- An introduction to aged care and disability communities

- Examples of disabilities, dementia and brain injuries

- Interactive Sensory Enrichment Demonstration

- Practical Session: communicating with a person with dementia

This exciting presentation ends with simple ideas and ways in which we can help connect and feel more comfortable with the elderly and those with disabilities around us in our local community. Are you ready to be inspired and enter into the unknown? This is an interactive and colourful presentation, taking you into the world of disability, dementia and aged care. Tailored for schools, community groups and anyone interested in learning about this special and unique world. Click on the Presentation Flyer pdf above to find out more.

Music for everyone - Music has many benefits for your residents: stimulation of the senses, deeper breathing and gentle exercise through singing and playing instruments, enhancing memory, social participation, reducing anxiety and avenues for creativity and expression. Our presentation is packed with simple and effective music program ideas, demonstrations and a practical session that will leave staff feeling confident, inspired and equipped to utilise music in a variety of ways. This 1 ½ hour group workshop includes written handouts, ideas and instruments to sample, and advice from our experienced consultant who has a BA Hons in Music.

Topics include: Music Workshop, Chorus Choir, Etude Dance© Seated program overview, Music and Dementia, Ambient Sound and Equipment, Themes and Programming.





Exploring Spirituality: how to enhance and nurture spirituality in many ways, shapes and forms.

Spirituality and faith-based programs are essential avenues in residential and aged care. We show you how to confidently and creatively build opportunities to enhance spirituality with your residents, including those experiencing late stage dementia and for palliative care. Nurturing spirituality can enhance your residents’ lives, impacting their emotional and physical wellbeing and the immediate environment in a positive way.

Topics include Grief and Loss, Faith Based Programs, verbatim tools and reflection for staff, Amazing Grace dementia program, Spirituality through Art and Seated Dance. This workshop is hosted by our Consultant who has gained Clinical Pastoral Education units in aged care, and is experienced in providing spiritual support for residents with high care needs and dementia.

For everyone who has participated in our Music for Everyone (1) workshop.

This advanced programming workshop takes you further into the world of music and the dimensions of influence and benefit that appropriate music strategy can have to your lifestyle and leisure programs with residents. Session includes:

• Planning and facilitating your music programs

• Techniques for dementia programs

• Ambient sound and pain management

• Interventions for anxiety and sundowning

• Booking artists and music therapy– entertainment or participation?

Practical sessions, demonstrations, examples from the field, and much more…Jennifer has gained a BA Hons in Music and has many years experience researching and hosting music programs and interventions within aged care and dementia specific homes. She also has experience using music to enhance rehabilitation with adults with disabilities, including acquired brain injury and behaviour challenges.





Keep Life Fresh: start a culture of spontaneity and stimulating activities with everyone joining in the fun. Gain the confidence and skills to implement a range of activities and techniques for a variety of needs. Keep life fresh at your facility for each season of the year.

This session includes practical demonstrations, techniques for residents experiencing dementia, ways to enhance wellbeing and a positive environment through: Snoezelen/Sensory rooms, activities and resources on a budget, Semester concept programming, memory and reality orientation.

Our focus is building staff confidence through awareness of new and existing techniques and ideas, and to help you create a culture of continual improvement for accreditation and beyond.

This workshop is 1½ hours and allows staff to sample ideas, products and sensory creations to help spark their own creativity and confidence with programs and planning. It is a popular choice with organisations for continuous improvement and accreditation focus.

Marketplace© - working lifestyles.

We encourage work activity projects and working tasks as part of a balanced lifestyle for residents: work, rest and play. Opportunities for people to help, keep busy and have purpose to their day, is a true demonstration of meaningful activity and familiar life engagement. We have helped establish working lifestyles and Job Club activities as an option for many aged care facilities.

Marketplace© is a very popular workshop and was awarded a research grant in 2005 by Victoria University. Work tasks for residents are a popular activity in aged care and create avenues for many benefits including:

* person centred care=many residents have stated that they would like to continue working, having a job to do, or returning to their previous working role.

* a sense of future=projects can be ongoing, enhance friendships and working together towards a goal with positive outcomes.

* familiar life engagement=working fills up much of our lives in our younger years, and can define who we are, our skills, interests and achievements.

* promotes opportunities for continued learning and development through the learning of new skills and decision making, and/or re-establishing previous skills gained.

This 1-hour group session includes ideas, practical planning, Job Club, roles for clients with dementia, research and stories from the field, planning and risk assessment. Come along and be inspired…all you need to know to get started.






The Wellbeing Hub: turning an environment of sickness and disability into a hub of wellbeing and activity.

With a focus on your residents and your staff, this workshop is encouraging, inspiring and empowering to say the least. We focus on activities and interventions that especially enhance residents’ wellbeing in key areas such as: reducing anxiety and depression, enhancing appetite and food/hydration activities, pain management through music and imagery intervention, Sensory Rooms and innovative exercise activities.

More facilities are turning to wellbeing enhancing programs for their client groups, and are seeing the short and long term benefits: increased confidence and social participation, feeling less sick, anxious and sad, and this in turn is creating a more positive environment for staff to work in.

Staff will enjoy the demonstrations, get to sample products and ideas themselves, free handouts…all in an environment that will delight and stimulate the senses.




Tailored Staff Training (new for 2008)

Consultancy and training with your existing activity resources, equipment, sensory and client based needs. This session is tailored to suit your unique residents needs, room spaces and the equipment and resources that you already have.

Advice can be given on utilising space and rooms for activities and maintaining an environment of wellbeing; overcoming noise, managing wandering and sundowning and engaging those with very low level responses and abilities. Contact us for a special quote as we tailor the workshop to assist with your unique requirements.