ARIIA is pleased to launch a series of webinars aimed at encouraging greater innovation within the aged care sector by showcasing a series of best-practice projects from around the country.
The case-studies will be drawn from ARIIA’s 2022-2024 Grant Program and will detail solutions to issues including social isolation in home and residential settings, encouraging better community connection, fostering wellbeing programs, better use of technology, and dementia-specific care strategies.
The webinar topics will be selected from across the portfolio of ARIIA Grant projects and categorised into key themes.
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The first one-hour webinar will focus on community connection and technology, with the inaugural session scheduled for Wednesday 25 September at 1:00pm AEST via Microsoft Teams.
The two presentations will feature details of projects -- The Dossy Project, a program to combat social isolation through meaningful video connection; and Let’s Do Lunch, a Meals on Wheels partnered initiative aimed at improving wellness and social opportunities for those living at home.
New webinars will be announced each month with details posted to the ARIIA website and mailing list. Those wishing to attend are urged to register as soon as possible for this unique opportunity to gain insights into these project outcomes and future directions.
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ARIIA Chief Executive Officer, Reuben Jacob said the organisation’s grant projects had been a successful way to research and test new strategies that could be applied easily and economically within all aged care settings.
“Over the past two years ARIIA has funded 62 grant projects nation-wide and channelled $16.9 million into research and implementation of industry-identified problems -- including $7.7 million from sector co-contributions. Each project was funded by ARIIA to a maximum of $160,000 with recipients each co-contributing towards a translational research project which ran for a 12-month period.”
Mr Jacob said ARIIA’s role included fostering an innovation culture within the aged care industry.
“Being prepared to try out new ideas is important if we want to move the dial on improving the quality of aged care services.
“These programs are delivering evidence-based solutions that in many cases are ready to go and can enhance workforce capability and provide a better standard of care for elders at home or within residential settings.
“We invite industry leaders and stakeholders to tune in to our monthly discussions to engage with the project leads, get insight into the research findings and what has been produced, and discover how similar programs could be adopted in their own organisations.”
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