Category: Residential Aged Care

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    World Class Seniors and Elders Community Complete

    May 10, 2019

    The Presbyterian Church and Presbyterian Aged Care are very proud to announce the completion of their world-class seniors and elders community in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The Terraces at Paddington (named for its historic terraced gardens which have been conserved to pay homage to the site’s history) combines retirement living, home care, and a residential aged […]

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  • Residential Aged Care

    Media Statement

    September 24, 2018

    18 September 2018   The following statement is attributable to Paul Sadler, CEO, Presbyterian Aged Care NSW & ACT.   Presbyterian Aged Care (PAC) acknowledged concerns regarding the treatment of a former resident at our Wescott Residential Aged Care Facility during 2016, when they were raised with the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner by the former resident’s family.   At the […]

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  • Residential Aged Care

    Hon Philip Ruddock Helps Open Stage 1 of PAC’s New Aged Care Community in Sydney’s North Shore

    August 16, 2018

      Stage 1 of a $25m aged care community undertaken by Presbyterian Aged Care (PAC) has been completed at Thornleigh in Sydney’s North Shore.   The project has been designed by Sue Kenny Architects, built by Tower Projects and is expected to be wrapped up by July 2019, increasing stock levels to help meet the […]

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  • Residential Aged Care

    Brand New Multi-Purpose Aged Care Facility Ready

    November 1, 2017

    I am delighted to inform you all that Stage 1 of The Terraces at Paddington has been handed over to Presbyterian Aged Care (PAC) by the builder Multiplex. This project is the largest single building development ever undertaken by either PAC or the Presbyterian Church in NSW.  At a cost of around $150 million for […]

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  • Residential Aged Care

    Presbyterian Aged Care’s 75th Birthday – Not Too Old To Party

    September 26, 2017

    Presbyterian Aged Care (PAC) has now been providing care for older people for 75 years. We invited our clients from our retirement villages and those that receive “Home Care” in the area to help us celebrate our diamond jubilee birthday where it all began: Pitt Wood House in Ashfield, Sydney. A grand, beautiful home that […]

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  • Residential Aged Care

    Quality in Aged Care Part 2: How PAC is delivering what people want

    August 22, 2017

    The following is a continuance of my previous blog: Quality in Aged Care Part 1: What do people actually want? Here we found with the assistance of research that people measure the quality of their care more by the relationships they experience with carers, rather than many peoples’ assumptions of clinical care being the most […]

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  • Residential Aged Care

    Quality in Aged Care Part 1: What do people actually want?

    August 21, 2017

    There’s been much debate in recent times about quality, or at times the lack of it, in Australia’s aged care system. I want to state upfront that the egregious examples of elder abuse and neglect highlighted recently in the media are outrageous and indefensible.  I’ve spent much of my professional life working on the issue […]

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  • Residential Aged Care

    Small steps, big changes

    June 9, 2017

    At the recent Dorcas Committee Rally at St Ives/Pymble Presbyterian Church, PAC CEO Paul Sadler gave the following summary about PAC in 2017: “2017 will be another year of change for PAC, we are now looking after over 1,800 older people each week. In the last couple of years we have opened Pitt Wood Village […]

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  • Residential Aged Care

    The Terraces at Paddington reaches “Topping out milestone”

    May 9, 2017

    Multiplex, a leading global contractor, has reached a major construction milestone “topping out” The Terraces at Paddington, the $180 million over 55s community being developed at the Scottish Hospital site in Sydney. The Terraces at Paddington is the largest project ever undertaken by Presbyterian Aged Care in NSW. “It is exciting to collaborate with Presbyterian […]

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