Passion Power Practice

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Passion Power Practice

• Ageing Well In Retirement
• A response at the Aged Care Interface
• Coral Trowbridge - ACH Group
• Holly Farndale - ACH Group
• David Albrecht Minda Inc.

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WHO ARE WE?

• ACH Group
• We have a vision of older people who are active,
  valued and contributing members of family,
  community and society.
• Minda Inc.
• Our vision is to maximise choice and inclusion
  for people with intellectual disability to
  achieve their aspirations.

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Ageing Well in Retirement

• Topics we will cover
• Collaboration
• The course
• Case study
• Critical factors

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Ageing Well in Retirement

• Need for
• Lifestyle Planning
• Access to Information
• Entirely new model
• Risks
• End up in Aged Care Facility

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Ageing Well in Retirement
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Participants of the 2004 Ageing Well Pilot Program

• Eight Participants aged between 55-68 years.
• Majority lived in community group homes.

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Structure of the Ageing Well Pilot Program

• Eight week program with attendance once per week.

• Two forty min sessions
• (1) Exercise component
• (2) Discussion component
• Body awareness
• Diet and Nutrition
• Relaxation
• Managing Ageing

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Assessment Tools

• Questionnaire gauged changes in
• knowledge/awareness of health and ageing issues.
• Observations of the exercise sessions were
  recorded each week to monitor progress in fitness.

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Graduation

• Graduation day
• Participant review
• individual lifestyle assessment and lifestyle
  planning

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Summary of Achievements

• Increased awareness/knowledge of health issues
  and how to achieve a healthy lifestyle.
• Improvements in general fitness levels.
• Zest Health club was an ideal venue.

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Summary of Achievements

• Up-skilling ACH Group employees in working with
  people who are ageing with an intellectual
  disability.

• Barrier shifts between the disability and ageing
  sectors.

• Majority of participants graduated from the
  Ageing Well program to community based exercise
  classes other community groups/clubs.

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Revised Ageing Well program format for 2005

• Information Day.
• New participant group of 8 participants.
• Extended from an 8 to 12 week program.
• GP involvement.
• Initial individual holistic assessments have
  taken place before commencement.

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The vision for the future

• Have acquired a one-off grant from SA state
  government to further develop and create a 36
  session program which implements self-management
  strategies for continued lifestyle change.

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AGEING WELL CASE STUDY

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AGEING WELL CASE STUDY

• Have a try in which course?

• The obvious benefits

• The less obvious benefits

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AGEING WELL CASE STUDY

• I am still involved

• I would have liked

• Caught in the middle

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AGEING WELL CASE STUDY

• Ians going
• to
• AGE WELL