Improved resident outcomes are the shared vision of W&L and our residential care partners. With this in mind, Wellness and Lifestyles are proud to report the introduction of a student volunteer joint venture with the University of Adelaide.

Wellness and Lifestyles are market leaders in the provision of mobile allied health services in South Australia. Specialising in aged care, W&L provides services to over 220 facilities and more than 8500 aged-care beds in South Australia, Victoria and the Northern Territory.

How will this benefit you?

With volunteers hard to come by at any time, this venture has seen delightful relationships developing on many levels. A high number of overseas students have shown interest in the program, allowing for promotion of cross cultural relationships, as well as relationships spanning the generations.

Our project has fostered this association between volunteer students and Adelaide’s older population by working in-conjunction with W&L physiotherapist and occupational therapists. The university provides the volunteers with both customer service and cultural training before they attend the site. W&L is then able to provide manual handling training, and/or training on delivery of care planned exercise programs. All volunteers have appropriate police checks before attending and any further site requirements can be initiated as required.

W&L is available to provide the highest standards of health care in aged care facilities.  It welcomes the opportunity to work in partnership with any organisation to continue to achieve the best possible health outcomes for clients.
Although this program is only available to our not-for-profit clientele we have still seen many residential facilities interested in joining the venture. We have had a significant growth of this program in 2011 as the relationship between W&L and the University of Adelaide continues to develop and prosper.

If you would like to join our growing list of interested parties involved in the Wellness and Lifestyles and University of Adelaide Student Volunteer joint venture, or would like more information, please email W&L on contact@wellnesslifestyles.com.au