Starting playgroups in aged care facilities

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From Playgroup Victoria, this booklet draws on the Evaluation of an Intergenerational Playgroup in a Residential Aged Care Facility, a research paper published in April 2010 by the National Ageing Research Institute. A valuable resource for congregations seeking to engage with their local community.

Playgroup Victoriais the state’s peak body for playgroups and has been committed since it first began in 1974 to providing all Victorian families with access to a playgroup that best suits their needs. Most families go to community playgroups. Families not attending community playgroups are increasingly gaining access to playgroup through supported playgroup programs.

Starting playgroups in aged care facilities draws on ‘Evaluation of an Intergenerational Playgroup in a Residential Aged Care Facility’, a research paper published in April 2010 by the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) into a 16-week intergenerational playgroup pilot started at Percy Baxter Lodges, North Geelong, in September 2009. This intergenerational playgroup pilot project was funded under ‘Count us in! social inclusion for older people living at public sector residential aged care services’, an initiative of the Victorian Government Department of Health’s Aged Care Branch.

Evaluation of an Intergenerational Playgroup in a Residential Aged Care Facility