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SEPTEMBER2018

Check out Sarina Aged Residential Home Inc Website:-

visit www.sarh.com.au

P.O. Box 205, Sarina, Qld, 4737. Telephone: (07) 49648500 Facsimile: (07) 49431093

E-Mail: admin@sarh.com.au ABN: 68 585 132 337

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Australian Aged Care Quality Agency

www.aacqa.gov.au A Team from the Quality Agency will visit the home to assess quality of care from

9 October 2018 to 10 October 2018 You can talk to the surveyors and be assured your conversation will be confidential. To complete their assessment and prepare their report the surveyors will also:

- interview management and staff - review records and documents - observe care delivery and physical surroundings

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Day Trip to Kinchant Dam A great day out – The residents enjoyed a great day travelling amongst the countryside. morning tea was enjoyed on the bus near Mirani, then they lapped up great views at the Dam with a fabulous lunch.

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New Cushions in Admin Foyer Special thank you to Margaret Townson for the new cushions in our foyer. The bright fabric colours look fantastic against the black of the lounge chairs. Margaret you are awesome! Trip to the Valley Residents recently spent a great day travelling in the country to Nanyima Aged Care in Mirani for morning tea and cent sale. They then drove on to the Finch Hatton hotel where everyone enjoyed a lovely lunch.

Information Centre and Grasstree Beach Another great day out was our trip to the Information Centre (above) in Sarina for Morning Tea and then to Grasstree Beach for fish and chips by the sea and a swing in the playground .

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Residents enjoy new activities:-

Max Fiedler (left),

Graham Sowden (top right)

Ken Howland (right)

spent a leisurely

afternoon with the new

construction sets,

whilst Ada Behan tested her

knowledge with the Brain Trainer

Aileen Shanks and Thelma

Green get cosy with the new

blankets with hand muffs

Alan enjoying a puzzle

and Edna Embrey

cuddles her baby ……

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Welcome SARH welcomes new staff members – Katherine Hardie and Rachel Horvath to our

Personal Care team. Kellie Lisle has joined our night cleaning team and Lauren Cleary

has returned from maternity leave also to night cleaning.

We farewelled Irene Quillerat recently who will be returning to her home town in

Tasmania – we wish her all the best.

Congratulations We send our congratulations to David Potter who married his partner Russ on Friday 28

September in Adelaide. Our best wishes to you both. Nicola and Suzy (and Ralph and

Edward) were there to support him on the day and then spent a couple of days soaking

up the delights of Adelaide!

THANK YOU Our staff send a special thank you to Rod and Rayleen

Ballard for their kind donation of a coffee machine for

our staff room. The gift was on behalf of Mona Hale

and Dorothy Andersen for their care over the past

years.

FIRE SAFETY TRAINING

Recently all staff members undertook

mandatory Fire Training. Procedures on fire

alarm, operating of fire extinguishers,

evacuation procedures were covered by the

Chief Fire Warden from Walkerston Fire

Brigade.

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PET

CUDDLES…………….

Noel all enjoying time with our

furbabies “Phoebe” and

“Tiger Lily”

Staff News In May/June, Sharon (Occupational Therapist) and her husband went back to the UK for a 5 week holiday. It was Sharon’s chance to celebrate her mum and dads Golden Wedding Anniversary with all the family down in Devon. Sharon and Rodney also met up with two friends from Tasmania and embarked on a 550k cycle tour around Scotland which involved climbing over mountain passes, camping and enjoying the most incredible scenery. The trip was also an opportunity to meet up with old friends and explore the New

Forest where Sharon’s mum and dad have now moved to.

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OVER AT THE ILUs

The beautiful emblem of SARH, the ‘Brufelsia', also

called ‘Yesterday,

today and tomorrow’ is blooming with it’s lovely

perfume just now.

The equally lovely Petal is waiting patiently for a ball

game.

Elizabeth Craig

Happy Birthday to Dale Ridley who celebrated her birthday this week! Dot Wills is currently off with the Red Hatters on a trip to Norfolk Island. Look forward to some photos upon your return Dot. And safe travels to Kerrod Morgan who is off down South to visit his family. Photos Kerrod??

Coming up: -

16th October – Bus Trip and lunch at the Beaches

Wednesdays – Specialty Coffee and Card Game afternoons

6th November – All the fun of the Melbourne Cup

8th November – Bus and Shopping Trip to Mt Pleasant

29th November – Residents Christmas Party

Next newsletter end of December 2018

Any contributions welcomed – just see Tracey or Cheryl 😊