wettasinghe - Ananda’s daughter

13.01.2022 Passports are stamped and boarding has commenced for armchair flights! As our Chamberlain Gardens residents travel to Croatia and the Netherlands!

13.01.2022 International Dog Day celebrations at Northcourt Aged Care! We were fortunate to have our Pastoral Carers dog Teagan visit our residents

13.01.2022 Flower arranging and lunch in the garden at Ashburn House Aged Care. What a beautiful day for it!

12.01.2022 Check out some of these creative masks walking around Ashburn House Aged Care! Our staff and residents are loving these fun masks! These masks are still the 3 Ply Medical Protective Disposable Face Masks with just a bit of jazz added to it!

12.01.2022 Maranatha Aged Care star bowler Naomi in fine form during our recent bowls tournament!

11.01.2022 Father's Day BBQ at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care!

11.01.2022 A great day out for our Courtlands Village residents to Brooklyn! The day was made perfect with some fish and chips by the water!

10.01.2022 R U OK Day at Maranatha Aged Care. A BBQ was provided for staff by Sodexo along with themed cupcakes. A huge thanks to Marguerite and Sodexo staff for cooking for all!

09.01.2022 We know it's hard at the moment for residents and families wanting to see one another during the lockdowns, our staff members at Courtlands Aged Care have created the window of love which allows family members to see and speak to their loved ones whilst adhering to restrictions.

09.01.2022 Another snap from Master chef Fonzie! These looks so delicious for our Maranatha residents!

09.01.2022 #MeetTheResident - William at Casa Mia Aged Care at Padstow William was born on the 8th of August 1930, he is the youngest of six children. William met the love of his life ‘Iris’ at 17 years old and they were married by the time he turned 19 on the 10th of September 1949. They had four daughters Suzanne, Cheryl, Karen & Michelle, William also has 7 grandkids, 4 great grand kids and 2 great - great grand kids. William left school when he was 14 years old and worked as a plast...erer as his first job, but he soon found this was not for him, he then worked as a concreter, builder and finally drove trucks for most of his working life, up until he got older which then he worked for the Australian post. William loves the outdoors and he loved his birds, he enjoys western films, watching NRL as he is a St.George supporter for as long as he remembers. William loves to watch golf, swimming, and tennis as he played these sports a lot when younger. William further enjoys exercise group, painting group, men’s clubs, bus outings and an occasional beer during happy hour. William celebrated his 90th birthday via Skype with his daughters, once lockdown has ended William looks forward to celebrating his birthday with his family in person.

09.01.2022 It's Bingo time at Courtlands Retirement Village! With residents John & David.

08.01.2022 Flowers are looking fantastic at Courtlands Village! It won't be too long until the Jacaranda Tree is blossoming!

08.01.2022 Some fun in the sun at Southhaven Aged Care!

08.01.2022 #MeetTheResidents - Marieta at Northcourt Aged Care in North Parramatta In October, we saw our oldest resident, Marieta, celebrate turning 100! Marieta was born in Eastwood on October 11, 1920. She was the oldest of five children, with two brothers and two sisters.... She grew up in Carlingford and lived there all her life until moving to Northcourt. She started her working like as a machinist, then married in 1942 at 22 and had one son, Gary, who was born in 1943. After this she became a dedicated homemaker for her family. She is an avid animal lover, having had dogs, cats, chooks, possums and even a wallaby as furry and feathered companions. Marieta’s whole life has revolved around her family and extended family, so it was only fitting that everyone was there to celebrate with her on her special day. She continued to receive many birthday wishes over the month, receiving cards and messages from HRH Queen Elizabeth, the Governor General of Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Marieta puts her good health and long life down to healthy living she never smoked or drank, and according to her son Gary very rarely uses bad language (so she obviously handles stress very well!).

08.01.2022 Blissful times by the lagoon at Maranatha Aged Care!

08.01.2022 Father's Day celebrations at Southhaven Aged Care!

07.01.2022 You beauty! Test cricket is back! I'm sure everyone is thrilled with watching cricket for 5 days straight

07.01.2022 Our Chamberlain Gardens staff members getting around the Christmas spirit!

07.01.2022 Our residents enjoying the walk around this beautiful Jacaranda tree at Maranatha Aged Care in Queensland!

06.01.2022 The perfect weather to get started on gardening! As we've started up the Garden Club at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care :)

06.01.2022 After a story on 'The Project' featured The Good Box - an organisation that creates beautifully packaged gift boxes for people experiencing homelessness, our Maranatha leisure & lifestyle team leader Kerralye contacted the founders of The Good Box and offered to assist with the letters that go in each box. Maranatha Residents and staff worked together to copy 100 letters so far. Thanks to everyone that helped with this.

06.01.2022 #MeetTheStaff - Val at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care in Wyoming. Val was born in St Mary’s on the East Coast of Tasmania, the last of four children, but with a twin brother only 25 minutes older! Val went to primary and high school in Launceston, Tasmania, and on leaving school she travelled to New Guinea where she lived in Rabaul and worked as a secretary for Taubman’s Paints. In 1971, the year Val was in Rabaul, was a year of massive earthquakes, the strongest being 8.4 on...Continue reading

06.01.2022 What a great day at Ashburn House Aged Care! Residents celebrating Nepalese Cultural Day!

05.01.2022 We know these are difficult times for everyone, so please let us help you with 2 weeks free respite care at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care is in a private and secure location, located at Wyoming on the Central Coast, and backs onto Niagara Park Reserve. For more information please call 1800 246 637 or email [email protected]

05.01.2022 Window and fence visits with Barbara and Phil at Northcourt Aged Care :)

04.01.2022 ALOHA! Touch down to Waikiki beach! As our Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care armchair travel to Hawaii!

03.01.2022 Our curious ducks roaming the grounds of Maranatha Aged Care!

03.01.2022 #MeetTheResidents - William at Ashburn House Aged Care. William John Williams was born on New Years Day 1937 in the small English market town of Banbury, famous for its nursery rhyme and cakes. His father was a Welsh professional soldier and his mother was an Irish lass from Cork. ...Continue reading

03.01.2022 The Casa Mia model farm! What a great addition to the foyer area!

03.01.2022 A paint brush in one hand and a beer in the other. As the Captain of Courtlands Aged Care residents places a few strokes on the soon to be installed bus shelter!

02.01.2022 The weather can't make up its mind at Courtlands Village today!

02.01.2022 #MeetTheVolunteers - Jessica at Chamberlain Gardens Aged Care at Wyoming Hello everyone, My name is Jessica Long and I was born in South Korea. My mum was a stay at home mum and my dad was a project manager in an architecture company for 30 years. My parents always supported myself and my younger brother, they provided us everything. I had a great childhood and I feel very blessed to have such amazing parents.... I studied fashion design at university and I went to Japan to study more fashion and the Japanese language. I really enjoyed living in Japan and loved their food and culture. After I left japan, I came to Australia for a working holiday and I went to college to study business management in Sydney. In Sydney, I met the love of my life in 2010. We had our wedding both in Australia and Korea. We are celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary this year with our two lovely boys (aged 7 and 4). I have been working as a beautician and before that I was working in the hospitality industry. In both of those industries, I had rapport with the elderly clients and customers from the bottom of my heart. They are like my other family to me. I decided to volunteer at Chamberlain Gardens to acquire more experience. My future goal involves learning as much as I can and I would love to have the opportunity to work as an Assistant in Nursing at Chamberlain Gardens one day.

01.01.2022 Our Ashburn House residents posing in front of our fantastic Spring Flower Wall!

01.01.2022 Winners are grinners for the self-care residents who won this years Melbourne Cup sweepstakes at Courtlands Retirement Village!

01.01.2022 Making the most of the lovely warm sun with a BBQ at Courtlands Village!