Cobdenhealth in Cobden, Victoria | Retirement and care home

Cobdenhealth

Locality: Cobden, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5595 3100

Address: 5 Victoria Street 3266 Cobden, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.cobdenhealth.org.au/

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25.01.2022 Exercises Bingo Walks around Tandarook Park Tovertafel Home made pizza... Celebrating International Men’s Day Christmas crafts Flower arranging Happy Saturday We hope you have a fantastic weekend.

24.01.2022 Aged Care Employee Day, a special day to celebrate those working in a very rewarding and challenging field. A wonderful tribute to care workers today from Minister Richard Colbeck, courtesy of Leading Age Services Australia Once again, happy Aged Care Employee day to the wonderful nurses and care staff far and wide.

24.01.2022 On behalf of the Cobdenhealth Board of Management, staff & residents, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for a healthy, happy, and peaceful 2021.

24.01.2022 IMPORTANT UPDATE RE: VISITING We appreciate your compliance with Cobdenhealths updated visiting guidelines, to assist us in keeping our community safe through these unprecedented times.

23.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all of the magnificent dads out there. The first Fathers Day for CEO Evan with baby Mollie. Weve had another great week with exercises, bingo, arts and crafts, making new personalised door signs, and special celebrations for all the men of Cobdenhealth. ... A big happy 90th birthday to long time Cobdenhealth volunteer & Mens Shed member, Kevin.

23.01.2022 Another fun week at Cobdenhealth, heres just a few of the things we got up to... we watched the Maggie Beer Bread & Butter Pudding with an Orange Twist video & got cooking! Pizza making... Scrapbooking Cookie decorating Bingo Friday film: Mrs Miniver with ice cream, popcorn & milkshakes! Exercises (to work off our Friday Film snacks) & ! - .

22.01.2022 Yesterday, our residents with chef Gayle up Gabriel Gats famous Rhubarb & Strawberry Fool, but with a special little twist... champagne! It got everyones tick of approval, but none better than that of Rostering Officer, Wendy! Look at that face! Thanks to Greavesys Fruit n Veg Terang for the amazing produce. Some of us couldnt resist sneaking a strawberry before they made it to the pan. ... Music credit: Whip It - DeVo

21.01.2022 The Cobdenhealth Home Care Packages department would like to extend their deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Sam Daly, who sadly passed away last week. Sam was a provider of lawn-mowing and gardening services to our Home Care Package clients and was well liked, respected and valued by all. He was a lovely young man and a very hard worker. Sam would go above and beyond to ensure that the elderly of our community were always well looked after. He will be sorely miss...ed. Thanks Sam and Rest In Peace. From the HCP team; Leanne Unwin, Paula Regan, Marie Jones, Sandra Mason, and the staff of Cobdenhealth.

20.01.2022 A great start to the week at Cobdenhealth, with knitting, baking, flower arranging, exercises, card making, letter writing and loads of laughs! We hope everyone is keeping safe, well, warm and dry.

20.01.2022 What a beautiful way to end the week. Lots of fun & exciting activities, and Cobdenhealth went yellow for Daffodil Day yesterday. Thankyou to Di from Bendigo Bank for the yellow piggy banks!

19.01.2022 From R U OK day pizza lunch on Thursday (thanks Cobden BP Roadhouse), to birthday celebrations for Bonnie & Peter! Weve had another fabulous week here at Cobdenhealth and we hope you have, too!

19.01.2022 Visiting hours extended to 9am-5pm daily!

19.01.2022 Cobdenhealth employs over 130 staff with roles in nursing, hotel services, home care and corporate services... and today, we celebrate each and every one of them. Aged Care Employee Days motto this year is Thanks for Caring - something that Aged Care Employees do every day. Its especially important for us to recognise the importance of Aged Care Employees in these challenging times. ... Heres a small video of appreciation to our team here at Cobdenhealth - youre incredible. #AgedCareEmployeeDay #agedcareaustralia #agedcareemployeeday2020 #thanksforcaring

19.01.2022 Stage 3 Restrictions in Victoria. Please help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Do the right thing. Were all in this together.... See more

18.01.2022 ! Halfway through 2020 already... We had a lot of fun this week, heres just a few of the activities... ... Watched National Velvet with all the cinema snacks! Exercises Noughts & Crosses Manicures & pedicures Bingo Tile painting Western movies on repeat for Jack & Jeff

18.01.2022 Finally, we have the pleasure of announcing that visiting is re-commencing tomorrow! Please see the below outlining the visiting guidelines, and share amongst your friends and family. Our residents can’t wait to see their loved ones!

18.01.2022 We hope youre having as good a week as we are here at Cobdenhealth! Celebrations, singing, dancing... happy days!

18.01.2022 VISITING UPDATE - PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR VISIT No mask, no visit. In light of new directive from the State Government & Commonwealth Department of Heal...th, all staff & visitors are required to wear face masks. If you have access to a mask, please wear it upon entry of Cobdenhealth. Disposable masks will be available from reception, but maybe subject to availability. No mask, no visit. Cobdenhealth is asking that, in the best interest of our staff, residents and wider community, if you can have a virtual visit rather than calling in to see your loved ones, please do. Virtual Visits are still available via Facebook Messenger, Skype and FaceTime at any time. Message our Facebook page for more information. Updates to follow next week.

17.01.2022 We enjoyed some time doing the things we love at Cobdenhealth last week, heres just a few pics of what we got up to... Birthday celebrations for Bev Bingo Baking... Puzzles Pizza making Exercises Country week Music by resident, Shane Western movies Luise went to the Warm Water poor for a dip Lemon picking for next weeks baking (...and delicious fresh lemonade!) Refurbishing an old seat for the front of the Cobdenhealth facility. Please keep an eye on our Facebook page for more information about our visiting guidelines, as we anticipate these will be changing soon. As stated Friday evening, we are now unable to allow visitors to Cobdenhealth, if they arent wearing a face mask. Please help us keep your loved ones safe. Virtual visits ARE available, and are preferred where possible over physical visits.

17.01.2022 What a huge week we had at Cobdenhealth! NAIDOC week We celebrated the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with activities such as dot paintings & crafts, cooking damper, and watching the Gurrumul documentary. ... Remembrance Day We learned that Meryl was a radio signal controller in WW2, Peter spent some time checking out the beautiful Remembrance Day artwork and reflecting on his service, we held a minutes’ silence & wore our poppies for our those who lost their lives through wars & conflicts. Exercises Finally we could hit the Fitness Centre again! Setting goals and making plans for our gym sessions, Luise was ecstatic to be back in the warm water pool, and of course we held our normal exercise groups. Birthday celebrations Hairdresser visit Table games, and playing on our new Tovertafel Visits from our friends & loved ones.

17.01.2022 Melbourne Cup Day celebrations at Cobdenhealth this past week, with a special (and divine) high tea made by our awesome kitchen staff! Exercises. A visit from the hairdressers. Lots of visitors.

16.01.2022 First of all, we would like to say a big thank you to Erich Wagner for making our giant Noughts and Crosses board! The Cobdenhealth Residents had fun from sanding, undercoating it and top coating it! We cant wait to give it a go over the weekend. The residents also enjoyed a range of activities planned by our Leisure & Lifestyle team, including... Walks around Cobden Music by in-house musicians, Shane, Karen, Vic, and Lenny (the physiotherapist!) Local horses came to visit the residents! (Thank you Kelly!) Lots of games Arts & crafts Bingo Exercises Gardening - check out our carrots! We also got to enjoy some more delicious meals cooked by our kitchen crew. Another special thanks goes to all of the Cobdenhealth staff, volunteers & visitors. We are grateful for the continual support shown to Cobdenhealth each and every day! Have a happy & safe weekend everyone!

14.01.2022 Cobdenhealths response to the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 in South West Victoria. 20-07-2020 Given the increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in South West Victoria, Cobdenhealth has made the tough executive decision to commence lockdown of our residential aged care facilities.... What does this mean? From 6.30PM tonight, until further notice, no visitors will be permitted to enter Cobdenhealths residential aged care facilities. It is imperative that we, as an organisation, give our residents, staff, volunteers and community the greatest chance of remaining protected against contraction of COVID-19. We will continue to offer virtual visits through Facebook Messenger (add Cobdenhealth Residents), FaceTime and Skype. We understand that there may be circumstances where a contact visit is necessary, these will be determined on a case-by-case basis in consultation with Evan Hill (CEO/DON) and Cristina Cardile (Clinical Care Manager). Help us keep your loved ones safe. What about the staff? In line with State Government and Department of Health advice, it is mandatory for all staff entering into aged care to wear a face mask, these will be supplied by the organisation. Staff temperatures will continue to be checked and recorded daily. Any staff who have had recent contact with a suspected or known case of COVID-19 must inform the organisation immediately, and may be required to isolate. Staff who work across multiple facilities, will no longer be able to do so to reduce the possibility of compromising multiple facilities. Staff presenting with flu-like symptoms must stay at home and seek medical advice. Staff who work in the community cannot visit the homes of people at risk. We have limited or cancelled non-essential meetings and training events. We have asked our volunteers to take a short break from volunteering at Cobdenhealth. We will continue to post updates as the situation changes. Please stay safe. If you have any questions, queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone (03) 5595 3100 or via email [email protected]

14.01.2022 A couple local horses trotted over to Cobdenhealth to say hay earlier this week... Weve been exercising and bowling too. Check back for more photos soon!

14.01.2022 Restricted visiting to resume at Cobdenhealth... Good times ahead!

13.01.2022 Cobdenhealth is aware that there have been confirmed positive COVID-19 case/s in the Corangamite Shire. We wish to advise that Cobdenhealth is continuing our stringent precautionary measures to keep our residents, staff and wider community safe, as a top priority. Stay safe.

13.01.2022 Check out these awesome snaps of some of our residents!

12.01.2022 Super excited for tomorrow’s visit from our friends at Wiribunda Wellness

11.01.2022 S 25 2020 Our week! We finished painting the new bench seat for the front of the Cobdenhealth facility (in Cobdenhealth colours, of course!)... Bingo with some great prizes Table tennis Exercises We watched the movie Red Dog in Heytesbury Lodge - with cinema snacks & celebrated Graces birthday! Said farewell to Veronica, a valued member of our nursing team. Just a snippet of what weve been up to this past week.

10.01.2022 What a fabulous week, jam packed full of activities for everyone to enjoy! Heres some photos of what we got up to...... Table tennis Clay crafts Baking - Sable Bretons (French Butter Biscuits) for Bastille Day, yo-yo biscuits, meringues & a chocolate caramel slice! Exercises Walks in Tandarook Park Sing-a-long with volunteer, Ros Hayman on the piano Bingo letter writing to our Tech School Pen Pals Puzzles Musical themed movies Noughts & Crosses

10.01.2022 Smiles all ‘round this week with the Christmas Long Lunch in Lovely Banks, a chance for everyone to catch up after the crazy year we have had.... one very special guest even made an appearance! Thankyou to the wonderful and talented Ros for playing Christmas carols on the piano in the afternoon for the residents and staff to enjoy. We had loads of activities, walks out in the sunshine, and exercises at the Fitness Centre, too.... Did you see our new tree? Check out our post from earlier this week! A special thanks to one of our volunteers, Sheryl. Sheryl volunteers with Cobdenhealth’s Leisure & Lifestyle team. She has a beautiful, caring nature, infectious laugh, and plans some awesome activities for our residents (plus, she’s pretty crafty!). Thanks for your support, Sheryl.

10.01.2022 Happy birthday, Poppy! Thanks for celebrating your special day with us.

10.01.2022 COVID-19 explainer on masks: who should wear them, when and how

09.01.2022 Want to join the team here at Cobdenhealth? An opportunity exists for the right person to join our Hotel Services team! Applications close this Sunday at 5pm.... More information & a copy of the position description can be found on our website. https://www.cobdenhealth.org.au/working-/current-vacancies/

08.01.2022 Thursday 10 September 2020. ? Its our national day of action when we remind Australians that , Are you OK? if someone in your world is struggling with lifes ups and downs.... Theres no denying that 2020 has been a rollercoaster (a challenging one at that) and circumstances have made it even more important for us all to stay connected and, for those who are able, be willing to support those around us. Take a second today to ask yourself and those around you, R U OK?

08.01.2022 Another great week coming to an end, after a variety of fun activities run by our awesome Leisure & Lifestyle team! heres just a few of the things we got up to.. Bingo Homemade vanilla slice & sponge cakes We made coasters... Fluid art on serving boards Exercises lead by the team & resident Shane Painted letters to label & spruce up the cupboards around the facility A very special delivery arrived yesterday from Leef (formerly Omni Healthcare) in Warrnmabool... Cobdenhealths very own Tovertafel! Interactive games for the residents to play, we cant wait to give it a go! A gift from GenU Warrnmabool for residents Carmel & Mirna... their very own iPads! Thank you GenU, Carmel & Mirna were very surprised and excited. We hope youre all staying safe & warm in this very chilly weather. A reminder: Virtual Visits are still available through Skype, FaceTime and Facebook Messenger. To arrange a Virtual Visit, send Cobdenhealth Residents a message.

08.01.2022 The end of another great week here at Cobdenhealth!

07.01.2022 Just a little mid-week post with few photos of our residents from our week thus far. Weve been writing to our adopt a resident pen pals & to the students at Cobden Technical School... More birthday celebrations Ten pin bowling Exercises John player the piano for us Virtual visits See more

07.01.2022 The grass is green across the hill, and yellow blooms the daffodil. Swaying leaves on the trees, warmer air, blooming flowers, Spring is finally here...

07.01.2022 Cobdenhealth’s emails are down. Please email us via our backup address, [email protected] while we get this sorted.

05.01.2022 Dorevitch Pathology, now at Cobdenhealth. Did you know that Dorevitch Pathology is one of Australia’s leading comprehensive medical laboratory & pathology services? They have the largest spectrum of pathology testing services and coverage of collection centres to meet the needs of doctors and patients. ... Grab your pathology slip & come see Dorevitch at Cobdenhealth, 9am-12pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

04.01.2022 TY! Another week has passed, and what a week its been! Our first game of Hungry Hippos ... We finished painting our giant naughts and crosses board Played bingo & enjoyed plenty of visitors including Elvis Presley! We had live music provided by Cristina (Clinical Care Manager), Karen (Leisure & Lifestyle) and Lenny (Physiotherapist). We watched movies with all the cinema snacks; popcorn, chips, dixie ice cream cups and milkshakes!

04.01.2022 Arent the weeks just flying by! Weve been keeping busy, doing lots of fun activities. Last Thursday we said farewell & good luck to our awesome Home Care Packages supervisor, Paula Regan after a whopping 28 years service to Cobdenhealth. We wish Paula the best of luck with her future endeavours. ... Wed like to say a special thanks to Helen Scott for donating some beautiful hand creams for our bingo prizes! Thanks one again to our staff, our residents & their families and our fantastic community for the support through these challenging times.

04.01.2022 A fabulous week of activities, excitement as we welcomed back lots of visitors & long awaited haircuts! We hope you’ve had a lovely Saturday.

04.01.2022 AFL GRAND FINAL! We’ve had a busy week getting hyped for tonight’s AFL Grand Final. Who do you think is going to win the big one tonight?

02.01.2022 Two days left to apply to join our Hotel Services team! For more information, contact Charlene - 03 5595 3121 / [email protected]

02.01.2022 Check out this great video of Cristina, Lenny & Karen jamming out in Lovely Banks!