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new high support chair trial
A new dog park at Perry Park retirement living village has tails wagging and is creating community connections. The park has been created in an enclosed communal space with a barbecue and seating, shading and dog water fountain.
Aimed at improving the quality of life for older people, new high support chairs will undergo trials across ACH Group’s eight residential care homes over the next 12 months.
The support chairs were designed by two ACH Group nurses in collaboration with local company Comseat Australia as an alternative to the traditional high support chairs broadly used across the health and aged care sectors. The trial followed years of research and development after staff were unable to find an alternate solution to the current offering. The chair supports people to remain independent and socially engaged while reducing the risk of a loss of muscle strength and pressure area degradation, and has the appearance of an everyday armchair. Working closely with ACH Group, researchers from Flinders University will conduct the clinical trial, comparing the physical and social outcomes for those using it.
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fringe partnership
ACH Group is excited to continue its partnership with Adelaide Fringe for 2020.
Adelaide Fringe and ACH Group both believe in challenging stereotypes, celebrating uniqueness and creating opportunities for an inclusive and vibrant ageing community.
new strategic direction
Research across the world shows the positive effects having a pet can have on our bodies, minds and social connections. Pets can reduce loneliness and depression, relieve stress, lower blood pressure and provide opportunities for social interaction and exercise. Greencross Vets and Noarlunga PETstock kindly shared goodies with the four legged friends that came for a run around and a puppacino at the opening of the park.
Together with its Good Lives philosophy, ACH Group’s new strategic vision in connecting communities will position it to continue to be a trusted customer-led organisation that gives people confidence that they are in safe hands. This will be done by bringing together customers, local community, government, business and researchers to co-create individual and systemic solutions that remove barriers to participation in daily life and create opportunities for people to live well.
