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Page 1: Annual Report - Meaningful Ageing€¦ · In February 2016 Dave Petty handed over leadership to Ilsa Hampton, who had served on the board since the organisation’s inauguration

Annual Report

2018-19

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Contents

Definitions 1

Our History 2

Our People 3

Our Members 5

CEO and Board Chair Report 6

Highlights from the Year 7

Looking to the Future 13

Finances 14

Acknowledgements 25

Our vision For meaning, purpose and

connectedness to be part of

every ageing journey.

Contact Us

Meaningful Ageing Australia

PO Box 2127

Royal Melbourne Hospital

VIC 3050

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 03 8387 2274

Web: meaningfulageing.org.au

seemeknowme.org.au

Facebook: @MeaningfulAgeing

Twitter: @MeaningfulAge

Instagram: meaningfulageing_au

ABN: 78 124 451 540

Front cover: Betty, who features in our See Me. Know Me.

campaign. Photo: Erin Johnson

Our mission Access to high quality pastoral

and spiritual care for all older

people in Australia.

Our Values Wisdom: Through reflection, learning and openness to growth

we gain a deep understanding of the diverse pastoral and

spiritual needs of older people.

Collaboration: Through respectful collaboration we expand our

influence so that older people will flourish.

Engagement: Through being truly present with others, we

honour the intrinsic value of every human being.

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Definitions

Spirituality

Spirituality is the way we seek

and express meaning and

purpose; the way we

experience our connection to

the moment, self, others, our

world and the significant or

sacred. Spirituality is more

than religion. (Adapted from

California Lutheran Homes

Centre for Spirituality and

Ageing)

Spiritual Care

Spiritual care occurs in a

compassionate relationship. It

responds to our search for

meaning, self-worth, and our

need to express ourselves to a

sensitive listener. It may include faith support, rites, rituals, prayer or sacrament. (Adapted

from NHS Scotland, 2009)

Pastoral Care

Pastoral care complements the care offered by other helping disciplines while paying

particular attention to the spiritual. It is focussed on healing, guiding, compassionately

supporting, nurturing, liberating and empowering of people. It is person centred and

holistic. (Adapted from Dr Bruce Rumbold)

Spirituality and Ageing

Spirituality is an essential dimension that brings meaning to life; it is deeply associated

with relationship, transcendence and hope. Increased awareness of spirituality is often

seen in later life, especially through transitions, issues of health, end of life, and the need

for forgiveness and reconciliation. (MacKinlay, 2014)

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Our History A search conference was held by the Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies (CAPS) in

August 2008. Delegates at this national conference were involved in a 24 hour “workshop”

seeking strategic directions for the integration of spiritual and pastoral care in the ageing

community of Australia. In June 2009, twenty-five invited people attended a workshop in

Melbourne. The aims were to clearly identify the goals of a pastoral care and ageing group,

to identify links with other organisations and to set directions for the way forward. It was

agreed that an association be formed to support the future of pastoral and spiritual care

for older people.

A multi-faith Steering Committee was created to develop a vision, mission statement and

objectives. With confirmation in March 2012 of the proposal by potential member

organisations, the Steering Committee sought Sponsor Organisations to fund the

establishment of PASCOP (Pastoral and Spiritual Care of

Older People). By September 2012 there were 22 Sponsor

Organisations which had each pledged $8000 per annum for

three years. Over the next months a constitution for PASCOP

was developed and then agreed to by the Sponsor

Organisations. PASCOP was incorporated in December 2012.

In early January 2013 Dave Petty commenced as the

inaugural Executive Officer. On 5 February 2013 a meeting of

Sponsor Organisations appointed an inaugural board. In May

2014 PASCOP was launched as a membership-based not for

profit and began to recruit new members. Sponsors were

invited to convert to members (or to remain as sponsors if

they did not meet membership criteria) at the end of their

sponsorship period in 2015.

In February 2016 Dave Petty handed over leadership to Ilsa

Hampton, who had served on the board since the

organisation’s inauguration. To communicate our intent more

clearly, in April 2016 our members voted to change our name

from PASCOP to Meaningful Ageing Australia. Since those

early days we have seen significant growth from 22 to 92

members.

“Brilliant work to date. As a non-

faith based organisation we have

felt included and extended our own

understanding — and role in—

ensuring that older Australians in

our care are provided with

opportunities to explore and

express their spirituality. In

whatever form that takes.

Thank you.”

Member survey response

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Our People

Board

Ross Low Chair Whole year

Bryan Mason Deputy Chair Whole year

John Ireland Treasurer Whole year

Craig Hamer Secretary Whole year

Mark Butler Board Member Whole year

Sonya Smart Board Member Whole year

Raad Richards Board Member Whole year

Odette Waanders Board Member Whole year

Kellie Whelan Board Member From November 2018

Employees

Ilsa Hampton Chief Executive Officer February 2016—current

Helena Eldred Officer Administrator August 2018—current

Michelle Morgan Project Officer October 2016—current

Alicia Stafford Project Assistant October 2018—current

Casual Staff

Mahjabeen Ahmad Educator - Islam July 2017—current

Jenika Graze Senior Educator February 2017—current

Merissa Holland Educator January 2018—current

Marilyn Price Educator - Seniors March 2018—current

Kim Thoday Educator/Consultant February 2017—current

Board Meetings

Brisbane: 8 August 2018

Melbourne: 23 November

2018

Sydney: 12 February 2019

Melbourne: 7 June 2019

Board Members

L-R back row: Bryan

Mason, Mark Butler, John

Ireland, Raad Richards

Front row: Odette

Waanders, Craig Hamer,

Kellie Whelan, Ross Low

(chair)

Not pictured: Sonya Smart

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Our People

Honorary Research Consultants

Richard Egan Senior Lecturer,

University of Otago June 2017—current

Richard Fleming Professor,

University of Wollongong June 2017—current

Ann Harrington Associate Professor,

Flinders University December 2016—current

Rosalie Hudson Associate Professor,

University of Melbourne February 2018—current

Bruce Rumbold Associate Professor,

La Trobe University December 2016—current

Bruce Stevens Professor,

Charles Sturt University March 2017—current

John Swinton Professor,

University of Aberdeen February 2017—current

Students and Doctoral Researchers

Amy Heath PhD Candidate and Researcher,

La Trobe University August 2017—current

Jessica Sanders Masters of Social Work,

RMIT August—December 2018

(Co-placement with National Ageing Research Institute)

Volunteers

Jess Dyer Salesforce Volunteer,

Datacolada March 2017—current

Allen Hampton Project Support Volunteer June 2016—current

Rachael Hampton Project Support Volunteer June 2016—current

Christina Peng Project Support Volunteer May 2018—current

Jillian Stewart Administrative Volunteer March 2018—current

Meaningful Ageing Australia is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).

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Our Members at 30 June 2019

Anglicare (Sydney)

Anglicare SA

Arcare

Ashfield Baptist Homes

Assisi Centre

Australian Sangha

Association

AvantiCare

Bamford

Baptcare

BaptistCare NSW/ACT

Baptistcare WA

Barossa Village

Bene Aged Care

Blue Haven Care Home

Brightwater Care Group

Calvary Aged Care &

Retirement Services

Calvary Community Care

Carinity

Carrington

Catholic Care of the Aged

Port Macquarie

Catholic Healthcare

Catholic Homes

Christadelphian Aged Care

Churches of Christ in

Queensland

ECH

Echuca Community for the

Aged

Eldercare

Fitzgerald Memorial Aged

Care

Fresh Hope Community

Care

Hall and Prior

Harbison

Holy Family Services

IRT Group

Kalyra Communities

Kirkbrae

LHI Retirement Services

Lutheran Aged Care Albury

Lyndoch Living

Maroba Caring Communities

Masonic Care Tasmania

Matthew Flinders Home

McLean Care

Mercy Community Services

SEQ

Mercy Health

MercyCare

Multicultural Aged Care

Multicultural Services

Centre

NurseWatch

Outlook Gardens

Pathways Residences

Presbyterian Aged Care

NSW & ACT

PresCare

RAAFA WA

Resthaven

Ridleyton Greek Home for

the Aged

Roper Gulf Regional Council

Royal Freemasons'

Benevolent Institution

RSL Care SA

Sawtell Catholic Care of the

Aged

Scalabrini Village

Seventh-day Adventist Aged

Care (South Queensland)

Sir William Hudson

Memorial Centre

Southern Cross Care

(Broken Hill)

Southern Cross Care (NSW

& ACT)

Southern Cross Care (Qld)

Southern Cross Care (Tas)

Southern Cross Care SA &

NT

Southern Districts Support

Association

St Andrews Village

St Basil's Aged Care

Services WA

St Basils Homes

St Hedwig Village

St Joseph's Aged Care

Facility Lismore

St Paul's Lutheran Homes

SummitCare

Tanunda Lutheran Home

The Bethanie Group

The Forrest Centre

The Salvation Army Aged

Care

Twilight Aged Care

Uniting

Uniting AgeWell

UnitingCare QLD

UnitingSA

Urban Mission Network

Vasey RSL Care

Villa Maria Catholic Homes

Warramunda Village

Warrigal

Wesley Mission Qld

Will It To Be

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June 2015 June 2018

Membership Growth

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CEO and Board Chair Report

This year has been significant for our communities with the government receiving the aged

care workforce strategy report, finalisation of new quality standards for aged care, and

calling of a Royal Commission. The Aged Care Workforce Taskforce and Royal Commission

have both identified the need to address major issues in our society such as the way older

people are perceived, through to remuneration and regard for the highly sensitive work of

personal carers and all who are working in aged care services.

Meaningful Ageing Australia has continued to contribute to both the national conversation

and the day to day realities of assisting aged care services. Our co-designed, evidence-

informed, practical tools and resources to help service providers with holistic care have

continued to expand – read our highlights in this report for further details. Notably we were

able to provide a briefing to the Parliamentary Friends of Ageing and Aged Care at

Parliament House in Canberra, where the Minister for Aged Care launched one of our

resources. Our engagement with the Aged Care Workforce Taskforce was also very

successful, resulting in inclusion of ‘spirituality’ in their vision of what must be included to

assist people to live well. We launched a joint position statement with peak bodies Aged

and Community Services Australia and Leading Age Service Australia on the importance of

integrated spiritual care. The new Aged Care Quality Standards also reflect our vision for

holistic care. They came in to effect on 1 July 2019.

In April 2019, we finalised a contract with the Commonwealth Department of Health for

over half a million dollars to work on two significant projects, one of which is the See me.

Know me. campaign empowering older people in the general community. This campaign

has been very well received and its activities will continue in to the next year. The contract

also made it possible for us to produce five new short animations to assist services in

understanding spiritual care in the new Aged Care Quality Standards, relating back to the

National Guidelines for Spiritual Care in Aged Care. These videos will be promoted in the

year to come, also funded by the Commonwealth.

We are looking forward to continuing to partner with service providers as we seek together

to understand and respond to what matters most to older people, and to collaborating on

our advocacy work to ensure high quality pastoral and spiritual care for all older people.

Thank you to the board for giving generously of your expertise to guide our strategy; to our

staff, students, volunteers, researchers and indeed all our members and partners, without

whom we would not succeed. We are especially grateful to the many older people who

allow us and our networks in to their lives.

Ross Low

Chair

Ilsa Hampton

Chief Executive Officer

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Highlights from the year

See Me. Know Me. Campaign

The See Me. Know Me. campaign was launched on 14 February 2019, during NSW Seniors

Week. The campaign’s ultimate purpose is to empower older people to find providers who

will understand and respond to their spirituality. During its development we uncovered an

immediate need for older people to be supported to have better conversations with family

and friends. We secured funding from the Australian Government to extend the reach of

the campaign, allowing us to impact more members of the community.

The initial part of the campaign was to produce targeted resources shared via a tailored

website. We worked with a range of individual older Australians from diverse backgrounds,

who agreed to share their reflections on film and for the promotional material. We also

worked with the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia (FECCA), and their

partners, to produce the materials in five other languages: Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian,

and Khmer. Thank you to our member VMCH for assisting us with the campaign. The

expanded campaign included printed materials to be distributed free, a 1800 phone

number, a national postcard campaign, press advertising and initiating a community

survey. These activities will continue into 2019/20.

The resources and videos can be found here: www.seemeknowme.org.au.

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“For all of your noble high quality of humanitarian

efforts towards the elderly, please allow me to say

that you are ‘Angels with human clothes’.”

Mohammed, campaign participant

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Highlights from the year

Inaugural Member’s Forum

Our first National Member’s Forum took place on 19 September 2018, with our Quality

Awards Dinner in the evening at Melbourne Town Hall. Hosted at our Parkville location,

over 50 people attended to explore the forum’s theme: ‘High Quality Spiritual Care in Aged

Care: evidence, excellence and access’. The program consisted of the following speakers:

Dr Bruce Rumbold, Palliative Care Unit, La Trobe University & Meaningful Ageing Research

Consultant: Keynote — Spiritual care and quality of life: evidence update

Dr Adam McIntosh, Associate Director of Mission: Pastoral Care UnitingCare Queensland:

Funding models for spiritual care in community aged care

Daniella Greenwood, Consultant, speaker and author:

Dedicated staffing: why and how

Amy Heath, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University: National

Guides for Spiritual Care in Aged Care sector review project—

the data so far

Nick Ryan, CEO Australian Aged Care Quality Agency: Single

Aged Care Quality Standards update

Ilsa Hampton, CEO Meaningful Ageing Australia: Issues and

initiatives

“Great content and

diversity of speakers...

Good that focus on spirituality,

rather than religion or specific

religious contexts. About the

human first.” Forum feedback

Quality in Pastoral and Spiritual Practice

Awards 2018

The Quality in Pastoral and Spiritual

Practice Awards celebrate

organisations who can demonstrate

a sustained and effective program

or project that meets the spiritual

needs of older people.

“These awards come at a critical

time when the Australian

community is wondering how well

we are caring for their loved ones,”

commented Meaningful Ageing

Australia CEO Ilsa Hampton. “This

winning spiritual care program

shows that personalised, thoughtful

and compassionate presence can

be successfully offered to enable

meaningful ageing in the lives of

clients in the community.”

Catholic Healthcare’s Community Services spiritual care

program was the winner of the 2018 award.

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L-R: Nick Ryan CEO Australian Aged Care Quality Agency,

Meaningful Ageing CEO Ilsa Hampton, and the team from

Catholic Healthcare.

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Highlights from the year

Regional Workshops 2019

The Regional Workshops this year took place across sites around the country, hosted by 16

different member organisations. A variety of different topics were covered. Participants’

feedback highlighted what their key learnings were:

A total of 252 participants registered, with 237 providing evaluations of the workshops.

The workshops were made possible thanks to the support of Prime Super.

Dying, Death and Hope: building confidence

with the d-word (Bathurst, Bundaberg)

Integrating a Spiritual Care Approach: the

new Aged Care Quality Standards (Albion

Park, Albury, Bunbury, Geelong, Newcastle,

Wagga Wagga)

Spiritual Care in a Diverse World (Adelaide,

Perth, Renmark, Warnambool)

Spiritual Conversations: Introduction to

ConnecTo Spiritual Screening Tool (Port

Lincoln, Shepparton)

Spirituality and Spiritual Care for the Person

Living with Dementia (Mackay)

Supporting Older People in the Transition to

Aged Care (Maryborough)

Host Organisations

BaptistCare Caloola

Blue Care

Calvary Care SA

Catholic Healthcare

Churches of Christ in Qld

Lutheran Aged Care Albury

Lyndoch Living

Maroba Caring Communities

Matthew Flinders Home

Mercy Place Shepparton

Multicultural Aged Care

Services

Multicultural Services Centre

PresCare

The Bethanie Group

UnitingSA

Warrigal

Regional Workshops Topics and Locations

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“Spirituality is more than religion”

“Communication skills”

“Practical information”

“Access to practical and supportive

resources”

“Relationship and connection are

foundational”

“Valuing diversity”

“Opportunity to look at the bigger picture”

“Value of self-reflection”

“Inspiration to talk with colleagues,

advocate and educate”

“Inspiration to look at activities planning

with a lens of meaning and values”

Educator Jenika Graze with participants in Warnambool.

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Highlights from the year

Peer Support Networks

Building on the launch of Peer Support Networks in the

previous year, in 2018/19 the number and geographical

spread of the groups were expanded.

Meetings held

Adelaide: 6 July 2018 — Eldercare

Busselton: 24 July 2018 — Baptistcare

Sydney: 22 August 2018 — Carrington

Melbourne: 29 August 2018 — VMCH

Adelaide: 5 October 2018 — Eldercare

Busselton: 30 October 2018 — Baptistcare

Illawarra: 21 November 2018 — Warrigal

Melbourne: 21 November 2018 — Arcare

Sydney: 12 February 2019 — Twilight Aged Care

Melbourne: 20 February 2019 — VMCH

Adelaide: 22 February 2019 — Eldercare

Illawarra: 13 March 2019 — Warrigal

Geelong: 25 March 2019 — Baptcare

Busselton: 26 March 2019 — Baptistcare

Brisbane: 29 March 2019 — Mercy Community Services

Sunshine Coast: 4 April 2019 — Blue Care

Sydney: 8 May 2019 — Ashfield Baptist Homes

Adelaide: 24 May 2019 — Eldercare

Brisbane: 31 May 2019 — Blue Care

Geelong: 11 June 2019 — Baptcare

Melbourne: 12 June 2019 — VMCH

Illawarra: 19 June 2019 — Warrigal

Illawarra’s first Peer Support Network meeting in

November 2018 (Photographed by host, Shiva Gopalan)

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Member Representatives Meetings

The Member Representatives Meetings are key way in

which member organisations can keep in contact with

Meaningful Ageing Australia and share initiatives for high

quality spiritual care. At the beginning of each year,

they meet with Ilsa Hampton, CEO of Meaningful Ageing

Australia and share their experiences, insights and

innovations.

Meetings held

Adelaide: 19 February 2019 — RSL Care SA

Brisbane: 26 February 2019 — UnitingCare QLD

Melbourne: 4 March 2019 — Arcare

Member presentation: VMCH

Sydney: 6 March 2019 — Scalabrini

Member presentation: Scalabrini

Perth: 13 March 2019 — Hall and Prior

Member presentations: Brightwater and MercyCare

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Highlights from the year

Collaborations and Advocacy

Collaboration with our members is the hallmark of our work. Below are a few examples os

successful collaborations and advocacy in addition to our work with members:

• Strong presence of spiritual care and its associated ideas of meaning, purpose and

connectedness in the new Aged Care Quality Standards and guidance material

• Leading Age Services

Australia and Aged and

Community Services

Australia position

statement on the

importance of integrated

spiritual care

• Spiritual Health Victoria

and Stirling College

(University of Divinity)

Spiritual Care Research

Intensive

• University of Southern

Queensland, Exploring

Spirituality with Older

People spiritual

assessment research

project

• ConnecTo integration with

Autumncare

Summary of CEO Presentations

“Meaningful Ageing Australia is a

good organisation which is

supportive of all we are trying to

do.”

“Meaningful Ageing Australia have

been very active in engaging with

our organisation this year which is

appreciated.”

Member feedback

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ACSA National Congress

Aged Care Customer Experience Forum

(Akolade)

Australian Sangha Association AGM

AAG National Conference (with Amy Heath)

AutumnCare User Group Meeting

Brightwater Managers Training

Catholic Health Australia National Confer-

ence

Catholic Theological College

Eldercare Chaplains’ Day

La Trobe University Healthy Ageing Re-

search Group

Palliative Care, Aged Care and Dementia

Forum (Clariden)

Spiritual Care Australia National Confer-

ence

Sector Support and Development Network

(Hunter)

VMCH Long Table Talk

Whitley College

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Highlights from the year In 2018/19 we launched a number of new resources for the benefit of older people and

those supporting them.

Spirituality in Aged Care Professional Development Program

Launched: 8 August 2018 at Churches of Christ in Queensland

Originally trialled in multiple locations by Spiritual Health Victoria with outstanding feedback

from all participants, this new edition has been updated and refreshed into a program that

can be run in small parts or as a whole. It features clear navigation in the manual aligned

with the PowerPoints to make facilitation easier, and has optional extras such as links to

films.

Two E-Modules: Spiritual Care Orientation Program and ConnecTo Spiritual

Screening Tool

Launched: 5 November 2018 at Bethanie on the Park, WA

Spiritual Care Orientation: An integral part of caring – In this e-module, staff can learn at

their own pace, engaging with the concepts of spirituality and spiritual care to build

confidence in offering spiritual care in their day to day activities. This content is an abridged

version of our 45-minute face-to-face orientation program.

ConnecTo Spiritual Screening Tool – This e-module introduces spiritual screening and

assessment concepts and invites the learner to participate in real life conversations to

integrate their learning. A great way to introduce the ideas in our popular ConnecTo tool, the

e-module forms the first part of training in ConnecTo, which also includes a face-to-face

learning component. The updated face-to-face program is available as a hard copy resource

for our members.

Both e-modules are available in a shortened format for personal carers.

Mapping the National Guidelines for Spiritual Care in Aged Care in relation to the

2018 Aged Care Quality Standards

Launched: January 2019

This document presents the eight Aged Care Quality Standards, and list the related National

Guidelines Outcomes for each requirement. It is an easy-to-use reference to ensure an

understanding of how the National Guidelines for Spiritual Care in Aged Care support the

Aged Care Quality Standards.

Spirituality of Dying Workshop: Facilitator’s Guide

Launched: 13 May 2019 at UnitingCare, QLD

Spirituality of Dying Workshop: Facilitator’s Guide supports aged care leaders to offer an

introductory 60 minute workshop. It is designed to be used in the workplace for all staff to

extend their understanding of the dying phase of life (including the last few days) and the

importance of spirituality for human living and dying; as well as how to facilitate and make

meaningful connections with the dying person, their significant others, and the rest of the

care team.

“Member resources are really useful and phrased in a

way that are not too technical, particularly for the

care workforce.” Member feedback 12

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Looking to the future

Our Strategic Focus

• High quality products and services

• Advocacy and profile

• Sustainability

Planned Activities

• Short animations about the Aged Care Quality Standards and the National Guidelines

for Spiritual Care in Aged Care

• Implementation of See Me. Know Me. campaign

• E-Modules on Qualities and Values; Presence and Listening Skills

• The Map of Meaning and Ageing: a handbook for service providers

• The Space Between: implementing spiritual care in community aged care

• Engaging with government, peak bodies and agencies

• Royal Commission into Aged Care submission

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Highlights from the year

Launch of Leader’s

Guide to Running an

Effective Spiritual Care

Volunteer Program

We were honoured to be able to

launch this resource at a special

briefing for the bi-partisan

Parliamentary Friends of Ageing

and Aged Care, at Parliament

House on 18 October 2018. After

the briefing, the resource was

officially launched by Hon Ken

Wyatt AM, MP, then Minister for

Senior Australians and Aged Care,

and Minister for Indigenous

Health.

L-R: Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP, then Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care, and Minister

for Indigenous Health, Hon Julie Collins MP, Shadow Minister for Ageing and Mental Health, Ms

Ilsa Hampton, CEO Meaningful Ageing Australia, Senator Catryna Bityk, and Senator Dean

Smith.

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Our Finances Below is a copy of our Auditor’s Letter, followed by the audited financial reports for

Meaningful Ageing Australia 2018/19.

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Thank Yous and

Acknowledgements All our resources are developed in collaboration with others. Special thanks to our

members and other individuals and organisations who have assisted with editing, content

and/or trials and feedback.

Thank you to our sponsors and other supporters

Commonwealth Government of Australia (See Me. Know Me. and Quality Standards

animations)

Catholic Health Australia

Bethel Funerals (Dying, Death and Hope Melbourne workshop)

Datacolada (Salesforce Support)

Prime Super (Regional Workshops)

Join us

Membership is open to organisations who provide support, care and/or accommodation

for older people in Australia. Our members are part of a collective effort to influence

support for older people to include access to high quality pastoral and spiritual care.

Membership means use of our dynamic resources, access to our growing network and

support for our advocacy.

Peer Support Networks

If you would like to host an inclusive small network meeting 3-4 times per year for staff

working in our member organisations in your local area, contact us to find out about how

to set up a Peer Support Network.

Sponsor a project

We have numerous exciting opportunities for you to sponsor one of our unique resources.

Talk to us today about our projects that are waiting for your investment.

Become a corporate partner

Contact us about opportunities for your business to show your commitment to quality of

life for older people.

Other ways you can get involved

Sign up for our free e-news and forward it on to others. By promoting our work, you help to

raise awareness about the importance of pastoral and spiritual care for all older people.

Contact us if you would like information packs or other content to distribute to your

networks; or if you would like to host a visit from Meaningful Ageing Australia in your area.

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