WLCG - Respite Day Centre is Ready

Home of Woodend Lifestyle Carers Group

Our Respite Day Care Centre for Dementia patients is finally built, at 78 Old Lancefield Road Woodend North.

Know as  Macgregor's Farm, our short-term, day respite care for up to 15 early-stage Dementia patients who are living at home can come an enjoy. 

It's a project that has been years in the making for Woodend Lifestyle Carers Group since 2012, with a vision to fill a void in the the Macedon Ranges region, for this type of care. It is also said to be the very first of its kind in the region.

Development was earmarked for 3.940 hectares of Woodend farmland, at 78 Old Lancefield Road that was gifted for the cause.  The facility includes a Respite Day Care with activities in the cottage, caretaker’s house, on-site farm animals and our maintenance shed known as "BJ Shed".  The steering group has worked many hours with a team of specialist in Dementia, who recommended the project's approval with an extensive list of conditions.

The report recognised a net community benefit from the project at Macgregor's Farm which gained unanimous support from our councilors & the community. . Cr Janet Pearce said the project would provide much-needed support to dementia patients and their carers.  "We know this project is helping the future as our population increases and more and more people are expected to be diagnosed with Dementia," she said. Cr Jennifer Anderson said there were “alarming statistics” about the number of people living with dementia in the Macedon Ranges and thanked WLCG for their tireless work.

"It's great to support something that has community benefit but can also be applied with the planning scheme to this site," she said.

 

Special thanks to Midland Express              10-Tuesday, February 28, 2023                                                                        MIDLAND EXPRESS