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Projects and case studies

Industry Examples and Projects: Case studies from the MWM project, Industry case studies, MWM champions.

Here you will find case studies of mature worker strategies and activities produced by people involved with the Mature Workers Matter project. They are designed to inspire you; to act as a catalyst for action. We have also included international case studies specific to the aged care, community services and health care industry.

The MWM champions are people who completed the MasterClass series in 2011 and implemented a project. Their project outlines are listed below. They aim to continue to meet quarterly, progress their mature workers projects and contribute to this resource.

The MWM champions include:

Cheryll Williams, West Coast Home Care
Jane Barton, Boandik Lodge Incorporated
Cathy Humzy, Department Families and Communities
Bernadette White, Murray Mallee Aged Care Group Incorp.
Jenny Knight, Whyalla Aged Care Inc
Michael Alder, Southern Cross Care
Michelle Drake, Southern Cross Care
Pam Castle, ACH Group
Carmel Siebert, ECH
Lindy Harkness, ECH
Valerie Aldahn, ECH
Carol Mohan, ACS

International Case Studies

CaseStudy.Flexibility.Kronenberg Council.Sweden.pdf	Age management practices in health care sector in Sweden to reduce absence and improve work environment.	63k
CaseStudy.Flexibility.ResidentialMentalHealthCare.pdf	Flexible work practices in a residential home for mental health patients.	77k
CaseStudy.JobRedesign.Nursing.pdf	This article describes the redesign implemented by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) in response to changes in the healthcare marketplace. In this CCF redesign process, we redefined RN roles and added two new roles: patient care technician and patient care service associate. Strategies used to facilitate this process on two acute care units are described; outcomes of this process are presented.	61k
CaseStudy.Recruitment.Goldsborough HomeCare.UK.pdf	UK Home Care features initiatives on ergonomic advancement, retention, recruitment, health and well being and anti-discrimination.	67k
CaseStudy.ReturnToWork.Germany.pdf	Return to work initiatives in community services in Germany. "The daily apple" a symbol for health conscious behaviour.	71k

MWM Case Studies

CASE STUDY Knowledge Continuity Snr Exec.pdf	ECH - Job redesign and transition to retirement for an executive position.	196k
CASE STUDY Safe Work Environment Early Intervention.pdf	Boandik Lodge - Niggles campaign	180k
Mercy Health.CaseStudy.pdf	Mercy Health, Victoria, Australia - Flexilibity	47k
MikeBlake.ECH.mp3	Listen to this six minute interview from Mike Blake about his approach to retirement, flexible work and mentoring. This accompanies the case study 'Knowledge Continuity Snr Executive'	5463k

MWM Projects

MWM PROJECT Flexible Work Practices -Staff Wellbeing.pdf	West Coast Home Care - Flexible work practices	230k
MWM PROJECT Health Promotion.pdf	Southern Cross Care - Health Promotion Project	240k
MWM PROJECT Healthy Ageing Education.pdf	ACH - Healthy Ageing Education	223k
MWM PROJECT Safe Work Practice Manual Handling.pdf	Boandik Lodge, Mount Gambier - improving manual handling skills	165k
MWM PROJECT Staff Mentoring Program.pdf	ECH - mentoring project.	192k
MWM PROJECT Workforce Planning Project.pdf	Department for Families and Communities - Gathering data from employees age 45 and above about their future career/retirement preferences	214k
MWM PROJECT Workforce Retention.pdf	Murray Mallee and West Coast Home Care project for mature worker retention.	209k