Rainbow Cares

28/09/2025

OCTOBER is around the corner!
Zoom in to see what's on.

Our Barney 🚍 will take you to places 🚐

Call the office for info and details.

18/09/2025

October is around the corner and it's one of our favourite months. Why? It's Seniors Month in Queensland!

Did you know that Queensland has been celebrating Seniors since 1960? What started as Seniors Week has now grown into a whole month of recognition, connection, and celebration.

Organised by COTA Queensland, Seniors Month is all about:
Promoting positive attitudes towards ageing
Encouraging community participation and connections
Celebrating the contributions of older Queenslanders as workers, carers, volunteers, mentors, and family anchors

We will be sharing activities in the area and our own Calendar of activities.

01/09/2025

Happy September from Rainbow Cares!

Here are the activities for this month:

🗓Every Tuesday-> lift to the Men's Shed
🗓 Thursday 11th -> lift to RSL Gympie for lunch
🗓 Thursday 18th -> lift to Maryborough Markets
Last Thursday -> Senior’s Morning Tea

Please contact our Office to reserve your spot and for info.

25/08/2025

See you Thursday!

Bring a hat to the next Senior’s Morning Tea at Rainbow Cares!

Thursday 28th August, from 10 am.
Because everyone has a hat with a story to tell.

See you there! And don't forget we will be announcing the Name of our new community bus.
If you haven't done it yet, go on our page and comment on the post your suggestion!
The name will go on the actual bus.

18/08/2025

Bring a hat to the next Senior’s Morning Tea at Rainbow Cares!

Thursday 28th August, from 10 am.
Because everyone has a hat with a story to tell.

See you there! And don't forget we will be announcing the Name of our new community bus.
If you haven't done it yet, go on our page and comment on the post your suggestion!
The name will go on the actual bus.

14/08/2025

06/08/2025

On page 5 of this month (August) Rainbow Beach Community Newspaper, there is a write-up about one of our Team Members.

Welcome Barb!

06/08/2025

Our 𝚁𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚠 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚜 needs a 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 and we want 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜!
The person who comes up with the winning name will receive a $50 voucher to spend at Rainbow Beach Pizza 🍕 and a FREE trip!

Drop your suggestion below 👇

Comp 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟸𝟼𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝
Winner will be announced at this month Senior's Morning Tea (Thursday 28th Aug)

The name will go across the front bonnet

Zinc 96 Visit Cooloola Coast

04/08/2025

Truly excited for this achievement, as a Not For Profit Association we aim to contribute and improve the livAbility in the communities of the Cooloola Coast,

Stay Tuned for more news! ;)

25/07/2025

Aging is often romanticised by others: “𝚈𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚢!”, “𝚈𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎!” "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚐𝚎"but those sentiments, though well-intentioned, can feel hollow when you're experiencing the daily physical, emotional, and existential toll of aging.
A client told us today: They say I’m lucky… but I don’t 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 lucky.

There can be so much sadness around aging. Yes, you are lucky to be that old. But deep inside you just feel your body is abandoning and betraying you, your mind my also starts playing some not so funny jokes on you.
But people still tell you that you are doing well and how lucky you are! Still, sometimes it doesn't feel like a lucky thing. Useless legs, unable to still be active... and part of the world!

But what if... the real luxury and message from the body is that you can relax now, you can let people help you, do things for you... "𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍."

There aren't enough conversations around 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 old, let alone abound 𝙵𝙴𝙴𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙶 old.
How do we deal with the “𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚎” 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐, as a community, carers, and elders?

1. 𝚁𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙿𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎, 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢
We often equate worth with what we can do, but what if aging is an invitation to shift from doing to being? Elders hold stories, experiences, humour, and emotional depth. Our Seniors Morning Tea is a small example of creating space for that to be expressed.

2. 𝙴𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎
Instead of pushing for your own independence at all costs, what if we see it as interdependence? Support Workers are part of this exchange. Let’s stop treating help as pity, and instead treat it as connection.

3. 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙹𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝙼𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜
There can be so many things that can remind us we’re still here, still human, not just “clients.” Sometimes you might want to play scrabbles or just have a chat. Feel free to suggest simple activities that you'd like to do.

4. 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝙰𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚍𝚕𝚢
Waiting to die feels unbearable when it’s done in silence. But talking about dying and not just the event, but the feelings around it can actually bring relief and community. It opens space for meaning, for legacy, for peace. You might also discover you are not alone in those feelings.

5. 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐
As we get older, we grieve youth, mobility, speed, memory. That grief deserves a place too. Allow yourself to name it, even to cry about it or joke about it. We can try to normalize it.

If you thing someone needs to read this today, share the love.
This might be the conversation they didn’t know they were waiting for. 💛

17/07/2025

Rainbow Cares has been 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚜 to live well, right at home.

Based in Rainbow Beach and Serving the Cooloola Coast.
Our motto: 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙷𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚆𝚊𝚢, 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎.