Our fleet of six Trishaws provide meaningful experiences
Our fleet of six Trishaws provide long meaningful rides lasting between 45 and 90 minutes, leaving from Sorrento SLSC. This is in conjunction with our group rides from Sorrento Quay, Hillarys Boat Harbour.
We ask for an annual fee-for-service from aged care and disability organisations who frequently use our services. This fee helps us to recover costs.
These rides are provided to our community every day of the week. We also provide twilight rides in summer, though this is wind-dependent.
Bookings are essential.
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Rides are free for the general public.
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Up to 40 per cent of people in aged care homes never get visitors
This ABC News item resonated with us at Motion By The Ocean, reinforcing why we provide trishaw rides in our community.
Former MP Ken Wyatt, in an address to the National Press Club as Aged Care Minister, said he had heard that up to 40 per cent of people in residential aged care had no visitors 365 days of the year.
“It saddens me immensely,” he said.
Mr Wyatt said he was dismayed that older people were left on their own without family contact.
“Our love should not be conditional on a point in age, or because we drift away from those who once gave of themselves to care for us,” he said.
Mr Wyatt said loneliness was one of the most disturbing trends in aged care and was an issue for those with dementia in particular.
All Australians should question how they would want to be treated.
“We must all ask ourselves: Do I want to be abandoned in my later years? Is this what my elders deserve? Is this how I want to live out my days?” he said.
He called for more love and respect for older people.
“When I talk to people in aged care, I find so many who crave simple touch, a hug, the warmth of palms clasped together, or a soothing hand on their shoulder,” he said.
Cycling without Age Facts & Stats
Cycling Without Age is a movement started in 2012 by Ole Kassow. Ole wanted to help the elderly get back on their bicycles, but he had to find a solution to their limited mobility. The answer was a trishaw and he started offering free bike rides to local nursing home residents.
He then got in touch with a civil society consultant from the City of Copenhagen, Dorthe Pedersen, who was intrigued by the idea and together they bought five trishaws and launched Cycling Without Age, which has now spread to all corners of Denmark, and since 2015 to another 50 countries around the world.
As a global collective, teams and national chapters from around the world conduct interviews with residents, care home staff, families and volunteers to explore the reasons showing why the Cycling Without Age movement is so popular with all those involved. The reports attached make for positive case studies for our coastal programs.
