The program is designed to deliver bi-weekly, client-centre health education and exercise classes to Gold Coast community members identified by their general practitioner as at risk of frailty and/or early admission to aged care facilities. 

Early intervention program

Bond University

• Assessment 
• Group education program 
• Individual sessions with allied health professionals as required 
• Peer support group 

12 week intensive active lifestyle program 

• Participants aged over 65 years old or over 55 years if they are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 
• The participant lives in the community and does not currently reside in a Residential Aged Care Home 
• The participant has scored more than 1 in the FRAIL scale risk assessment 
• The participant is at risk of frailty and presents with one or more of the following: social isolation, poor self-care, recent hospitalisation, polypharmacy, multimorbidity, falls, poor nutritional intake, low socio-economic, mood changes. 
• The participant is unable to access mainstream services that are available privately, through private health insurance or the medical benefit scheme) 
• The participant receives a Commonwealth pension and/or holds a current health care care. 
• The participant can give voluntary, informed consent and participate in group activities. 
• The participant is not in palliative care. 

• A referral from a GP or Allied Health provider are required for this service. 
• Referrals

Professor Susan Brandis 

Bond University Allied Health (BUnyAH) 

Interprofessional Healthy Lifestyle Program 

Email: BUnyAH@bond.edu.au