Meath Care selects Unicare to provide aged care equipment for the state-of-the-art Michael Lee Centre in Como
Meath Care Michael Lee Centre Como
80 Henley Street, Como, Western Australia
“Unicare Health would like to congratulate Meath Care on the official opening of Michael Lee Centre on Thursday, 9 May 2019. We are very thankful to have been selected as a major aged care equipment provider for this project and honored to be invited as special guests to this much celebrated opening event.”
Meath Care
Meath Care is a not-for-profit aged care organisation providing services for the aged since 1972. Meath Care currently operates two residential aged care homes and three retirement villages in Perth.
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Michael Lee Centre
Named after their Chairman Michael Lee who has been with Meath Care for 20 years, the all-new state of the art Michael Lee Centre in Como is a 130-bed residential aged care facility committed to providing the highest quality of care and accommodation for residents.
Nestled among the scenic surrounds of Collier Park golf course, Michael Lee Centre has adopted excellent architectural design to provide comfort and a modern environment for residents.
Over 2 levels, the centre is divided into 8 small houses, each with single bedrooms and private ensuites. Each house has its own front door, lounge/ dining room, activity area and private family room. Manicured gardens, secure outdoor settings and communal areas provide spaces for residents and visitors to enjoy.
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Equipment Selection
An extensive suite of aged care equipment was supplied by Unicare Health for Michael Lee Centre after a comprehensive assessment of their resident and care giver needs.
One of the goals during the equipment selection process was to achieve quality and sustainable health outcomes for residents through effective use and management of equipment.
The quality and features of equipment was an important consideration for the provision of care and its significance driven by technological and clinical innovations to reduce laborious manual processes, increase staff efficiencies and provide added safety. Management understood that a new generation of equipment driven by innovation and added safety for residents and care staff would bring a rise in capability and performance.
Equipment provided by Unicare Health for Michael Lee Centre included a suite of mobile shower commodes by leading manufacturers JUVOcare, Regency Care Chairs, Wheelchairs and Pressure Care Cushions, Seat Walkers, Walking frames, Patient Hoists, Shower Trolleys, Scales, Over Bed/Chair Tables, Dressing Trolleys, Laundry equipment and more.
These pieces of equipment were clinically selected for their durability, innovation, automation of tasks, ease of use, resident & carer safety, infection control properties and more.
Long Term Equipment Support
The business viability of a supplier to provide long term equipment support was also a consideration by procurement during their supplier selection process, as they recognize that equipment is essential to the effective delivery of daily resident care.
Good equipment support is critical in keeping resident care services functioning because the unavailability of equipment or failure of equipment presents risks to residents, staff and care delivery.
Selecting a supplier to facilitate long term equipment maintenance was a key enabling objective.
Asset Management
The management of hundreds of physical pieces of equipment for a 130-bed residential aged care facility is confronting. Aged care equipment are specialised assets, many technically complex, requiring specialist expertise to use, manage, assess and repair.
As care staff tend to become reliant on them to provide safe daily care, a piece of equipment such as a patient hoist requires focused and frequent attention. In an aged care setting, they represent a considerable investment and operating cost, with potentially severe consequences following inadequate performance or failure.
Unicare Health’s cloud-based asset maintenance system Unitrax recognizes these characteristics and is designed to ensure equipment meets clinical requirements, is effectively maintained, is replaced when and only when it needs to be, and that additional equipment is acquired when needed.
Unitrax is designed for facilities to meet its care delivery objectives efficiently and effectively and minimise risk associated with equipment downtime.
Another Happy Customer
Unicare Health is proud to have been selected as a major equipment and solutions provider of choice for this milestone project and thrilled to have delivered a well-coordinated residential aged care equipment project for Meath Care.
Unicare Health’s aged care equipment fit-out services enables aged care providers to provide modern, innovative and effective aged care solutions for their residents in sync with modern aged care trends.
We look forward to providing Michael Lee Centre with excellent after sales service and equipment support.
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