Last March, Judy Mayfield, President of the Association of Residents of QLD Retirement Villages (ARQRV) told me when the Village Manager goes home at night and on the weekends, the residents become the carers for village residents living with dementia – and the...
In early September, the Department of Health and Aged Care released its final draft report on the design principles and guidelines for renovating or building aged care facilities. One of the three principles in the report was to ‘cultivate a home’. “For people moving...
The different care models for people with dementia are heavily discussed and this type of program prides itself on being more like a retreat rather than a respite. Group Homes Australia (GHA) recently held its first Rementia Together Retreat at the end of August,...
Published 27 August on the Sun Herald, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times, WA Today and The Age. Donna Ward has clear, though disappointing, memories of the conversation she had with the doctor when her sociable, creative mother was diagnosed with dementia. “We had...
Group Homes Australia, leading dementia care provider, has launched its first Rementia Together Retreat (21st to 25th of August); making Group Homes Australia the first provider to deliver a Government-funded program in a retreat format out of the 10 Australian care...
The Sydney Morning Herald spoke with Group Homes Australia Founder, Tamar Krebs recently, on new Group Homes Australia 5-Day Retreat program for people with a recent diagnosis of dementia. 'Group Homes Australia’s dementia retreat series will share life-improving...
