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Maggie Beer's Big Mission

In Maggie Beer’s Big Mission Australia’s food icon, Maggie Beer, leads an ambitious world first social experiment to transform the meals and dining experience at an aged care home.

These resources have been designed by one of the show’s experts, Change Care Consultant and Occupational Therapist Elizabeth Oliver, to give you a better understanding of the positive steps taken during the series to work towards improvements for residents and staff. Each topic has a video and informational PDF explaining how the experiment was executed and what it takes to implement this kind of change.

Produced by Artemis Media with support from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Screen Australia and Screenwest.

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    Person-Centred Care

    Care Change Consultant Elizabeth Oliver explains how the team from Maggie Beer’s Big Mission worked with the aged care home to implement a person-centred care approach. Person-centred care is a holistic model considering all aspects of resident wellbeing, and identifying and building upon each resident’s strengths with the resident as the decision maker.

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    Mealtime Expertise

    In residential care, success in mealtimes involves a co-ordinated effort from onsite staff as well as external support. Care Change Consultant Elizabeth Oliver talks about the team that came together on Maggie Beer’s Big Mission to implement changes to enhance mealtimes.

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    Buffet Style Dining

    Buffet style meals have many benefits. They provide residents with choice helping maintain residents’ independence. Care Change Consultant Elizabeth Oliver talks about the steps to transitioning to buffet style dining and how these changes were made on Maggie Beer’s Big Mission.

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    Meaningful Activities

    Meaningful activities give older people a sense of purpose, belonging and dignity, keeping them active and engaged. Learn about some of the activities seen on Maggie Beer’s Big Mission designed to keep older people moving, creating, learning, talking, and doing, such as chore groups, task boxes, conversation groups and gardening club.

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Watch Our Video Resources

1. Kylie Kwong's Mum's Hokkien Noodles | Chef Challenge: Maggie Beer’s Big Mission | ABC iview
2. Nornie Bero's Corned Beef Stew | Chef Challenge: Maggie Beer’s Big Mission | ABC iview
3. Matt Moran's Slow Roasted Lamb Shoulder with Roast Veg | Chef Challenge: Maggie Beer’s Big Mission
4. Matthew Evans' Cottage Pie | Chef Challenge: Maggie Beer’s Big Mission | ABC iview
5. Julia Busuttil Nishimura's Maltese Stuffed Zucchini | Chef Challenge: Maggie Beer’s Big Mission
6. Alice Zaslavsky's Blended Beetroot and Vegetable Soup | Chef Challenge: Maggie Beer’s Big Mission