Community & Aged Care 松柏长青
Evergreen College
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hung Wah Community & Aged Care (CAC) Evergreen College has been running for several years, and it is now one of the most engaging and exciting programs at Chung Wah Community & Aged Care. We are proud that members of the community and local service providers are increasingly learning about CAC and its offerings through this fun and unique service model.
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Promoting independence and wellness, the Evergreen College offers different classes and excursions to satisfy clients’ needs, introduces them to new skills and helps them strive to achieve their goals. Currently, we host classes in physical exercise, cooking, tai chi, English and computer, at the Balcatta and Willetton hubs. For those who don’t attend our centres regularly or clients who only receive in-home support, we also want to bring Evergreen College right to your home, which is one of our working goals in 2018.
Our classes are flexibly tailored and provide choices to meet the needs of the participants. Speaking of this, it’s hard to ignore one of the highlights of this program - exercise class. This session is conducted each morning and led by CAC support workers, and it is the most popular activity among our clients and the most essential unit to keep our clients active and improve their wellbeing. Our famous “chicken dance”, where everyone moves their body to the beat of the music, and holds each other’s hand towards the end of the song with hearty laughter. The purpose of the exercise class, or in that sense, the whole idea of Evergreen College, is to encourage clients’
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physical, social and mental wellness, and to meet their full capacity. Wellness comes from our motivation and desire to achieve our life goals, and from doing what makes us feel proud about ourselves.
We believe the Minister for Aged Care – the Honorable Ken Wyatt AM, MP, shared the same feeling during his visit to the Balcatta hub on 14 March 2018. Our clients felt his kindness and were happy to talk with him, though they might not even know who he was. After the old folks gathered together and started the exercise, the minister watched them following the instructions with interest, and finally decided to join them. He held
clients’hands and did the chicken dance together with them. As we can tell, he really enjoyed the music and interacted with clients in a perfect and dynamic way.
Would you like to make new friends with people from your cultural background? Would you like to learn something new to enrich your retirement life? Or would you like to find a way to keep yourself healthy physically and mentally? If the answer is yes, CAC is the solution to all these questions. For more information, please call 08 9328 3988.
