An opportunity will be available for delegates to visit state of the art care facilities in and around Perth.

PRE CONGRESS 1: Southern Region Tour
8.30am to 1.30pm
Depart Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre at 8.30am and travel to Mandurah Care Facility.
Mandurah Care Facility is part of the Continuing Health Care group of nursing homes. Officially opened by the Federal Minister for Ageing, Hon Julie Bishop MP, the Mandurah Care Facility now caters for a total of 83 residents. The extensions to the 25 year old nursing home included new single bedrooms with ensuites, a variety of small and cosy sitting rooms, a big-screen theatre, staff training room and occupational therapy centre. Occupational therapy activities include the Intergenerational Playgroup, where up to 30 children, parents and elderly residents enjoy a range of activities together every week. Encouraging interaction between the elders and family and friends of all ages, including small children, is part of the care philosophy employed at Mandurah Care Facility. Continuing Health Care employs the Eden Principles, which it is actively promoting throughout Australia. The principles underscore the need for long term care that looks at the individual needs of each long-term care resident from a holistic, not just medical, perspective.
A second stop will be at Bethanie Waters Aged Care Facility in Rockingham
Bethanie Waters is the second of Churches of Christ Homes and Community Services Incorporated’s new residential aged care facilities, heralding a new era in accommodation and care. The facility has two 65 room environments with mainly single (with limited double) accommodation, each with private ensuite facilities, offering a total of 160 high, low and ageing-in-place residential places. A shop, café, hairdresser, consulting room, chapel, function centre and the Staying Active Centre (designed to maintain and improve resident’s mobility and general fitness) are located in a central sweeping boulevard which separates the accommodation from the higher activity areas. The facility operates as 4 houses, each with their own theme and home-like environment with a private and themed courtyard. Attention has been paid to the design and fit out to ensure care is enhanced with particular emphasis on wayfinding, creation of memories of home, smaller scale sitting rooms for privacy and enhanced dining experiences where dining rooms have been created to ensure freshly-cooked food is enjoyed in quality surrounds. Bethanie Waters offers accommodation for those requiring secure dementia, short-term and emergency respite, palliative care, ethno specific clusters, extra services and the general needs of frail aged.
A third stop will be made at Regents Garden Four Seasons in Booragoon.
Opened in February 2006, Regents Garden Four Seasons is a 100 home residential care facility where the bar of excellence has again been raised for Extra Services in low and high care. Most probably amongst the world’s finest residential care facility we will ever see.
A light lunch will be served. Delegates will return to the PCEC at 1.30pm.
Cost: $44 per person (incl. GST) Min: 10 Max: 20

PRE CONGRESS 2: Northern Region Tour
1.00pm to 3.30pm
Depart the Perth Convention Centre at 2.00pm and travel to Shawford Lodge.
Shawford Lodge & Aged Care – Aegis Aged Care Group
• Low Care – 45 private rooms (some adjoining) with ensuites
• High Care – 22 residents (12 extra services suites and 10 dementia specific places)
This premium quality residence offers all the comforts of home, with exceptional levels of service to match. Located in a quiet residential area of Innaloo, Shawford Lodge (low care hostel) was specifically designed for independent living, including the back up of 24 hour care support for the peace of mind of both residents and their loved ones. A recently completed 22 bed extension of Shawford offers high care accommodation for 12 residents seeking deluxe extra services, as well as special places for 10 residents with dementia.
Depart Shawford Lodge and travel to Regents Garden Residential Care Resort Lake Joondalup.
Regents Garden Lake Joondalup - An award winning 100 home residential care facility in truly resort style living, with innovative and exceptional standard of building design and finishes, this facility is designed to offer a complete range of care from our Concessional Residents to our Extra Services residents.
Cost: $33 per person (incl. GST) Min: 10 Max: 20