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3Bridges Community Limited's Meeting Support Program is a Team Innovation finalist in the 2018 HESTA Aged Care Awards

 

Leading the way in Australian dementia care, 3Bridges Community Limited is recognised for piloting the ‘Meeting Centre Support Program,” a Dutch, evidence-based initiative that provides a person-centred, comprehensive and integrated program to support  people with mild to moderate dementia and their family members, enabling them to adjust and to cope with the condition.

 

A key element of the MCSP is that it is offered in a local community centre to promote social participation and integration in the community.


A key element of the MCSP is that it is offered in a local community centre to promote social participation and integration in the community.

The Dutch multi-centre research demonstrated that when compared to regular psychogeriatric day care offered in hospitals or nursing homes, the MCSP had a positive effect on mood, behaviour, self-esteem and delay of admission to residential care.

 

 

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