Cardinal Stepinac Village

THE AUSTRALIAN CROATIAN "CARDINAL STEPINAC" ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED

24-32 Runcorn Street , St.Johns Park 2176 NSW Australia , Phone:02 9823 3855 , Fax:02 9610 6690 , e-mail:cardinalstepinacvill@bigpond.com

Our Goals

20 Years of Achievements

To provide quality care and ensure the optimum quality of life for our residents.To encourage staff and visitors to treat the Cardinal Stepinac Village as the resident's home and to accord him/her the respect due to a person in his/her own home.To help our residents life full and happy lives by providing them with appropriate therapeutic and recreational facilities and activities for our Residents 24 hours a day .The Hostel also provides divisional therapists which are responsible for Resident's spiritual and leisure activities.To foster friendly relationship between the residents and community groups, so that our residents may maintain contact with the reality of the wider community. To motivate all our staff to give the highest quality service by fostering a climate in which safety programs, quality management programs ,and education programs, can flourish.To monitor current research in aged care so that the Cardinal Stepinac Village can be adapted to meet the needs of all its residents.To lay down policies and procedures to facilitate the effective functioning of the Cardinl Stepinac Village.To utilise efficient management practices which will ensure that the Aged Care Facility is run within an approved budget.

The village is owned and administered by the AUSTRALIAN CROATIAN CARDINAL STEPINAC ASSCIATION INCORPORATED which was founded on the 26 th of January 1986 by the Australian Croatian community of Sydney.The task, which the members of that organisation undertook, was to plan for and to build a place where we could provide housing and care to the growing number of aged in our community.The organisation began without any financial means but with the support of the Croatian Community of Sydney. They purchased 7 acres of land adjoining the Croatian Catholic Church and with the support of the community the land was paid for and a 40-place hostel was built. The complex was opened on 4 October 1992, by the Federal Minister for Aged Care, the Hon. Peter Staples and, blessed by Bishop David Cremin.The Hon Mr. John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia officially opened the nursing home on the 6 th of June 1999 in the presence of more than 6000 members of the Australian-Croatian community. Acknowledging the hard work, dedication and generosity of the Australian Croatians and our commitment and care for the aged.

Philosophy of care

The philosophy of care of the Cardinal Stepinac Village is based on the teaching of the Blessed Cardinal Stepinac and on the belief that all people have intrinsic worth and should therefore be treated with dignity and respect.

We believe that the Cardinal Stepinac Village is a home and that as far as possible; the people who live here should be treated like residents in their own homes rather than as sick patient in a hospital.

We believe that growing old is a further stage of development which should be approached with dignity and confidence.

We believe that those elderly people who cannot maintain a satisfactory way of life in their own homes and who need some extra care should be looked after by people who enjoy this type of work, in a place designed for that specific purpose.

We believe that our residents should be involved in the running of the Cardinal Stepinac Village if they so choose, as well as being involved in interesting and appropriate activities.

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The chief executive of the Cardinal Stepinac Village is Matt Smolcic (Mato Smolcic)