A Psychosocial Model of Care Providing Long-Term Residential Support to Older People With Advanced Alcohol Related Brain Disorder

By:
Dr. Alice M. Rota-Bartelink,
Bryan Lipmann,
Sonia Berton,
Helen Small
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Mainstream aged care services are failing older people with special and complex care needs. Wintringham is an independent welfare company in Australia which has continued to provide secure, affordable, long-term accommodation and high quality services to older people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Due to a high incidence of alcohol abuse among our clients, we have adapted our model of care to accommodate a complexity of need. However, there are some individuals with severely affected behaviours which can even challenge Wintringham’s capacity to provide adequate support. The gap in the provision of highly specialised long-term supported accommodation for older people with severe alcohol-related brain disorder (ARBD) is the driving force behind this project. We aim to further develop and improve the current Wintringham psychosocial model of care to facilitate the complex care needs of older people with advanced ARBD and associated challenging and/or antisocial behaviours and to document and trial a purpose-designed model of care that can be reproduced by other service providers.


Keywords: Alcohol Related Brain Disorder, Aged Care, Residential/Housing, Complex Needs, Psychosocial, Model of Care
Stream: Disability, Health
Presentation Type: 60 minute Workshop Presentation in English
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Dr. Alice M. Rota-Bartelink

Research Manager, Wintringham
AUSTRALIA

Dr Alice Rota-Bartelink has worked as an allied health practitioner across a wide range of services including the public, private and community health sectors. She held a 5-year position as lecturer at La Trobe University where she attained her PhD. She has been actively involved in both clinical and social research into age-related issues. Her work in homelessness began in 2001 when she joined Wintringham to undertake an international study investigating the antecedents to homelessness among the elderly and more recently, has successfully secured a major grant from The JO & JR Wicking Trust administered by ANZ Trustees to design and trial a model of care for older people with advanced alcohol related brain disorder (ARBD).

Bryan Lipmann

CEO, Wintringham
AUSTRALIA

Sonia Berton

CEO, arbias
AUSTRALIA

Helen Small

General Manager, Operations, Wintringham
AUSTRALIA

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