MercyCare is extending Mother’s Day from Friday May 8 to Monday May 11 at its Residential Aged Care homes to ensure all families get the opportunity to connect with their loved ones while ...
News & Stories
Diversity and Inclusion series: Ravikumar’s story
“While I was away from my home country I always felt homesick and loneliness. I would travel home to Sri Lanka with a thousand dreams and everything would shatter in a couple of days,” Ravikumar ...
A focus on wellbeing during uncertain times
While MercyCare staff continue about their work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, looking after the wellbeing of community members across Perth and the Kimberley region, it’s also important the ...
Community Heroes: BASSA and DASSA
The MercyCare team in the Kimberley region has continued to provide vital support to the local community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visitor flu vaccination another step to keep residents safe
From May 1 Federal Government legislation requires all visitors and staff entering Aged Care homes to have a current influenza vaccination.
Aged Care homes re-open with safeguards to keep residents safe
As COVID-19 infection rates remain low in Western Australia, MercyCare has started reopening its Aged Care homes this week to visitors with strict screening and infection control procedures in ...
Diversity and Inclusion series: Sina’s story
Her own younger years torn apart by war, Shokofa Abbasi has envisaged a very different future for her son Sina in Australia.
MercyCare Community Hero: Afsoun
Afsoun has supported hundreds of people through the journey of setting up life in Australia.
Perth company’s donation brings joy to aged care
Residents at MercyCare’s five Aged Care homes have been gifted new games to help them through the coronavirus lockdown.
Outdoor jazz soiree brings joy to Mercy Village
Residents at Mercy Village in Wembley were treated to a special jazz soiree when a former John XXIII College student performed a balcony concert for them.
Linking Together
Creative ways to connect MercyCare’s aged care residents and home support clients with their family, friends and community during the coronavirus pandemic has been embraced by the older generation.
Jaime Lee: At the end of the day, it comes down to me
MercyCare is sharing stories of young people in our community as part of Youth Week WA. This is Jaime Lee's story.
