Residential Aged Care Facility
What is it?
EngAGE: RACF provides aged care residents an avenue for fun and effective exercise program to assist with the physical, mental and social burdens of ageing.
EngAGE provides Exercise Physiology services working in conjunction with Universities and student practitioners.
This streamlined health care service delivery model provides increased contract time and supervised individual exercise sessions for aged care residents.
What are the benefits?
By participating in this program, aged care facilities and residents can benefit through:
Increased exposure to exercise expertise and increased physical activity
Improved physical capacity and mobility outcomes
Increased inter-generational social interaction and engagement
These benefits flow onto families and local communities and the improved quality of life and mobility of residents leads to greater engagement opportunities with families and aged care employees - increasing social connectedness.
The EngAGE program also benefits the health system as a whole; by improving the health of senior Australians in aged care facilities, there is a reduction in costs associated with health professional interactions, medications, and hospital readmissions.
This program also builds the local workforce by providing opportunities for exercise service providers, as well as work-integrated learning opportunities for students enrolled in an Exercise Physiology program.
Who can participate?
To participate in the EngAGE: RACF program you must be:
Over 65 years of age
Living in a Residential Aged Care Facility registered with the program
This a free program that runs one day a week for 8 weeks and consists of one hour individual tailored exercise sessions with Accredited Exercise Physiologists and student practitioners focused on having fun and increasing physical function!
