When Lola Went Back to Africa: C2bMe Program with Uniting and SWS PHN
VR in aged care mental health programs is giving clinicians a new way to reach residents who have lost access to the experiences that shaped them. Uniting’s C2bMe program, funded by South Western Sydney PHN, delivers 1:1 therapeutic support to residential aged care residents experiencing mild to moderate mental illness. For 87-year-old Lola, a single VR session returned her to Africa — and to a version of herself she had not visited in over thirty years. This is her story.
The Accreditation Question Most Aged Care Engagement Programs Cannot Answer … Yet
Most aged care engagement programs were built to record activity, not demonstrate outcomes. The strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards have changed what accreditors are asking, and activity logs alone are no longer a sufficient response. Standard 2 now holds governing bodies directly accountable for evidence of quality improvement, not just documentation that programs ran. This piece examines the gap most providers have not yet closed.
