We are a not-for-profit organisation delivering community health and care services across Australia. We help people of all ages to receive the care they need to remain happy and healthy at home. We focus on individual strengths and abilities and offer our support and guidance where needed.
The 2014/15 financial year continued to see Silver Chain Group pursue its mission with vigour and enthusiasm. As a purpose driven organisation, our goal to deliver high value care for people to help them stay at home continues to inform our strategic posture with respect to solving some of society’s biggest problems.
The 2014/15 year has once again seen Silver Chain Group advance its mission to deliver high value care so that people can stay in their homes. As we celebrate 110 years of serving the community of Western Australia, it is a true delight to begin to consolidate our services in New South Wales and Queensland.
The 2014/15 financial year was a significant one for Access Care Network Australia (ACNA) as it moved from a division of the Silver Chain Group to a subsidiary with its own Chief Executive Officer and Board.
This year we celebrated 110 years of caring for Western Australians. From our humble beginnings as a small district nursing service in 1905, today we provide care to over 84,000 people every year across Australia.
This year the Home Support Service continued to increase support to new and existing clients and communities within the Perth metropolitan area, which has ensured more and more people able to live independently in their place of choice.
It has been a busy year in Country Services. We have grown the reach of our services across regional, rural and remote Western Australia, increasing access to both social and health services across the state.
The year 2015 could best be characterised as disruptive for Silver Chain Group’s services. The implementation of the Federal Government’s Aged Care Reforms have resulted in significant changes to the delivery of social care services (such as aged care and disability) not seen in the last 25 years.
Silver Chain New South Wales Palliative Care Service has consolidated its place during the past year as a valued partner in providing clinical care and support to people in their last days of life.
It has been less than two years since we received Queensland Health funding to provide Hospital in the Home (HITH) services in Queensland. The 2014/15 financial year has set Silver Chain Queensland on course for a bright future.
Over the past year, a big focus for RDNS SA has been the client – in particular their experience as they interact with the organisation, developing new services and preparing for the Federal Government’s Aged Care Reforms.
Health WA continues to deliver sustainable community-based solutions across its range of core services and in doing so has delivered significant client and community outcomes that strongly align to Silver Chain’s vision and strategy.
Silver Chain Group’s training organisations – Silver Chain Training and RDNS Training – enjoyed a year of significant successes, despite a climate of reform to the Vocational Education and Training (VET) and significant changes within our key markets thanks to the Federal Government’s Aged Care Reforms and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
