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ACRC Submission ‘The Case For Leisure And Lifestyle In Residential Aged Care’

Submission to the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety This submission to the Aged Care Royal Commission has been a labour of love over many months, fuelled by my passion for quality of care and engagement with our elderly and my strong belief in the crucial role of Leisure and Lifestyle in …

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Music and Memory

Professor Henry Brodaty is Scientia Professor of Ageing and Mental Health, the Director of the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at the University of New South Wales.   His areas of expertise include dementia; depression; psychiatric illness in the aged; Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders; prevention; carers; …

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Lions and Lionesses see value in Aged Care Music Resources

It is incredibly frustrating, when you have first-hand experience of the benefits of music therapy for the elderly, yet, time and time again you witness staff being thwarted in their attempts to provide the best quality resources for those in their care, by the managers who hold the purse strings. Wherever I go as I …

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Culture Change Exchange

Daniella Greenwood, Strategy and Innovation Manager from Arcare in Australia, delivers a compelling keynote about how central relationships are in long-term care. Video recorded and edited by Barn Door Creative and LIVESHARE. The views expressed in this publication are the views of the author(s)/presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the funder(s).