Lourdes Village – Octo Ber 2020 Edition
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Lourdes Village – Octo ber 2020 Edition Photo of an Agave at Solitary Islands Resort in Wooli Photo taken by Jody Munro VILLAGE MANAGEMENT OFFICE Phone: (02) 6584 3515 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0418 435 518 Editor’s Words Dear Residents …. Welcome to the October 2020 Issue of the Village Newsletter … It is imperative that we still adhere to safe practices to ensure the health and safety of all residents at Lourdes Village regarding COVID-19. NSW School Holidays commenced on 29th September to 5th October 2020 and Port Macquarie is one of Australia’s most popular holiday destinations and I believe there will be more people out and about town. If you are visiting or plan to have visitors from an identified Coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspot, you are advised to cancel these plans. Whilst there are currently no active cases within our Local Government area (LGA), we are receiving advice daily from NSW Public Health regarding the increased amount of Local Government Areas within NSW that are to be included in restrictions from Aged Care facilities. As you know, the elderly community is one of the vulnerable groups that are at most risk of serious infection by COVID-19. It is important that residents and families remain vigilant to help prevent the spread of the virus by supporting the measures we are taking to protect our residents. The link for listed outbreak areas is included in this edition of the village newsletter. Village Office staff organised a movie afternoon to watch ‘Downton Abbey The Movie’ in the John Worner Centre on Tuesday, 22nd September. Eleven residents attended which was fantastic. The Village Office anticipate arranging another movie afternoon in October. Watch out for a flyer in your letterbox! Coffee Shop commenced on Friday, 25th September in the John Worner Centre hosted by Village Office staff. It was well attended with sixteen residents enjoying the Sue Hollis’ home-made sweets. Come along every Friday at 10am and enjoy Coffee Shop. The new Village Walking Group will commence on Thursday, 1st October and will continue weekly on a Thursday morning. Please phone the Village Office on 6584 3515 if you are interested in joining the group. The IGA grocery on-line ordering system continues as an option for village residents, along with the Newspaper/ Magazine delivery. Village residents may not have the capacity to complete an on-line order and can have their order submitted by the Village Office on your behalf. There has been a change to the cut-off time for submitting on-line orders to the Village Office. ON-LINE ORDERS MUST NOW BE RECEIVED IN THE VILLAGE OFFICE BY 11:00AM ON MONDAY MORNINGS. Residents are encouraged to utilise the on-line shopping initiative. Staff are always very happy to assist you in anyway possible. Please phone the Village Office for further information. The St Agnes Care and Lifestyle bus has been available twice a week on a trial period, for Lourdes Village residents to be transported to St Agostina Café. Due to lack of numbers on a Fridays, the decision has been made for the Catholic Care of the Aged bus to transport Lourdes Village residents to St Agostina Café once a week on a Tuesday. The Village Office will be closed on Monday, 5th October 2020 for the Labour Day Public Holiday. Residents have received the 2020 Resident Survey for completion. Your insight and feedback is appreciated as it will ensure services provided are of the highest quality. Please return the questionnaire by Tuesday 6th October 2020. I hope you enjoy browsing through this latest edition of Lourdes Village Newsletter. Please stay safe, healthy and continue to look after yourselves. Daylight saving begins at 2:00am on Jody, Editor Sunday, 4th October 2020. REMEMBER TO put your clocks forward one hour before going to bed. Save the Date MARK YOUR DIARIES! EARLY CHRISTMAS BINGO Residents from Lourdes Village and St Agnes Village are invited to come along and enjoy a fun-filled morning. Sue Hollis will be hosting Early Christmas Bingo on Tuesday, 27th October 2020 in the Tenison Woods Centre from 10:00am to 11:30am. The cost will be $5.00 which includes morning tea. Lots of prizes to be won! Book early as there is limited numbers. Please phone the Village Office to RSVP on rd 6584 3515 by Friday, 23 October 2020. ArtWalk is an initiative of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Email: [email protected] Phone: (02) 6581 8111 After hours: (02) 6583 2225 Reminder to Residents REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE For all general maintenance requests and after hours’ emergency maintenance requests, residents can call 1300 522 511 or email the details to [email protected] (24 hours a day 7 days a week). When calling after hours or on a weekend, please stay on the phone to listen to the procedure. DO NOT HANG UP! If life or structure is in danger, call triple zero (000). INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (COMPUTER) GROUP VISITOR LOG Our Computer Group gives residents the Village residents have previously been provided opportunity to discover a wealth of with copies of a Visitor Log, to keep a record of information on the everyday use of any visitors that attend your premises, including computers. If you have any questions on family members, tradesmen, healthcare workers, computers that you would like answered, service providers etc. please come along to our Computer Group If you require extra copies of the Visitor Log, at the Tenison Woods Centre on a Thursday please phone the Village Office and we will morning at 10:00am with resident tutor, provide you with more copies. In the interests of David Burr. We have three under-utilised your health and well-being, and the village computers for you to use, or you can bring community, I would encourage you to keep this your own laptop. For further information, log up-to-date. either visit staff at the Village Office or phone 6584 3515. As the warmer month’s approach, the frequency of snake sightings increases. Several species of venomous and non-venomous snakes inhabit the NSW Mid North Coast. Approximately 550 people in Australia are admitted to public hospitals with snake bites each year. During the period of January 2000 to December 2016 there were 35 deaths recorded by the National Coronial Information Service attributed to snake bite. Almost three-quarters of the 35 victims were male, and 20% were bitten while trying to pick up or kill a snake. The brown snake, found across most of eastern Australia from the desert to the coast, was responsible for 23 of these deaths. Avoid Snake Bites Leave snakes alone particularly if they have been provoked or if they are injured. Wear appropriate clothing, boots and gloves in known snake areas. Avoid putting your hands where you can’t see them such as under rocks or sheets of tin, always keep your eyes on the path and watch where you are walking. Snakes are protected fauna so it is illegal to kill them. Snakes are best left alone. Emergency Response If a snake is found in your yard and is unable to escape from the area, evacuate the immediate area. Warn others in the area of the snake’s presence and report it immediately to CHL so that arrangements can be made to contact a snake handler to have it safely relocated. If possible, try to maintain visual contact with the snake so it can be easily located for capture and removal. First Aid For all snake bites, provide emergency care including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if needed. Call triple zero (000) for an ambulance. Apply a pressure immobilisation bandage and keep the person calm and as still as possible until medical help arrives. Avoid washing the bite area because any venom left on the skin can help identify the snake. DO NOT apply a tourniquet, cut the wound or attempt to suck the venom out. Resident News CONGRATULATIONS Living Lines Are Never Straight by St Agnes Village Best wishes to residents resident, Barbara Westwood, has recently been celebrating birthdays. published. We wish residents who are ‘These are poems of very experiencing poor health thoughtful observation. a speedy recovery. Glimpses of the natural world, We extend our condolences to they are also more than that because, together and variously, residents who have lost a loved one. May Our Lord they raise issues of bless and comfort you interrelationship and belonging. and your family during Barbara Orlowska-Westwood this time of grief. exhibits a fine delicacy of touch, placing specific moments and images within the Gardening Requests larger context of their value and meaning across time, the longer view as it were, with its continuing The Gardening Book which was located measure of significance. There is much to admire in at the John Worner Centre has been this poetry of trim lines and short stanzas.’* removed. Phoning gardening requests to the Village Office has proved much Please contact the Village Office on 6584 3515 for better, and we have decided not to further information on how to purchase a signed keep a book in the hall. copy of Barbara’s book. Any gardening request, please phone * Synopsis Living Lines Are Never Straight Brian Edwards the Village Office on 6584 3515. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update Latest COVID-19 case locations in NSW - Last updated: 30 September 2020 Confirmed COVID-19 cases are associated with the following locations and have been classified by NSW Health for action. This information will be updated if further locations are identified.