Melbourne Community Care

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Melbourne Community Care

• The Victorian HACC Active Service Model a Social
  Support Response

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Government direction for change

• reform the way key services are delivered to
  better meet older peoples nutritional, social
  and cultural needs. .. Services will aim to help
  people stay involved in everyday activities to
  maintain or rebuild their confidence and stay
  active and healthy.
• A Fairer Victoria (2005)

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Societal direction for change

• Current status of many HACC PAGs
• NO Wait Lists
• NOT meeting targets
• REJECTION of current services by potential
  clients
• DHS conducting a Social Support review

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A New Generation

• U3A
• PROBUS
• Life Activities Groups
• Declining membership of Senior Citizens Clubs

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A Little History

• Senior Citizens Clubs
• Previously high memberships
• Self-funded
• Autonomous
• Active community involvement
• Politically active

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All dressed up with nowhere to go..

• Social Support
• Adult Day Care
• ADASS Adult Day Activity Support Service
• PAG Planned Activity Group

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Recent Initiatives in Social Support

• Well for Life
• Community access
• Interest-based groups
• Partnerships
• Promotion Image

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TIME FOR CHANGE?

• We have talked about
• Government directed and driven
• Societal demand and change
• Sustainability
• Declining workforce

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WHO WOULD YOU DO IT FOR?

• For that discerning new HACC consumer
• and
• the Generation X workforce

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Imagine
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Take a leap of faith
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A Swimming Group?
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A Chess Group?
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Women of Substance
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Strength Training
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The Road Ahead

• The opportunities
• The challenges
• The excitement
• The brick walls
• The possibilities
• The fears

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Take your staff along on the journey
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HOW?. . . a practitioners experience of the
transition to a different model

• Creative Art / Craft Group
• Women of Substance
• Striders
• The Café Group
• A Partnership with BSSG

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Creative Art / Craft Group
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Women of Substance
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Striders The Café Group
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A Partnership with BSSG