What are the benefits of diversional therapy in aged care?

At HillView Care our mission is to enhance the lifestyle of our residents by encouraging and supporting their physical, emotional, spiritual and social wellbeing. We do everything we can to help our residents feel comfortable and empower each individual to maintain an active, healthy lifestyle while pursuing activities they love.

Diversional therapy is one way we can achieve our mission. But what is diversional therapy? 

In the aged care sector, diversional therapy is how we help individuals stay empowered and improve their wellbeing. We are dedicated to ensuring our residents live their best lives and diversional therapy is one way we can achieve this.

Benefits of diversional therapy

There are many benefits of diversional therapy in aged care, including:

• relieve stress and boredom
• promote emotional and physical health
• improve self-esteem and confidence
• build social connections
• improve memory
• decrease feelings of isolation
• learn new things and create a sense of fulfilment
• discover new passions
• enhance mood.

Diversional therapy at HillView Care

At HillView we place a strong emphasis on providing high quality diversional therapy, conducted by our friendly and supportive team of diversional therapists and carers. Our diversional therapists are specially trained to develop and implement all types of recreation and leisure activities for seniors. They have all the knowledge and experience to plan and host a variety of activities to engage and connect with residents through a variety of group activities.

We offer outings in the community (bus trips), as well as activities on-site for those who are more reluctant to, or aren’t able to get out and about. Some of our regular activities at HillView include bingo, bocce, poetry, social morning teas, happy hour, BBQ nights, ice-cream extravaganzas, exercise, music and much more!

Stay connected at HillView

Within our beautiful premises we have plenty of spaces for residents to entertain friends and family who come to visit. At HillView Merrimac we have a gorgeous roof deck, a cafe, an events centre and a sunroom on every level with views that stretch to Surfers Paradise. The cafe at Merrimac can even cater for your functions!

HillView Ashmore and Merrimac are surrounded by beautiful gardens and have inviting lounges, private dining rooms and recreation rooms – all fully accessible with mobility aids.

We welcome you to HillView

Come and inspect our beautiful facilities for yourself!

We invite you to come along and meet some of our friendly staff, receive a complimentary tour around our facilities and sample a delicious home-made morning tea while you take a stroll through our beautiful gardens.

Make a booking or call us on (07) 5559 3222 to make another time that suits.