Dawson Wing at Wahroonga, closed to visitors
18 January 2022
The Dawson Wing at Wahroonga is currently closed to visitors as one staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 from...
COVID-19 Updates
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COVID-19 Update – 17 January 2022
17 January 2022
Click the site name or service for today’s update. Cooinda Aged Care, Gympie Immanuel Gardens Aged Care, Buderim Northridge Salem...
COVID-19 Update – 16 January 2022
16 January 2022
Click the site name or service for today’s update. Cooinda Aged Care, Gympie Immanuel Gardens Aged Care, Buderim Northridge Salem...
COVID-19 Update – 15 January 2022
15 January 2022
Click the site name or service for today’s update. Cooinda Aged Care, Gympie Immanuel Gardens Aged Care, Buderim Northridge Salem...
COVID-19 Update – 14 January 2022
14 January 2022
Click the site name or service for today’s update. Cooinda Aged Care, Gympie Immanuel Gardens Aged Care, Buderim Northridge Salem...
COVID-19 Update – 13 January 2022
13 January 2022
Click the site name or service for today’s update. Cooinda Aged Care, Gympie Immanuel Gardens Aged Care, Buderim Northridge Salem...
COVID-19 Update – 12 January 2022
12 January 2022
Click the site name or service for today’s update. Cooinda Aged Care, Gympie Immanuel Gardens Aged Care, Buderim Northridge Salem...
COVID-19 Update – 11 January 2022
11 January 2022
The following sites are in full or partial lockdown. Click the site name or service for more information. Cooinda Aged...
Cooinda Aged Care in partial lock down
11 January 2022
Due to a staff member testing positive to COVID-19 and another being a close contact, Cooinda is in partial lockdown....
Salem, Hume St Toowoomba – closed to visitors
11 January 2022
Salem Hume Street Aged Care is currently closed to visitors as one resident has tested positive for COVID-19. Our team...
COVID-19 Update 10 January 2022
10 January 2022
Tabeel Aged Care, Laidley Today we can report two residents have tested positive for COVID-19. In total, 29 staff and...
St Andrews – closed to visitors
10 January 2022
St Andrews Aged Care is currently closed to visitors as two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 from community...
COVID-19 Update 09 January 2022
09 January 2022
Tabeel Aged Care, Laidley One resident has tested positive to COVID-19 overnight. No new staff have tested positive. This brings...
COVID-19 Update 08 January 2022
08 January 2022
Tabeel Aged Care, Laidley It was great to welcome back 15 staff members who have recovered from COVID-19 and have...
COVID-19 Update – 7 January 2022
07 January 2022
Orana Aged Care, Kingaroy Orana Aged Care is currently closed to visitors as a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. Our team is prepared...
COVID-19 Update – Orana, Kingaroy
07 January 2022
Orana Aged Care is currently closed to visitors as a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. Our team is prepared and are now implementing...
COVID-19 Update – 6 January 2022
06 January 2022
Tabeel Aged Care, Laidley We have confirmed overnight one more positive resident. This means there is now a total of 19 positive residents and 28 positive staff. All positive staff...
COVID-19 Update – 5 January 2022
05 January 2022
Tabeel Aged Care, Laidley We have confirmed overnight one more positive staff member. We have a total of 18 positive residents and 28 positive staff. All positive staff and residents are...
COVID-19 Update – Northridge Salem 5 January 2022
05 January 2022
Northridge Salem’s Aged Care service in Toowoomba is currently closed to visitors as a resident has tested positive for COVID-19....
COVID-19 Update – 4 January 2022
04 January 2022
Tabeel Aged Care, Laidley We have confirmed overnight one more positive staff and one more positive resident later today. We have a total of 18 positive residents and 27 positive staff. All positive staff and...
COVID-19 Update – St Paul’s Aged Care Caboolture
04 January 2022
St Paul’s Aged Care is currently closed to visitors as a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. Our team is prepared and are now...
COVID-19 Update 3 January 2022
03 January 2022
COVID-19 Update 03 January 2022 Tabeel Today we can report that there are 26 positive COVID-19 cases in our staff...
COVID-19 Update 2 January
02 January 2022
Hope your Sunday is going well. Trinder Park Today one staff member has tested positive to COVID-19 overnight. This means...
COVID-19 Update – 1 January 2022
01 January 2022
Welcome 2022. Trinder Park – outbreak Just a short update today to tell you we have one new resident testing...
COVID-19 Update-31 December 2021
31 December 2021
Zion aged care – lockdown This update is to let you know one resident at Zion Aged Care has unfortunately...
COVID-19 update – 30 December
30 December 2021
Firstly, thank you for your ongoing support and well wishes in this ongoing COVID-19 situation. See below for the latest...
COVID-19 Update – 29 December 2021
29 December 2021
Thanks to you all for your ongoing support and patience during this challenging time. See below for the latest updates for all Lutheran...
COVID-19 update
28 December 2021
Thanks to you all for your ongoing support and patience during this challenging time. See below for the latest updates...
Tabeel Aged Care – resident has tested positive in hospital – site closed
27 December 2021
Tabeel Aged Care is currently closed to visitors as a resident has tested positive for COVID-19. The resident has been in hospital since 25 December...
Trinder Park staff member COVID-19 positive – site closed
26 December 2021
Trinder Park aged care is currently closed to visitors after a staff member working at dementia accommodation, Karri Court, tested...
Proof of vaccination required after 17 December
13 December 2021
With the Queensland borders opening from Monday 13 December there are some new requirements to entering aged care and disability...
Double vacc required for aged care and disability accommodation
19 November 2021
You may be aware that over the next few weeks, there will be some changes occurring when 80 per cent...
Masks for aged care visitors, some sites
12 November 2021
Queensland Health has provided further advice on escalated use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), given the recent community COVID-19 cases...
Aged care and disability accommodation visitor restrictions
08 October 2021
We would like to advise that due to the community transmission of COVID-19, the Queensland Chief Health Officer has announced...
Doors open again to visitors
08 October 2021
The Premier has announced that visitor restrictions will be lifted today (Friday 8 October) from 4pm at all aged care...
Aged care and disability accommodation visitor restrictions
30 September 2021
We would like to advise that due to the community transmission of COVID-19, the Queensland Chief Health Officer has announced...
New visitor restrictions for Brisbane, Gold Coast, Moreton Bay
29 September 2021
We would like to advise that due to the community transmission of COVID-19, the Queensland Chief Health Officer has announced...
St Paul’s Aged Care Caboolture and Zion Aged Care Nundah restricted to visitors
28 September 2021
We would like to advise that due to the community transmission of COVID-19, the Chief Health Officer has announced that all aged...
Doors open again at Trinder Park and Karawatha
13 September 2021
The Queensland Chief Health Officer announced today that visitor restrictions have been lifted at all aged care and disability accommodation...
Trinder Park and Karawatha restricted to visitors
11 September 2021
We would like to advise that due to the community transmission of COVID-19, the Chief Health Officer has announced that...
Doors open again at Trinder Park and Karawatha
08 September 2021
The Queensland Chief Health Officer announced today that visitor restrictions have been lifted at all aged care and disability accommodation...
Trinder Park and Karawatha restricted to visitors
04 September 2021
We would like to advise our Trinder Park Aged Care and Karawatha residential accommodation families and friends that due to...
Nice to see you again!
08 August 2021
We are officially open to visitors again. Queensland Health has announced that residential aged care facilities and disability accommodation in...
Extended visitor restrictions
02 August 2021
Queensland Health has advised that the lockdown in the 11 Local Government Areas in Southeast Queensland will continue until at...
New visitor restrictions
31 July 2021
Queensland Health has advised that 11 Local Government Areas in South East Queensland will go into lockdown from Saturday 31...
Welcome back! South East Qld aged care services open to visitors
22 July 2021
We are officially open to visitors again on Friday 23 July 2021 from 6am. Queensland Health has announced that residential...
Visiting restrictions continue
15 July 2021
This morning the Queensland Chief Health Officer advised aged care and disability accommodation sites in the 11 South East Queensland...
Aged care sites continue to be closed to visitors
02 July 2021
This morning the Queensland Chief Health Officer advised that Brisbane and Moreton Bay Local Government Areas continue to be in...
New visitor restrictions
28 June 2021
In response to recent community transmission of COVID 19, Queensland Health has placed increased restrictions on visitors to aged care...
Flu vaccinations deadline extended to 30 May 2021
22 April 2021
The Queensland Chief Health Officer requires anyone entering a residential aged care service to have the latest flu vaccination from...
Welcome back! All Qld aged care services open to visitors
14 April 2021
We are officially open to visitors again on Thursday 15 April 2021. The Premier has announced that visitor restrictions for...
Flu vaccination condition of entry to aged care
09 April 2021
The Queensland Chief Health Officer has mandated that after May 3, 2021, anyone entering an aged care site must have...
Aged care sites continue to be closed to visitors
01 April 2021
This morning Queensland Chief Health Officer has advised that Queensland aged care sites will continue to be closed to visitors...
Update – all Qld aged care and disability accommodation closed to visitors
29 March 2021
Greater Brisbane has been declared a hotspot by the Queensland Chief Health Officer and will be in lockdown from 5pm...
Visitor restrictions expand to more LGAs
29 March 2021
Queensland Health has announced that all non-essential visits to residential aged care facilities and disability accommodation in Ipswich, Logan, Redlands,...
Visitor restrictions in place in Brisbane City and Moreton Bay LGAs
26 March 2021
Queensland Health has announced that all non-essential visits to residential aged care facilities and disability accommodation in Brisbane City and...
Welcome back! All Brisbane aged care services open to visitors
19 March 2021
We are officially open to visitors again on Friday 19 March 2021. Queensland Health has announced that residential aged care...
Visitor restrictions at certain sites, Greater Brisbane
16 March 2021
On Saturday 13 March Queensland Health announced that all residential aged care facilities and disability accommodation in Greater Brisbane are closed...
Visitors restricted at certain sites, Greater Brisbane
13 March 2021
Queensland Health has announced that all non-essential visits to residential aged care facilities and disability accommodation in Greater Brisbane will...
COVID-19 vaccination at Salem Aged Care
17 February 2021
The Australian Government is beginning its rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program, to offer protection against the virus. Residential aged...
Greater Melbourne: new CHO direction for visitors to Queensland Aged Care services
05 February 2021
Sites restricted to visitors from Greater Melbourne area Due to the recent COVID-19 case, anyone who has been in Greater...
Welcome back! Queensland aged care open to visitors
21 January 2021
We are officially open to visitors again on Friday 22 January 2021. The Queensland Chief Health Officer has directed that...
New CHO direction for visitors to Queensland Aged Care services
12 January 2021
Visitor restrictions in Queensland Aged Care The Queensland Chief Health Officer has released Aged Care Direction number 19. It states...
Closed to visitors to continue at some sites, Qld Govt
11 January 2021
The Queensland Chief Health Officer (CHO) has ended the lockdown of the Greater Brisbane area from today, Monday 11 January...
Visitors restricted at certain sites
07 January 2021
The Queensland Chief Health Officer has closed aged care sites in the Metro North, Metro South and West Moreton Health...
Visits restricted – Victoria cluster
04 January 2021
Due to the recent COVID-19 cluster in Victoria, people who have been in Victoria in the last 14 days are...
New Sydney hotspot means visitor changes
21 December 2020
The Queensland Chief Health Officer declared Greater Sydney a COVID-19 hotspot on 20th December. This includes Sydney and its surrounds...
Sydney’s Northern Beaches hotspot
18 December 2020
The Queensland Chief Health Officer has declared the Northern Beaches area of Sydney a COVID-19 hotspot. This means under Aged...
New directions ease aged care visitor restrictions
02 December 2020
We are happy to share some wonderful news about visiting with your loved ones this Christmas season. The requirement of...
Easing of restrictions
23 October 2020
The Queensland Government announced it has eased some restrictions for aged care residents from Friday 16 October 2020. What does...
No restricted areas in Queensland
24 September 2020
Following two weeks of no new COVID-19 cases in the greater Brisbane and West Moreton areas, the Queensland Chief Health...
Gold Coast, Darling Downs, South Burnett no longer restricted area
17 September 2020
Following two weeks of no new COVID-19 cases in the Gold Coast, Darling Downs and South Burnett areas, the Queensland...
Update – no confirmed COVID-19 cases at Tabeel, Laidley
08 September 2020
We would like to provide an update on current events in the local area in response to the unfortunate news...
Tabeel, Laidley – no confirmed COVID-19 cases
03 September 2020
We would like to provide an update on current events in the local area in response to the unfortunate news...
Darling Downs and South Burnett added to restricted areas
30 August 2020
Following the results of recent contact tracing, the Queensland Chief Health Officer has directed that all residential aged care and...
Gold Coast added to restricted areas
28 August 2020
Following three confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane overnight, the Chief Health Officer has directed...
Selected sites to close to visitors
22 August 2020
Following the small number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in south east Queensland, on Saturday 22 August the Chief Health...
COVID-19 tests all negative
19 August 2020
Lutheran Services is happy to confirm all COVID-19 tests have returned negative at Immanuel Gardens aged care. Four residents in...
Immanuel Gardens – thanks for support
18 August 2020
It is with great relief to know three of our residents at Immanuel Gardens have tested negative for COVID-19 today....
Immanuel Gardens – three negative tests
18 August 2020
Three residents have tested negative for COVID-19 at our Immanuel Gardens service in Buderim. One more resident is awaiting results....
Update – Immanuel Gardens
17 August 2020
On Monday morning three residents who live in The Terrace at our Immanuel Gardens service in Buderim were experiencing respiratory...
Visitor restrictions lifted
11 August 2020
As of Monday 10 August the Queensland Government has updated the list of areas considered to be ‘restricted areas’ under...
Update on visitor restrictions – how does it work?
05 August 2020
Following the small number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Queensland, the Chief Health Officer has directed all aged care...
Zion and St Andrews aged care now closed to visitors
02 August 2020
Following the small number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Queensland, the Chief Health Officer has directed all aged care...
Visitor restrictions extended to Tabeel, Laidley
30 July 2020
A small number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Logan and Acacia Ridge. As a result, the...
Precautions taken at Trinder Park
29 July 2020
We are currently responding to a Queensland Chief Health Officer’s directive that all aged care services close to visitors in...
Aged care visitor restrictions eased
19 June 2020
The Queensland Government has issued Aged Care Direction Number 6 which has eased visiting restrictions and allowing residents to leave...
Aged Care visitation guidelines
29 May 2020
Lutheran Services has continuously reviewed visitor arrangements for its aged care communities, as Government directions have changed. These visitor guidelines...
Extended visiting hours for Mothers’ Day
07 May 2020
All of our aged care residences are providing extended visiting hours this weekend for Mothers’ Day. We will have additional staffing and resourcing at all...
Our approach to visitors in aged care
28 April 2020
Over the last week there has been much public discussion about how Aged Care services in Australia are approaching visitor...
Wifi for aged care
15 April 2020
Aged care staff continue to develop new ideas to support our residents’ wellbeing, including supported video calls and a pen...
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01 April 2020
Working together Lutheran Services has the wellbeing of our residents, clients and staff at the forefront of our response to...
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01 April 2020
COVID-19 Information Australia is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus now named COVID-19,...
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09 March 2020
COVID-19 Information Australia is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus now named COVID-19,...
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03 March 2020
COVID-19 Information Australia is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus now named COVID-19,...
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25 February 2020
Coronavirus Information Australia is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (2019-nCoV) first identified...
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10 February 2020
Coronavirus Information Australia is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (2019-nCoV) first identified...
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04 February 2020
Coronavirus Information Australia is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (2019-nCoV) first identified...
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31 January 2020
As you may already be aware health authorities across the nation are continuing to respond to novel conoravirus, a serious...