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Aged Care Update

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Is addressing key recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. These changes will improve the safety and quality of aged care and include: Stronger governance requirements A new code of conduct A Serious Incident Response Scheme. These changes will take effect from 1 December. […] ...

27 September 2022
Aged Care Blog

Dan's Diary #10: Commitment: building a culture of effectiveness

Chorus CEO Dan Minchin’s monthly reflection on how we are putting the community back into community service.        October 2021 The intent behind major changes happening at Chorus boils down to three words: Local, Simple, Effective.  “Local” is all about creating small, empowered teams who work closely together and with their communities; “Simple” […] ...

13 October 2021
Blog

Putting the puzzle together - Helen's story

Helen is a single parent with three children under 11, including a baby. Recently Helen’s baby was diagnosed with a disability. “It is annoying because I want her to get up and start moving and playing with her older siblings,” says Helen, who travels from Albany to Perth to get medical treatment for her baby. […] ...

21 September 2021
Blog Disability Mental Health

Dan's Diary #9: Are you my manager?

Chorus CEO Dan Minchin’s monthly reflection on how we are putting the community back into community service.        July 2021 By moving to Chorus 2.0, we aim to create an organisation which brings out the best in people. That is because we are in the business of enabling people – customers, employees and […] ...

8 July 2021
Blog

Volunteering to independence

Chorus customer Julie who lives with disability loves to give back to the community and is always looking for ways to raise money or volunteer at local organisations. With her Coordinator and Support Workers help, she started regularly volunteering at the Salvation Army Store in Joondalup, as part of her goal of becoming more independent. […] ...

6 July 2021
Blog

Hannah’s story

  Hannah came to Chorus after our team met her at a career expo in the Community Education Support Centre she was attending. She started volunteering almost two years ago when she was finishing school and was looking for new pathways in life. We had a meeting with Hannah and her mum, who helped us […] ...

13 May 2021
Blog

Getting to know your neighbours helps create community

How well do you know the people you’re closest to? And by closest, we literally mean closest: How well do you know your neighbours? If the answer is “not very well”, then Sunday, 28 March, is an opportunity to change that. It’s Neighbour Day across Australia. Neighbour Day is an opportunity to reach over the […] ...

24 March 2021
Blog
Chorus Voices Ep 54: Forget me not

Chorus Voices Ep 54: Forget me not

“People with dementia tend to be like people with no English. They're there, but no one sees them, no one knows them, they're isolated.” In this episode we talk to retired teacher Bill who is using language and music to bring people together. ...

22 March 2021
Chorus Voices

Mental health support is available outside the NDIS

Did you know that support is available for people who are experiencing a psychosocial disability but are not in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)? While the NDIS can be life-changing for people living with a severe mental health condition, unfortunately not everyone qualifies for support. Access to the NDIS is based on the impact […] ...

18 March 2021
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