Aashaya Jasri Resort, the Bali accommodation of innovative dementia and disability support specialists Community Home Australia (CHA), is set to open on 1 September 2024 and will be the first southeast Asian property listed on Accessible Accommodation, described as the Airbnb of the disability community.

The Resort will provide both respite accommodation for families and carers, as well as care for people living with dementia and other disabilities.

"Things are going very well," Community Home Australia CEO Rodney Jilek told The SOURCE. "The paths are being finished and the items for the room and kitchen renovations have started to arrive."

Ramps are in around the resort, making the entire property wheelchair accessible.

Staffing

Indonesian care staff will be degree qualified Registered Nurses, and CHA is in discussions with Australian educators about further training. All members of the Bali team will complete the Wicking dementia training, just as CHA's Australian staff do.

Each guest requiring support will be accompanied by a 'care companion' from CHA's Australian staff. "They will provide guidance," Rodney said.

Most enquiries from retirement villages

CHA has already received "multiple tentative" bookings for later this year, mostly from the retirement living sector.

Once the renovations are complete, a 'test' group of people living with cognitive and physical disabilities will visit free of charge in late August / early September "to put the resort through its paces and give us any final feedback or revisions that are required," Rodney said.

"We are also partnering with a company called Accessible Accommodation which is best described as the Air B&B for the disability community. We will be there first southeast Asia property listing."

Operations, marketing and communications specialists Ferry Felton Godfrey and healthcare management consultant Craig A Hooper have assisted Community Home Australia in developing the project.