Thanks Aged and Health Care Education I' m really looking forward to running a webinar on #intergenerationalconnection to help encourage the considered, structured and sustainable uptake of #intergenerationalprograms & initiatives across our community. I will be sharing insights and top tips from both my journey over the past 5 years and also interviews with some of our leading Intergenerational care trailblazers practitioners from around the country such as Montessori educators Jessica Langford Barbara Langford , Social Worker of the Year Mark Silver , Bolton Clarke Research Fellow Xanthe Golenko , Intergenerational Learning Australia CEO Greg Cronan, plus directing attendees to fantastic training and resources such as those provided by the AusInstIntergenPrac AIIP that has provided the foundational forum for shared intergenerational learning in Australia Anneke Fitzgerald Emma Woods Dr Katrina Radford
It was so wonderful to be able to welcome Katina back to be part of STEP this week. Though a proud Aussie for 50 years, Katina still loves to talk to the students about her Greek origins, hailing from Thessaloniki, a port city on the Agean sea. She enjoyed learning about student Mia’s visits overseas to her own extended family in Greece, plus weekly visits to her Grandma ( Yia Ya) in Kingsgrove who also immigrated around 50 years ago. Exploring stories and common interests weekly means we are able to capture important stories about our residents that can be collated and used by staff to better get to know them, which in turn can lead to better person centred care. We must explore ways these stories are best captured and shared as personalised care is how we will give our Elders the dignity and respect they deserve.
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