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Arts on Prescription – Sector Guide

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woman pouring down a brown paint

Arts on Prescription is dear to my heart. From first hand experience I have watched my mother and father-in-law flourish while attending Arts on Prescription. At 85 and 86 my mother-in law-had always enjoyed being creative and using her gift with creativity to paint, knit, crochet, make craft items and attend to a lovely garden. Arts on Prescription rekindled this love and extended my mother-in-law to try new ways of painting and set up a easel and paints in their front room.

My father-in-law was born left handed but lived through the era where he had to use his right hand or be beaten. When he started Arts on Prescription one of the first tasks was to paint with the hand that you do not write with; this for my father in law at 85 was his left hand. The very hand he was not allowed to write with or use for over 80 years. Only to discovered he could paint with his left hand. Lovely pieces we now have framed in our home.

If you have the opportunity in your service to run Art on Prescription or are a consumer who has the opportunity to join an art course; whether in be painting, drawing, music, dancing, woodwork etc do it!

My mother in law painted the picture used in Hammondcare’s promotional material below. 

I applaud HammondCare for making these resources available. See below. Judy  

Using the arts to promote healthy and active ageing

Arts on Prescription uses participatory arts programs, alongside traditional health care, to help older people improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Creating art has a positive impact on a range of challenges to wellbeing, such as anxiety, depression, social isolation and bereavement, while singing and movement art forms can improve physical health and mobility.

Arts on Prescription links older people with professional artists to explore and enjoy a wide range of artistic endeavours in a regular small group setting over ten weeks.

Download the free Sector Guide

HammondCare’s Sector Guide is a free resource that guides you in establishing an Arts on Prescription program.

In order to download your free Sector Guide, please click here go to the Arts on Prescription page on the HammondCare website and choose the version most suitable for you. Complete the form on the page to help HammondCare understand how you are using the guide. Let them know that All Things Aged Care referred you!

 

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Create service delivery outlets and add information using My Aged Care provider portal

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my-aged-care-imageQuick reference guide – creating service delivery outlets and adding service information using the My Aged Care provider portal

As a My Aged Care Team Leader for a regional assessment service and a sector support and development officer, one of the most important messages I tried to get across to service providers was this critical information about getting your outlet information correct in the service provider My Aged Care portal.

Administrators within organisations, I urge you to study this guide and get it right. It is essential to your business – to ensure thay accurate information is available to consumers and also for assessors to make appropriate referrals. It is your responsibility to get it right.

I am thrilled to see this Quick reference Guide published. If you need help with this vital piece of work All Things Aged Care can assist. The Department explains:

“This Quick Reference Guide has been designed to inform those who perform the role of ‘Administrator’ within the My Aged Care provider portal (the provider portal) of the procedures for creating and maintaining information about service delivery outlets.

“Information about aged care services provided by each service provider (provider), including some information about non-Commonwealth funded aged care services, is publicly displayed in the service finder on the My Aged Care website. This information is also used by My Aged Care contact centre staff and assessors to refer clients for services.

“Please note: It is critically important that service information is maintained by providers to ensure appropriate referrals are sent to providers. Only staff assigned the role of Organisation Administrator in the provider portal can create outlets. Staff can then be assigned to outlets and service delivery information can be added for each outlet.

“Only staff assigned the role of Organisation Administrator or Outlet Administrator can add or update service information. An outlet identifies the location or area from which service providers deliver a specific service. Each outlet can have different staff, service information, locations and contact details.

“You will need to set up one or more outlets in the provider portal to add and maintain information about the services your organisation delivers. To ensure that your services will be displayed on the service finder, you must set up an active outlet with an address and a service item under an operational outlet.

“For detailed information on the process to transferring services between outlets and clients between services, see Quick Reference Guide – Transfer Clients and Services, available on the department’s website.”

A Quick Reference Guide is available to support providers with this process.

Aged Care Guides, Aged Care Steps

Steps to enter an aged care home

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adult elder elderly enjoyment

The Commonwealth Department of Health has produced a great new booklet “Steps to enter an aged care home.” The booklet is designed for senior Australians, their families and carers, to help guide you through the process of accessing care in an aged care home.

The booklet follows the pathway you, the consumer, travel from assessment through to receiving care in an aged care home.

The new booklet can be downloaded from the department’s website.

All Things Aged Care knows how confusing the whole process can be and this booklet is a great resource to assist you to understand all that is involved.

We offer packaged deals to assist you through this whole process, whether it be information, explanations and forms required to assist you make the calls you need to make, or advocating on your behalf. Drop us a line.