New radio service for Qld aged care residents
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by DPS
University of Queensland researchers from the Australasian Centre on Ageing and 4MBS Classic FM are collaborating to develop a new radio service, Silver Memories, specifically for older Australians.
Funded by a grant from the Wicking Trust, administered by ANZ Trustees, the new service will address the needs of older socially and emotionally isolated Australians including those living in residential care facilities.
Silver Memories will commence in six residential care facilities in the Brisbane area in early 2008, extending to a further 500 residential care facilities across Australia. It will broadcast music, serials and other programs relevant to when these older people were growing up.
