(From left) Member for Lane Cove Anthony Roberts, HammondCare CEO Andrew Thorburn, Lane Cove Mayor Merri Southwood, and Northern Sydney LHD Chief Executive Anthony Schembri Centre of excellence for care for older people at Greenwich An integrated health campus offering palliative, dementia, restorative, and mental health care, along with aged care and seniors’ living accommodation, will be built in northern Sydney as part of a $300 million response to the challenges of an ageing population. Greenwich Hospital is being transformed by HammondCare to a new centre of excellence for care of older people and will feature a new sub-acute hospital with specialist services, including inpatient and outpatient palliative care. NSLHD Chief Executive Anthony Schembri attended the official launch of construction, which will see the site be redeveloped to host residential aged care accommodation in a small household setting designed to support people living with dementia. “Northern Sydney Local Health District has a long and proud history with Greenwich Hospital — delivering rehabilitation, mental health and palliative care to the Lower North Shore community for more than 50 years,” he said. “We are proud to partner with HammondCare in delivering vital health services and in realising their vision for a Centre of Excellence at Greenwich. This transformation comes at a time when it’s needed most.” Clinical planning shows that by 2034, NSLHD population will exceed one million. By 2031, one in five residents will be aged 65 or older, and the number of people aged 80 and above will rise by more than 50 per cent. “We also have the longest life expectancy in Australia — a source of pride, but also a call to action,” he said. “With longer lives come higher rates of chronic illness, disability, and dementia — already the leading cause of death in the region. These realities drive our shared focus on re-orienting care for older people: keeping them well, active and supported, ideally in their own homes and communities.”
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