Strategic Objective 2 - A Supportive Community
Aged
Aged Accommodation
Monash Gardens and Elizabeth Gardens buildings have now been upgraded to the 2008 Certification requirements, and works will be completed at Clarinda in October 2007.
Clarinda Centre, Elizabeth Gardens and Monash Gardens have all successfully been re-accredited for a further three years until 2009 by the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency.
Demand for places is high, resulting in waiting lists and high occupancy rates. Increasingly in all residential facilities there is a trend for ageing in place, with many residents now in high level care. Support continues to be given to existing local providers and potential aged care developers to increase the number of beds available for City of Monash residents.
Community Care
Community Care services were provided to 4,318 clients during the year. This is a slight increase from the previous year. These services included home care, respite, personal care, home maintenance, social support, adult day centre and delivered meals. New components to these services that were introduced during the year included escorted shopping, client monitoring and the home from hospital service.
The complexity of needs of service recipients has increased due to the number of extremely frail elderly people wishing to receive home based services to enable them to remain independently in their own homes. Additional Home and Community Care (HACC) funds received from the Commonwealth and State Government assisted Council to meet the increased demands for service.
In December 2006, Council opened its new Halcyon Day Centre, after refurbishing and extending a Council owned property adjacent to the Glen Waverley golf course. This new location provides a larger and better equipped facility than the property Council had rented for a number of years. The day centre operates six days a week, providing an important service for residents who are frail, have disabilities, suffer memory loss and other problems related to dementia, and to their carers.
During the year, Council received State Government funding through the Culturally Equitable Gateways Strategy, and worked with two neighbouring municipalities and local ethno-specific agencies to promote Community Care services to residents from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Staff also received training in cultural awareness.
Published: 22 November 2007
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