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Speaker 1: A bit of a change of pace.

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Speaker 2: The Council of the Aging here in the Northern Territory

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Speaker 2: have launched a new project that involves a series of

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Speaker 2: fitness and social activities, especially for those with early onset dementia,

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Speaker 2: the Active Mind's Active Bodies initiative.

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Speaker 1: It boasts a program of things like.

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Speaker 2: Seated exercise, choir singing and line dancing and joining us

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Speaker 2: on the line to tell us a bit more coota

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Speaker 2: here in the Northern Territory, these CEO Sue Shearer, Good morning.

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Speaker 3: Sue, Good morning Cody.

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Speaker 1: How are you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Really good? Lovely to have you on the show.

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Speaker 2: And I tell you what, when I saw this bit

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Speaker 2: of information come through, I thought, what a wonderful initiative.

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Speaker 1: Why did you decide to do this?

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Speaker 3: Well, we have a fantastic office manager, Cecilia, whose husband

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Speaker 3: comes with her to work every day because he has

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Speaker 3: dementia and rather than and it's very difficult sometimes to

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Speaker 3: get him into particular care, but the loyalty and devotions

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Speaker 3: she shows to him and to also for longevity for

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Speaker 3: people like Piero, we wanted to do more and this

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Speaker 3: is like seated front fit and choie singing and line dancing,

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Speaker 3: but there's not really enough around and Sicilia applied for

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Speaker 3: funding because it's obviously very close to her heart and

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Speaker 3: all our hearts. Because we are a dementia friendly facility,

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Speaker 3: so it was important that we offer more people and

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Speaker 3: also probably time out for cares.

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Speaker 2: This is so wonderful, Sue. You know how big an

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Speaker 2: impact does it make for those suffering from dementia but

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Speaker 2: also for their cares to be able to take part

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Speaker 2: in something like this.

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Speaker 3: Oh, it's just wonderful. We see with the seated fun

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Speaker 3: Fit they're in their particular chairs doing exercises and we

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Speaker 3: or no, if you don't use it, you lose it,

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Speaker 3: she as you age, so it's only a gold coin.

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Speaker 3: And then obviously quiet singing. We already have our musical jam,

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Speaker 3: but we'll be having that once a month, and a

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Speaker 3: lot of people already come to our musical jam. And

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Speaker 3: the expressions on their faces when they are singing or

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Speaker 3: playing the tambourine, it's amazing how music is probably one

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Speaker 3: of the last things people forget. I think it's their

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Speaker 3: feet tapping. It's just wonderful to see. And then obviously

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Speaker 3: line dancing is very good to keep your brain active

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Speaker 3: and and also for remembering how to do the moves.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm not overly good at line dancing me either.

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Speaker 3: I've two left fees I think, But no, So we

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Speaker 3: wanted to do more more fun things like there's lots

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Speaker 3: of things that dementia Australia and dementia and to do

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Speaker 3: with memory clinics that things like this, But we just

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Speaker 3: wanted more more fun, as I said, more singing and

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Speaker 3: more dancing and be able to laugh. You'll no, laughter

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Speaker 3: is the best medicine, isn't it.

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Speaker 1: It truly is you and I love a good laugh suit,

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Speaker 1: no doubt about that.

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Speaker 2: Hey, what what can people do to make sure that

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Speaker 2: they don't miss out?

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Speaker 1: Are they limited spots?

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Speaker 3: There are other transport can be provided yep. The activities

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Speaker 3: are also especially designed and the class is limited to

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Speaker 3: ten to fourteen participants. But if they want to call

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Speaker 3: eight nine four one point one zero zero four, they'll

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Speaker 3: be able to book in. And if they need a

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Speaker 3: lift we can probably help organize that as well. But

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Speaker 3: we're just always trying to offer newer initiative and new

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Speaker 3: things for people, especially Dementia is the fastest rising disease

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Speaker 3: in Australia. Good on you do you have to do more.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree.

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Speaker 2: Look, I think the more that you can do and

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Speaker 2: if you you know Lock, it's that it's that fun.

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Speaker 2: It's obviously you know, medically helping as well, but also

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Speaker 2: like you said, reprieve for cares too and giving people

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Speaker 2: something to look forward to, right, I think.

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Speaker 3: So the care is I know with how long Hero

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Speaker 3: has been coming here, so Cheerly has been here five

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Speaker 3: years and every day Piero comes. It's only in the

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Speaker 3: last year or two that she's been able to get

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Speaker 3: a particular day off or two days off and coming.

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Speaker 3: But other than that, she's a twenty four Our care yeah,

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Speaker 3: a lot of our careers are, and it's a big

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Speaker 3: thing to ask.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it truly is quick one. So I know that

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Speaker 2: August is seen this month. Has it been going?

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Speaker 3: Oh wonderful. We had our expoer Alice Frings last week

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Speaker 3: and we had over about one thousand seniors attender the

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Speaker 3: Double Tree Hilton, the biggest exhibitors we've ever had, the

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Speaker 3: largest exhibited, the largest attendants we've ever had. I also

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Speaker 3: think probably because it was a very safe environment for

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Speaker 3: seniors and for them to get out and enjoy each

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Speaker 3: other's company and have a morning chair and connect. They

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Speaker 3: were there till really three or four o'clock. It was

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Speaker 3: wonderful to see again so many happy faces, but all

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Speaker 3: connecting but also getting all the information they needed, which

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Speaker 3: is one It.

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Speaker 2: Is wonderful well, Sue Shier. It is always great to

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Speaker 2: catch up with you. Thank you so much for your

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Speaker 2: time this morning.

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Speaker 3: Pleasure you. Take care now, I know right, we're all over.

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Speaker 1: Its good on OK, good on you, Sue. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you soon.