Seven ideas for Advent to help you prepare joyfully for Christmas With the relentless commercialisaton of Christmas, it can sometimes feel like Christmas starts with the Big W toy catalogue in September and ends with a food coma after Christmas lunch on December 25. For Catholics, the season of Christmas begins with Advent (1 December – 24 [...]

Learning about falls the fun way at Emmaus Minimising the risk of falls becomes ever more important as we age. The staff and residents of Emmaus took this issue into their own hands by running a fun, informative Falls Prevention Expo across the Catholic Care of the Aged (CCA) facility on Thursday 14 November. CCA Clinical Leaders [...]

Little people taking big steps into St Peter’s Primary School With the year quickly coming to an end, St Joseph’s Preschool student Molly from Port Macquarie is getting ready for kindergarten at St Peter’s Primary School in 2020. “Molly is so excited she’s been wearing her ‘I’m going to big school t-shirt’,” mum Louise says. “It’s a [...]

St Agnes' Parish open Youth Hub for those affected by fires St Agnes’ Parish Youth Hub is open over this weekend (16 & 17 November) for anyone affected by the bushfires. Youth Hub Coordinator, Mick Gilmour, says the Youth Hub is offering its facilities for people to rest and recover. “The Youth Hub has laundry and shower [...]

St Peter's senior girls' relay team takes on the state The dedication of the senior girls’ relay team from St Peter’s Primary School in Port Macquarie was recognised, as they competed against the best in the state at the NSWPSSA Primary Athletics Championship, held at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on Thursday. “The girls’ performance was [...]

Meet Tanya Slavin, our new Volunteer Coordinator (Tanya pictured on the left with Sue Reid on right from Villages) Tanya could you please tell us a little about yourself and how long have you been in Port Macquarie. Sure! I am originally from Inverell but I completed my high school years here in Port [...]

CCA Cares an online portal for our Aged Care Services Online communication has changed our way of life making it easier to share information with each other whether it is via a computer, tablet or phone. Catholic Care of the Aged (CCA) has been working on a new online portal that helps prospective residents and their families [...]

Pilot visits children at St Joseph's Preschool & LDC During term 3, a highlight for the children at St Joseph’s Preschool and Long Day Care has been watching the airplanes fly over the preschool. Cam who is the dad of one of the children at the preschool, Dominic, came into the preschool to talk to the [...]

Friends to neighbours program making the transition seamless - Village Voice Choosing where to spend your retirement years is an important decision. At Catholic Care of the Aged (CCA), we make that transition as seamless as possible. We recently launched a “Friends to Neighbours” program, to add to the multitude of ways we bring together community and [...]

New playgroup makes connections across generations Centacare Mid North Coast (MNC) and Catholic Care of the Aged have partnered to provide free, weekly intergenerational playgroups for the community. Centacare MNC Community Services Manager Don Mackenzie says while the ABC TV documentary ‘Old People’s Homes for 4 Year Olds’ has popularised the concept, the benefits of intergenerational [...]