July Highlights

Resident Profile

Activities Calendars

Birthdays

Welcome to our new Residents

What’s coming in August

August ’19

A Monthly Insight into Weeroona Age Care Residence for the Residents

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reoccurrence, so our staff will be in contact with those

families of ill residents, so they know the status and

whether it is clear for them to visit or not.

We just ask that all visitors of Weeroona please take

the standard precautions required when visiting

people with vulnerable immune systems.

Wash your hands

When you enter the facility, use the hand

sanitizer at each entry or at Nurses stations.

Do not come in if you have symptoms of a cold

or a sore throat, temperature, nausea or

episodes of vomiting or diarrhea.

If you have been sick, wait 48 hours before

visiting your relative or friend.

Before you leave, use the hand sanitizer.

Using these simple steps in the chain of infection

control will assist to keep our residents virus free and

yourself, your family and the community healthier.

Thanks again.

Kate Chew - Facility Manager

As many of you will be aware, Weeroona, as with other

facilities and hospitals in NSW, have suffered with either

the Influenza A or Gastroenteritis viruses taking hold of

residents and staff.

For Weeroona, this places a terrible strain on both the

residents who are sick and those who are not, as often,

under consultation with the Public Health Unit, we are

forced to take the strong action of a Lockdown.

Making this decision weighs heavily on Management. We

want our residents to maintain their connections with

the community, but often, as in our case, the virus is

brought in by family or friends that are in the incubation

period or just at the tail end of their illness, not realizing

they are still sick and contagious.

So the DON and myself would like to thank the residents

for their patience and understanding during our recent

Lockdown. A big thank you to those relatives and friends,

who understood our precautions and abided by the

lockdown, without too much fuss! It does put people out

I know, but there is not much we can do about that.

While we are now out of lockdown, the virus is not yet

gone entirely. There are still a few cases and some have

We hope you will be happy and comfortable at Weeroona. We look forward to getting to know you better.

Both the Director of

Nursing - Rob Chew, and

Facility Manager act as

the resident liaison to

assist residents and their

families in the admission

process.

Harold Peterson

&

Peggie Wortley

1- Message from Kate- FM

2- Welcome to our new residents

2- The month in Review

3– July Highlights

7- Resident Profile

8- Birthday’s & Upcoming Events

7- Notice Board

10- Final Thoughts

11- Activity Calendar

Insert - Feedback Forms

Hi Everyone,

Wow! July is done.

Sadly, our bus outings had to be cancelled due to mechanical troubles. The bus company has informed us that it will be out of action in August as well. To make up for this, we will have special morning teas and lunches in-house for August.

I have sent out the invitations for our Father’s Day afternoon tea. Please RSVP in office hours(8.30am-4pm) Monday – Friday, for catering purposes.

We really appreciate all of our volunteers. They play a vital role in us keeping connected with the wider community. We have our annual street stall on Friday, 23 August from 10am, outside Optimal Pharmacy. Come down and say hi and purchase some lamingtons, sweet treats, and browse our other offerings.

See you in the corridors ☺☺☺☺☺ Jan – Weeroona Lifestyle Coordinator

July Highlights

BASTILLE DAY HAPPY HOUR

July 12th we celebrated the national French day, filling

our lounge rooms with French music. We then

went on a tour of France (via YouTube).

Listening to the French anthem stirred memories for some of our residents from their school days.

Margaret and Norma recalled having to sing the anthem daily. Helen told us about her holiday in France.

We dined on croissants, brie and camembert cheese and some mouthwatering profiteroles that our lovely

nurse Donna cooked for us. They were definitely the biggest hit of the day.

Great day had by all.

Jan – Lifestyle

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Bunnings Gardening Afternoon

July 10th our Grevillea lounge was jam-packed with eager green thumbs. Amanda set to work in showing us how to pot and fertilize our plants. There was lots of laughter and lots of concentration in the room. We love that Amanda comes up with such creative ideas. We all took our plants back to our room, and it’s now our responsibility to care for and water them. Amanda’s next visit will be focused on our male residents. We are lucky to have such a caring and friendly lady working with us.

Margaret Pendergast is enjoying her outings with NDIS. During the month of July, she has been taken for walks along the Lachlan river, past the horses and golf club, to the airport to look at the small planes, up to Bellevue Hill and a visit to the Library where she has enjoyed the books.

July Highlights

NAIDOC WEEK 2019

This year’s theme was VOICE TREATY TRUTH. The Aboriginal culture is the oldest in the world. This year’s theme spoke about not just the history of our first people, but the history of all of us, of all of Australia and we need to own it. Cowra High School’s Wagambirra dance group, lead by Jarod Burns Song Man, came to perform for us. Their belief in their culture came alive through their dances. Many thanks to Cowra High for including us in their celebrations. Frank Burns’ grandson and granddaughter were part of the dance group.

For the Wednesday afternoon craft

session, 7 of us joined in to make

dream catchers with Shona, using

paper plates, textas, feathers,

stickers and string. They turned out

really great and I was proud to hang

mine in my room.

Shona also ran another fun craft

session where we participated in

making a butterfly, a bee and a lady

bug. Bart, Marie and Leo were

proud of their efforts.

On 27 July at 6pm I was picked up

and had tea at the Services Club

with others from Special Needs. At

8pm the doors opened for the

special band and singer called

“Dragon”. They sat me in the front

row so I had a wonderful spot to

see and listen to the singer. There

were people up dancing. We all had

a wonderful time. I got a thumbs up

and a touch on the shoulder from

the singer. There were over 200

people there to listen. It was

crowded which is great.

There were 5 or 6 in wheelchairs

and all had a good night. I do thank

the Special Needs group for taking

me to see “Dragon”. I had the best

night. I bought a T-shirt which they

signed and I had my photo taken

with the singer.

Trish Jerrett

POTTERY PAINTING

On Monday we managed to put the final touches on our pottery creations.

The theme seemed to be dots. Various colours were used and the finished look was spectacular.

Many thanks to Karen who takes our pottery home to be fired in her kiln.

We are looking forward to what we can produce this month.

Please read our resident profile for this month. Now, Sheryl is the real McCoy when it comes to pottery.

Jan –Lifestyle

July Highlights

Morning tea at

‘The Hideout’

On 3 July we went on an outing to ‘The Hideout’ café on the Young Road for morning tea.

If you have not been to The Hideout before it is worth a visit for great coffee and scones.

One of our kitchen staff members, Meg also cooks for them when she is not working at Weeroona.

July Highlights

Frank Burns with his grandson, Jarod Burns Song Man, and

granddaughter, members of the Wagambirra dance group

Mary Woolley displaying her Dreamcatcher

Sheryl Low’s ceramic with Royal

Canberra Show prize tags

Leo Sheehy’s ladybird Bart Turner’s bee

Kate helping Dulcie Maybury, Jann Tomkins and Pat

Fisher with their Dreamcatchers

Isobel Dolbel enjoying morning tea at the Hideout Café

More

dreamcatchers from Craft Day

Jann Tomkins showing off her Dreamcatcher Morning tea at the Hideout Café

SHERYL LOW Sheryl was born in Canberra hospital in the July of 1954.

Sheryl’s father was a driver for the Commonwealth Government, driving Malcolm Fraser and Bob Hawke around.

Sheryl has 1 sister and 1 brother. They are both younger.

Sheryl attended Narrabundah High School graduating as a prefect in 1972.

Sheryl’s first job was in the Prime Minister’s department, then the department of Aboriginal Affairs followed by the Department of Health.

Sheryl has a daughter, Stacey, who is a school teacher and a son, Ryan, who is the manager of a quarry in Darwin. Sheryl has 2 grandsons aged 5 and 2.

Sheryl is a qualified ceramics teacher who worked with a class of disabled youngsters. Sheryl is also a quilter of renown.

Sheryl has a mischievous nature and is extremely caring and loving. She is a very well liked and a loved resident of our Memory Support Unit at Weeroona. Be sure to say hello to Sheryl when you see her out and about.

REBECCA KELLY

Rebecca has been working as a nurse here at Weeroona for 9 years.

She was born here in Cowra.

When Rebecca isn’t working she loves relaxing and spending time with her family and their cat called Luna.

Rebecca has 2 children. Mia is 5 and started school at Cowra Public School this year. Mia has also started ballet classes at the Cowra Dance Factory. Caleb, who is 3, attends Nurture One preschool.

Bec’s mum and dad still live in Cowra. Her brother lives in Orange and her sister lives in Wagga Wagga. They all get together on special occasions throughout the year.

Rebecca has recently purchased her first house. Weekends are spent now with her children turning this house into their very own home.

Rebecca is quietly spoken and has a lovely soft caring nature. She brings a smile to our residents’ faces. Good career choice Bec.

Upcoming Events

August Birthday’s

Saturday 3 August - Bart Turner

Tuesday 6 August - Tibby Flint

Monday 12 August - Margaret Henley

Friday 16 August - Carl Hibberson

Friday 23 August - Marie Houghton

Wednesday 28 August - Margaret Weir

From all the Staff of Weeroona,

we wish you a very

Happy Birthday!

August 2019

Friday 9 August

- Pre school visit

Thursday 15 August

- Happy Hour

Friday 23 August

- Street Stall

Friday 30 August

- Father’s Day Afternoon Tea

Notice Board

A reminder that ALL VISITORS to our facility MUST SIGN IN AND OUT. This is for your

safety and is mandatory with no exceptions. The sign in/out books are located in foyer/reception areas. Please note ALL care recipients’ leaving the facility need to sign out in the Care Recipi-ents’ Day Pass register as leaving, then sign in again upon their return. Again, this is for safety

and security and is so important.

If you or your relatives require a digital copy of any of our newsletters, please go to our website where you may download them. The link for the website is below.

http://www.weeroonaagedcare.com.au/lifestyles/newsletters

CHANGE OF DETAILS

If you have changed your address or contact details,

please advise our office staff to ensure all records are kept up

to date.

Basic Daily Care Fee.

We remind everyone that the Basic Daily Care Fee set by the

Department of Health & Ageing is payable by all Residents (respite or

permanent). This fee is not claimable through Medicare.

VISITOR MEALS If you require a lunch time meal whilst visiting Weeroona, please

order prior to 9:00am. The cost of the meal is $7.00 payable to the

office staff. NB: Unfortunately, we cannot cater

for large groups.

Do you have any suggestions for our activities program? Please see the Lifestyle Team or leave a message in the suggestion box on Grevillea Nurses’

Station. We will endeavor to incorporate these suggestions into the activity program. THANKYOU!

FOOD LOG There are food logs located at

both foyers in the nursing home. Please ensure you

record any food brought into the facility.

DOOR CODES External door codes and car park

gate door code: 6342E Internal door code (between Grevillea/Waratah): 2436E

Hairdresser Price List Ladies

Haircut - $25 Blow Wave - $25

Hair Set - $25 Haircut & set - $40

Perms - $70 Men’s Hair Cut - $15

Morning Singing will be held in Acacia on Saturday mornings if

Trish Langfield and Angela Colavito are available.

Sunday Singers 2pm Grevillea Lounge

Visitors and family are welcome to make themselves tea or coffee whilst visiting at

Weeroona. Facilities for this are available from the Acacia Kitchenette.

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES

All appliances need to

be tagged. Please advise Administration or Maintenance staff

so that we can arrange for the item to

be tagged.

UNCLAIMED CLOTHING

Will be put in the

Grevillea corridor on the first weekend of

every month. Families are invited to come

along and see if anything belongs to

their

loved ones.

FinalJacy’s Pampering Service at Weeroona

Wednesdays for Residents

Relatives and Staff can make an appointment with Jacy for nails, brows and beauty treatments.

Email or Call Jacy

Email: jacybrowne@gmail.com or Phone: 0417 491 015

More information on New Standards

August Highlights

Resident Profile

Employee Profile

September Events

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Weeroona has a new Feedback form for everyone to use. Whether it is praise for

our terrific staff or concerns about resident’s outings, we really want to know.

The only way to continue to improve the service Weeroona wants to offer our

residents, is to hear your feedback. Forms are kept on Grevillea Nurses station.

Please complete page 1 and place in the wooden box right beside forms.

Contact us at 02 6342 3333 www.weeroonaagedcare.com.au