Whether it’s the soft white sands, the breathtaking marine and wildlife, or modern luxury living that you’re after, Embracia on Bribie Island provides a dream setting for the next stage of your life.
Shelley Pasche, Clinical Care Coordinator
Embracia on Bribie is located just 45 minutes from Brisbane airport, on Bribie Island. This peaceful, subtropical, seaside paradise is the ideal place to call home. Designed to offer the ultimate in Aged Care living, our idyllic destination is also somewhere family and friends will love to visit.
Just a few minutes to the beachfront, and with over 300 species of birds, kangaroos, emus, dolphins and turtles – that also choose to call Bribie Island home –there’s always something naturally spectacular on show.
Lifestyle and Activities
Embracia on Bribie is a warm and friendly home, offering residents the full range of aged care services, while empowering you to enjoy the islands recreational and social aspects. There’s always plenty going on around Bribie Island and we encourage the residents and their families to take part. Whether it’s fish and chips by beautiful Pumicestone Passage, the vibrant local markets, or a peaceful walk along the beach – we’re sure we will offer you a different experience in aged care.
And as a resident, our lifestyle program offers you the chance to participate in regular events and activities.
Current residents enjoy special and regular activities and events:
- outdoor and indoor bowls
- water aerobics
- residents’ Christmas choir
- Christmas light tours
- walking groups
- outdoor exercise groups
- multi-cultural days
- high tea
- bus trips
- craft sessions
- themed movie days
- cooking classes
- weekly concerts
- manicure & massages
- church and communion services
- pastoral care visits
- men’s group outings
- interaction with local schools
Accommodation
Encompassing five communities or ‘households’ within the home, each one is themed and named after local native birds. Each community has their own permanent staff and their own sense of ‘family belonging.’
As a resident of Embracia on Bribie you’ll benefit from cleverly designed single rooms with private ensuites, offering beautiful outlooks, built in wardrobes, heating, ceiling fan, phone point, and nurse call system, plus:
- Modern, beautifully crafted environments
- Shared larger living areas, including lounge, dining room and comfortable sitting areas
- Smaller sitting rooms
- Full-length bowling green
- Heated outdoor swimming pool
- On-site hairdressing salon, café, theatre, gym, library with internet computer and postal facilities
- And much, much, more
Care
At Embracia on Bribie, our warm and caring staff respect the preferences, choices and independence of each resident. As a resident, we aim to provide you with the best physical, emotional, spiritual, cognitive and social support, care and development possible.
Our Kingfisher community offers extra support and security for residents living with dementia who might be at risk of losing their way home – with warm and friendly staff and specialist carers trained in dementia care, as well as some accredited nurses in Dementia Care Mapping, offering extra peace of mind.
Continuous support is also offered to resident families, with an open door policy. At Embracia on Bribie loved ones are encouraged to “come in for a chat.” The care we offer is resident based, allowing individual choice, no restrictions on visiting hours and pets from home are welcome to visit or move in too, as long as they are suitable for the home and residents.
As with all our Embracia homes, you’ll receive top quality care from our nursing staff, personal carers, specialists, therapists, allied health professionals and lifestyle staff. For an overview of our quality care at Embracia click here.
Read more about our aged care philosophy and the Eden Alternative™.
