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Issue 121 | APRIL 2015

Do You Need To Travel to your Specialist?

Most health conditions have a specialist option these days. Follow up consultations with specialists often involve a long distance trip, time off work and a lot of personal expense.

Ask your specialist if they will provide a virtual/video consultation (telehealth).

Telehealth services are available at the Centre FREE of charge to the client. We are able to link into any specialist service that deems it appropriate to do so. Specialists and G.P.s are provided with Medicare payments for telehealth appointments.

Our service has so far enabled telehealth appointments for clients with orthopaedic surgeons, oncology services, numerous specialties at the Royal Children’s Hospital, mental health practitioners, diabetes educators, dieticians and the list goes on.

Our experienced nursing staff will support any clinical assessment required and we have a dedicated confidential telehealth space here on site.

Please speak to our administration or nursing staff if you would like us to facilitate a telehealth consultation for you.

Nurse Lead Models of Care

The NSW Government are singing the praises of “a new and innovative” model

of care to assist with the increasing burden on their health system. Nurse lead

walk in clinics are being established (and well-funded via the state’s primary

care dollars). These trial clinics are seeing increasing take up by the general

public and reducing pressure on emergency room departments.

The Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre (along with our neighbours at Harrow)

belongs to a network of 15 Bush Nursing Centres in Victoria that have been

successfully delivering this model for almost a century. We have always argued

that the model could be well established in any regional town, city or

metropolitan area with significant positive health outcomes.

We are hoping the assessment data from review of the NSW initiative will

validate the importance of local primary health care access and assist our

continued fight for an effective funding model for centres in Victoria.

Lisa Hutchins Centre Manager

PO Box 20 BALMORAL, Vic 3407 Email: bbnc.admin@swarh.vic.gov.au Ph: (03) 5570 1304 Web: www.balmoralbnc.com.au Fax: (03) 5570 1482

President Mr. Neville Trotman

Vice President Mr. Bruce Laidlaw Mrs. Georgie Leeming

Members

Mr. Dan Pekin Mrs. Karen Rees Mrs. Di Austin Ms. Mardi Johns Mr. Geoff Barcham

Executive Administration Mrs. Sabrina Watt

Centre Manager Lisa Hutchins

Clinical Nurse Coordinator Ann Vaughan

Community Services Coordinator Lyn Iredell

Administration Coordinator Jodie Russell

Quality & Risk Coordinator Anita Weaver

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day, 7 days a week. Call 1300 60 60 24 for the cost of a local call from anywhere in Victoria

April

COLERAINE MEDICAL CENTRE

NON URGENT OUTPATIENTS will be seen by the

doctor on call Saturdays, Sundays & Public

Holidays at 9am. Clinic phone 5553 2045 will be

answered by a triage nurse after hours.

HAMILTON MEDICAL GROUP

After Hours Clinic Service 8pm weeknights

Clinic open 4pm Saturdays.

Sundays & Public Holidays 10am & 4pm

AH: 5572 2612

Visiting Services... Doctors:

Dr. Jan Slabbert (virtual consultation)

Alternate Wednesdays

Dr Brian Coulson & Dr. Kenny Yang (registrar)

Alternate Tuesdays

Dr. Greta Prozesky & Dr. Steve Yuan (registrar)

Alternate Tuesdays

Dr. Kate Graham: on maternity leave until further notice

WDHS Psychologist - Angela O’Brien: One Monday per month

Maternal & Child Health Nurse (M&CHN): 2nd and 4th Wed

Diabetes Educator - Megan McLeish: One Monday per month

Optometrist - Glenn Howell: May & October

Podiatry: Two visits per month.

Masseur - Darce Penrose: Available for appointments on

Thursdays. Ph: 5583 1502 or 0428 831 502

Continence Nurse - Annabelle Wilson: 3rd Thurs month

Dental Prosthetist - Andrew Bolwell: To be confirmed

SERVICE CALENDAR

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

Dr. Slabbert

(via video link)

2

Pathology 9—11am $4

Men's Shed 1:30pm

3

CENTRE CLOSED

GOOD FRIDAY

4 5

6

CENTRE CLOSED

EASTER MONDAY

7

Pathology 9—11am $4

Dr. Coulson & Dr. Yang

10am—4:45

8

M&CHN

9:30—11:30am

9

Pathology 9—11am $4

Men's Shed 1:30pm

10

11 12

13

PAG

14

Pathology 9—11am $4

Podiatrist

10:20am—2:50pm

Dr. Greta & Dr. Yuan

2—4:45pm

15

Dr. Slabbert

(via video link)

16

Pathology 9—11am $4

Continence Nurse

9:30am—12:30pm

Men's Shed 1:30pm

17

Community Bus >

Hamilton, leave the

Centre at 10am.

18 19

20

PAG

WDHS Psychologist

9am—3:30pm

Diabetes Educator

10:20am—2:50pm

21

Pathology 9—11am $4

Dr. Coulson & Dr. Yang

10am—4:45

22

23

Pathology 9—11am $4

Men's Shed 1:30pm

24

25 26

27

PAG

28

Pathology 9—11am $4

Dr. Greta & Dr. Yuan

2—4:45pm

29

Podiatrist

10:20am—2:50pm

30

Pathology 9—11am $4

Men's Shed 1:30pm

news HEALTH PROMOTION

First Aid Course - why do I need to know?

Learning basic first aid is as easy as ABC. A is for airway, B is for Breathing

and C is for compressions.

Learning basic first aid can help you cope if faced with an emergency until an ambulance arrives. You

may be able to keep a person breathing, help reduce their pain or position them to prevent further injury.

CPR is a basic life saving skill that everyone should learn. In an

emergency situation it can mean the difference between life and death.

There is no age limit to learning CPR, and carrying out CPR is only

limited by the physical capabilities of the person administrating the help.

Doing some CPR in an emergency is better than doing nothing.

First Aid Training CPR > 2 Hour Course on either:

Monday 20th April 2015 6:00 – 8:00pm or

Tuesday 21st April 2015 6:00 – 8:00pm or

Wednesday 29th April 2015 6:00 – 8:00pm

Cost: $40.00

Level 2/HLTAID003 > 5 Hour Full Course and Refresher Course plus

workbook completion on either:

Monday 20th April 2015 5:30 – 10:30pm or

Tuesday 21st April 2015 5:30 – 10:30pm or

Wednesday 29th April 2015 5:30 – 10:30pm

All work books MUST be completed and returned prior to these classes.

Work books will be sent out on registration

Cost: $130.00 Refresher and $200.00 Full Course

Classes will be held at the Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre and a light supper will be provided

Training will be presented by Narelle Evans, qualified First Aid, Asthma and Anaphylaxis Instructor.

(References and certificates available on request).

For more information regarding these courses and to register please phone

Narelle on 0418 575 438 or 5575 6200

2015 Flu Vax… As the autumn leaves start to fall, it is a timely

reminder that winter is on its way. You may envisage sitting by a cosy warm

fire with a glass of red but did you think about a week off work in bed with

the flu?

Yes the flu season is upon us and the Bush Nursing Centre is awaiting

arrival of Flu vaccinations. Once again we will be running flu vaccination

clinics so watch out for the flyers or call us at the centre on 55701304.

Men's Shed…

Thursday 2nd

Thursday 9th

Thursday 16th

Thursday 23rd

Thursday 30th

PLANNED ACTIVITY GROUP news

Fun, games and some important milestones marked

as we complete one third of the Calendar year.

Monday 2nd

of March we headed out to Melville Park Hereford Stud

to see the Bull Sale in action. Special thank you to Olwyn and

David for making us feel so welcome. After watching the bulls sold

we had a walk around the immaculate garden, with lots of different

canna’s flowering and more. Everyone was presented with two

Hereford biros to remember our trip to Melville Park, before

heading back to Balmoral.

At the Wimmera Machinery Field Days, there was lots to see and

buy. Instead of walking all the time we used the free ‘Site Explorer

Bus’ to hop on and hop off during the day, and return us to gate 2

where our bus was parked. We were able to use some of the time

to search for ideas and equipment for the Men’s shed.

We headed to Portland to see the Pacific Pearl cruise ship in port,

we had a great view of the ship from different places around the

Port area. The weather was excellent (No wind) so we enjoyed fish

and chips on the foreshore and were able to feed the seagulls with

the extra chips we couldn’t eat. After lunch we visited Vern

McCallum’s gallery at Allestree. Photographs of Portland and

district have been restored dating from 1857. Vern has about

15,500 pictures in his collection; he has been restoring old photos

of the district since the late 1960s all photos are scanned into the

computer, for safe keeping. Mounted pictures from the past are

available to buy, Vern is always on the lookout for pictures from the

past, to scan and add to his collection.

St Patricks Day with a touch of Green, Country Music a visit to the

School and a trip to Hamilton to see the Movie Second Best Exotic

Marigold Hotel will finish the month’s activities.

Lyn Iredell & Heather Smith Community Services

April Program…

Friday 3rd ~ GOOD FRIDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Monday 6th ~ EASTER MONDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Monday 13th ~ Lunch at the Centre. Move it or lose it, Tai Chi “healthy living”

Monday 20th ~ Lunch in Hamilton, visit Sand Mandala Creation. Leave Centre at 11am

Monday 27th ~ Lunch at the Centre, craft afternoon

LIVE ACTIVE

news

Tallie Talay Live Active

Balmoral Playgroup

During term 2 playgroup will meet every second Friday

from 10:00 until 12:00. We will meet at 10:00am in the child

care rooms of the Bush Nursing Centre and then walk over

to the mobile library to have some library and reading

time. The first session for the term will be

Friday the 24th of April. All ages welcome!

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For more information please phone Anne on 0407 990 662

or check out Balmoral Playgroup on Facebook or the

BBNC website www.balmoralbnc.com.au

under “Our Services”

Strength Training Mondays & Wednesdays 7pm – 8pm

Cost: $5 per session

Venue: Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre

For more information contact Tallie Talay at the Centre

ATTENTION - MEN ONLY

Self paced—swim as you please

Wednesday evenings from 7.30 - 8.30pm - $3 entry

At the Balmoral swimming pool

There is much more to tai chi than one can see, and virtually no one can describe such a complex art in one simple sentence. Yes, it's aesthetically pleasing, and enjoyable to practice. It can be a meditation, an integral exercise for all parts of the body and the mind.

Although tai chi is a gentle exercise for the entire body, it represents much more. The flowing movements of tai chi containing much inner strength, like water flowing in a river, beneath the tranquil surface there is a current with immense power—the power for healing and wellness. Almost any set of tai chi has all that is needed to develop your internal energy and health and bring your tai chi to as high a level as you wish.

With consistent practice, people will be able to feel the internal energy (qi in Chinese), converting it to

internal force (jing) and use it to generate more internal energy. It would lead to clarity of mind,

balanced mental state, fitness, agility, good control of body balance. The unique feature of tai chi is

means building the inner strength from within the body.

Find out what Tai Chi for Arthritis is all about...

A Tai Chi information session will be held in the PAG room at the

Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre on April 14th from 10 to 11am.

Everyone welcome!!

Tai Chi for arthritis commences...

Week 1: Tuesday 21st April from 10—11am continuing for 6 weeks

Week 6: Finishing on Thursday 28th May

Cost: $3.00

Your Qualified leader will be Tallie Talay

Simone Aitken Childcare Team Leader

news EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

This month at the Balmoral Early Learning Centre....

We have been practising our evacuation drills over the past couple of months. We sat down and explained to the children what was going to happened and then we practised

before we did the real drill. After we did our drill, many of the children did their own evacuation drill using different items around the room. Children make connections

between concepts and processes.—Learning

The children have been loving picking the cherry tomatoes off our tomato bushes

and eating them. Children explore the world with their sensory capabilities.—

Wellbeing

Many of the children have been having an interest in the baby dolls. They have been taking care of them by walking around the room with them in the prams, feeding them and tucking them up

in their beds. Children are learning to interact with others with care.—Identity

If you are interested in booking your

child into care please give me a call

on 0448 980 027.