Care Together e-news August 2024
E-newsletter
12 August 2024
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From our Program Director
Welcome to the August 2024 edition of the Care Together newsletter. I would like to invite you to our upcoming Social Care Community of Practice meeting on August 29. We’ll explore the latest in Care Together projects and delve into the Research and Evaluation aspects.
Discover our new project profiles for the Eurobodalla Community Care Co-op initiative, Australian Unity Wundirra Project, and Co-operative Care Wagin, and check out our new video resources explaining co-ops, care co-operatives and the Care Together program.
Plus, catch up on Melina Morrison’s keynote on innovative governance in aged care, and stay connected via our social media channels for updates on our initiatives.
Gillian McFee
Program Director, Care Together
May CoP: Introducing Mutual Value Measurement© (MVM) and how it is being used with Care Together projects
Lifting the lid on more Care Together projects and building understanding about the Research and Evaluation element to the program
Join us for our next Social Care Community of Practice meeting on Thursday, 29 August 2024, 3–5 pm AEST. Guest speakers include:
Associate Professor Paul Thambar, Monash Business School and Director, Mutual Value Lab will speak on Care Together’s Research and Evaluation element.
Clive Thompson, Director of CoSolve and Project Lead, and Tina Whiffen and Michelle Lloyd, Steering Committee Members, will discuss their project – the Eurobodalla Community Care Co-op initiative.
The BCCM’s CEO, Melina Morrison and Care Together Program Director, Gillian McFee, will facilitate a discussion and Q&A.
If you missed our past CoP webinars, you can watch them online.
Our projects
Care Together is supporting the establishment of new co-operative and mutual enterprises that provide sustainable workforce solutions in areas where current approaches are not working.
This week we have published three new project profiles on the Care Together website so you meet our project teams, and discover what the market failures being addressed are and what each project seeking to achieve:
– Eurobodalla Community Care Co-op initiative
– Australian Unity Wundirra Project
– Co-operative Care Wagin
Our brand new video resources
The Care Together team had produced three video resources for our community that answer:
These are available on the Care Together website and via YouTube and on our social media channels.
Governance in Aged Care: Governing Through Change
Melina Morrison gave the keynote at the Governance in Aged Care: Governing Through Change Conference in Sydney on July 25.
Melina spoke about co-operatives and mutuals as a way of managing your services, exploring the potential for the co-op model to innovate and reform the way aged care is governed and operated, and using this unique model to hold providers accountable for outcomes so older people are cared for with dignity and respect.
Stay up to date by following the Care Together Program
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Follow the Care Together Program on Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube to stay updated and be a part of our impactful program.
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