
Hardi at Home – Summer 2021
Monday, March 1st, 2021 Blacktown, Guildford, Home Stories, Manly Vale, Newsletters, Penrith, Seven Hills, Summer Hill,Welcome to the first edition of Hardi at Home for 2021! As always, we are committed to connecting and sharing important information with our residents, their family and loved ones and our staff. Enjoy reading updates from across our homes in our newsletter below. Summer 2021 Newsletter

Christmas at Manly Vale
Sunday, December 20th, 2020 Home Stories, Manly Vale,A challenging and unusual year is about to end and with it comes the opportunity to be grateful for many things including our health, our family and friends. Christmas Carols With visitor restrictions in place and different arrangements for the festivities due […]

Cultural Events at Hardi
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 Blacktown, Home Stories, Manly Vale,Diwali Celebration at Blacktown Over in Blacktown our residents celebrated the Hindu festival, Diwali – commonly known as “The Festival of Lights”. Residents decorated the activity room and heard the history of Diwali. Staff wore traditional dress and danced with residents to vibrant music in celebration. Living at Blacktown Armchair Travel to Mexico at […]

Gold Class Experience at Seven Hills
Wednesday, August 26th, 2020 Home Stories, Seven Hills,With resident bus trips postponed and cinemas temporarily closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, residents from Hardi Seven Hills have missed their monthly trip to the movies to see the latest blockbuster. Watching movies is a favourite hobby for many of our residents and so our team turned the activities room into a temporary home theatre, […]

Winter Newsletter 2020
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 Newsletters,Welcome to the latest edition of the Hardi News – August 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be an extremely difficult time for all of us. It is crucial that we maintain vigilant to prevent the introduction of COVID-19 into our homes. Our main focus is the wellbeing of our residents and staff. The team […]

Judith’s Art Display Brings Joy to Hardi Penrith
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 Penrith,COVID-19 has been tough on all our residents with daily schedule changes, updated visitation arrangements, and outings postponed. For Judith from Hardi Penrith, the restrictions have been particularly challenging as she has had to miss her weekly outings with her NDIS support worker. Judith is a talented artist with a passion for painting and drawing, […]

Mother’s Day at Guildford
Saturday, May 30th, 2020 Guildford, Home Stories,Residents at Hardi Guildford celebrated Mother’s Day with a beautiful high tea including tea, coffee, croissants, jam balls and pastries. Resident Alan made a lovely speech sharing a story of his childhood and specifically some memories of his Grandmother. Yara Torbey, […]

Celebrating Birthdays and Anniversaries!
Saturday, May 30th, 2020 Home Stories,We had a number of special birthdays and anniversaries over the past few weeks and although current restrictions meant slightly different celebrations, we were still able to create memories that our residents, families and staff will cherish for many years to come. Kathleen’s 100th Birthday Celebration […]

Book Week at Manly Vale
Friday, May 29th, 2020 Home Stories, Manly Vale,Residents at Manly Vale love to read and so the team decided to celebrate book week with a library trolley full of books for residents to choose from. A small group of keen readers had a wonderful discussion about their passion for reading, followed by trivia on bestselling books and authors. Team members distributed books […]

Trip to Mt Keria
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 Home Stories,With the weather starting to cool down, residents were excited to take a bus trip out to Mt Keria in Wollongong. The view of the lookout was definitely worth the drive, with hardly any clouds in the sky. Residents sat and relaxed in the Sun with their picnic – we can’t wait to head back!