Exceptional, local care across Queensland

Ozcare was established as a special work of the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland in 1996. The Society, as a lay Catholic organisation, aspires to live the gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice, hope and joy, and by working to shape a more just and compassionate society.

With 25 locations and 600 staff, we started our journey to help seniors and people with disabilities stay in their own homes as long as possible, to help the disadvantaged get back on their feet, to provide respite services to carers looking after loved ones, and to offer homely aged care facilities to our oldest Australians.

Nearly 30 years on, with 51 locations and the support of over 4,800 staff and 120 volunteers, we proudly deliver services to thousands of Queenslanders every day.

To this day, our purpose is to improve our clients’ quality of life by delivering personalised health and human services in the spirit of the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland.

This means working with our clients, their carers, and families, to provide care that’s right for their unique situation. We partner with our clients to understand their needs and help them to identify personal goals. We then tailor our support to ensure our clients continue doing what they can, while working with them to achieve things they hadn’t thought possible.

Our hugely diverse range of services is completely flexible and can be changed as needs change. We provide care and support at all stages, and help our clients transition through the different services we offer. Our team of nurses, carers, allied health professionals, dementia specialists, and support staff work together to form a care team, taking a holistic approach to a client’s care.

Our staff join Ozcare because they love helping people. They get satisfaction from leaving a client knowing they have made a difference: whether it is organising the installation of grab rails to prevent a client from falling when showering or helping a client to rediscover purpose in their life through a new hobby or skill, our staff are committed to positively influencing or changing a person’s experience to help them achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes.

While Ozcare has experienced significant growth and seen huge advances in technology over the last few decades, the one thing that has – and will continue – to stay the same is our dedication to supporting our clients to live their lives to the fullest.

To meet increasing demand, we are continuing our growth with new aged care facilities, investing in service development to mobilise our staff, and focusing on our continuum of care.

We look forward to continuing to deliver high-quality aged care, disability and health services, dementia care, and growing our service provision to support even more Queenslanders.

Ozcare’s wide range of services is made possible by funding from a diverse range of programs from the Australian and Queensland governments. We are a quality-certified organisation that has met the requirements of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO 9001:2015).