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Our residential aged care homes encourage people living with dementia to take part in meaningful activities and take on roles in their community where staff prepare the environment so it is easier to navigate and relieves stress. Find out more about our aged care homes.
Memory support
We create supportive, dementia-friendly environments with colour contrast, clear signage, and easy-to-read name badges. Residents can reminisce with memory boxes and books, and families are encouraged to share life histories, often displayed in their rooms.
Our homes offer engaging activities and evidence-based therapies, including music, dance, art, pet, doll, and robotic therapy, tailored to individual needs. Many also feature sensory gardens with walking paths, seating, and familiar daily activities like watering plants or hanging out washing—creating a calming and enjoyable space for residents.
Montessori Environments
In many of our aged care homes we have introduced Montessori Environments, where people are meaningfully engaged in activities and roles that promote independence and self-worth, reducing the need for some medications. Some homes have introduced self-serve, flexible meal service and tea and coffee-making facilities and drink stations to aid independence.
Our residential aged care homes encourage people living with dementia to take part in meaningful activities and take on roles in their community where staff prepare the environment so it is easier to navigate and relieves stress. Find out more about our aged care homes.
Memory Support
We create supportive environments using colour contrast, easy-to-read name badges and well-signed areas. Our homes provide opportunities to reminisce, both as an individual and group, where some residents have memory boxes and memory books.
We encourage people living with dementia and their families to share their life history and what really matters to them. This information is often displayed in their bedroom.
Our homes provide a range of activities and entertainment as well as evidence-based therapies such as music, dance, meaningful craft, art, pet, doll therapy and robotic therapies, which have been known to provide a calming effect on some people and reduce anxiety. Therapies are individually assessed based on individual needs.
Many of our homes provide small therapeutic units with sensory gardens that are designed to be pleasurable areas where barbecues and morning and afternoon teas are served. Sensory gardens include walking paths, seating, water features and areas where normal everyday life can continue, such as hanging out the washing or watering the plants.
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