National Playgroup Week 2026: Play Activates Possibility: 16th-22nd March

Brisbane aged care facility share playgroup

Each week, Rowena Long brings her toddler and baby boys to an unusual kind of playgroup.

At an aged care facility in Brisbane, her children spend their time playing games, interacting and singing with the older Australians who live there.

Ms Long said the weekly appointment was a chance for her sons to learn from their elders.

“When we first joined I just wanted my boys to just have the ability to interact with ease with older people,” Ms Long said.

“But now the reason we keep coming back is just those connections that I see everyday with them.

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