Community
25 October, 2024
Wellbeing hub’s open day
OUT with the old, in with the new, as Centacare FNQ’s Oak St aged care social and wellbeing hub at Holloways Beach returns to its former glory after undergoing an extensive rebuild inside and out after succumbing to post-cyclone flooding in December 2023.
The Holloways Beach and broader community are invited to celebrate the hub’s reopening with a cake and entertainment from the Barbary Coasters tomorrow from 9am until noon at 59 Oak St.
Centacare FNQ mental health and wellbeing manager Nathan Lee said the reopening of Oak St – the community’s long-serving and much-loved aged-care respite hub – culminated many months of repairs and refurbishment of the garden and outdoor areas for easy access for our clients.
“The floods were catastrophic to many buildings and services throughout Holloways Beach, and our Oak St respite hub was no exception, suffering a total loss of all internal furnishings and equipment, along with valuable resources, including our extraordinary robotic therapy cats,” he said.
“To return to Oak St after almost a year and find our sparkling new premises fully fitted out and ready to go is cause for celebration.”