Bringing aged care providers innovative wellness options for clients and staff
Leader in exercise physiology for older adults
AgeFIT Solutions offers care provider the opportunity to improve and deliver innovative wellness options for their older clients with complex healthcare needs. Targeted programmes for community and residential aged care are based on current evidence and designed to fit within the mission and the capacity of the provider. Programmes will include balance and flexibility activity, accompanied by progressive resistance and weight bearing exercise, to protect and rehabilitate the individuals physical and functional health in late and very late life. >>
Effective health workplace policy development
With population ageing and the pending increase in complex healthcare conditions, the demand for nurse and allied health services will continue to grow. Interventions promoting staff wellbeing, productivity and retention are essential to secure a strong workforce for the future. AgeFIT Solutions support staff health through the review of present practice and the recommendation of workplace lifestyle behaviours and policy development for individual wellness and productivity. >>
Backed up by groundbreaking research
Using interdisciplinary collaborations and organisational partnerships, Dr Henwood’s programme of research has been aimed at improving care staff health and reducing disability among community-dwelling and residential aged care older Australians. Dr Henwood has developed and advised on a number of successful programmes, is widely published and has been awarded a number of competitive grants including a Department of Social Services Aged Care Policy Grant to investigate the benefits and cost effectiveness of resistance training for community-dwelling adults with government aged care support packages. >>