Annual Report 2005 - UnitingCare NSW.ACT

Mission and Vision
Annual Profile Report 2005
UnitingCare Ageing provides an extensive range of aged care services across NSW and the ACT, including high care, low
care, retirement living, community care, day centres, private nursing service and services for disadvantaged, marginalised
and isolated older people.
Residential Care
Clients 4,770
Facilities 92
Budget $275M
Market Share
Nearly 10 per cent of allocated
residential aged care places in NSW
Community Care
Clients 4,000
Self Care
2,000
We dedicate ourselves to furthering our rich faith-based
tradition of Christian care for the whole person.
Services 72
Budget $27M
Market Share
12 per cent of NSW allocated packages
Largest NSW provider of Community
Aged Care Packages
Community
4,000
Residential
4,770
Our Vision
Leading our communities in quality Christian care
for older people.
Our Mission
“We strive to care, to connect older people to community,
and to seek ways to prevent loneliness and exclusion.
We are committed to offer lifestyle choice, health
and wellbeing for older Australians.
Those we serve – in their homes and ours – are at
the centre of everything we do.
We dedicate ourselves to furthering our rich faith-based
tradition of Christian care for the whole person, advocacy
and access for the disadvantaged, innovation and leadership.
Our Values
On the basis of Christian values, UnitingCare Ageing
commits itself to:
Ministry: Support based on Christian values
Community: Ageing people supported by and cared for
by a whole community
Leadership: Influence through innovation, vision and
responsiveness to change
Viability: Economic sustainability with a focus on ethics,
effectiveness and quality
Stewardship: Thoughtful long-term development of
resources in achieving goals
Social Justice: Advocacy and responsiveness to needs
Empowerment of Staff and Volunteers: We create systems
that give staff the freedom to act and make decisions as
necessary to get the job done. Our care is offered through
people whom we value, support and engage in caring.
Self Care
Clients 2,000
Services
82 Self Care Villages
Budget $30M
Our People
Staff
5,631 or 3,708 (Full Time Equivalent))
Chaplains
30 FTE
Volunteers 1,829
Organisation
UnitingCare Ageing NSW.ACT Board
Eight Regional Boards
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