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Cooinda Benalla Aged Care

Locality: Benalla, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5761 3300

Address: 1-35 Kilfeera Road 3672 Benalla, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.cooinda.org.au

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25.01.2022 There's always something special about preparing for Christmas. With the challenges this year as brought everyone, we are all looking forward to the merriment and cheer Christmas brings us all - here's to a well deserved, super special one for us all!

25.01.2022 Another busy week at Cooinda! This week we enjoyed gardening with Val, Karen populated our Tree of Life with lots of wildlife - thank you it looks amazing, enjoyed some creative painting and we had our monthly Birthday Party where we joined all our friends in singing happy birthday. See you all next week

24.01.2022 We all enjoyed another busy week with our friends in Cooinda despite the wet weather. Dementia Action Week was fun having our feet videoed - a big thanks to Des our placard front man We continued our wonderful paintings, played the piano (with a bit of help), caught up for a game of cards. Tom and Ruby were right back at it on the Toverfafel - entertaining us all and we were keen to see what treats were on the kiosk trolley. A shout out to our wonderful volunteers, thank you for your hard work to keep us safe and happy. Until next week... we'll see you then!

24.01.2022 Normies has enjoyed fun with Michelle! Loving the warmer days and lunch outside

24.01.2022 Welcome to Dementia Action Week. Say hi to Des He knows each year we raise awareness to dementia with our Walk and Wake up to Dementia community event. This year will be a little different. We hope you follow us each day as we raise awareness to the impact dementia has on individuals, families and the community with our 100 steps. Dementia Australia

20.01.2022 We currently have a vacancy in our Cooinda in the Home, home care services team. We are seeking a qualified Personal Care Attendant who is able to work flexible hours in the Benalla area, depending on client needs, including some weekends, public holidays and evenings. A company care will be supplied in most cases. You will have min Cert III in Aged Care/ Home Care, a Drivers Licence and be honest and reliable with the ability to work unsupervised with attention to detail. ....................For more information go to .......www.cooinda.org.au/aboutus/join....... for a Position Description and how to apply.

15.01.2022 A Remembrance Day with a difference this year... but we were still able to acknowledge and honour the contributions and ultimate sacrifice of the many who fell. May they rest in peace.

13.01.2022 Welcome to our week of friendship and fun. We'd like to share some of our great memories and moments with you. We made ANZAC biscuits, enjoyed a wonderful Spring Afternoon Tea (a big thank you to our Catering crew for our beautiful pink lamingtons) and finishing the week with another highly competitive afternoon of carpet bowls - scores are on the board!

13.01.2022 Black Cat Friday 13th... a lot of spooky fun Thank you to our Health and Wellbeing Team who always come up with creative and entertaining activities and a shout out to our kitchen for joining in on the fun with a spooky theme for afternoon tea

13.01.2022 Welcome to Day 2 of our 100 steps raising awareness of dementia during Dementia Action Week 2020

11.01.2022 Today we thank our Eyewatch - Benalla Police Service Area for the wonderful work they do in our local community and for the lovely thank you card we received, acknowledging our memorial in memory of their 4 fallen colleagues. We are thinking of you all on this important day. Benalla Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down

11.01.2022 We've succeeded with our 100 steps to raise awareness of the impacts of dementia on individuals, families and the community during Dementia Action Week 2020..... stay safe, stay distanced and see you next year !

10.01.2022 If you are a passionate, caring qualified personal care attendant holding a Cert III in Individual Support and who is currently studying a Diploma of Nursing or is medication endorsed (preferred) and is flexible to work any shift - we want to hear from you. You will provide quality person-centred care and take an active role in getting to know our residents and their families We offer : award winning, values driven organisational culture & excellent staff satisfaction ... For a full Position Description and how to apply, please go to www.cooinda.org.au / Join Us Applications must contain : A covering letter Address the Key Selection Criteria (available in the Position Description) Resume Please note it is a condition of employment that you will have received or prepared to receive a Flu Vaccination prior to commencement. For more information, please call Margaret Daw, Director of Nursing on (03) 5761 3300 Cooinda a lot of living

09.01.2022 We've had another busy week at Cooinda. We enjoyed our much awaited, socially distanced room visits from our loved ones, created Christmas craft, sang Happy Birthday to Jean, loved working with our new sewing machine, saw the completion of scrap art and jigsaw masterpieces... and we commemorated a socially distance Remembrance Day. Let's see what next week brings.

07.01.2022 We are walking 100 steps to raise awareness to dementia... please join us for a week stepping it out

07.01.2022 We're keeping our steps up to raise awareness of the impact dementia has on individual, families and the community. We invite you to step along with us

05.01.2022 There's something special about AFL footy finals at Cooinda. Team vs team, much discussion about player form and where it's being played - and best of all - our footy tipping hots up. No better place to be than outside enjoying the warmer weather with friends debating on the outcome for this weekends round.

05.01.2022 We'd like to give big shout out to our very own Cam, who has donated a trolley of tools for our men's (and ladies) group. Thank you, what a wonderful surprise! We look forward to sharing our creative projects with you, which will adorn our gardens and be proudly on show in all areas.

04.01.2022 Welcome to a busy Normie's this week. Plenty of variety and lots of fun with Michelle. Our activity area received a make over this week, so we offer a big thank you to David and his maintenance team. It has really opened up the space for a variety of new activities. We finished the week with a wonderful piano recital by our mate Tom - thank you - you've still got what it takes!

02.01.2022 Welcome to Day 3 of Cooinda's 100 steps for dementia awareness during Dementia Action Week 2020