About ANHF
Volunteers play an important role in the development and provision of our quality services, so we can continue to support elderly Australians through a variety of aged care services and programs.
Our vision is to be the model provider of culturally appropriate residential and community aged care in Australia.
To honour and respect our elders as family in happy, caring communities is our mission.
Integrity – we are ethical, respectful, honest and trustworthy in our dealings with people.
Compassion – we show compassion and love by caring for and nurturing the whole person – physical, social, emotional and spiritual.
Respect – we treat people with dignity and respect.
Equity – we act justly and fairly, ensuring equity of access to care and accommodation, including those in poverty or need.
Innovation – we embrace innovation and knowledge to achieve quality services, traversing change and thinking outside the box.
Celebration – we honour people’s lives, experiences and cultures, and happily pay tribute to individual and organisational milestones.
ANHF
Our Story
1980 ANHF Started the Journey
Australian Nursing Home Foundation registered as a Charitable Trust on 25th February.
Since 1980, the Australian Nursing Home Foundation has provided valuable care and support services to ageing Australian people from Chinese, Southeast Asian and other backgrounds. As one of the leading and largest providers of culturally specific residential and community-based aged care in New South Wales, we look forward to continuing this long tradition of excellence in decades to come. Our specialist expertise and dedication will ensure our elders continue to live positively, age actively and feel empowered to choose the care and support they need and want to receive.
1981
We purchased the 21-bed Montrose Nursing Home in Strathfield.
1983
We received a grant of $173,391 from the Australian Government for the Montrose Nursing Home.
1988
We were allocated 24 housing units by the State Government at Poplar Street, Surry Hills.
1992
We opened Chow Cho Poon Nursing Home, which was cited as the ‘Best Practice Ethnic-Specific Nursing Home’ in 1995.
1997
We commissioned and refurbished a nursing home in Burwood – Bernard Chan Nursing Home was born.
2004
We received a grant from the State Government to open Stanley Hunt Centre in Ultimo to support people with dementia in South East Sydney.
2008
So Wai Lifestyle Activity Centre opened – the first dementia day care centre for Southeast Asian communities and a demonstration site for Day Dementia Respite for Carers of the Southeast Asian community.
2009
Mr Wilson Chieng donated 34 units in Campsie and we named the building Lucy Chieng Gardens in honour of his late mother. We received a Capital Grant of $3.5 million.
2010
We launched the Consumer Directed Care Pilot Package and Extended Community Aged Care Packages (CACP/EACH) Dementia.
2011
We opened the purpose-built Lucy Chieng Aged Care Centre thanks to $1,000,000 donation from Mr Wilson Chieng.
2012
So Wai Lifestyle Activity Centre received Home and Community Care funding to expand Dementia Respite Day Care. We started HACC Multicultural Centre-based Day Centres in Inner West and South West Sydney, which included 16 groups covering 7 languages.
2014
Home Care Packages increased to 200 packages, doubling the number of service recipients.
2017
We launched the ‘Voice – Staff Engagement Survey’ designed by an independent consultancy to obtain staff feedback to identify areas of improvement.
ANHF successfully secured $18,500 per annum for delivering personal care for 9 additional clients in Western Sydney through CHSP Growth Funding Round 2016.
2018
In partnership with TVB Anywhere, ANHF hosted the popular Australian Seniors Health Expo that attracted over 6,000 attendees.
Received grant from the Department of Health to deliver Community Visitors Scheme.
2019
Further funding received for Commonwealth Home Support Program to expand our services (support at home, social support – individual and group, flexible respite and personal care) that cover six regions (Nepean, South West Sydney, South East Sydney, Inner West, Northern Sydney and Western Sydney).
Innovation Funding was also granted to conduct ‘A Room to the World’ and Speak Your Language Call Monitoring Program.
In partnership with TVB Anywhere, ANHF hosted the popular Australian Seniors Expo that attracted over 10,000 attendees.
2021
Construction work begins on our new residential aged care development in Gordon – with 78 en-suites (72 single rooms and 6 double rooms).
2023
- We opened the purpose-built Huang Ying Jung Nursing Home at Gordon in March 2023. The facility won the best interior design of the year at the 11th Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards.
- We acquire a development site at Burwood for future service expansion.
- Being the market leader, we introduce gerontechnology application in our aged care facilities and establish a collaborative environment for local and international companies to engage in co-creation.
2024
- Huang Ying Jung Nursing Home won the Winner of Innovation of the Year (Rehabilitation Program) at the 12th Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards.
- The acquisition of a 67-bed aged care facility in Thornleigh was successfully completed and has been under ANHF management since November 2024.
2025
- We celebrate our 45th anniversary through Fundraising Premiere at Chatswood Concourse.
- Rebranding with new ANHF logo.