Homestyle Aged Care opened the doors in March 2022 to its latest home, Sunset Views Manor. Located in Melbourne’s booming outer Western suburbs in Tarneit, Sunset Views adds to Homestyle’s portfolio of 11 homes located in metropolitan Melbourne and the Geelong-Surf Coast region. This week, Homestyle takes us through the rehabilitation journey of one of its residents.
Sunset Views is Homestyle’s second home to offer an award-winning rehabilitation program provided by Concentric Healthcare Services with a specially designed gym on-site. The concept has been successfully pioneered at our Rowville Manor home opened in 2020. We look forward to welcoming more fully-serviced Concentric gyms in our other homes in the following years.
Concentric’s rehab packages are tailored to each individual resident to achieve outcomes such as enhanced social participation, as well as increased strength, mobility and balance; most importantly, the program is proven to decrease functional decline. Our rehabilitation centres provide leading physiotherapy and allied health solutions with expertise and first-class care to each of the participating residents.
Meet Pat
At our Rowville Manor home, 84-year-old resident Pat, who suffers from dementia, used to sit in her room all day and knit and wouldn’t engage with anyone or anything. Pat was set in her routines, and didn’t join any programs because of the sensory overload.
Pat began her rehab program with gentle walks and exercises in her room. Slowly, over time, she was integrated into the group exercise program.
Within two months, Pat was not only lifting two-kilo weights, riding a bike and walking the treadmill, she also took up totem tennis! This rekindled her enjoyment and happy memories of playing and watching the tennis. Nowadays Pat can be seen knitting on a Swiss ball bouncing up and down! She has a new lease on life at 84, even recently taking up Pilates.
Caring for the individual
Homestyle’s philosophy of holistic care maximises independence by building on individuals’ strengths and capabilities. The rehabilitation centre at Sunset Views is also open to the public, and is offered as an additional service to residents of the home with a choice of Standard and Premium wellness packages available.
We aim to challenge the notion of inevitable physical decline in the elderly. To quote Homestyle CEO Tim Humphries, “We understand the importance of a person’s past, their present experience and their future hopes”.
The Concentric programs in our homes support stronger seniors, and the benefits of this are proven in our residents’ function, balance, mobility, strength and cognition, which in turn supports their social engagement in the community.
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