As part of the Australia Governments response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, funding has been provided to Primary Health Networks to undertake and commission dedicated activities that address the issues identified at the interface between primary health care and aged care systems. Part of the scope of this funding is dedicated to Early Intervention (EI) initiatives that support better health, wellbeing, and access to primary care and aged care services for older people.

As part of the EI initiatives, WHL is seeking a suitable service provider(s) to deliver one or more Intergenerational Program(s) for people living in the community aged 65 years and over (or aged 50 years and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) within the Nepean Blue Mountains region which includes the Penrith, Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Lithgow local government areas.

Generally, Intergenerational Programs bring together older adults and children or young people for group-based sessions that are usually held weekly, over a defined period of time. Activities for these sessions can range from play-based interactions to purposeful learning experiences, with the objective being to enrich the learning, behavioural, health and socialisation outcomes of children or young people and older adults.

This RFP is asking providers to bring together children aged 3-5 years with older adults. The Intergenerational Program can be designed based on a model that the provider chooses e.g. music programs, pre-school visit programs, dementia support programs etc.