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Wedderburn Aged Care

Locality: Wedderburn, Victoria

Address: 92 High Street 3518 Wedderburn, VIC, Australia

Website: https://wedderburn.vic.lions.org.au

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24.01.2022 This is something I've become very much aware of as we continue to fight for an Aged Care facility in Wedderburn. Our elderly are not "things" to be dispatched ...to the economic junk pile. We have a moral, ethical and social responsibility to provide quality and affordable care. Hopefully the Royal Commission will come up with practical solutions to the issues we currently face and simply increase with our ageing population. See more

23.01.2022 Today Wedderburn Lions Club Aged Care sub committee members Ric Raftis (Presenter), Jon Chandler, Jude Raftis and Lance Ward attended the IDHS Board of Managem...ent meeting to present our proposal for an Aged Care Facility for Wedderburn. The presentation was well received and Chairperson Vanessa Hicks said the Board will contact us in a couple of weeks with a view to assisting us on our journey. See more

22.01.2022 How good are the people of Wedderburn- we have to date raised $214550 in pledges for our Aged Care Project to date. We still have a long way to go but a huge THANKYOU to those in our community who dug deep to support us. If you would like to make a pledge contact Jude on 0428165389 or get your form in Scoop & Scuttlebutt!

22.01.2022 It appears the Nationals have pledged 2.5million towards the sports complex at Donaldson Park. It would be great if they could do the same for an Aged Care Facility which the majority of the town supports!

21.01.2022 Not for profit aged care providers are confident the national conversation created by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will help achieve r...eal outcomes in the next term of Parliament, regardless of who forms government. But the political parties cant use the Royal Commission as an excuse to delay urgent reform. There are practical solutions we can act on now to give older Australians better support and address sustainability issues confronting providers in delivering care. ACSA is asking all political parties to commit to Five Urgent Priorities for Aged Care - https://bit.ly/2PCKLwA. #ACSAElectioncampaign2019 #agedcare #5urgentpriorities #notforprofit

21.01.2022 With Council elections fast approaching it would be interesting to hear what the two candidates intend on doing to help Wedderburn Lions Club get an Aged Care Hostel for the community.

21.01.2022 Last night at the Wedderburn Lions Club Dinner Meeting LionRic Raftis have an excellent presentation of his and Judes recent visit to the Grace Munro Aged Care Centre in Bundarra NSW. This is an 11 bed facility run by the community and making a profit every year since 2009. Take a look at this short video for more information on this amazing facility.

21.01.2022 Jacque and Gary Roberts have very generously donated some of their fabulous garden art to raffle with proceeds to go to the Lions Aged Care Project. Wedderburn Lions thank them very much and when we are able to have raffles again we will be out and about selling tickets!

20.01.2022 On Sunday at 12.30pm, Landline on the ABC will be doing a story on how the community of Kilkivan, near Gympie in Queensland, are going about getting a community Aged Care Facility. Kilkivan is about the same size as Wedderburn, so there will be similarities in our objectives. We will post a link to the IView version next week. https://www.abc.net.au/landline/

20.01.2022 We have arrived in Bundarra to have a look at their Aged Care centre. Hopefully we will get some good ideas to help Wedderburn. The country is terribly dry. It ...looks like the end of our summer and its only September. Rain is desperately needed. The River Gwydir, where we are camped is not flowing and only has a few pools. Which reminds me that old Snaffy Andrews used to recite the poem, The Spider by the Gwydir. So here it is. By the sluggish river Gwydir lived a hungry red-backed spider, Who was just about as wicked as could be; An the place that he was camped in was an empty Joness jam tin In a paddock near the showgrounds, at Moree. Near him lay a shearer snoozin, he had been on beer an boozin All through the night and all the previous day; An the rookin of the rookers an the noise of showground spruikers Failed to wake him from the trance in which he lay. Then a crafty-lookin spieler with a dainty little Sheila Came along, collectin wood to make a fire. Said the spieler, "Hes a boozer, an hes goin to be a loser; If he isnt you can christen me a liar." "Hustle round and keep nit, honey, while I fan the mug for money And well have some dainty luxuries for tea." But she answered, "Dont be silly; you go back and boil the billy, You can safely leave the mug to little me." So she circled ever nearer till she reached the dopey shearer With his pockets bulgin, fast asleep and snug; But she didnt see the spider that was ringin close beside her For her mind was on the money an the mug. The spider sighted dinner. Hed been daily growin thinner; Hed been fastin an was hollow as an urn. As she eyed the bulgin pocket, he just darted like a rocket An bit the spielers Sheila on the stern. Then the Sheila started squealin an her clothes she was unpeelin, To hear her yells would make you feel forlorn. One hand the bite was pressin while the other was undressin An she reached the camp the same as she was born. Then the shearer, pale an haggard, woke, an back to town he staggered Where he caught the train an gave the booze a rest; An hell never know the spider that was camped beside the Gwydir Had saved him sixty smackers of the best. Anonymous

20.01.2022 An isolation illness. Read more: https://wef.ch/2sxZL40

19.01.2022 This is something Ive become very much aware of as we continue to fight for an Aged Care facility in Wedderburn. Our elderly are not "things" to be dispatched ...to the economic junk pile. We have a moral, ethical and social responsibility to provide quality and affordable care. Hopefully the Royal Commission will come up with practical solutions to the issues we currently face and simply increase with our ageing population. See more

19.01.2022 Once again a huge thank you to those in our community who have made a pledge to our Aged Care Project. The tally now stands at $175,600. If you would like to make a pledge call 0428155389 or get your pledge form in Scoop & Scuttlebutt. ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow!’ We can do this Wedderburn!

19.01.2022 Aged & Community Services Australia has responded to recommendations made by the Royal Commissions special counsel earlier today. ACSA CEO Patricia Sparrow sa...id, ACSA understands the Royal Commission is looking to the long-term future of aged care and knows this will require major structural and funding reform. On the issue of todays comments at the Commission, we believe greater transparency is important, but even more important is having enough staff to begin with. To raise the standard so that all residents receive at least a 4-star level, which the special counsel suggested, will mean an overall increase of 37.2% in total care staffing. What we know now is that aged care simply isnt funded to provide the level of care people expect and deserve. A new direction like this could be exactly what we need to force a rethink and set up Australia for our ageing population and the decades to come, she said. Read the full media release here > http://ow.ly/x5KY50ys9ZS #agedcare #agedcarereform #RoyalCommissionAC

19.01.2022 Recently the Wedderburn Lions Club received an email from IDHS regarding their Strategic Plan which will include the viability of an Aged Care Hostel for Wedderburn. By filling our the following survey YOU have the opportunity to voice your opinion and help support Wedderburn Lions in this endeavour or any other health issues you may wish to raise regarding IDHS. The survey is very short with only 8 questions and won't take up much of your time so please fill it out and Share the link so that we get good representation. Just click on the following link Complete a survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IDHScommunity

18.01.2022 This week is Dementia Week 2019 and Australians are called to change how we respond and behave around people living with dementia. With 70 per cent of the 447,0...00 Australians with dementia living in the community, we can choose how to interact with individuals who are living with this chronic condition. Assumptions might be made about a persons capacity to contribute to conversations, decision-making, whether they can still drive, cook or even continue to work. Friends and family might stop calling or inviting a person living with dementia to social occasions not out of deliberate neglect but possibly out of not knowing how to include them.", Dementia Australia CEO McCabe said. Lets help to better understand how discrimination occurs and what it would take to shift that behavior. You can learn more, attend an event near you, or complete a short survey here > https://bit.ly/2m1ahR7 #dementiadoesntdiscriminate #dementia

18.01.2022 Maggie Beer wants to get better food into aged care homes.

17.01.2022 As the spread of COVID-19 continues and residential aged care facilities apply visiting restrictions, it is important to remember why. This is to limit opportun...ities for possible exposure, to protect the elderly who are most at risk. The Government has limited visits within residential aged care facilities to a maximum of two visitors at one time per day. Some providers are implementing their own measures based on their capacity to safely administer and monitor physical distanced visits. Remember that these measures are solely to protect those who are vulnerable. Please respect and appreciate those who are enforcing these restrictions to keep your loved ones safe. http://ow.ly/luk150yUSCw #agedcare #residentialcare #coronavirus

17.01.2022 The Wedderburn Lions Club would like to thank Doug ODwyer for his very generous donation of $1000 towards the Aged Care Fund.

16.01.2022 Australias aged care system is under more pressure than ever before. Thousands of Age Well supporters have already signed the petition calling on our political... leaders to commit to ensuring equity of access to aged care for all older Australians and to growing the aged care workforce. With the Federal Election just weeks away, its time to ask local candidates in your electorate if theyll support a better aged care system as well so that come Election Day on May 18, you can make your vote count. Just enter your postcode to send your local candidates an email you can use our suggested words, or write your own.

16.01.2022 Just a reminder to all of those community members that want an Aged Care Hostel for Wedderburn to PLEASE fill in the IDHS survey by clicking on the following link - (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IDHScommunity) This survey is only 8 questions long and gives us the opportunity to let IDHS know how important it is for Wedderburn! Please SHARE this post with your friends as we want as many as possible to give their views.

16.01.2022 Louise Staley is officially the member for Rippn after Labor pulled out of the recount. Wedderburn Lions Club are looking forward to working with Louise in our endeavours for an Aged Care Facility for Wedderburn.

16.01.2022 A new report released by the aged care royal commission has found that, in comparison with the American system, 57.6 per cent of all Australian aged care resid...ents live in homes that are understaffed. The research paper, written by the Australian Health Services Research Institute at the University of Wollongong, looked into the staffing levels of the Australian sector compared with international standards. [ 362 more words ] https://www.agedcareinsite.com.au//over-half-of-australia/ See more

15.01.2022 Great opportunity to support your local Lions Club today and next Friday. The Telstra NBN van is in town near the council offices. For every person who signs up to the NBN through Telstra, they are donating $25 to the Lions Aged Care Fund. You can make a difference!

15.01.2022 How fantastic is it that former ‘locals’ are pledging towards our Aged Care project. The tally is now $216216.95. A huge thank you also to Wedderburn College SRC students who recently ran a casual day at the college and raised $166.95 and have come on board donating these funds showing their support for the Wedderburn Lions in their endeavour to get an Aged Care facility for their community! It is great to see our youth getting involved in this important project. If you would like to make a pledge there are pledge forms in Scoop & Scuttlebutt or contact Jude on 0428155389. We can’t do this without your help so please consider making a pledge if you really want this for your community.

14.01.2022 This is a recording of the video Powerpoint Presentation given to the Lions Club regarding the operation of a small 11 bed facility in Bundarra, Northern NSW. It was established in 2009 and has made a profit every year since. https://youtu.be/1U2SE6Tc1nA

13.01.2022 Would you live in a nursing home if you got free rent? Hannah is living every university students dream - her rent is a grand total of $0. But the perk is comp...licated, and her neighbours are often 60 years her senior. "I live in a nursing home, which is pretty cool," the Toowoomba-born physiotherapy student said. The 25-year-olds living situation is thanks in part of the Gold Soul Companionship Program based at Scalabrini Bexley, a nursing home in Sydneys south. The intergenerational living program began in 2018 in an effort by the nursing home to improve the isolation and depression faced by many ageing Australians. "People in aged care can suffer from depression, and the engagement that the students have with the residents - Ive seen a change in some of them," said Tracey Gill, who is in charge of wellbeing at the facility. Read full article here > https://ab.co/2mRVwB #intergenerationalSolutions #agedcare

13.01.2022 For people who may have missed the story on Landline about the need for Aged Care facilities in small communities, here is the link. There are many similarities that these towns have with Wedderburn. The ABC story articulates extremely well the need for local Aged Care. https://www.abc.net.au//aging-in-the-bush:-aged-/12470072

13.01.2022 What Does Aged Care & The NBN Have To Do With Each Other? You wouldn’t think that the Aged, who often have trouble coming to grips with new technology, would have a great interest in the Fibre to the Curb technology of the NBN. Yet this is very much the case in Wedderburn for the month of December. Wedderburn is about to get the next generation of NBN for our town area with the commencement of the Fibre to the Curb network. Those on other systems and the old ADSL will have ...the opportunity to see a huge increase in their speed and capacity. The best part about this is that Telstra, who will be in town on the corner of High St and Peters St, (where the library van used to park), are partnering with the Wedderburn Lions Club. For every new NBN connection signed up during the month of December, Telstra will donate $25 to the Wedderburn Lions Care Aged Care Fund. The Wedderburn Lions Club are very grateful for Telstra’s generous offer to our community and would encourage everyone in town who may use this service to visit the Telstra van on the 4th and 11th December. It’s a win/win when signing up to the NBN can provide a benefit to your community.

12.01.2022 Have you read the latest edition of Scoop & Scuttlebutt? Telstra are generously donating $25 for each NBN connection in Wedderburn . They will be in Wedderburn on Dec 4 and 11 at the corner of High and Peter Streets where the mobile library usually parks, so call in and get all the information you will need and remember by signing up you will be helping Wedderburn Lions at the same time! THANKYOU TELSTRA!

12.01.2022 Sub Committee members for Lions Aged Care are busy trying to get pledges for the Aged Care Hostel project ibn Wedderburn. From left to right - Past President's Lance Ward, Leo Matthews, Jude Raftis and Jon Chandler with members Ric Raftis and Robyn Vella. To date another $6500 has been added to the tally making it $148,500. Thank you to those community members who have pledged, it is great to see some of our small businesses coming on board, if you would like to pledge contact Jude on 0428155389 for a form. The t-shirts in the pic were an idea of Larissa Romensky's from ABC Central Victoria. Larissa did an article about our aged care project several years ago and the t-shirts were available in time to promote our project at our BBQ at the Hamish and Andy Day here in Wedderburn.

11.01.2022 Shocking #Estimates revelations today - over 30,000 older Australians have died in the last two years, while waiting for home care funding. But the Government can spend $1 million a day on advertising?

11.01.2022 What would happen if you built a school on the grounds of an aged care facility?

09.01.2022 Here is a new recording of the Powerpoint presentation that the Aged Care Sub Committee gave to the IDHS Board. It has been re-recorded as a Youtube video to provide the public with the statistics we have gathered for an Aged Care facility in Wedderburn. https://youtu.be/61mVrbqHmSo

07.01.2022 Should there be more aged care facilites outside major cities? Its a story of heartbreak: older Australians forced to leave their homes for care facilities often hours away. Watch the full story this Sunday at 12.30 on ABC TV + iview.

06.01.2022 Calls for the Government to fund more packages and reform the home-care system to meet increasing demand > https://ab.co/34hdqxV, via @ABCNews

06.01.2022 Thankyou to those community members who have recently pledged another $12000 to our proposed Aged Care Hostel project. This brings the tally to $142,000. It doesn't matter how large or how small your pledge, what matters is the number of community members who get behind us to show their support for this vital asset for our community. If you would like to make a pledge contact Jude Raftis on 0428155389 and you will be forwarded a pledge form. There is also a pledge form in last month’s edition of Scoop & Scuttlebutt and there is to be another in next month’s edition.

06.01.2022 Well our new Aged Care sign has been erected on site in Wilson Street next door to the Community Centre on the land gifted to Wedderburn Lions by Loddon Council.... We are now seeking pledges to show government and interested approved providers that we are serious about getting an Aged Care facility here in Wedderburn. If you would like to make a pledge, and remember it is a pledge not a donation, then contact Secretary Jon Chandler on 0409198205 for more details. To date we have $105,000 pledged from the community. We will keep you updated on the amount as we receive the pledges. Come on Wedderburn dig deep for this much needed asset for your community! See more

05.01.2022 The problem in the aged care sector is its become a cosy relationship between the industry & government- Some say the aged care industry wrote the aged care act and that produces the problem. Paul Versteege says aged care in Australia is a disaster and needs to be overhauled

05.01.2022 The latest Aged Care Financial Performance Survey from accounting firm StewartBrown highlights the enormous pressure on rural and remote aged care homes, with a...n astonishing three quarters running a deficit. Across the board were dealing with increased costs that arent being met, but in the regions, were really struggling, Pat Sparrow CEO of ACSA said. The numbers are pretty bad but whats worrying everyone the most is how this will affect the care we provide. Were seeing story after story about our workforce being under pressure, but all the solutions are being pushed back till after the Royal Commission. It shouldnt take a report like this to tell us that older people in the regions cant possibly all be getting the care they expect and deserve when providers and their workforce are under this much pressure. Were calling for more than band aid grants and one-off funding injections with a permanent $10 increase in the rural and remote supplement. We dont need a Royal Commission to tell us the situation for aged care is not OK in the regions and requires urgent action. Read ACSAs media release here> https://bit.ly/2oUE8fQ #RRR #RCAC #agedcarefunding #agedcare #ACSAMedia

04.01.2022 A massive open online course (MOOC) promises to improve understanding of dementia on a global scale. In a paper published last month in Science of Learning, a p...artner journal of Nature, a research team from the University of Tasmania assessed the effectiveness of a nine-week Understanding Dementia MOOC (UDMOOC) across enrolled participants. The 42 per cent who completed the course showed substantial improvements in knowledge. [ 670 more words ] https://www.agedcareinsite.com.au//mooc-shows-promise-to-/ See more

03.01.2022 On the 5th June this year, the Wedderburn Lions Club Aged Care sub committee did a presentation to the Board of IDHS regarding the need for an Aged Care facilit...y at Wedderburn. Subsequent to this presentation the chair of the Board, Vanessa Hicks, approached Department of Health and requested that a feasibility study for an Aged Care facility in Wedderburn be included in their strategic plan. This is great news for Wedderburn and we hope the outcome of this study will be positive for our community. The presentation we did to the IDHS board can be viewed on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/61mVrbqHmSo See more

03.01.2022 A huge THANK YOU to those who have made a pledge to our proposed Aged Care Hostel for Wedderburn. It doesnt matter how large or how small your pledge it is about showing your support for this major project for our community. To date we have raised $125,500 in pledges. If you would like to make a pledge contact Secretary Jon Chandler on 0409198205

02.01.2022 "Its pretty amazing that a four-year-old has a best friend whos 95 years old."