Wellness and Reablement

What is Wellness and Reablement?

Wellness is a philosophy that focuses on the strengths, abilities, and goals of individuals to encourage actions to promote a level of independence in activities of everyday living. Wellness informs a way of working with individuals receiving support from aged and community care organisations.

Like Wellness, Reablement aims to assist people to maximise their independence and autonomy through time-limited interventions that are targeted at a person's specific goal to adapt to a functional loss or regain confidence and capacity to resume daily activities without the need for continued support.

Wellness and Reablement has many benefits for clients, staff, and organisations.

The embedding of wellness and reablement approaches to service delivery requires a systematic approach from organisations, including governance and workforce through to policy and procedures. A range of resources exist to support CHSP organisations to embed wellness and reablement approaches within their service delivery.