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Aged Care Activities, Aged Care Guides, Aged Care Programs

Arts on Prescription – Sector Guide

All Things Aged Care

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!

 

Aged Care Guides, Aged Care Steps

Steps to enter an aged care home

All Things Aged Care

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.

Aged Care Standards

Transition to new Aged Care Quality Standards

All Things Aged Care

July 1, 2018 was not only the launch date for the All Things Aged Care website but also the date from which the transition begins to new Aged Care Quality Standards for all Commonwealth aged care services.

The Aged Care Quality Standards, developed as part of the Single Quality Framework, will replace the current four sets of aged care standards:

  • Accreditation Standards
  • Home Care Standards
  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program Quality Framework Standards
  • Transition Care Standards.

The final draft Aged Care Quality Standards consists of eight standards. These standards are:

  • Standard 1     Consumer dignity and choice
  • Standard 2     Ongoing assessment and planning with consumers
  • Standard 3     Personal care and clinical care
  • Standard 4     Services and supports for daily living
  • Standard 5     Organisation’s service environment
  • Standard 6     Feedback and complaints
  • Standard 7     Human resources
  • Standard 8     Organisational governance.

Each of the eight draft standards includes:

  • a statement of outcome for the consumer
  • a statement of expectation for the organisation
  • organisational requirements to demonstrate that the standard has been met.

Click here for more information about the transition to the new standards – which are expected to be fully implemented by this time next year.