ACE - Aged Care Enrichment

Aged care industry experts, thought leaders and passionate individuals share their knowledge, stories and experiences.

Every fortnight, we invite aged care industry experts, thought leaders and passionate individuals to share their knowledge and experience with us as we examine ways to improve the quality of care and the quality of life for seniors.

Hosted by Ash De Neef, the ACE Podcast is brought to you by SilVR Adventures ~ group virtual reality solutions for seniors and aged care residents.

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Today, we excitedly launch The Aged Care Enrichment Podcast with our first episode!

We are talking to the author and long-time dementia advocate, Christine Bryden, about her life with dementia and her work as one of Australia's first dementia advocates.

Christine was diagnosed with early onset dementia in 1995, at the age of forty-six. Her life transformed immediately as she left her job and focused on restructuring her life and raising her three daughters.

In the following twenty-five years she has been incredibly outspoken on her life with dementia, including writing five books about her experiences.

As you will hear, Christine is passionate about addressing some misconceptions of dementia and talks openly about the changes that she would like to see in the way that people with dementia are viewed.

Brought to you by SilVR Adventures (https://silvradventures.com.au/) - every fortnight, we invite aged care industry experts, thought leaders and passionate individuals to share their knowledge and experience with us as we examine ways to improve the quality of care and the quality of life for seniors.

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Episode transcript here: https://silvradventures.blogspot.com/2020/08/ace-aged-care-enrichment-podcast.html

For more information on Christine and to purchase her books, please visit:

https://christinebryden.com/

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Our guest today is Julianne Parkinson, CEO of the Global Centre for Modern Ageing, a not-for-profit that helps organisations and individuals devise products and services that allow older people to live and age well.

Through their life lab, they partner with volunteers in simulated environments to help discover what things make a difference to the lives of elderly Australians.

Julianne comes to this interview armed with fresh research about how older Australians are adapting to the COVID pandemic, and we go in depth on some ways to smooth the transitions between care in the home and life in aged care facilities.

There is a lot covered here. So, we hope you enjoy this conversation.

If you enjoy the new platform, then we would love your feedback and really appreciate if you would give us a rating, subscribe and share.

Brought to you by @SilVRAdventures - every fortnight, we invite aged care industry experts, thought leaders and passionate individuals to share their knowledge and experience with our host Ash De Neef, as we examine ways to improve the quality of care and the quality of life for seniors.

For more information on the Global Centre for Modern Ageing and to receive GCMA research or to sign-up to be a co-designer, please visit: www.gcma.net.au

Episode transcript here: https://silvradventures.blogspot.com/2020/09/02-julianne-parkinson-innovations.html

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In today's episode, we are talking to Kellie Curtain. Kellie is a journalist and author who is outspoken about the end of life and the necessity of having difficult conversations about dying.

Following the death of her mum in 2009, Kellie wrote the book, What Will I Wear to Your Funeral?, which takes an honest look at the last month of her mum's life and the important conversations they were having towards the end.

Kellie is also an advocate for Advance Care Planning Week and the host of the Upfront About Breast Cancer podcast.

This was a surprisingly fun and honest conversation, and Kellie is really unafraid to delve into uncomfortable territory. So, we hope you enjoy this conversation with Kellie Curtain.

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Brought to you by SilVR Adventures - every fortnight, we invite aged care industry experts, thought leaders and passionate individuals to share their knowledge and experience with our host Ash De Neef, as we examine ways to improve the quality of care and the quality of life for seniors.

To read a preview of What Will I Wear to Your Funeral? and purchase a copy, please visit: https://amzn.asia/3zE3hqk

Episode transcript here: https://silvradventures.blogspot.com/2020/09/03-kellie-curtain-difficult.html

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In episode 4, we are talking to Karen Lake. Karen is the Operations Clinical and Quality Manager for Ryman Healthcare. New Zealand's second-largest aged care and with facilities in Australia too.

Karen oversees the team responsible for standards of care, service and safety within Ryman's villages and has been recently working on a new model of care for people with dementia, which brings the strengths and wishes of the individual to the forefront of care planning.

We cover a lot of topics in this conversation, including the difference between the quality of care and quality of life. Some of the ideas that underpin the new model of dementia care, and some new innovations that are being developed to help give people the edge on aging.

Karen is a terrific source of knowledge for all things dementia and aged care. And there is a lot of gems in this conversation. So we hope you enjoy our conversation.

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Brought to you by SilVR Adventures - every fortnight, we invite aged care industry experts, thought leaders and passionate individuals to share their knowledge and experience with our host Ash De Neef, as we examine ways to improve the quality of care and the quality of life for seniors.

Available on Captivate, ApplePodcast, AmazonPodcast, Spotify, GooglePodcast, PodChaser, YouTube & wherever you get your podcast from.

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In this episode, we are talking to Jessie Williams. Jessie is the CEO of the Groundswell Project, a not for profit that helps individuals, organisations, and communities improve how people in Australia die, care and grieve, through a mixture of education, community outreach, and initiatives.

They are hoping to make conversations about death and dying more comfortable and more commonplace.

We talk about death literacy, building compassionate communities to support those at the end of life, and about Jessie’s personal experiences that led her to work with the Groundswell Project.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

To find out more about the Groundswell Project, please visit: https://www.thegroundswellproject.com/

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Brought to you by SilVR Adventures - every fortnight, we invite aged care industry experts, thought leaders and passionate individuals to share their knowledge and experience with our host Ash De Neef, as we examine ways to improve the quality of care and the quality of life for seniors.

Available on Captivate, ApplePodcast, AmazonPodcast, Spotify, GooglePodcast, PodChaser, YouTube & wherever you get your podcast from.

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Today we are talking to Stephanie Bendixsen. Stephanie is a TV presenter and author who has worked extensively in video games and technology and is also an Ambassador for Dementia Australia.

Stephanie lost her mom to Alzheimer's in 2018. Since then she has been sharing her experiences with the disease in the hope of helping people be more prepared to face it than she and her family were.

In this conversation, you are going to hear some very honest truths as Stephanie digs into what she wishes she has done differently in her mom's final years and what resources are now available to make life easier for people living with dementia.

She also recommends a few video games that have been made about dementia or feature dementia prominently as part of the story and you can find links below. We hope you enjoy this very honest look at dementia with Stephanie Bendixsen.

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Brought to you by SilVR Adventures - every fortnight, we invite aged care industry experts, thought leaders and passionate individuals to share their knowledge and experience with our host Ash De Neef, as we examine ways to improve the quality of care and the quality of life for seniors.

Available on Captivate, ApplePodcast, AmazonPodcast, Spotify, GooglePodcast, PodChaser, YouTube & wherever you get your podcast from.

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Stephanie's recommendations for games that deal with concepts of dementia or Alzheimer's:

- Before I Forget - this is the most relevant - it puts you in the position of someone living with Alzheimer's. 

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/game/before-i-forget/

- Ether One - a little more abstract, you play as someone trying to restore memories to a woman with dementia

https://ether-game.com/

- Spiritfarer - a game about the journey to the afterlife, it features a character that has dementia

https://thunderlotusgames.com/spiritfarer/

- Firewatch - the main character's partner has dementia, he reveals that his struggle to deal with and why he takes a job in a remote location

https://www.firewatchgame.com/

In today's episode, we are talking to Dr. Raelene Wilding. Raelene is an Associate Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University who examines how new technologies are changing the way people care for each other, how they think about their families, and how they maintain their relationships.

In her work with Professor Loretta Baldassar from the University of WA, she has been conducting research on the effectiveness of virtual reality and touch screen technology in overcoming isolation and stimulating social engagement in both residential and self-contained aged care environments.

In this conversation, we talk about the misconceptions of seniors and technology, how we can increase digital citizenship for older adults, and some of the exciting possibilities for enriching the lives of those receiving aged care with technology. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Raelene Wilding.

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Brought to you by SilVR Adventures - every fortnight, we invite aged care industry experts, thought leaders and passionate individuals to share their knowledge and experience with our host Ash De Neef, as we examine ways to improve the quality of care and the quality of life for seniors.

Available on Captivate, Apple Podcast, Amazon Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, YouTube & wherever you get your podcast from.

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