Dementia care specialist Group Homes Australia has held its first regional Rementia Together retreat in the NSW south coast town of Berry. The free five-day retreats are designed for people recently diagnosed or in the early stages of dementia, along with their...
The provider – which aims to ‘Do Dementia Differently’ – has recently opened its newest home in the leafy suburb of Thornleigh, 22km northwest of the Sydney CBD. The 10-bedroom, two-storey home is the newest of Group Homes Australia’s (GHA)’s 22 homes, and follows its...
With unmatched flexibility and no waitlists, the innovative dementia care provider is rethinking how respite care can be delivered to people living with dementia. Unlike other providers’ Cottage Respite service, Group Homes Australia’s Flexible Respite is adapted to...
Around 400,000 people were living with dementia in Australia in 2022, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, making it one of the country's most significant health issues. With the size of our ageing population on the rise, it is expected that...
11 years ago, aged care and dementia nurse, Tamar Krebs, wanted to create something better. Today, Group Homes Australia (GHA) has 21 specialist homes across all regions of Sydney, with six more in development. The DCM Group has visited dementia homes internationally...
“It’s a nice thing for doctors to have something besides a diagnosis to give.” When Brendan Greer was diagnosed with dementia at age 61, he and wife Jenny felt all their life plans fall away. “We’d done all our financial planning and we had our retirement all mapped...
