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29 June 2022 – UPDATE

Whiddon is participating in an exciting project called Design for Care. The project is being led by researchers and psychologists from Curtin University (Perth) and the University of Sydney. This project will help us better understand how to support wellbeing in the aged care sector and provide you with an even better employee experience.

We will be at Whiddon Wee Waa from 10am on Thursday, 30 June and encourage you to come and speak to us in person about the benefits of the Design for Care project!

We also have a video for you which you can watch here: Design for Care

23 June 2022

Whiddon is participating in an exciting project called Design for Care. The project is being led by researchers and psychologists from Curtin University (Perth) and the University of Sydney. This project will help us better understand how to support wellbeing in the aged care sector and provide you with an even better employee experience.

We will be at Whiddon Narrabri Robert Young from 2pm on Thursday 30 June and encourage you to come and speak to us in person about the benefits of the Design for Care project!

We also have a video for you which you can watch here: Design for Care

23 June 2022

Whiddon is participating in an exciting project called Design for Care. The project is being led by researchers and psychologists from Curtin University (Perth) and the University of Sydney. This project will help us better understand how to support wellbeing in the aged care sector and provide you with an even better employee experience.

We will be at Whiddon Narrabri Jessie Hunt from 2pm on Thursday 30 June and encourage you to come and speak to us in person about the benefits of the Design for Care project!

We also have a video for you which you can watch here: Design for Care

23 June 2022

Whiddon is participating in an exciting project called Design for Care. The project is being led by researchers and psychologists from Curtin University (Perth) and the University of Sydney. This project will help us better understand how to support wellbeing in the aged care sector and provide you with an even better employee experience.

We will be at Whiddon Moree from 10am on Thursday 30 June and encourage you to come and speak to us in person about the benefits of the Design for Care project!

We also have a video for you which you can watch here: Design for Care

23 June 2022

Whiddon is participating in an exciting project called Design for Care. The project is being led by researchers and psychologists from Curtin University (Perth) and the University of Sydney. This project will help us better understand how to support wellbeing in the aged care sector and provide you with an even better employee experience.

We will be at Whiddon Temora from 10am on Tuesday 28 June and encourage you to come and speak to us in person about the benefits of the Design for Care project!

We also have a video for you which you can watch here: Design for Care

22 June 2022

Dear Whiddon Beaudesert Star Families,

We are excited to advise that we will be having some planned works in the car park from Friday 24 June to Monday 27 June.

These works include;

• Line marking of the drive way from the main entrance to the reception area
• Line marking of the car park/spaces in this area
• Pressure cleaning

As a result, please find the dates and times below where the drive way will be partially used and the car park completely closed.

• Friday 24^th June 2022 – Driveway partially closed and car park fully closed between 7am and Midday

• Monday 27^th June 2022 – Driveway partially closed and car park fully closed between 7am and 3pm

We apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your assistance to ensure these works are completed.

Thank you all,

Beth K (Interim DCS)

22 June 2022

Since our last update, we are pleased to share that there have been no residents or employees testing positive to COVID. Level 1 and our Dementia Secure Unit, Mallam continue to be in red zones with positive COVID cases. For now, visitation to the Level 1 and Mallam is limited to one nominated partner-in-care. Partners-in-care may be asked to wear additional PPE at this time such as a face shield. Please refrain from visiting if you are unwell.

We are continuing to work closely with the local Public Health Unity and following their advice to manage this outbreak.

Please note, this does not impact Whiddon Easton Park – Arthur Webb Court, Taylor House or Sir David Martin.

We want to also remind you that all visits must be pre-booked. All visitors are required to complete a rapid antigen test as a condition of entry and wear an N95 mask.

We will provide a further update next week.

20 June 2022

Please note that Quality Assessors from the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission are onsite at Easton Park from today, for four days. This visit is part of the re-accreditation process. Please be mindful that our teams onsite will be working with the Assessors over the next four days.

The Quality Assessors will be visiting our Sir David Martin building and Taylor House building (excluding Coates Wing).

If you would like to speak with the assessors that are onsite, you can make a booking to do so on 02 9827 6735. Bookings are essential and our COVID-19 visitation requirements and considerations apply, to help keep everyone safe.

Alternatively, you can contact the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission direct on 1800 951 822 and select option 2 when prompted. You can also provide feedback via an online survey at https://www.agedcarequality.gov.au/consumer-feedback (to open the survey, use the code 0243).

For more information visit www.agedcarequality.gov.au

18 June 2022

We have been informed that an employee at Whiddon Narrabri Robert Young has tested positive to COVID-19.

This is a low risk of exposure to residents. For now, there have been no changes to visitations.

All visitations must be pre-booked, and visitors will be required to wear N95 masks and conduct a Rapid Antigen Test prior to entry.

We will provide a further update if anything changes.

17 June 2022

Since our last update, we have unfortunately had multiple residents test positive to COVID in our John Read House. All residents in John Read House will undergo PCR testing based on the advice of the local Public Health Unit.

The families of the residents have been notified. For now, visitation to John Read House is limited to one nominated partner-in-care. Bookings must be made with our admin clerks. Partners-in-care may be asked to wear additional PPE at this time such as a face shield. Please refrain from visiting if you are unwell.

Please note that this does not impact the visitation arrangements currently in place at Keppel House.

We will provide another update once we know more.