At ACH Group, we are proud to have dedicated and wonderful volunteers who support our vision of good lives for older people. Although Volunteer Week this year may look a bit different due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it doesn’t stop us from celebrating …
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Have you done something new or different lately? Made some New Years Resolutions and started some healthy habits? Maybe you’ve challenged yourself to learn a skill or take up a new hobby? Or perhaps you’re focused on cutting back or giving something up …
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Author: Sofie Gregory I stand in the spotlight looking out through a haze Foggy day. Dust specked aura of bright light night Who do you address when you cannot see the audience? I’d never thought about it; never expected to be here myself. A platform …
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Are you planning to enjoy lamb this Australia Day? Eaten as part of a balanced diet, lamb has many health benefits. According to the Meat and Livestock Association, lamb is rich in protein, minerals and B-group vitamins including thiamine, niacin and r …
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Author: Ila McKay It happened quite unexpectedly and it was unprovoked. So why? What had I done to deserve such treatment? The day had progressed nicely until now. And it happened at a most inconvenient time. I was getting ready to attend a concert bei …
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Author: Akhter Jahan Rahman It was Mother’s Day on Sunday – I posted ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ on Facebook; emailed close family members by email (made easy by Yahoo sending me a card to send); called and sms’d different friends and stopped by on the way ba …
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Author: Ila McKay My stay in Vietnam involved a full day bus tour of Da Lat. My son Ron and I left at 8am and we travelled some distance before arriving at a Park near the top of a waterfall. To see this attraction fully, one had to first toboggan down …
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Author: Ila McKay This is a warning to everyone. I don’t wish to unnerve you but there is an issue I would like to draw to your attention. A serious issue you may or may not know about, but it definitely exists in everyone’s home. I was not aware of it …
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The atmosphere was electric when ACH Group’s Sing for Joy Choir took over the terminal at the Adelaide Airport for a ‘Flash Mob’ event to shine a light on the wisdom that older people possess and break down stereotypes around ageing. Renowned South Aus …
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A new men’s shed at ACH Group’s Perry Park residential living facility is breaking the mould of the traditional carpentry workshop by offering something for the mechanically-minded. The Perry Park Bike Shed brings together residents who share a love of …
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Flagstaff Hill retirees Terry and Helen Harmer know how important it is to enjoy a garden of your own. The passionate green thumbs set aside a day a fortnight to help maintain the gardens of older South Australians as part of the ACH Group Home Assist …
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Perry Park resident Rae Perin was delighted to learn how to write her name in ‘kanji’, one of three Japanese alphabets, when the Sun-Life exchange group visited the Port Noarlunga home in September. The group of 14 professionals from the aged care sect …
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Catherina van der Linden celebrated her 104th birthday in one of the places she feels most comfortable – the gym. Catherina signed up to the ACH Group Life Exercises program at Glenelg in June last year and never misses a session. She heard about the w …
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Madeline and Gillian joined a choir for medical reasons but they agree that singing has given them much more than good health. They are members of ACH Group’s Sing for Joy choirs and performed some of their favourite music at the Everybody Sing! Concer …
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They have shared a home, dreams, children and grandchildren, and now Henry and Joyce James share a passion for exercise. Henry, 81, and Joyce, 80, have been married for 57 years and are regulars at ACH Group’s Life Exercises program. Henry says he drov …
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