Skip to main content

Home and Community Support

Providing everything from a little help to specialised care, our flexible Home and Community Support services cover home nursing, home assistance and allied health.

Learn more
Use Package Calculator-Salmon-RGB

Home Care Package calculator

Plan your Home Care Package by choosing the services that meet your needs and interests.

Get started

Specialised services

From community education programs to research and digital innovation, we co-design services to support you to live your life, your way.

Learn more
Adjust font size

Podcasts

Sharing the stories of our people

Bolton Clarke is a family of fascinating people made up of our residents, our volunteers, our team and our friends. It’s our privilege to capture and share the stories of some of the people who make up our collective story. 

RIR_image_cover_intergenerational playgroup.web.jpg
09 December 2019

Creating connections: Building strong intergenerational relationships

Bolton Clarke Research Institute's Dr Xanthe Golenko speaks on the latest research around intergenerational play and opportunities to grow strong intergenerational connections.

2019-04-10_Pearl Harbour memories still strongf or nurse Mary.jpg
20 May 2019

Pearl Harbour memories still strong

For Bolton Clarke Baycrest, Hervey Bay residential aged care resident Mary, memories of the day Pearl Harbour was bombed in December, 1941 are as clear as ever.

Alan Ferguson 100th.web.jpg
06 May 2019

Alan, Gold Coast QLD

One of the founders of the Ferguson Plarre pastry empire, Alan is now 100 and lives in the Bolton Clarke community at Banora Point on the Gold Coast.

Bob Lather.jpg
05 April 2019

Bob, Hervey Bay QLD

Bob grew up in an orphanage after the death if his mother and his life has been shaped by his love of language, the war and his wife Jean.

20181219_112441_resized.jpg
05 April 2019

Vernon. Hervey Bay QLD

Vernon is a world renowned Codepod expert and has been studying these tiny marine creatures for decades.

artie mcclure.jpeg
05 April 2019

Artie, Caboolture QLD

Artie is 100 and apart from travelling to Darwin and Indonesia during WWII, he has spent all of his 100 years in Caboolture and surrounds.

Buster.jpg
05 April 2019

Buster, Ipswich QLD

Buster spends all of his days bringing smiles to the faces of residents, visitors and staff at our Milford Grange Community.

Resized_20181018_171157_9669.jpeg
05 April 2019

Annette, Ipswich QLD

Annette has MS and travelling seemed like it wasn’t possible, until a dream to travel back to Yamba was made possible by one of our support workers.

IMG_3534.jpg
05 April 2019

Les, Sunshine Coast QLD

It’s hard not to fall in love with Les, who has recently turned 101. Les has had a fascinating life.

Ray.jpg
05 April 2019

Ray, Caloundra QLD

Ray Halliday served almost 35 years in the Queensland Police. With his wife, he shared some insights and thoughts into policing in the 1950's, and how the force appears to him, today.

IMG_6657.jpg
05 April 2019

Fernhill Residents Aileen and Helen, Caboolture QLD

Helen is a Queenslander, and Aileen hails from Leeds in the UK. The two of them have forged a friendship at our Fernhill retirement living community in Caboolture, Queensland.

Doris Waddell 17.jpg
05 April 2019

Doris, Melbourne VIC

Doris is 100. She grew up through the depression and the war. She always wanted to be a missionary, fulfilling her goal when she was 21.

Dot.JPG
05 April 2019

Dot, Ipswich QLD

Dot is 89 and has been volunteering for more than 50 years in a variety of organisations.

George.JPG
05 April 2019

George, Ipswich QLD

George is a volunteer at our Milford Grange site. He has a love of woodwork, was in the army, and at 89, is very active still.

Rusty.jpg
05 April 2019

Russell ‘Rusty’, Brisbane QLD

Turning 100 late in 2018, Russell talks about his early life, his wife, his love for the Brisbane Broncos and how content he is at 100.

IMG_3552.JPG
05 April 2019

Gladys, Cairns QLD

Gladys talks about her early life in Charters Towers, getting electricity in the house in her teens and her surprise at the amount we waste.

Stella in her garden (4).JPG
05 April 2019

Stella, Sunshine Coast QLD

In this podcast, Stella talks about her early years, her desire to be a nurse and going to the second World War. An avid gardener, Stella still spends time with her plants every day.

Eunice 'Helen' Morgan 13.jpg
05 April 2019

Eunice ‘Helen’, Melbourne VIC

Eunice is 100 and lives in Melbourne. She has had an eventful life, and in this story she talks about her family, and growing up in the early Twentieth Century.

Arthur_Podcast_1-01.jpg
04 April 2019

Arthur, Adelaide SA

Arthur turned 100 in 2018, and has seen a lot. In this story, he talks about his youth, his family and his love of sport.

Fred Whillier 5.jpg
04 April 2019

Fred - Perth, Western Australia

A noted cruciverbalist and a man with many stories to share, Fred lives in WA and is in his 90's.