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Hello everyone,

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week! Here’s what we’ve been up to here at Whiddon Moree:

• We celebrated the birthday of resident Phillip Tooth.
• We held a family meeting on the 19th of May which was very informative and productive. Thank you to everyone who attended
• We have secured a barber to come into our home. This will commence on Tuesday 25th of May
• We have also secured a beautician who will be commencing on Wednesday the 26th of May
• We have held numerous activities including craft, skittles, bowls and church services
• We will be holding a morning tea for Reconciliation Day on the 28th of May at 10.30am We’d love to invite you all along to attend. Please reach out if you can make it so we can let our catering team know.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks,
Martha Rowe
Director Care Services – Whiddon Moree

Hi there,

Below is important information on how to book your COVID vaccination at the Vaccination Hubs in Sydney. Please remember to provide proof of vaccination (both COVID & Fluvax) to your manager.

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18 May 2021

Visitor restrictions update

We’re pleased to share that NSW Health has advised the restrictions to visitors coming into residential aged care homes within the Greater Sydney area, including metropolitan Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong have been removed.

As a reminder to all visitors, please postpone your visits into any of our Whiddon care homes if you:

• have been to any close or casual contact locations in NSW or interstate places of high concern
• have COVID-19 symptoms – fever (37. 5°C or higher) or symptoms of COVID-19
• are a close contact of a person with confirmed COVID-19 and are within their self-isolation period
• live in a household with a person who is currently self-isolating
• are waiting for a COVID-19 test result

Please remember to make a booking before visiting and to ensure you check in by scanning the QR code available in reception areas. This is still mandatory for all visitors. 

11 May 2021

Please be advised that we have received advice that Whiddon Grafton residents who have chosen to have the COVID-19 vaccine will be given their first of dose of the vaccine on Monday, 17 May.

We will be advising residents of this date. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Sandra Osborne, Director Care Services – Whiddon Grafton.

10 May 2021

Outbreak Update

We are pleased to advise that our home is now out of lockdown. If you intend on visiting our home, please be aware that you will need to:

• have your temperature checked before entering
• advise if you have been to any known hotspot locations
• postpone your visit if you do have any flu-like symptoms to reduce the likely spread of any flu-like illnesses.

Visitor restrictions update

In light of the unfolding COVID-19 situation in Sydney, NSW Health has advised that the visitor restrictions announced last week have been extended for further seven days. This applies to Whiddon Easton Park and Whiddon Hornsby.

Visitors must not enter any aged care facility in NSW at all if they:

• have been to any close or casual contact locations in NSW or interstate places of high concern
• have COVID-19 symptoms – fever (37. 5°C or higher) or symptoms of COVID-19
• are a close contact of a person with confirmed COVID-19 and are within their self-isolation period
• live in a household with a person who is currently self-isolating
• are waiting for a COVID-19 test result

Please ensure you don’t visit if you are unwell, stay 1.5 m from others and practice good hand hygiene.

The Chief Health Officer is advising all residential aged care facilities in NSW to implement electronic check-in systems to support efficient contact tracing if positive COVID-19 cases were to occur in a facility. Please remember to check in when visiting by scanning the QR code available in reception areas.

10 May 2021

Visitor restrictions update

In light of the unfolding COVID-19 situation in Sydney, NSW Health has advised that the visitor restrictions announced last week have been extended for further seven days. This applies to Whiddon Easton Park and Whiddon Hornsby.

Visitors must not enter any aged care facility in NSW at all if they:

• have been to any close or casual contact locations in NSW or interstate places of high concern
• have COVID-19 symptoms – fever (37. 5°C or higher) or symptoms of COVID-19
• are a close contact of a person with confirmed COVID-19 and are within their self-isolation period
• live in a household with a person who is currently self-isolating
• are waiting for a COVID-19 test result

Please ensure you don’t visit if you are unwell, stay 1.5 m from others and practice good hand hygiene.

The Chief Health Officer is advising all residential aged care facilities in NSW to implement electronic check-in systems to support efficient contact tracing if positive COVID-19 cases were to occur in a facility. Please remember to check in when visiting by scanning the QR code available in reception areas.

10 May 2021

Visitor restrictions update

As announced over the weekend, NSW Health has advised that the current restrictions to visitors coming into residential aged care homes within the Greater Sydney area, including metropolitan Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong have been extended for a further seven days. This applies to Whiddon Easton Park and Whiddon Hornsby. Visitors must wear a mask and will be required to have their temperature checked before entering our home.

Visitors must not enter any aged care facility in NSW at all if they:

• have been to any close or casual contact locations in NSW or interstate places of high concern
• have COVID-19 symptoms – fever (37. 5°C or higher) or symptoms of COVID-19
• are a close contact of a person with confirmed COVID-19 and are within their self-isolation period
• live in a household with a person who is currently self-isolating
• are waiting for a COVID-19 test result

Please ensure you don’t visit if you are unwell, stay 1.5 m from others and practice good hand hygiene.

The Chief Health Officer is advising all residential aged care facilities in NSW to implement electronic check-in systems to support efficient contact tracing if positive COVID-19 cases were to occur in a facility. Please remember to check in when visiting by scanning the QR code available in reception areas.

10 May 2021

Visitor restrictions update

As announced over the weekend, NSW Health has advised that the current restrictions to visitors coming into residential aged care homes within the Greater Sydney area, including metropolitan Sydney, Nepean Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong have been extended for a further seven days. This applies to Whiddon Easton Park and Whiddon Hornsby. Visitors must wear a mask and will be required to have their temperature checked before entering our home.

Visitors must not enter any aged care facility in NSW at all if they:

• have been to any close or casual contact locations in NSW or interstate places of high concern
• have COVID-19 symptoms – fever (37. 5°C or higher) or symptoms of COVID-19
• are a close contact of a person with confirmed COVID-19 and are within their self-isolation period
• live in a household with a person who is currently self-isolating
• are waiting for a COVID-19 test result

Please ensure you don’t visit if you are unwell, stay 1.5 m from others and practice good hand hygiene.

The Chief Health Officer is advising all residential aged care facilities in NSW to implement electronic check-in systems to support efficient contact tracing if positive COVID-19 cases were to occur in a facility. Please remember to check in when visiting by scanning the QR code available in reception areas. If you don’t have a smart phone, please use the iPad that is available at Reception.

Visiting Easton Park

We would also like to remind families, friends and visitors to abide by the speed limits within our campus. At any given time, we often have employees and residents walking around our campus and we ask you ensure to keep to the speed limits at all times.

Case Conferences

If at any time you would like to discuss your loved ones care, please feel free to make contact with a team member so that we can organise a Case Conference with you.

Reminder to book your visits

Please be reminded to book in before you visit.

For Arthur Webb Court bookings phone: 02 9827 6725
For Easton Park Units bookings phone: 02 9827 6735
For Sir David Martin bookings phone: 02 9827 6666
For Taylor House bookings phone: 02 9827 6774

An update from Martha, Director Care Services – Whiddon Moree 

Hello everyone,

We’ve had a lot going on this week and I wanted to take the opportunity to share what’s been going on at our home.

In regards to the recent respiratory outbreak, we do not yet have a classification of the strain, however we have had no new cases today and are continuing to work with the Public Health Unit.

While we cannot stop families and visitors from coming in at the moment, we would like to try and limit activity within our home as much as possible for now. The Public Health Unit have advised that there are numerous respiratory strains within the wider community of Moree, and we want to ensure our residents and employees are kept as safe as possible.

All residents are in good spirits.

In addition, here is a summary of other exciting events that have been happening in our home:

1. We celebrated two resident birthdays.
2. We have welcomed 2 new physiotherapists, Schweta and Dax, who will be with us 4 days a week.  This will enable us to increase our physiotherapy services to our residents which we are very excited about!
3. We have held church services, skittles, bowls, music sessions and art therapy classes to keep our residents engaged and participating in the things they love.
4. A reminder that we will be holding a family meeting on the 19^th of May at 5.30pm.  Please RSVP by 17th May by calling 02 6752 9200 if you would like to attend.

I hope you have a wonderful and safe weekend and I encourage you to please do reach out to me if you have any concerns.

Martha Rowe
Director Care Services

We have received advice today, 23rd December from NSW Health regarding the current COVID-19 situation. As a result of the current cluster in the Northern Beaches, our initial COVID-safe Christmas Plans have had to be amended. There have been no cases of COVID-19 at any of Whiddon’s care homes.

Until at least Wednesday, 30 December 2020 the following directives are in place:

• Up to two visitors per day are permitted to visit residents in residential aged care facilities in Greater Sydney (including local Government areas of Central Coast and Wollongong). Visitors from the Northern Beaches LGA are excluded.
• All staff and visitors must wear a mask in the care facilities

If visits can be delayed and a later festive gathering organised, we do encourage you to consider this if possible.

Outings and Excursions

Residents from residential aged care facilities in Greater Sydney should not leave the facility to attend family gatherings and group excursions unless the visit is essential (such as a medical appointment).

If a resident makes a decision to leave the facility to attend a family gathering or excursion, it is a requirement for the resident  to go into 14-day self-isolation upon return.

Our teams have already been working on putting plans into place that will allow residents to connect with their families on Christmas Day. From Skype and Zoom sessions, to phone calls, and across some of our homes we are able to facilitate risk-free visits. Please speak to our team to organise your session.

Please also keep in mind that these measures are directives from NSW Health. Our teams are working extremely hard to keep our residents happy and engaged, with an extra focus on Christmas Day.

If you do have any questions, please call 1300 738 388.