Southern Cross Care News

Come and meet the neighbours!   Retirement is a new beginning to be enjoyed – one where you choose the way to live your life. At Southern Cross Care we recognise this. We don’t build retirement villages – we create independent living communities, bringing people together in a wonderful atmosphere full of choice and freedom. […]

For the past three years, the young and the young at heart have come together at SCC’s, Jeremiah Donovan House (JDH) in Forrestfield as part of a successful intergenerational program. Once a month, students and teachers from Community Kids High Wycombe, visit our residential aged care home for a session full of fun and activities […]

Gone are the days when retirement living was tied to the stigma of rundown facilities and old-fashioned aged care options. Retirement is a new beginning to be enjoyed – one where you choose the way to live your life. Today’s retirees have a growing number of options available when thinking about how they will spend […]

Southern Cross Care is excited to announce the development of an innovative aged care community in Ballajura. In contrast to the current offerings in the aged care and accommodation sector, our innovative integrated hub offering provides a well-planned community environment comprising a broad range of contemporary accommodation options alongside the necessary amenities to support the […]

Bunnings Cockburn recently visited Frank Prendergast House in Success for a gardening activity. The visit was combined with the monthly visit from students of Mater Christi Primary School, Yangebup. Gardening is a favourite activity of our residents who in the past have planted a vegetable patch, which they maintain meticulously.  The residents enjoyed the digging […]

Southern Cross Care spent the weekend at the Care and Ageing Expo held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. The expo was a showcase of products, services, technology, information and education and provided an opportunity for people to have an informed choice about aged care. With a focus on innovation, there were over 80 […]

While the cooler weather is often a welcome change for all of us after the warmer summer months, the change in climate can present health risks especially for older people.   The following tips prepared by the WA Department of Health offer some great advice for staying healthy during the winter months.   Preventing colds […]