A move into Residential Aged Care homes can be stressful for older people and their families, primarily because it is a significant change from living independently. Thanks to a grant from the Psyche Foundation awarded to leading aged care provider Benetas, research was conducted into how to improve the mental health of people moving into residential aged care and ease the transition for them and their loved ones.
Alison Woodroffe has seen Brisbane grow from a small town with 218,000 people to the sprawling and bustling city it is today. To say that the new centenarian loves the neighbourhood she lives in is an understatement.
A new aged care home that aims to challenge the notion of inevitable physical decline in the elderly will soon open in Tarneit, in Melbourne’s booming outer western suburbs.
Residents at MercyCare’s Kelmscott Residential Aged Care Home were given front row seats to an intimate classical musical performance put on by a roving string ensemble from the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO).
