PRONIA

Aged Care Services provides in home support to community members on Home Care Packages and Planned Activity Groups provide socialisation and an on opportunity to meet with others in a familiar culturally environment in Melbourne.  Over 150 volunteers support the delivery of services including visits to aged residential care facilities and to those isolated at home. 

Community services unit provides a range of community and individual services including case work, counselling, emergency relief, and group work and information provision on a range of community issues. Settlement services provide support to those who have migrated in the last 5 years, palliative care provides information and support to carers caring for those with life limiting conditions. Community information sessions including the Computers Literacy program for the over 65 year olds provides an opportunity to learn how to access the IT world. Community information sessions such as elder abuse, safe family relationships and dementia, mental health wellbeing etc. 

One of the most vulnerable groups during COVID has been those who are aged living at home on their own. One of PRONIA’s initiatives has been to facilitate telephone groups for those most vulnerable isolated.  Between 4 to 6 people join a regular telephone group each week to discuss share information, develop new friendships and receive information and support overcoming life’s challenges. On line zoom sessions on COVID 19 and meditation provide community members with the opportunity to take time out to for self-care and to explore new strategies to deal with the pressures of COVID19.