Anglican Retirement Villages, Diocese of Sydney
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Anglican Retirement Villages
, Diocese of Sydney (ARV) is a not-for-profit public benevolent institution formed in 1959. This inception date places ARV as one of the founding entities of the social service now referred to as retirement or seniors living. Today, ARV has retained its distinctive Christian and social credentials, and serves some 6000 people across community care, independent living and assisted living services. With over 2000 staff and 30 sites across the greater Sydney region, ARV is one of the largest aged care providers in Australia
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and his wife Dorothy Mowll were instrumental in the cause to provide housing and food for missionaries returning from the overseas mission field who had neither family nor finance to support them in their retirement.
, with which ARV retains strong ties, including a common mission and a central focus on evangelism. The Board of Anglican Retirement Villages is appointed by the Archbishop of Sydney and the Synod, and comprises 9-10 people. The current Chair of ARV is Allan Fife, Managing Director of Fife Capital. The Board in turn appoints a CEO to run the organisation. The current CEO is Rob Freeman
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Retirement villages
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, Diocese of Sydney (ARV) is a not-for-profit public benevolent institution formed in 1959. This inception date places ARV as one of the founding entities of the social service now referred to as retirement or seniors living. Today, ARV has retained its distinctive Christian and social credentials, and serves some 6000 people across community care, independent living and assisted living services. With over 2000 staff and 30 sites across the greater Sydney region, ARV is one of the largest aged care providers in Australia
Australia
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History
Archbishop Howard MowllHoward Mowll
Howard West Kilvinton Mowll was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1933 until his death in 1958.Howard Mowll was born in Dover and attended Dover College until 1903 and later matriculated at the King's School, Canterbury....
and his wife Dorothy Mowll were instrumental in the cause to provide housing and food for missionaries returning from the overseas mission field who had neither family nor finance to support them in their retirement.
Structure
The organisation is owned and operated by the Anglican Diocese of SydneyAnglican Diocese of Sydney
The Diocese of Sydney is a diocese within the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is Evangelical and low church in tradition and committed to Reformed and Calvinist theology....
, with which ARV retains strong ties, including a common mission and a central focus on evangelism. The Board of Anglican Retirement Villages is appointed by the Archbishop of Sydney and the Synod, and comprises 9-10 people. The current Chair of ARV is Allan Fife, Managing Director of Fife Capital. The Board in turn appoints a CEO to run the organisation. The current CEO is Rob Freeman
Rob Freeman
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Current profile
ARV's mission is "Creating Communities of Christian Care". Care services are provided across Sydney in:- Community care: including Federal and State funded community programs, ARV funded programs and user pays funded programs. Growth in this area has been significant.
- Independent Living: provision of a number of managed, secure communities for seniors to age in place in, within a supported environment to ensure that wherever possible, further moves to more intensive accommodation is avoided.
- Residential care: comprising both low (hostel) and high (nursing home) care this focuses on a number of key care needs including dementiaDementiaDementia is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging...
, palliative carePalliative carePalliative care is a specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients...
, rehabilitation and psycho-geriatricGeriatric psychiatryGeriatric psychiatry, also known as geropsychiatry, psychogeriatrics or psychiatry of old age, is a subspecialty of psychiatry dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders in humans with old age. After a 4 year residency in psychiatry, a psychiatrist can complete a one year...
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