First on 9News - Exclusive Coverage of TLC Healthcare's Multi-generational Healthcare Precinct
6 June 2023Read time 7 min
TLC Healthcare Mordialloc, Australia’s first multigenerational healthcare precinct, was exclusively covered by 9News Melbourne in both their 4pm and 6pm news bulletins on Monday, 5 June 2023.
Watch the 4pm Bulletin here.
In a live cross to 9News anchor, Alicia Loxley, TLC Healthcare CEO, Lou Pascuzzi, explained how his vision for a healthcare precinct that served all members of the community, regardless of their life stage, came to be.
Pascuzzi also outlined the many benefits of TLC’s intergenerational program, JELLYFISH, for both the residents of TLC Whitewater, and the children attending TLC Early Learning Mordialloc, both of which are co-located at the ground-breaking healthcare precinct.
Watch the 6pm Bulletin here.
Reporter Emily Rice, captured the joy of residents and children interacting through TLC’s intergenerational program, Jellyfish.
TLC CEO, Lou Pascuzzi said “Seeing the residents and children enjoying themselves in a structured learning environment as they engaged over storytelling, and an agility game on our massive interactive wall, brings a tear to your eye.
“It’s incredible to see the confidence and patience the children demonstrate with our elderly residents, and how they listen and learn from their wisdom and experiences. And the residents experience the joy of youth and can impart their knowledge and learnings to the younger generation, as they build bonds with their grand-friends”
Developed in collaboration with Melbourne University and Griffith University, the impact of TLC’s intergenerational program will be monitored and measured to ensure continuous improvement in outcomes and learnings for both the children and aged care residents participating in the program.
Children and aged care residents engage in play-based learning at the interactive wall.
Children and aged care residents engage in play-based learning including storytelling and singing songs.
TLC operates residential aged care homes, medical centres, and registered training facilities located across Melbourne and Geelong. TLC has opened Australia’s first multi-generational healthcare precinct in the Melbourne suburb of Mordialloc, offering 147 residential aged care places, a community medical centre, a 118-place early learning centre, a commercial health club with 20m indoor swimming pool, and commercial café known as “The Village Café”; all in the one location.
