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Applewood recently became accredited with Quality Innovation Performance Limited (QIP.) QIP is a not-for-profit independent provider of community and health service accreditation in Australia. Being QIP accredited means that our retirement village/community is committed to a comprehensive program which involves:
- Engaging our team and residents to review our organisation’s systems and processes,
- Opening our doors to allow a team of independent assessors to review how our organisation operates, and
- Assessment of our organisation and achievement of meeting a nationally recognised set of standards that focuses on quality, engagement, privacy and safety.
Our team and our residents are proud of this achievement and as part of this process, we continuously strive to make quality improvements to better the village environment. To learn more about QIP accreditation, visit www.qip.com.au.
Come to Applewood for our special event on Wednesday May 25 at 1:30pm where you can learn all about the benefits of retirement living. Hear from industry experts including Mc Kinnon Jacobs Solicitors, Scott Collins Real Estate, Classic Moves and Prime Financial Care.
Meet our wonderful residents and tour the village to discover all that Applewood has to offer.
For more information about this event and to book your place contact our Sales Team on 8848 1111 or click here to register.
Foodbank Victoria Ambassador Chrissie Swan came to Applewood on Friday March 25, to thank give residents a try of the new Chobani flavour created especially for Foodbank. During the COVID-19 lockdown our residents collected tonnes of food to help Victorians who were dealing with food insecurity as a result of the pandemic.
We would like to thank Chrissie for making our residents day as well as Foodbank Victoria Chobani for the delicious yogurt. For more information visit: https://www.foodbank.org.au/
To view all of the gorgeous pictures of Chrissie's visit click here.
Find out more about how you can be welcomed into a secure and private community at Applewood and find new friends and caring staff. All while enjoying your own exclusive pool, gym, restaurant and much more. You will never want to leave, to find out more contact our friendly Sales team on 8848 1111.
The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged us in many ways but at Applewood we are all about “growing hope!” We presented our residents with a herb seedling gift pack to lift their spirits and symbolically, it was our way of saying there are better days ahead. We have been extremely gratified as to how a simple gesture can brighten our resident’s day!
To read some of the feedback we received from our residents click here.
The Retirement Living Code of Conduct is an initative of the two peak bodies representing retirement living across Australia - The Retirement Living Council (RLC) and Leading Aged Services Australia (LASA). Through their collective membership, they represent more than 50% of retirement communities across the profit and not for profit sectors.
To view the full document click here.