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Christmas fruit cake recipe

Beryl’s Christmas fruit cake recipe

Christmas fruit cake recipe For Beryl, a resident at ACH Group’s Perry Park Residential Care Home, her passion for baking keeps her going. As a former commercial baker, Beryl has entered and won several baking competitions in South Australia. To celebrate the festive
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Clay Diya lamp, celebrating Diwali

Celebrating Diwali

Embracing the Festival of Lights Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is the annual Festival of Lights celebrated by millions of people around the world. It symbolises the spiritual ‘victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.’ At ACH Group,
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Table with Christmas wrapping paper and notepad with writing on it saying 'get organised for Christmas'

Getting organised for Christmas

Getting organised for the festive season The festive season is upon us and there is a lot to consider – from card writing and mailing, list writing, gift wrapping, shopping for presents and posting gifts, putting up the Christmas tree and decorations, Christmas
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Paracombe Premium Perry Tour - a photo of a pear orchard

Top pick: Day Tours

Celebrate the year end with the ACH Group community this December. We’re going back to the popular Paracombe Premium Perry for a guided tour and grazing lunch. See their newly acquired ‘Pear Intensive Care’ machine and see the inner workings. Plus, meet the
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Senior couple taking a selfie, mastering smart phone photography

A smart way to capture the moment

Smartphone photography tips Smartphones have transformed our lives in many ways; they have even revolutionised photography enabling us to quickly capture life’s precious moments. These days, there’s not much a digital camera can do that a smartphone can’t. But how do we make
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winter wonderland, with paper snowflakes on table

Embracing the winter wonderland

This winter, go beyond the tradition of celebrating Christmas in July In Australia, it has become a tradition to embrace the holiday spirit during the winter season by recreating the festive ambience of a traditional Northern Hemisphere winter. How can you enjoy winter,
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Ron's life on the radar

Ron’s life on the radar

From the seas to space, Ron’s career as a radar operator certainly had no boundaries. Whilst visiting the Royal Show as a teenager, following the end of World War II, Ron was captivated by the Australian Army’s display of ground-breaking tracking technology known
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composting and how you can get started

A beginner’s guide to composting

Why composting? When we send compostable material such as kitchen scraps to landfills, it produces methane as it breaks down. One study showed the decay of a family’s food and garden waste that is not composted aerobically generates almost one tonne of greenhouse
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Georgia with her son, going on a hike. Georgia shared her thoughts about motherhood and leadership

The rewarding juggle act of leadership and motherhood

It’s busy, it’s a juggle, and it isn’t always easy, but it’s absolutely worth it Georgia Struwig is a young woman who holds a leadership role as Head of Clinical & Quality at ACH Group and is the mother of 18-month-old Jasper. We
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National Motor Museum visit with Kapara residents

History Festival 2023

Your guide to the best History Festival events If you like history as much as Kapara Residential Care Home residents, staff and volunteers, you will enjoy this blog article with tips for History Festival events. History has a unique ability to connect us
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