T he festive season has arrived and many of us have turned our attention to celebrating the end of what has been a year of significant change in our local community and around the world. The birth of Christ remains a significant event in human history where God’s love came truly present in a human person. The celebration of the Christmas season where people come together and gifts are given and received, can be a rich time for many but for some can reinforce their relative poverty. At AnglicareSA we follow the way of Jesus as we seek to respond to the real and pressing needs of people through authentic encounters of care, community and justice. I was one of more than 1,000 community members who took part in a march in Adelaide as part of Walk Together 2016. The walk was an opportunity to celebrate our cultural diversity and stand up for a more welcoming Australian society. AnglicareSA proudly provides support to more than 1,000 people who have been accepted as refugees under the Federal Government’s Humanitarian Settlement Services program and this year we have supported refugees from war torn Syria. Recently we received national recognition for our Positive Interactive Engagement (PIE) program, which supports aged care residents with dementia. MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency’s Better Practice Award, recognises outstanding examples of high quality aged care across residential and home/community care. The PIE program, developed and implemented at our Canterbury Close residential aged care facility in Elizabeth East, helps improve our customers’ quality of life in the facility by providing connection, stimulation, routine and positive triggers to reduce restlessness and agitation. It’s an excellent example of our staff identifying initiatives which support people in our care. The beautiful St Peter’s Cathedral provided a stunning location for our annual Cathedral Banquet in early October, with money raised from the night supporting our Emergency Assistance services. Almost 300 people attended on the night, helping us to raise more than $147,000. This was a great response to what’s become one of our must- attend annual events. Please enjoy reading about just some of the many activities and highlights from across our services over the past three months, which have all made a difference to lives of the people we support. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of AnglicareSA throughout 2016 and I wish you all the best for a very safe, peaceful and enjoyable Christmas and New Year.
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR A VERY SAFE, PEACEFUL AND ENJOYABLE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR.
Peter Sandeman Chief Executive Officer, AnglicareSA
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