GOC Care clients, their family and friends and our wonderful staff had a great day today celebrating Brisbane’s beautiful springtime at our SPRING MORNING TEA held at The Greek Club. Director, Angela Andronis presented an Aged Care Update and a client feedback summary rep
At GOC Care we were all honoured to receive a visit and very special blessing from his Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. We were especially grateful that his Eminence joined us for Morning Tea with our Wellness Centre clients in South Brisbane.
A unique social experiment that brings together elderly people in a retirement community with a group of 4-year-olds. Could this encounter between young and old help transform the lives of the elderly? Watch the trailer here. Starts Tuesday Aug 27 on the ABC.
GOC Care had the pleasure of Paul Murphy, LASA Principal Advisor spending the morning with some of the team at GOC Care Brisbane to celebrate Aged Care Employee Day. It was great to have Paul visit and explain the role of LASA and to chat with our staff. Once again, a big thank you to
GOC Care had the pleasure of attending the annual OPA Greek Festival, which was held at the Bribie Island Retreat and Recreation Centre in Woorim over the weekend on Sunday, 7th July. Thankfully, the rain held off long enough for the almost 4000 people who attended to enjoy Greek danc
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF ALL AUSTRALIANS THROUGH A HEALTHY MEDITERRANEAN DIET & LIFESTYLE. Two Greek Girls Cooking proudly present The Mediterranean Diet Expo 2019! A day for all Australians to understand the unique advantages of the traditional Mediterranean food and lifestyle for
Bill Shorten is “very pleased” with his new role as shadow minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which sees the former Labor leader take a policy full-circle. He said creating the NDIS was his first job in politics and “remains one of the great privi
Some GOC staff had the pleasure yesterday of attending the Greek Orthodox St Anna’s Ladies Auxiliary morning tea at Bundall last week. The total raised was $6000+ from the event and the money was donated to the Oncology Dept of the Gold Coast University hospital.
The Bribie ‘OPA’ Greek Festival will showcase Greek culture to the wider community. Working collaboratively within the community, the Festival celebrates the diversity of people from various regional and ethnic backgrounds through Food, Dance, Music, Informative displays, Tutorials an
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has recently announced two new Ministers for NDIS and Aged Care. The new Minister the NDIS, Stuart Robert (pictured, above left), will also head the new Government Services Department, Mr Morrison announced. The new Minister for Aged Care and Senior Austr
The Brisbane Disability Expo is set to be the biggest and most anticipated all ages, all abilities disability specific Expo on the 2019 Brisbane Calendar. The National Disability Insurance Scheme is now available across all of the Brisbane region, which means thousands of residents ar
See you at the 2019 Care Expo. The 2019 Care Expo will bring together a diverse range of community services, businesses and organisations providing products and services from the support, health and care industries, all under the one roof! After the success of the inaugural event in 2
As part of the Healthy at Home consortium GOC Care are proud to announce the website is now live. Healthy@home is a consortium of 19 leading organisations who are experienced in supporting people with diverse needs, characteristics and life experiences. The consortium includes communi
We did it! We surpassed our $500 goal for Dementia Australia’s major fundraiser, Memory Walk/Jog/Run event that happened on Sunday. $1000 was raised overall by the GOC GO Getters supporters and team members. That’s many of you and we couldn’t do it without your commitment and compassi
GOC Care were proud to be a sponsor of Paniyiri 2019. To see some amazing videos of the event check out the official Paniyiri 2019 Facebook Page. It was a great opportunity for us to mingle with the community at our information stand and to answer questions about our aged care and dis
