Current Status: Green

Visitor Update 

After three years of managing the COVID-19 pandemic, with strict access rules, we have decided to follow other health services and will be adopting a risk-based approach to COVID-19 controls, effective Monday 28 August 2023.
Following external benchmarking, and internal consultation with our Operational Management Team, we will move to a traffic-light system to assign either a Green, Amber or Red status that informs actions to be taken by staff/volunteers and visitors.
The colour assigned will depend on various elements of what is happening with COVID in our community, patients, and/or number of staff affected.
These actions will sit outside our internal rigorous controls for any suspected or positive COVID patients.
Today’s message is about the visitor rules to the HOSPITAL BUILDING and what it means during different colours.

ALL colours

2 visitors per patient at a time, for up to 2 hours

NO visiting if symptomatic

Hand sanitise, sign in and out at reception

GREEN

No RA Testing,

surgical masks are optional,

visiting hours between 0930am – 7pm hours daily.

AMBER

No RA Testing,

no visiting to respiratory cases in isolation,

surgical mask to visit others,

visiting hours between 0930am – 7pm hours daily.

RED

RA Testing required,

no visiting to respiratory cases in isolation,

N95’s to visit others,

visiting hours reduced to between 0930 – 1130am and 5-7pm only

We anticipate being GREEN on Monday, but as this may change at any point it may be worth checking our website or face book page  (status to be pinned to top).

Thank you, Paul

Positive Ageing Service (PAS)

The Positive Ageing Service (PAS) is a free Advocacy and Allied Health service available to anyone over the age of 65 years or over 50 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

PAS focuses on supporting people with the transition into their senior years.

PAS can help people in a few different ways:

• Help people to understand and access aged care, health and community services like My Aged Care.
• Support people to maintain or establish social connections
• Support people to access activities that interest them
• Support people with their balance or increase their movement
• Support people to maintain a healthy diet and understand their nutritional needs

The Positive Ageing Advocate is available 4 days per week, alongside a social worker, dietician and exercise physiologist.

The Positive Ageing Service is located at the Community Health Centre, with services also able to be provided in a person’s own home.

Cost: This service is free of charge.

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