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Christadelphian Aged Care A U T U M N N E W S L E T T E R
RIDGEVIEW Address: 95 Daintree Drive, Albion Park NSW 2527
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Come, said the leaves to the wind one day, Come o’er the meadows and we will play. Put on your dresses
Scarlet and Gold For Summer is gone and the days grow cold. - George Eliot nnn
“God makes everything beautiful in its time” Ecclesiastes 3:11
Phone: (02) 4235 7600 Email: admin@chomes.com.au
Manager’s Message
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Welcome to Ridgeview Dear Residents and Families, I would firstly like to thank all the Residents and Family members for their support over the past 3 months while I have settled into Ridgeview Aged Care as the Facility Manager. We have had some significant changes over this time starting with a change in the management team and the management structure. Karen Fleming was recently appointed as the Care Manager at Ridgeview Aged Care and we are privileged to have someone with her extensive experience in the Aged Care Sector assisting me in ensuring we are meeting the needs of the Residents and their families. The Clinical management team, now called the Care and Compliance Team, has been restructured to ensure that we are focussing on a more proactive approach to the provision of care and ensuring compliance with care requirements. This team will commence coordinating more family meetings so we can identify from you things we are doing well and things we can improve and we encourage you to contact us to arrange a conference with the Care and Compliance Team. Karlene Hlis who you would all know well has expanded her role and is assisting the management team in ensuring the corporate requirements of the site are being met. Sunny Peiris recently joined the Ridgeview Team as the Diversional Therapist, overseeing our Leisure and Lifestyle program at the site. This has provided us the ability to review our current programs, expanding our options and developing new look calendars. Feedback regarding the programs we offer and how we can expand on our current programs is greatly appreciated, so please do not hesitate to let us know if you have some ideas. We have commenced a number of new initiatives at the site and you would have seen some changes to the way in which we are approaching care of our residents and we are constantly reviewing and refining processes to ensure that we are providing quality care to our residents. The summer was a lovely one, although the heat was at times a little stifling. We had many a BBQ , and we had a lovely Christmas party which was attended by our CEO, Ross Peden where we officially opened the Tranquillity Garden in the Sunshine area for our Dementia residents. The staff dedicated many hours to developing the garden and we were graced with two baby doves who were living in the tree and who looked on while Ross cut the ribbon. It was a beautiful day and I have had lots of lovely feedback from family and friends regarding the day, so a big thank you to all the staff and volunteers who assisted. Please do come and have a look at the garden, the Tranquillity Garden sign will be erected over the next couple of weeks. continued over page