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Directive from Public Health 25 May 2020

The State Government has announced further measures to ease the visitor restrictions at aged care facilities to one visit per day of up to two people. To read the latest directive from Public Health in greater detail please click below: Residential Aged Care Facilities – No. 6 (24 May 2020)

Industry code for visiting residential aged care homes during COVID-19

Read the Industry Code for Visiting Residential Aged Care Homes released by 13 aged care peak bodies and consumer advocacy organisations. The Code creates a nationally consistent approach that ensures residents can receive visitors while minimising the risk of spreading the COVID-19 virus.  

Directive from Public Health 11 May 2020

On the 8th May 2020, the State Government announced measures to ease the visitor restrictions at aged care facilities to two visitors per week per resident. To read the latest directive from Public Health in greater detail please click below: Residential-Aged-Care-Facilities-No.-5-9-May-20

We are now accepting expressions of interest to live at Korongee

It’s a big day for us – we are excited to announce that we are now accepting expressions of interest for residents to live at Korongee! Korongee is a village for people living with dementia, offering small house living and an innovative model of care. Located in the northern suburbs of Hobart, Korongee is slated […]

Call-out for community members to take part in a Korongee research project

Researchers at the Wicking Centre, in consultation with Glenview, are seeking input from people interested in the development of the model of care for the Korongee village. Members of the Glenorchy local community are invited to participate. There are three ways you can participate: group meetings over online video calls individual interviews in person, over […]

A message from our CEO

Here is our CEO, Lucy O’Flaherty, sharing an update on Glenview’s two week lockdown.                    

Frequently asked questions about Korongee

We’re excited to receive lots of calls and requests for information about Korongee as our opening date (set for the end of July this year!) draws closer. And we thought it would be useful to list here some of the most common questions people are asking us about Korongee:   How do I apply to […]

Younger onset dementia

In this short video, Prof James Vickers, director of the Wicking Dementia and Research Centre in Hobart, answers some questions regarding younger onset dementia. What is it exactly? Who is more at risk of developing younger onset dementia? And what is Korongee doing differently? Prof James Vickers on younger onset dementia from Glenview Community Services […]

Study opportunity at Glenview

We’ve teamed up with TasTAFE to offer a specialised Cert III training program which will kick off in Feb 2020 and run through until July. This will see you do the majority of your training right here at Glenview in our classroom and on the floor, working alongside our residents. Curious? Come to one of […]

What’s in a name?

People often ask us where the name Korongee originated from. The story itself is shrouded in the mists of history but after undertaking some historical research, a likely answer to the name question has come to light. The original land owner was a man by the name of Henry Emmet, and by the 1890s, the […]