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cultural, emotional, and physical
well-being of the residents. This is
done by the development of a unique
and customised individual activity
programme for each resident.
Medea Park encourages residents
to remain involved in community
activities. Arrangements are also
made to cater to their religious
needs by organising a weekly church
service and visits from a range of
denominations.
Several activities are regularly
organised and these see active
participation. Some of the popular
pastimes are the Life in Rhythm
drumminggroup,artclasses,concerts,
indoor bowls, movies, shopping trips
and organised exercises.
Recently Medea Park has initiated
steps to put in place the infrastructure
for future management of health via
telehealth and other programmes.
Residents will be able to connect
wirelessly and access communication
facilities such as Skype to remain
in touch with friends and family
members. An additional advantage
is that this service will be absolutely
free.
The management has taken several
other steps to provide top-notch
facilities for residents. Even though
Medea Park is a relatively small
aged care service provider, it has
maintained its infrastructure very