Green thumbs give back at Weeroona Aged Care Plus
Oasis Property Plus Manager David McMillan with Weeroona Village Aged Care Plus Registered Nurse Anthony Cavallaro and resident Laurel Reddie. (Photo by Adam Hollingworth)
Property Plus Group are using their green thumbs to build gardens and impact lives at Weeroona Aged Care Plus Centre in Bass Hill.
The Group, an initiative of Oasis Youth Support Network in Surry Hills, provides long-term unemployed people with job placement and training. It offers a professional maintenance team – cleaning, gardening, painting and handyperson skills – with all profits going back into Oasis. Their work at Weeroona has created strong relationships between staff and residents.
“Working with Aged Care Plus has given our team a sense of giving back to the older generations,” says David McMillan, Property Plus Group Manager. “The younger staff members and the centre’s residents have formed an amazing bond over the last twelve months. Many residents know the staff members on a first-name basis and enquire about their welfare when they’re not there.”
The benefits have not stopped there, with the residents incredibly happy with their new garden. “This is their home and they want it to look nice. They love having a beautiful garden,” says Centre Manager, Captain Joy Morgan.
The centre has raised garden beds, allowing the residents to more easily tend them. “The residents keep an eye on our work while we’re not there, giving us an update on the fortnight’s news, as well as an update on how our plantings have survived the fortnight,” Property Plus Group Manager David McMillan laughs.
Weeroona Aged Care Plus Centre Manager, Captain Joy Morgan says the group is also landscaping a special backyard in the centre’s new memory support unit. “There will be a clothesline for residents to hang small items on and a sensory garden.”
“We love what the team at Oasis have done and it’s just great that we can have them come on a regular basis!”
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