Doing dementia differently

Once upon a time ...

Past

• Secured Units

• Institutionalised

•Disengaged

•Disconnected

Present

•Ageing population growth

•Care better than before

•Bigger Aged Care Facilities

•Community Care options

•Coordinating Care is difficult

Back of envelope

Where it all came from?

•Why do we institutionalise people that have established themselves in a Community over the last 40-60 years?

•Opportunity to educate communities

•Celebrate peoples individuality

• Less is more- Back to basics

Assumptions of the industry:

• Home LIKE environment, why not just create homes? • Is Bigger better? • Experiential/Social model vs Clinical model • Couples- why separate them now?

What it took to get here

•Business model

•Approval

• Investors

•Sites

•Staff

•Residents

•Nimbys, Caves and Tall Poppies

•and dealing with ...

• I learned a lot about walls ...

A new choice for people living beyond a diagnosis of dementia

• Residents = 6 to 10

• Care ratio = 1:3

• Homes in local communities

• Purposeful and Meaningful engagement

• Focus on abilities, not disabilities

• Choice

• Flourishing

The benefits of this model:

1.Small in size 2.Celebrates people’s individuality 3.High staff ratios 4. Nestled in the local community 5. It’s a home 6.Inclusive 7.Less unmet needs 8.Looks, smells, sounds of home

Our Homes…

Our Promise is this:

“we will walk the journey with each person each day from beginning to end”

I look forward to hosting you in one of our homes, Contact Tamar:

tkrebs@grouphomes.com.au

0406048413