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PASCOP Meaningful Ageing Australia eNewsletter • May • 2016 View this email in your browser
May 2016Welcome to our May update
From the Chief Executive Officer
On 20 April 2016, PASCOP members voted tochange our name to Meaningful Ageing Australia. Asdiscussed in our previous newsletter, the Boardchose this name as it captures our intent, and is adoor-opener for those who don't realise thatspirituality is everybody's business. The mediarelease is here.
Here at Meaningful Ageing Australia, we continue to meet many people who havewritten themselves, and those they are caring for, out of the spirituality story. Ournew name helps to facilitate that important first conversation about the place ofspirituality in all our lives. Our mission and activities are the same - our new webaddress is www.meaningfulageing.org.au and new email [email protected]. We will gradually update all our documents with thenew logo. Our old web address and email addresses will be diverted to the newaddresses. All phone numbers are the same.
We have had lots of interest in our activities from delegates at both the Spiritual CareAustralia National Conference and the ACS NSW/ACT state conference this monthwhere we ran trade displays. Welcome to all the newcomers from those events whosigned up for our newsletter! It's great to have an ever-expanding circle ofcolleagues committed to whole of life care for older people.
I have had the pleasure of meeting a number of our members over the last couple ofmonths and am enjoying getting great feedback about the resources we arereleasing this year. If you have an idea about a new resource that would assist yourorganisation with high quality pastoral and spiritual care, please get in touch with us [email protected].
Meaningful Ageing SeminarsCatch up on the Brisbane seminar today!Our Brisbane seminar was a great success, and for the first time the whole eventwas filmed. This means all staff in member organisations across Australia canaccess the seminar content via our Member's Zone. Members can access the videoshere.
Melbourne seminar registrations are now open
Friday 1 July 2016
9am-12.30pm
Be inspired Be informed Be connected
Kay Horgan Aged Care Consultant, AgeWorks CDC: seize the opportunity for holistic care
Kerry Whitlock Palliative Care Specialist – Quality, Uniting AgeWell Meaningful comfort care
Dr Catherine Barrett Insulating against ageism
With thanks to Meaningful Ageing Australia member Uniting AgeWell for theirsupport. Further details about the speakers and topics is here.
Measuring Quality - a place for spiritual care?How to measure the effect of all our efforts is a common challenge in humanservices. Meaningful Ageing Australia is looking for opportunities to link our workwith sound quality measures that are appropriate for pastoral and spiritual care.
There are three current quality projects that have implications for organisationsnationally that we are looking in to. The SA Innovation Hub has been trialling use ofthe Personal Wellbeing Index that includes a domain for spirituality. They areusing the Quality of Life AD tool with people who are cognitively impaired; a NetPromoter Score to measure staff impact and the health of the environment; andfinally a checklist to examine partnerships. The Department of Health is working onvoluntary quality indicators to complement the accreditation standards, currentlyfocussed on three clinical areas in the first round of trialing. Macquarie Universityand the University of Wollongong are working on innovative approaches to outcomemeasurement. They are creating the Australian Community Care OutcomesMeasure, which includes quality of life measures adapted for Australia from the UKbased Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit. Watch this space as we continue to lookat how these projects may connect up with our efforts to ensure access to highquality pastoral and spiritual care for all older people in Australia.
Membership - join today!Membership of Meaningful Ageing Australia is opento all organisations and groups who provide careand support to older people. Members have accessto a range of tools and activities developed incollaboration with leading international andAustralian experts. We are constantly developingnew resources to support high quality pastoral andspiritual care in your organisation. Read more here.
NATIONAL GUIDELINES UPDATE
We are very excited to be getting close to having a finished product ready for thefree workshops to be held nationally during June. For current information about aworkshop in your nearest capital city, check our website here. We are working on acouple of short films to assist in communication about the Guidelines. Plans areprogressing to assist agencies and organisations with understanding the intent of theGuidelines, and how to meet the expected outcomes. All this is to support the agedcare sector with higher quality, holistic care for old older people. Thank you to all theorganisations and individuals who have assisted over the length of this significantproject.
New resourceDementia-Specific Worship Service Handbook“Even though I have been leading worship in a dementiaspecific facility for seven years I was still able to learnsomething from the book. A truly wonderful resource!” -Frank, Aged Care Chaplain
Now available at no extra cost to members and forpurchase by non-members, this Handbook was originallyproduced by Churches of Christ Care Queensland,following their success in being awarded the inauguralMeaningful Ageing Australia Quality Practice Award in2015. Read more here.
Welcome - new board Member Odette Waanders
Odette is the CEO of Palliative CareVictoria, a position she has held sinceFebruary 2010. She has held leadershiproles in policy, advocacy and servicemanagement with government and notfor profit organisations in Australia andNZ focused on improving quality of lifewith a particular focus on older people,people with disabilities and people fromculturally and spiritually diversebackgrounds. The communityorganisations she has worked for includeAged Concern NZ, Aged & CommunityServices Australia, Jewish Care Victoriaand Catholic Homes. Odette has aBachelor of Social Science, BA (Hons)1st Class, Masters of BusinessAdministration and GAICD. We aredelighted to report that Odette wasappointed to the PASCOP/MeaningfulAgeing Australia board at their Aprilmeeting. Read more about our team onour website.
REMINDER
2016 Meaningful AgeingAustralia
Quality Practice Awards
now open Apply by 30 June 2016
Meaningful Ageing in Actiona story from member RFBI NSW/ACTby Lana Cooper, RFBI Lifestyle Officer
Hat trick for Show Champions RFBI Hawkins Masonic Village’s Acacia House residents have been awardedNewcastle Show Champions for the most successful Nursing Home/Hostel forCookery in the region for the third year running! In this year’s show our talented residents gained 1st place for their marmalade,lemon butter, pickles and jam and 2nd place for their cordial. 1st places for craft wereawarded to Dot Johnston and Edith Irvine and a highly commended was given toEdith Irvine, a special commendation to Beryl Plant and a special commendation forAcacia’s group project. Participating in the show gives residents an important connection with the localcommunity. By spending time together cooking and undertaking craft for the Showresidents say they feel a sense of purpose and meaning. While undertaking theirprojects residents reminisced about their long standing history with the NewcastleShow – with former entrants, winners and judges amongst the group. Residents hada wonderful time reconnecting with their history and celebrating their involvement inthe community.
Acacia House's Lifestyle OfficerTracy Burns said the residents lovedparticipating in the Show. "Over theyears we have taken the residentsto see their works displayed at theShow. They were thrilled to receivetheir trophies and we have theseframed and adorning our wall. Theresidents are so happy to have theirhard work acknowledged by theNewcastle community and arealready looking forward to nextyear's Show." Pictured with their Show medals: Back: Dorothy Johnstone, JeanMallaband, Basil Williamson, EdithIrvine Front: Betty McGrath, Betty Fraser
If your organisation is a member of Meaningful Ageing Australia, you are welcome toshare your meaningful ageing in action story here. Please send your 250 wordpiece to [email protected] for consideration (with permission from any
one mentioned in the story).
PASCOP - MEANINGFUL AGEING IN THE NEWS
Read the interview with CEO Ilsa Hampton in Australian Ageing Agenda here.
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