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Personal training sessions at the Hobart Aquatic Centre
Penny was amazed when she discovered her home care package with us could cover personal training sessions at Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre. She says she looks forward to seeing her trainer Danielle once a week at the pool and undertaking exercises and stretches to improve her mobility and flexibility. “It’s given me self confidence in […]
Nothing beats the joy of ten pin bowling!
Nothing beats the joy of ten pin bowling! Here’s Wally enjoying his turn with his friends from our day centre on a recent outing in Moonah.
Healthy Living at Glenview
Our catering assistant Bree is pictured here with a tray of yummy fruit loaf ready to serve up for residents’ afternoon tea. Made from scratch in our kitchen with less sugar and with bran added in, this is just one of the many ways we’re serving up healthier food options. And the bonus is the […]
Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards
The awards are designed to encourage, acknowledge and reward the valuable contributions individuals, communities, and businesses are making throughout Tasmania. A gala dinner was held on 23 November at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Hobart and while we didn’t win, we were honoured to have made it to the finals, among a field of amazing […]
The European influence on Korongee
Korongee will draw on a range of international best practice models, particularly the Hogeweyk dementia village in the Netherlands. Glenview CEO, Lucy O’Flaherty, visited Hogeweyk in 2014 and she was inspired by the transformative health and wellbeing benefits village life had made to people who live there. Hogeweyk is a specially designed village with 23 houses for […]
Korongee and the local business community
Korongee presents a range of exciting business opportunities for the Glenorchy business community, including the creation of 100 new, permanent jobs. When construction gets underway in 2018, the currently disused site will transform into a bustling workplace, bringing activity, life and investment into the area. As part of our commitment to collaboration in the development […]
Korongee Dementia Village Architect Appointed
One of Australia’s best known senior living industry architectural firms has won the tender to design Korongee Dementia Village. From the 16 architectural firms who submitted an expression of interest, Thomson Adsett, has been selected as the project architects for Korongee Village. Thomson Adsett are one of Australia’s best-known seniors living industry architectural specialists, recently taking […]
A new year kicks off a new beginning!
Great excitement as the plan to create Australia’s first residential dementia village get underway! The first step is to safely remove the asbestos in the old Telstra buildings in preparation for the demolition works and as you can see – that’s no small job. Construction gets underway at the end of the year and the site will transform into […]