Every Day Angels
It’s time to celebrate the achievements of staff working in aged care
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About the project
The Everyday Angels Project was conducted in 2009 – 2010 to celebrate the achievements of staff working in aged care services in Victoria. The project team invited the community of Victoria to make postcards describing the achievements of staff working in aged care. Over 200 cards were received. Analysis of the cards identified the achievements of staff working in aged care were that they:
1. Work with love
2. Value older people
3. Promote independence and dignity
4. Enhance emotional wellbeing
5. See the person with dementia
6. Enable meaningful lives
7. Embrace terminally ill clients and their families
8. Strengthen rural and regional communities and their families
9. Listen to clients, recognise diversity and practice person-centred care
A project report has been developed to outline these themes. The report also contains an Everyday Angels Resource Kit - describing the steps involved in undertaking an Everyday Angels project in your organisation. We are inviting all aged care services to declare December ‘Everyday Angels Month’ - and conduct this simple, energising, quality improvement activity in December every year.
For a copy of the project report click here:
The Project team
This project was conducted by: The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University in collaboration with the Melbourne Institute of Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy, the University of Ballarat and the National Ageing Research Institute and received funding from the Helen Mac Pherson Smith Trust
For more information about the project contact
Dr Catherine Barrett
Everyday Angels Project
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
215 Franklin St, Melbourne 3000
Ph: 03 9285 5297
c.barrett@latrobe.edu.au
Project partners:
Dr Catherine Barrett: The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society at La Trobe University.
Associate Professor Anne Mitchell: The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society at La Trobe University.
Dr Jan Allen: The Melbourne Institute of Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy
Associate Professor Suzanne McLaren: The University of Ballarat
Dr Jean Tinney: The National Ageing Research Institute