How Enliven Can Help Your Clients

Enliven Positive Ageing Services help older people plan for a changing level of independence. Our trained staff work with older people to establish what's important in their lives, and what keeps them going…

Maybe it's being able to continue to have their grandchildren to stay, making a special trip or getting to bowls once a week, or maybe it's about being able to keep the garden tidy or to prepare a hot meal. What adds life to a life is different for all of us and that doesn't change with age.

Together we set goals based on what's important to our clients - because having something to work towards matters at any age, and if it's something our clients really want to acheive then levels of engagement are higher. Then we work with our clients to put a plan of individually-tailored support in place that helps them to achieve their goals, one step at a time.

Sometimes all it takes is the tiniest spark to set a life alight again ... a spark of recognition of strengths forgotten, connections overlooked, a lifetime of contributions and celebrations misplaced ... one thing is for sure, our clients have as much to teach us as we bring to them.

So we make no excuse about using everything we can to remind our clients, other older people and their family/whanau and everyone around them that they've still got what it takes to live a life of their own choosing!

The Enliven Positive Ageing Services model of restorative home-based support was recently endorsed in the pioneering ASPIRE study by the University of Auckland.