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Christadelphian Aged Care W I N T E R N E W S L E T T E R
ASHBURN HOUSE
Address: 20-34 Ashburn Place, Gladesville Phone: (02) 8876 9200
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Email: admin@chomes.com.au
Managers Message
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Welcome to Ashburn House
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. nnn
Gal 5:22-23
Hi Everyone, Where has the time gone, it is hard to believe winter is here. On behalf of the residents, relatives and staff at Ashburn House I would like to thank all our Volunteers who contribute so much to the home. We celebrated Volunteers Week with a lovely lunch at St George Sailing Club to formally thank all the volunteers across all CAC Homes. We also celebrated National Nurses Day with a lunch and prizes for our staff, to recognize and thank them for there hard work and input. There have been many activities throughout the past couple of months which I am sure Libby will include in her section. Just a reminder to keep your relatives Medicare and Pension Cards up to date and provide copies or the originals to the Home so we can update our records and the pharmacy systems. If we do not have current Medicare/Pension Cards it means that residents will be charged for Pathology etc. services. The proposed Budget has been released and it affects many people. The changes to Pensions, Health Care and Aged Care are areas that will affect the aged population. New requirements to enter Aged Care will come into effect 1/7/2014. This will mean that it becomes a more user pay system. People entering Aged Care will be required to pay Bonds at all levels (the exception being those who have no assets at all) plus higher daily fees. The Government subsidy will be reduced by these amounts to the Homes. This means the Homes do not receive more money then they do now. Just a reminder that we supply hand sanitiser at all entrances and outside the lifts for visitors and staff to use, this helps prevent spreading of germs. There is an outbreak of Gastroenteritis in the community as well as the Flu and cold bugs, so please make use of these dispensers to protect our residents and yourselves. Please use when entering and leaving the building. We all strive to make life at Ashburn House as pleasant as possible for both residents and relatives and welcome any suggestions that can help improve our service. Please see myself or Cora if you have any concerns or suggestions to improve our home. That’s all for now, Barbara Walsh
“Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others� - Philippians 2:4