Mindfulways Residential Aged Care Placement and Social Work Services in Fremantle, Western Australia | Social service

Mindfulways Residential Aged Care Placement and Social Work Services

Locality: Fremantle, Western Australia

Phone: +61 438 930 688

Address: PO Box 1117 6959 Fremantle, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.mindfulways.net.au

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21.01.2022 Memory Cafés helping West Australians living with dementia.

19.01.2022 Forms to complete for Centrelink when entering Residential care Dont forget when you are going to enter into residential care you should complete the Centrelink SA457 Income and Assets forms. Copy of the form at https://www.humanservices.gov.au//files/2017/12/sa457-1711... This gets processed and can take anywhere from 4 12 weeks to get processed with information regarding how much of a means tested care fee you may have to pay. Maximum MTCF (Means tested Care Fee is $27,532.59 per year with a Life Time Cap of $66,078.27). Below is a link regarding the Schedule of Fees for Residential care and Home Care: 20 March 2019. https://agedcare.health.gov.au//schedule_of_fees_and_charg You dont have to complete the form, but you may be charged more than you need to. If you want to calculate your fees in the meantime you can google MYAGEDCARE Fee Estimator. https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/fee-est/residential-care/form If you you want any further info or need me to explain don't hesitate to email me.

17.01.2022 Waiting on this one too. Great podcasts also that simplify some improtant steps to reducing our risks.

16.01.2022 What is an Aged Care or Residential Care Placement Consultant? Many people didnt know there was such a role. Its a small field and our role is to assist families and loved ones to find residential care (nursing homes older language). We help with narrowing down suitable places that take into account many different factors. It is not an easy role, because as we know finding the right residential care to meet different care needs is often time consuming and daunting. If we... look at the list outlined on the Aged Care Crisis website, we can see that it is a mine field. https://www.agedcarecrisis.com/resou/nursing-home-checklist You are welcome to look at some of the criteria that may make deciding on the right home a little easier. How do I recommend a place and is that a guarantee that it is the best place?? I dont know, but what I do know is that I use a number of strategies to determine a recommendation and my clinical and professional judgement regarding a place and sometimes it is also that gut feeling. When I take a tour, I definitely ask the BIG Questions and one of them is: 1) Nursing Staff Ratio (remember currently there is no formal laws regarding staff to resident ratio) How many qualified nursing staff are on throughout a 24 hour period? Does every older person need a registered nurse throughout the night, that depends on an individual needs? If that is important to you and your family then a lot of residential care places have a 24-hour registered nurse on duty. Many places however do not have an RN, EN or NA on duty after 4 pm. Keep that in mind. I visited a fantastic low care center today without nursing throughout the night or weekends. Would I recommend this center? This depends on whether the client had very low care needs. It ticks a lot of other boxes and some of those included small, homely, reputable company, clean, smiling carers, lots of activities and outings, large homely rooms with access directly outside. No sanctions. I will follow up on some other BIG Questions and Big Considerations soon. If you want any further information or just to nut out some of the complexities of residential care please dont hesitate to email or call me.

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14.01.2022 I just finished reading a Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety looking at the merits of FIXED STAFFING RATIOs by Ansell Strategic. https://www.ansellstrategic.com.au//Royal-Commission-Submi It provides a lot of food for thought when we think about the complexity of staffing in residential care centers and the idea of fixed staff ratios. Its not simple and this paper outlines some of these issues. ... Other staff that play important roles in residential care are: physiotherapists (some 5 days per week), occupational therapists, along with physiotherapy assistants and occupations therapy assistants, along with carers and other functional staff such as cleaners, laundry and lifestyle workers to meet the care needs of there residents. Many places have family members who volunteer their time and this always sits well with me. Some have activities in the early-evening afternoon that engages and calms residents who may display sun-downing behaviors associated with dementia. They also provide activities on the weekends for social interaction. Some have sensory rooms, using aromatherapy, massage, sensory water and music features to assist with providing a supportive place to live. Look for those features that stand out and may improve the quality of life of your loved one. They are not just provided by the more expensive residential care places.

11.01.2022 Sometimes new approaches to treating heart breaking symptoms arrives before the scientific evidence and in the meantime many people are left suffering.

11.01.2022 Looking forward to reading this when it arrives. I have listened to a few podcasts where Dr Bredesen is interviewed and he provides really great ways we can all try and prevent the aging of our brains.

10.01.2022 Simple ways to live a happier and healthy life and reducing your risks of cognitive decline.

09.01.2022 Science News Eat 2 teaspoons of nuts each day to improve cognitive function. A recent study by the University of South Australia showed that long term, high nut consumption (10 grams day) in older people could improve cognitive function by up to 60% compared to those who were not eating nuts. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas/2019//190319100803.htm

06.01.2022 A great listen for people who are worried about having Alzheimer's in their family tree and ways you can reduce your risks.

03.01.2022 Adding to our COVID blog series Jennifer Bute, who lives with dementia, has written her personal perspective: Why music matters to me even more during lockdown. Glorious Opportunity #MusicDementiaExperts #musicfordementia #perspective #TuesdayThoughts http://ow.ly/Y5k350ADIPk