The Lilliane Brady Village retirement home residents and staff are ready to hit the road following the delivery of their new bus last week. The new Toyota Hiace 10 seater bus, which is part of Cobar Shire Council’s fleet of vehicles, was personally delivered to the Village last Thursday with […]
The Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) took some time last Thursday, on Aged Care Employee Day, to recognise the wonderful work its staff does. Aged care, retirement living and seniors housing providers, along with residents, clients, families and loved ones around the country last Thursday showed their appreciation with morning and […]
Construction work to create a new front entry and administration area at the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) will soon commence. Cobar Shire Council last month awarded the LBV building tender worth $881,605 to the Dubbo-based LMJR Building Group P/L. The LMJR Group are currently working on another project for Council […]
Local resident, Genie McMullen, has been appointed as the new Facility Manager of the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) retirement home. Genie began nursing more than 30 years ago and for the past 18 years has lived and worked in Cobar. She began working at the LBV as a consultant in […]
Five new Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) staff members, who have come to Australia from India, Papua New Guinea and Nepal to work, have enabled the aged care facility to now claim a ‘fully staffed’ status. Council’s HR manager Summer Patterson said the LBV has long had to rely on agency […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
With aged care facilities around the state in danger of closing (three closed in Sydney last week), some forward planning and a lot of hard work by the Lilliane Brady Village Management and Governance Committee, will ensure Cobar’s aged care facility remains open. All government-funded aged care providers are required […]
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