Healthy Ageing
Remain active and independent
Jewish Care’s Healthy Ageing Program provides flexible health and wellbeing options for seniors in the Victorian Jewish community.
Offering a diverse range of social and recreational activities, therapies and services in a range of community languages, our skilled and friendly staff will assist you to remain active, independent and connected to passions, pursuits, friends and networks. This service is offered at a variety of community locations including Jewish Care aged care residences, and the Active Living Centre in Caulfield.
Our professional counsellors can help you create a tailored plan to manage your health and wellbeing. If your health or situation changes, we can advise you of various support options and services available.
Active Living Centre
The Jewish Care Active Living Centre – located at 76 Kooyong Rd in North Caulfield – is a vibrant hub for our community. This welcoming meeting place is home to our popular Healthy Ageing Program; a fun way for older people to stay connected. All activities and services are facilitated by skilled staff in this friendly and heimish (homely) environment.
Therapy services
- Physiotherapy
- Strength and balance exercise program
- Tai Chi
- Yoga
- Occupational therapy
- Counselling with staff specialising in issues facing older people and their carers
- Bereavement group for spouses
- Health and wellbeing group
- Israeli chair dancing
- Carers group for spouses
- Carers group for family members
Social and recreational groups
- Mens Group
- News & Views
- Trivia
- Singing group (may also be songs in Yiddish and Russian)
- Art group
- Russian speaking groups
- Hungarian friendship group
- Yiddish mameh-loshen group
Support for Holocaust Survivors
Meeting the needs of Holocaust Survivors is an important focus for Jewish Care. Our staff facilitate culturally sensitive support with a wide range of therapeutic and social support services.
Other services
- Jewish News on tape: For vision impaired people
- Telelink: Social interaction between housebound Russian speaker
- The Alan Rabinov Program
Respite programs
(Includes National Respite for Carers Program)
Respite programs assist carers supporting dependent seniors to enable them to continue to live at home. Seniors benefit from accessing day programs by pursuing activities, interests and friendships in a safe, supported and friendly environment, while carers gain peace of mind and enjoy planned breaks. The National Respite Carers Program also provides up to 4 hours a week of in-home respite care for carers, to enable them to have a break.
Contact us
To find out more about Jewish Care’s Healthy Ageing Program,
please call (03) 8517 5999 or submit your enquiry online