Tag: Ageing and Community

Juniper, a Uniting Church WA agency providing community and residential aged care, is continuing a long tradition of the Uniting Church and its predecessors, by providing much needed services to remote Australia.

This tradition has been celebrated through the work of Rev John Flynn who set out to establish a network of support to sustain communities in the outback. His work led to the formation of the Australian Inland Mission and its successor, Frontier Services and the world’s first aerial services to remote communities, the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Juniper’s history commenced in 1949 when it welcomed its first residents to a converted Edwardian house in Mt Lawley bequeathed by the pioneering Sarah Hardey.

In the subsequent 67 years, and after an emotional decision for Frontier Services to change direction, Juniper has grown its services to meet the needs of an ageing society.

Its services now extend from Wyndham in the Kimberley, to Albany in the Great Southern.

Juniper, a Uniting Church WA agency providing community and residential aged care, is proud to announce the official opening of a brand new interactive garden space in Balcatta, created to provide an oasis of safety and tranquillity for the organisation’s many aged care residents and clients and people with disabilities.

Juniper Gardens, located on Burwood Road, is tailored to meet people’s special needs and has been carefully designed to provide accessible and stimulating outdoor activities; connections with nature, families and friends and the means to grow and harvest home-style produce.

Chief executive, Vaughan Harding, said people of all ages can enjoy the space, which also serves as an exceptional volunteering opportunity to individuals and groups from throughout the community.

A state-of-the-art centre that connects advanced technology and training with the experience of older people has won a major award for innovation.

The Juniper Simulation Centre in Bentley is a pioneering project that is helping meet the growing needs of an ageing population by providing high quality clinical learning experiences for care and health professionals of the future. Juniper is a Uniting Church WA agency and a leading provider of retirement housing, home care support and residential care services in the aged care industry.

It received the prestigious Innovation in Clinical Supervision award at the WA Clinical Supervision Awards 2015 held at the State Reception Centre last night.

Created by Juniper in partnership with Curtin University the Juniper Simulation Centre is a highly functional recreation of an older person’s living spaces, where activities of daily living and care can be enacted and analysed in adjacent training rooms, in real time.

“By bringing together experienced care professionals, educators and students, the Juniper Simulation Centre is facilitating excellence in clinical care, development of new models of care and shared learnings that will translate into great benefits for residents and clients,” Juniper chief operating officer, David Fisher, said.

“Our clinicians gain valuable skills for the workplace and hundreds of health sciences students experience the c

Innovative contemporary living is a hallmark of Juniper’s newest retirement living community which was officially opened in Menora on Thursday 23 April.

Chief Executive Vaughan Harding said the Juniper Elimatta Retirement Living project demonstrates the organisation’s forward thinking response to meeting the needs of older Western Australians.

“Juniper Elimatta Retirement Living successfully promotes apartments for life and ‘ageing in place’ – a concept where housing and community design enable residents to live and enjoy their home for as long as possible,” Vaughan said.

“The project demonstrates the best in retirement housing where residents enjoy independence as well as companionship, wellbeing and security that come from community living.”