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LBV at risk of closure

The introduction of new aged care regulations and cost escalations may see the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) aged care facility closed. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton met with Cobar Shire Council mayor Jarrod Marsden and general manager Peter Vlatko while he was in Cobar last week to discuss the […]

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Council allocates more to LBV budget

Cobar Shire Council has allocated a further $500,000 to their 2023/2024 budget to allow for increased staffing costs at the Lilliane Brady Village retirement home. Council made the allocation increase to their Quarter 1 Budget review at the October Ordinary Council Meeting. Council’s Director of Corporate and Community Services Kylie […]

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Council welcomes new LBV management team

The Lilliane Brady Village once again has a full management team with the recent appointment of a Facility Manager and Clinical Care Manager. The Cobar Shire Council-owned aged care facility has been struggling to fill its management roles following the departure of its long-serving Director of Nursing, Sharon Huon, in […]

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COVID plan invoked at LBV

Cobar Shire Council has invoked a COVID management plan at its Lilliane Brady Village retirement home for the protection of its residents. Cobar Shire Council general manager Peter Vlatko said as of yesterday nine residents (and a couple of staff members) had tested positive for COVID. “The first case was […]

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Plans to bring lots of love back to the village

Love is in the air at the Lilliane Brady Village with local entertainer John Peebles serenading residents and staff as part of the Village’s Valentine’s Day celebrations yesterday. The retirement village’s new Director of Nursing Sherrie Boucher said yesterday’s celebrations are just the start of a long list of activities […]

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A medical cavalry is on its way to LBV

A medical “cavalry” is on its way to Cobar to help with a COVID outbreak at the Lilli-ane Brady Village aged care facility. The nursing home, owned and managed by Cobar Shire Council, went into lockdown last week after a number of residents and staff test-ed positive to COVID. As […]

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Visitors are welcome back at Lilliane Brady Village

Visitors are now warmly welcomed back at the Lilliane Brady Village aged care facility after restrictions eased this week. There are no longer COVID-19 restrictions on visitors to aged care residents, including those in Multipurpose Service facilies across the Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD). All visitors will however continue […]