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$40 million aged care, health and education hub officially opens

ACH Group’s $40 million aged care, health, and education hub that reimagines aged care and will improve the health outcomes of the local community officially opened on 20 September 2023. Healthia, featuring a state-of-the-art residential care home and GP, nursing, and allied health clinic, sits within the Playford Health and
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Main entrance at Healthia Residential Care Home

ACH Group supports patient reablement and hospital system

Older South Australians will be supported to leave hospital sooner thanks to an Australian-first reablement program by the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) and ACH Group. NALHN will occupy 24 private rooms at ACH Group’s brand-new state-of-the-art residential care home Healthia to help transition older people from hospital to
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Aged Care Employee Day 2023

Aged Care Employee Day is celebrated on August 7 each year and is a day to recognise the contributions of those who work in the sector. ACH Group CEO Frank Weits said the day is important for both the sector and wider community. “Aged Care Employee Day celebrates the hundreds
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SALA 2023 Favourite Things - theme for ACH Group

The diverse stories of ACH Group’s artists

The ACH Group community will display more than 200 artworks in this year’s South Australian Living Arts (SALA) Festival. The not-for-profit aged care provider invited customers, residents, staff, and volunteers to create art to the theme of ‘Favourite Things’. A range of pieces were submitted from paintings to photography, sculpture,
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Opening nears for a new age of residential aged care

The aged care, health, and education hub developed by ACH Group which will feature a state-of-the-art residential care home and provide health services to Adelaide’s northern community is complete. Healthia, a $40 million development by the South Australian not-for-profit aged care provider, sits within the Playford Health Precinct and will
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A Concert of Pure Imagination

An ex-rock band member alongside a former ballet dancer will take to the stage with more than 100 fellow choir members on Saturday 17 June. For the first time since 2020, the Sing for Joy Choir – a community choir by South Australian aged care provider ACH Group – will
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Millie loves to volunteer at ACH Group's ViTA Residential Care Home, pictured in an art class with a resident, happy and content.

Recognising the contributions of volunteers

From May 15 – 21, National Volunteer Week will be celebrated across Australia to mark the generous contributions of volunteers. Leading South Australian aged care provider ACH Group has more than 155 volunteers who valuably support customers, residents, and a wide range of services and programs. ACH Group Volunteer Manager,
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Jack Nicholls from Yankalilla Centre Residential Care Home talks about his experience as a WWII veteran, wearing a jacket with war medals and badges.

World War II by sea

While Jack Nicholls now lives along the Gulf St Vincent, he spent the early 1940s travelling the world’s oceans as part of Britain’s World War II efforts. Born in London in 1926, Mr Nicholls joined the British Merchant Navy as a 16-year-old. “I couldn’t wait to get to sea; I
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Healthia Residential Care Home, view from Mark Road, Elizabeth South

New innovative care model arrives in Australia

ACH Group will be the first aged care provider in Australia to implement the U.S.-founded Green House Project (GHP) model of care, which promotes the autonomy and individuality of residents and staff. The model will be introduced in the South Australian provider’s newest residential care home Healthia, which will open
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Group of older gentlemen catching up in the city

A new take on aged care advertising

South Australian aged care provider ACH Group has flipped the script on aged care advertising with its new brand campaign ‘Being yourself never gets old’. The integrated campaign is spearheaded by a 30-second film featuring the vision of older people engaging in their favourite activities including lifting weights in the
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