2008

Funds utilised to implement a unique Family Support Program to assist families in dealing with the dislocation, grief and often guilt that usually occurs when an elderly parent or relative needs to enter residential aged care. The firm Bernie McCarthy and Associates Pty. Ltd., who is one of the most well-known and respected aged care psychologists, was engaged to provide professional counselling support services not just for new entrants but also to help families at time of significant decline in health of their loved one and through all palliative times including after death.