This inaugural event will provide Amana Living customers with an array of artistic experiences and adventures to enjoy over six weeks, from 12 February to 25 March 2018.
More than 150 events will take place across 50 locations including Amana Living sites, central community facilities, and prestigious arts venues. There will be something for everyone!
The 100th anniversary of a Perth chapel built during World War One was celebrated with a commemorative service and reception on Friday 22nd December.
A specialist dementia care centre in Kinross recently hosted a sensory extravaganza in a bid to help residents reconnect with loved ones.
Amana Living’s Kinross Care Centre organised a SENSEational celebration event for residents and their family and friends to enjoy together.
Residents and their guests were invited to take part in meditation, put their personal touch on an interactive art installation, enjoy a cuddle with two therapy Greyhounds, and ‘squish, pop and crunch’ their way through a sensory walk.
In the latest 6PR segment, which took place on Monday 18th September, we discussed financials around moving into a Nursing home/Residential Care.
In the studio was Greg Massam and Leonie Demunck.
We also called Marie Earls, Service Manager at Thomas Scott for a quick chat too.
The Kalgoorlie care centre has been named a semi-finalist in the Prime Super Employer Excellence in Aged Care Award category, part of The WA Regional Achievement and Community Awards.
The Awards aim to encourage, acknowledge and reward the valuable contributions that individuals, groups and businesses are making throughout rural and regional Western Australia.
Edward Collick Home’s entry will now be reviewed by a judging panel on 30th August in order to determine the finalists. Winners will be announced at a gala dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Perth on 20th October.
The next generation of people coming into aged care are in safe hands with the official opening of the Amana Living Training Institute (ALTI) in Rivervale by Her Excellency the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AC Governor of Western Australia.
The Amana Living Training Institute will help meet the training needs of the aged care sector which has seen the number of jobs more than double year on year.
The fourth talkback segment on 6PR took place on Wednesday where we discussed Residential Care. Our experts were Zenith Zeeman, General Manager of Residential Care, and Greg Massam, General Manager for Marketing & Commercial Services.
The segment included questions regarding, fees, staffing, assessments, finances, enrichment activities etc.
The third talkback segment on 6PR took place on Wednesday and we revisited Home Care to discuss the impact after deregulation. Our experts were Leonie Demunck, Home Care Coordinator, and Greg Massam, General Manager for Marketing & Commercial Services.
The segment included an update on the current siutation with Home Care, since deregulation, and five customers also called in with their questions.
There are a lot of changes happening within aged care to make the sector more focused on the consumer, including the new home care reforms to be introduced on 27 February.
Amana Living’s CEO Stephanie Buckland has written for Inside Ageing about these changes and asks whether the sector is truly on its way to becoming a consumer driven industry.
