From the Chief Executive Officer

A WORD FROM THE Chief Executive Officer

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ur homes have been a riot of colour and activity in recent weeks, with some significant events marked and celebrated in WA and NSW.

Back in August, we marked R U OK? Day, and staff and residents tucked into cupcakes while remembering to ask that all important question and keeping an eye on each other’s mental health. We celebrated Aged Care Employee Day and you’ll see the many photographs that were taken around our homes as we celebrated the wonderful work our aged care workers do, every day of the year.

More recently, many staff celebrated Diwali with beautiful cultural clothes worn from Caroline Chisholm in NSW to Belmont in WA. Acknowledging and celebrating the diversity of our staff and residents within all our homes is something we take very seriously and we wish all those who mark the five-day ceremony a very happy Diwali.

As I write this welcome note in late October, I am looking forward to attending a Remembrance Day service at Clarence Estate in Albany. Remembrance Day is always a special day on the Hall & Prior calendar and this year we will be thinking as ever of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. In other news, I would like to acknowledge the ongoing efforts and hard work of my team who are in the process of rolling out the new AN-ACC system. Standing for the Australian National Aged Care Classification, this new funding model replaces the old ACFI system. Hall & Prior welcome the new funding tool, with the hope that it provides long term benefits to our residents by providing more appropriate funding for care.

Finally, I would like to invite you to watch an episode of Gardening Australia on November 11. The ABC’s flagship gardening show will showcase the beautiful gardens of our award-winning residential aged care community Karingal Green in High Wycombe. I was particularly proud to show around the Gardening Australia team, who also filmed some of the residents potting plants and enjoying this beautifully designed landscape.

I hope you enjoy this very special edition of Life & Love.

Yours truly,

GRAEME PRIOR Chief Executive Officer