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During Harmony Week we celebrate our staff who have come from the four corners of the world to join the Uniting AgeWell family.
At Uniting AgeWell we don’t just talk the talk when it comes to inclusion. We live it. It is one of our five values – the others are kindness, respect, integrity and innovation – that shape and underpin everything we do.
Read the inspiring stories of those who have joined Uniting AgeWell from across the world and are making a difference to the lives of older people, each and every day.
Yang Xu is a sensible nurse used to dealing with medical and scientific facts. But she says the minute she walked through the door at Newnham Community Aldersgate Village it felt like she was home. So much so, she loves sharing her Chinese culture with residents and staff. Read the full story here.
Asmita Khanal, from Nepal, is a true blue “Tassie girl” loving the rugged outdoors and her role as registered nurse at Sorell Community Ningana. She says Uniting AgeWell has supported her every step of the way, including helping to find accommodation when she and her husband relocated to Hobart. Read her inspiring story here.
Selin Renchi, Senior Care Manager at Manor Lakes Community knows what she wants out of life. As a girl she knew she wanted to be a nurse, like her Mum. So she moved from India to Australia for a better future – and is already rising up through the ranks in her nursing career. Read her story.
Computer whiz Saroj (Sandy) Sapkota found himself wrestling with a rather unusual IT problem. He figured out he wasn’t hard-wired for the job! The Nepalese immigrant had been working in aged care while studying Computer Engineering and IT and found far more meaning in interacting with older people than with computers. So he switched careers and is now an Extended Care Assistant at Mornington Community Lillian Martin and has never been happier. Read his story here.
Audrey Song tells of the terrible pull in moving away from your roots – especially if, like Audrey, you come from the one-child family generation in China. But the Senior Care Manager at Camberwell Community, Condare Court feels sure that being in a role she loves with opportunities for career development and advancement makes it all worthwhile. Read her story here.
Every day Rochelle Kapp wakes up grateful that she and her little family won’t become the latest statistics in the ongoing farm murders across South Africa. They left the avocado farm they managed in northern South Africa and moved to the Swan Hill area. Her husband is managing an avocado farm there and Rochelle has started work as a Home Care Domestic Support Worker with the Loddon Mallee North home care team. And she says this beautiful area is starting to feel like home. Read her story here.
When Maraia Waqangau’s partner died she moved to Swan Hill where two sets of neighbours told her she was great at working with older people and should apply for a job at Uniting AgeWell. She did – and now the Home Care Domestic Support Worker, who hails from Fiji, has used her full time employment to secure a home loan and has bought a three-bedroomed home in the area. She’s determined to study to become a Direct Care Worker with greater responsibilities. Read her story here.
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