Source: Robboe Schubert

Rabi Schubert is a qualified massage therapist and aromatherapist with consultation, mind guidance, and skills to celebrate life through sacred rituals, meditation and prayer groups. In April 2003, she was employed by the Nareen Gardens Joint Care Home as a pastoral care assistant for creative service. Her responsibilities include pastoral care for the care home occupants and aromatherapy volunteer training programs from the Australian Government's 'Relief Services' program volunteers.

Editor's Note - This is one of those brilliant inspirational stories (see Boys From The Bush - Issue 28 from the Bush family). Everyone can get from these stories - people who leave work regain their personal self-esteem and look forward to the future, where residents receive a higher level of care, which benefits from improving the health care of older members. For special projects that are less familiar to international readers, I will explain this in particular.

Background

Nareen Gardens Nareen Gardens

Elderly care institution

Nareen Gardens is located in Bateau Bay on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It includes an 84-bed nursing home, an 81-bed lodge, and a temporary accommodation lodge for 26 people, for a total of 191 people to live and care. There are three dementia special units, Rosella, which is part of the hostel with 14 residents, Jasmine is a part of the nursing home with 16 residents, and temporary accommodation cabins.

Australian Federal Government's Relief Service Program

The economy is paid by the government to people who are unable to find a job (unemployment benefits). There are specific rules governing eligibility criteria, and people who have not been employed for a long time are required to work for the government in order to receive a salary at a specific time. During this period they are expected to be able to find an employer.

The first stage of the aromatherapy program

Aromatherapy is divided into two phases. The first phase originated in 2001 at the Nursing Home physiotherapist Dale Bachelor and nursing teacher Jill Hansell, RN. Both Jill and Dale have received a second level certificate in aromatherapy and have a positive impact on both professional and personal aspects of their lives.

The goals and objectives of this plan (first phase) are:

※ Support residents' right to choose adjuvant therapy.

※ Raise residents' needs in the areas of behavioral problems, wound care, physical and emotional pain.

※ Help to maintain the current level of ability of residents to live daily activities.

※ Improve the level of anxiety and fear and improve the quality of life of residents.

※ Through intent and purposeful contact, we will improve our health and relaxation and reach a deeper state.

The positive results of the first phase of the plan include one

※ There are successful effects in wound care, especially tearing the skin and pressing areas.

※ It has a soothing effect on muscle pain and restraint.

※Improvement of behaviors such as resistance, anxiety, anxiety, etc., does have a calming effect.

※ There is a significant improvement in skin integrity due to daily treatment.

※ Maintaining limb movements and activities can alleviate pain.

   This program continues to operate and is now part of the standard for residents' formal care.

The second stage of the aromatherapy program

In June 2003, aromatherapy from pastoral care was initiated at the hostel, and they were able to give the 12 cognitive residents the right to participate in the trial group. Most of the residents in this group will be provided with a special prescription doctor who provides a long-term prescription for aromatherapy.

Note 1 “Long-term prescription for aromatherapy” is the overall permissible prescription for aromatherapy treatments for any patient under the care of a special doctor. This method saves the number of times the doctor needs to contact each time the aromatherapy session is required. This is a common application in nursing homes and nursing homes in Australia. Any patient with dementia, severe medical illness, or no cognition is included in the aromatherapy program to inform the participating doctors and their family of the consent report.

Volunteer Aromatherapy Training Program

This trial showed great success (see results) and the plan progressed to the next stage, which is part of the volunteers involved. Greg Colby, head of volunteer services, coordinated the participation of Nareen Gardens because of the government's “healing services” program for long-term unemployed people. Volunteers invest in a 26-week program to get 'work/service points', which equals “training costs,” and volunteers can reinvest in recognized training programs to help them find long-term jobs themselves.

In September 2003, the first 26-week aromatherapy training program began with 10 volunteers. Volunteers assisted the pastoral care mechanism and challenged residents to feel a “leisure time”. This training provides basic massage introductions for hands, feet, neck, shoulders and foot basins. The purpose of training is to develop personal communication and communication skills and to understand the principles of occupational health and safety and control of infectious diseases. It also contains confidential issues and basic rules for the process of providing dignity and respect for older people. In training, volunteers are encouraged to set personal goals and establish their own personal safety coverage.

Volunteers are required to participate in weekly official mission reports and training sessions, and other meetings will be handled informally when needed.

Initially 10 volunteers took this course and they were encouraged to become consultants to guide new members into the program. The program is currently growing to 26 volunteers and is still in operation.