Ozcare is a leading not-for-profit organisation, providing a wide range of quality health and human services across Queensland.
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Mary-Louise North
State Manager - Communications & Liaison
Phone: 07 3028 9163
Mobile: 0418 744 877
Fax: 07 36204341
Email: mary-louiseno@ozcare.org.au
Flood of mental health problems starting to emerge
November 17, 2011Nine months after Queensland’s spate of natural disasters, health care provider Ozcare said the number of people suffering mental health issues has started to skyrocket. Ozcare Disaster Recovery Program Co-ordinator Donna Hita said their servic...
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Noosa Aged Care At Its Best
November 17, 2011Finding aged care that suits the individual, either in a residential facility or at home, can be a very confusing process. Now, help is at hand with not-for-profit provider Ozcare offering a seamless service which can provide solutions for eac...
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Ozcare Offers Excellent Career Opportunities
April 5, 2011Ozcare supports its staff to ensure they have the best possible work environment with dynamic and rewarding careers. With 2500 employees and over 300 services across Queensland, Ozcare offers excellent job and career opportunities for nurses in its Ag...
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Ozcare Support for Independent Living
April 5, 2011Many older Seniors prefer to stay at home as they age, and are able to do so with support from community-based programs and services. With help from Ozcare, people from Mackay and the surrounding areas can remain living in the comfort of their homes w...
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Taking Quality Care Services to the People
October 27, 2010Ozcare vehicles, with the distinctive logo and green tick on the side, can be seen throughout Queensland as Ozcare staff deliver a diverse range of quality health and human care services into the community. Chief Executive Officer Brian Lenz s...
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Coping with Dementia
October 27, 2010Dementia is now a major health concern in the Australian community, with recent studies describing it as epidemic. One in six Australians with dementia live in Queensland and the incidence of dementia in Queenslanders is predicted to more tha...
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Ozcare Parkwood Gardens High Care Opens
April 16, 2010One of the Gold Coast’s newest aged care facilities has opened its high care wing and welcomed new residents to the $20m complex. Ozcare’s Parkwood Gardens facility in Labrador marked the occasion with a morning tea celebration for...
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OZCARE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
March 22, 2010With around 2500 employees and 220 services across Queensland, Ozcare offers excellent career opportunities in all areas of Aged Care, Community Care, Community Health and Community Support services. Chief Executive Officer Brian Lenz said tha...
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Ozcare Services Assist Mackay Seniors Living
March 22, 2010Ozcare community services offer a wide range of in-home health and care services to seniors to help them live independently in their own homes. Community Care Co-ordinator Helen Beattie said that Ozcare’s services provide an excellent op...
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Ozcare Continues Mission of Care in Central Queenland
October 27, 2009Around 120 people attended the Official Opening of Ozcare’s new district office building in Rockhampton. Bishop Brian Heenan, Bishop of Rockhampton conducted the blessing, and was assisted by Father Keith Turnbull CM AM, Ozcare Chaplain ...
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New Residential Aged Care at Labrador
August 10, 2009Ozcare’s new $20 million Parkwood Gardens will not only cater for more than 100 residents but also create about 90 jobs for the Gold Coast community. Chief Executive Officer Brian Lenz said the ultra-modern residential aged car...
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Support for Living Independently
July 10, 2009After 66 years of happy married life, Dudley and Rita Cohen continue to enjoy living independently in their own home with the help and support of Ozcare in-home care services. Dudley Cohen said that the Ozcare services they receive make a huge...
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PARKWOOD GARDENS AGED CARE FACILITY AT LABRADOR
July 10, 2009About Parkwood Gardens Ozcare’s new $20m “Parkwood Gardens” Facility at 100 Usher Avenue, Labrador will provide ultra-modern residential Aged Care and around 90 new jobs to benefit the Gold Coast and surrounding regional co...
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Flu Alert
April 7, 2009Autumn is the time to take preventative steps to avoid the impact of the spread of flu throughout the community. The Government has issued recommendations that with flu season looming, employers should adopt precautionary measures to better ma...
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Ozcare’s Commitment to Excellent Client Care
December 1, 2008Ozcare continues to commit to an excellent quality of service delivery and client care in all its areas of service including Aged Care, Community Health, Community Care and Community Support across the State. Ozcare’s Chief Executive Off...
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OFFICIAL OPENING MEANS MORE AGED CARE BEDS FOR FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
November 13, 2008Senator Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, officially opened Ozcare’s $8m redeveloped Aged Care Facility at Port Douglas which provides accommodation for 74 elderly people. Over 135 guests attende...
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Ozcare Helps Those In Need
September 25, 2008Ozcare’s diverse range of health and human services provides comfort and quality care for people in need of support. Chief Executive Officer Brian Lenz said that Ozcare services can make all the difference to improving the quality of lif...
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Extra Funding Means Extra Community Services From Ozcare
September 25, 2008People living in the Moreton Bay Shire Region will benefit from new opportunities to access support from Ozcare’s broad range of services, following increased funding from Government. Assistant Regional Manager Ann Lucy welcomed the extr...
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Heritage gives wheels to help Bush Connection families
September 17, 2008Ozcare’s Bush Connection was presented with a trailer which will be equipped to provide support events for people in the rural areas around Toowoomba. Heritage Building Society raised $8000 from a Charity Golf Day to donate to the Bush C...
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Spring Fair for All at Burleigh Heads
September 17, 2008Preparations have been made and the Ozcare Day Respite Centre at Burleigh Heads is set to burst into carnival mode on Monday 22 September 2008 at 8 Matilda Street, as part of their annual Spring Fair. The event, running daily from 10.30am to ...
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Free Training Course for Jobs in Transport
September 17, 2008Ozcare’s Bush Connection is holding a free training course in Goondiwindi on 15 and 16 September 2008, to help rural people looking for work to upskill, ready for employment in the transport industry. Ozcare’s Employment and Tra...
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‘Changing of the Guard’ at Ozcare Mackay Community Health
August 12, 2008After almost 21 years of service to the Community and to Ozcare, well-known Mackay Nurse, Kay Bampton has retired, leaving her position as Clinical Nurse Manager at Ozcare Mackay, to be filled by talented newcomer to North Queensland, Julia Swann...
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Caring for Queenslanders
July 21, 2008The $8m development and expansion of Ozcare Port Douglas Aged Care Facility showcases Ozcare’s ongoing commitment to provide excellent services to meet the needs of the community. Ozcare CEO Brian Lenz says that Ozcare is a leading not-for-pr...
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Film Making Opportunity for Ipswich
July 21, 2008People from the Ipswich region are taking up an exciting opportunity to be involved in making and starring in a short film, which will premier on International Day of People with a Disability 2008. Ozcare’s MOZART Program has received fu...
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Townsville Resident Turns 104
July 21, 2008Ozcare Day Respite Centre is hosting a grand morning tea, to celebrate the 104th birthday of Pearl Hatfield who has lived in Townsville for most of her life. Ozcare Co-ordinator, Ruth Girling-King said that Pearl’s family and friends were com...
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Toowoomba "Leg Club" Kicks In
June 30, 2008Ozcare has received State Government funding to establish the exciting new concept of a “Leg Club” for the Darling Downs which will be run in partnership with other health service providers in the area and the CWA. Ozcare’s Toowoomba...
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