DOINGS AT THE LODGE

Dunmunkle Lodge Newsletter

May 2020

RESIDENT BIRTHDAYS

Residents who celebrated birthdays

throughout the month of May were

Shirley Rogers (6th May), Evelyn Cornell

(9th May) and Susan Martin (14th May).

These lovely ladies deserve all the

happiness in the world, and we hope

you all enjoyed your special day!

KEEPING YOU INFORMED: COVID-19

Management would like to thank families and friends of our residents for being so patient and

understanding whilst Dunmunkle Lodge has been in full lockdown. We are very pleased to announce that

as of Monday 1 June 2020 we are easing visitor restrictions!

The visiting guidelines are as follows:

Visiting

- Each resident will be able to have one 30-minute visit twice a week

- Visiting hours within the facility will be Monday to Friday, between 1pm and 4pm and will need

to be booked in advance with administration

- Visits are to occur in the resident’s room

- Visitors are not to go into communal areas or visit any other resident

- Weekend visits can take place “Over-the-fence” where our residents are seated outdoors (inside

the fence) and the visitor is seated outside the fence, maintaining social distancing. Please call The

Lodge to arrange prior to your arrival.

Screening

- Upon entry into the facility, visitors will have their temperature checked - if it is above 37.8°C you

will not be able to enter the facility

- Visitors will need evidence that they have had a flu vaccination for 2020. Please provide us with

evidence by either email, fax or mail. A vaccination card will then be made up and posted to you

ready for your first visit (please note we will need your postal address to be able to do this). You

will need to present your card every time you come into the facility.

- We will record your temperature, your name and contact details in our visitors record document.

This data will be shared with appropriate departments if a COVID-19 case is identified in the

residential facility.

- Social distancing of 1.5 metres must be maintained

- Hand hygiene is to be completed upon entry and exit from the facility

FLOWERS BRIGHTEN OUR DAY

A very kind and thoughtful Dale Watts has delivered an abundance of

beautiful chrysanthemum bouquets to The Lodge over recent months.

Dale was a florist in his younger days and it really shows! The presentation

of the flowers has been truly stunning, and the flowers themselves are

enough to bring a smile to anyone’s face. We are so grateful to be able to

scatter arrangements throughout the common areas for everyone to

appreciate and enjoy. Thankyou Dale!

Donna Cameron from Parklane Jewelry has very generously donated a

gift bag full of stunning jewelry to The Lodge as part of the ‘Project

Sparkle’ movement. ‘Project Sparkle’ honors health care workers and

is a wonderful way to brighten the day of our front-line workers.

PROJECT SPARKLE

Each week an item of jewelry is being gifted to one deserving staff

member to acknowledge their passion and dedication to their job, and to

show appreciation for their contribution. Huge congratulations to

recipients Kristy Romeo (Personal Care Attendant) and Carley Weppner

(Cook)! Donna we are touched by your thoughtfulness and can’t thank

you enough for this amazingly kind gesture!

For further information a fact sheet released by the Australian Government Department of Health has

been attached – see ‘FAQS RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY INTO AND VISITORS TO AGED CARE FACILITIES’.

We continue to encourage you all to deliver letters, parcels, gifts and communication devices to the

facility. Our residents thoroughly enjoy Facetime and Skype video calls so please continue to use these

forms of communication as well as phone calls.

Finally thank you to those friends and family who have sent in evidence of your flu shots and thank you

all for your ongoing support and cooperation during this difficult time.

KEEPING YOU INFORMED: COVID-19

PHOTO GALLERY

Above ANZAC Day tributes from left to right: Stuart White raises the flag; Betty Barry lays a wreath as a

symbol of commemoration; and Susan Martin takes a moment to reflect and appreciate a fragrant rose.

Above: Fred Barr reads a book as Betty Nettelbeck, Betty Barry and Betty Sanders help make decorations

for the Mother’s Day celebrations. Below: Ellen Niewand and Pauline Harper get crafty; and Ruth Neylan

enjoys a cup of tea as she checks out the latest news in the paper.

NEW STAFF UPDATE

We would like to welcome the following new staff members to our team:

Payal Kaura – Endorsed Enrolled Nurse (EEN) Jojo Mathew – Personal Care Attendant (PCA)

Sonia Schodde – Leisure & Lifestyle Paul Pumpa - Personal Care Attendant (PCA)

Earn Jontapa – Kitchen Assistant Elise Slocomb – Kitchen Assistant

We are pleased to have you onboard and hope you enjoy your time here at the Lodge!

CROPS & CREATURES WORD SEARCH

Cultivation

Cultivator

Electric fence

Erosion

Fallow

Farmyard

Fertile

Fodder

Forestry

Fruit

Furrow

Germination

Grain

Grass

Graze

Harrow

Harvester

Haystack

Hedge

Heifer

Horse

Horticultural

Husbandry

Husk

Lamb

Lime

Loam

Lucerne

Mare

Mower

Mulch

Pest

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HAIRDRESSING SERVICES RESUME

Monday 1 June 2020 How wonderful it is that hairdressing services will resume on Monday the

1st of June! We look forward to welcoming back our lovely hairdresser

Elma Stevenson who has been very much missed by us all!