Scrapbook initiative wins aged care award

The Peninsula Village Group has, for the second year, been successful in winning the Positive Living in Aged Care Award for its initiative, the Scrapbook, which is now a weekly activity at the Village.

The Scrapbook brings together school children from Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus and Peninsula Village residents.

"The project provides aged care residents with a vehicle to get them into their new family," said Village leisure and lifestyle manager Ms Paula Newman.

Ms Newman said the scrapbooking materials helped the residents learn about the history of their new group home at Umina.

The Village originated about 30 years ago "built on cupcake stalls, scones and sponge cakes" and is now home to 300 residents as well as being the largest employer on the Peninsula.

"People begin feeling like home when they get to put their own stamp on it," Ms Newman said.

"They have a better understanding of the home, how it operates and how it began and its development.

"Being able to make something that can be hung on a wall, or displayed on a coffee table enhances the feeling of being at home.

"It is something that residents can show to other residents as their contribution to the home," she said.

Media Release, 12 Sep 2012

Linda Grant, Peninsula Village