Congratulations Marion

BBNC NEWS

Board Contacts

President

Mr. Neville Trotman

Vice President

Mrs. Georgie Leeming

Ms. Leanne Thomson

Members

Mr. Dan Pekin

Mr. Ryan Lloyd-Jones

Mr. Geoff Barcham

Mrs. Dani Smith

Mrs. Katie Little

Executive Administration

Mrs. Sabrina Watt

Centre Contacts

Centre Manager

Lisa Hutchins

Clinical Nurse

Coordinator

Kim Dufty

Community Services

Coordinator

Lyn Iredell

Administration

Coordinator

Jodie Russell

Quality & Risk

Coordinator

Anita Weaver

Issue 130 | APRIL 2016

Visit us online at www.balmoralbnc.com.au

Contact Details

PO Box 20 Balmoral, VIC 3407

Email: bbnc.admin@swarh.vic.gov.au

Web: www.balmoralbnc.com.au

Ph: (03) 5570 1304 Fax: (03) 5570 1482

Centre Hours

Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm,

Closed weekends & Public Holidays

"Connecting people, promoting knowledge,

investing in the health and wellbeing of our

community for the future"

We value your

feedback

To do our utmost to improve our

services to you, your feedback is

important to us. If you have a

complaint, compliment,

suggestion or concern we urge

you to let us know. Forms are

available at the Centre or

alternatively phone the Centre

on 5570 1304.

Our newly appointed registered nurse Marion

Blennerhassett headed to Melbourne for St Patricks day

celebrations so we thought, only to sneak off and marry

her partner Andy Bleakley. Congratulation to Andy,

Marion and their gorgeous little son William.

Welcome Marion Bleakley!!

Balmoral Show

Thank you for popping in to see us at our stand at the

show. Numerous blood pressure checks and a few

referrals were undertaken. The Men’s Shed team were

ably lead by Lyn Iredell. Their stand featured a return of

Heather Smith for the day assisting with tool box

making for the

children.

Lisa Hutchins

Centre Manager

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1

Community Bus >

Horsham, leave Centre

at 10am cost:$10

2

3 4 5

Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4

Dr. Coulson & Dr. Jaensch

10am - 4:45pm

6 7

Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

8

Dental Therapist

10:30am - 2:30pm

9

10 11

WDHS Psychologist

9am - 3:30pm

Diabetes Educator

10:20am - 2:50pm

Podiatrist

10:20am - 2:50pm

12

Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4

13

Dr. Slabbert (video link)

14

Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

15

Community Bus >

Hamilton, leave Centre

at 10am cost:$10

16

17 18 19

Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4

Dr. Coulson & Dr. Jaensch

10am - 4:45pm

20 21

Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4

Podiatrist

10:20am - 2:50pm

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

22

Dentist

10:30am - 2:30pm

23

24 25

ANZAC DAY

Centre Closed

26

Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4

27

Dr. Slabbert (video link)

28

Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

29 30

Visiting Services After Hours

Health Advice

National Nurse on Call

Is a phone service that provides

immediate, expert health advice from

registered nurses, 24 hours a day, 7 days

a week. Call 1300 60 60 24 for the cost of

a local call from anywhere in Victoria

Coleraine Medical Centre

NON URGENT OUTPATIENTS will be seen

by the doctor on call Saturdays, Sundays

& Public Holidays at 9am. Clinic phone

5553 2045 will be answered by a triage

nurse after hours.

Hamilton Medical Group

After Hours Clinic Service 8pm

weeknights. Clinic open 4pm Saturdays.

Sundays & Public Holidays 10am & 4pm

AH: 5572 2422

Field Name Availability

Doctor Dr. Jan Slabbert Alternate Wednesdays

Doctor Dr Brian Coulson Alternate Tuesdays

Doctor Dr. Greta Prozesky Alternate Tuesdays

Psychologist Angela O ’Brien One Monday per month

Maternal & Child

Health Nurse Judy Joyce 2nd and 4th Wed

Diabetes Educator Megan McLeish One Monday per month

Optometrist Glenn Howell May & October

Podiatry Phuong Hung Two visits per month.

Masseur Darcy Penrose Thursdays

Continence Nurse Annabelle Wilson 3rd Thursday of the month

South West Dental Dr. Craig Gove &

KyShen Tang Alternate Fridays

Payments can be made by cash, cheque, EFTPOS or direct deposit into our bank account

BSB: 083 440 Account: 515592666 Pease include your name as a reference Need to make a payment?

Live Active

**Reminder notice** Account fee introduction

We wish to remind clients that due to the rising cost of administration there has been a $5 per

month account fee introduced for the provision of account services.

Please arrange payment for goods and services received at BBNC prior to the end of month

processing to avoid incurring the $5 account fee.

If you would like any more

information regarding these

activities please don’t hesitate to

call the Centre

Strength Training

Mondays & Wednesdays

6:30pm – 7:30pm

Cost: $5 per session

Venue: Balmoral Bush Nursing

Centre

Please Note*** Jannette’s classes will

resume on a Monday and Wednesday

night starting back on Monday 11th

April After the school holiday’s

Terrific Tuesday’s

My Terrific Tuesday’s will start back on Tuesday 12th April with a

morning to wind up the swimming programme. This will

commence at 10am to catch up with everyone since our final

morning tea after our last water session was cancelled. Please

come along for a cuppa and maybe I’ll cook (something

healthy!) for morning tea!! Doesn’t matter if you swam or not I’d

love to see you there.

As the cooler weather comes upon us so does the end of our

ever popular swimming programme. Plenty of cackling and

laughter could be heard from the newly refurbished facility, it

providing the venue for our 6 week programme. Lots of new

faces entered the pool this season which gave us all the

opportunity to either meet new people or catch up with

friends that we hadn’t seen for a while.

After plenty of backlash from last season that the instructor

was too “chicken” to get in the pool, I led by example and

donned the cosy and splashed into the water on many

occasions this year. I think all participants found it quite

amusing that I would struggle to be able to talk, swim, exercise

and try to maintain all composure while instructing and not

drowning. I’m sure there was a couple of ladies that giggled

to themselves (you know who you are)!!!

The kickboards and noodles gave us plenty of challenging

moves……..some participants conquering, some not!! But no

matter how weird the exercises seemed to be everyone gave

it a go and that’s why it was a wonderful atmosphere to be in!

Thank you to everyone that participated, it provided me with

my weekly laughter therapy and thank you to the pool

committee for allowing us to use this wonderful facility, the

refurbishment is fantastic and so much more welcoming.

Tallie Talay

Case Management & Respite Carer

Planned Activity Group Exploring the local area our first trip was to

Toolondo to check out the picture frame and

have a picnic lunch. After the photo oppor-

tunity in the frame, we returned via caravan

park, McPhee drive and Rocklands and back in

Balmoral in time for afternoon tea.

A visit from Men’s group from Minyip, Murtoa

and Rupanyup on Friday 11th involved a tour of

the Centre, Men’s Shed and then a trip to

“Stanmore”, where our hosts Martin and Jodie

explained the history of the house and garden.

Then off to the Hotel for lunch, lots and talking

and sharing ideas with our members of the

Men’s Shed, a great day had by all.

At the Balmoral Show this year the Men’s shed

members worked with the children at the show

to nail together and build a tool box; this was a

very busy afternoon. Special thank you to all

the men for working together over the past

weeks to cut, sand and prepare the tool box

kits, to be built on show day.

Movie afternoon “Last Cab to Darwin” Rex a

Broken Hill cab driver who, when told he

doesn’t have long to live, sets out on an epic

journey to Darwin in a bid to die on his own

terms. Filled with hope, humour and heart, Last

Cab to Darwin reminds us all that it’s never too

late to start living.

Wishing everyone a very Safe and Happy

Easter.

Lyn Iredell & Bec Kearns

Community Services

Date Event

Monday 4th Lunch at the Centre, music afternoon with bagpipes

Monday 11th Road trip to see Brim Silos, leave Centre at 9:30am

Monday 18th Lunch at the Centre. Guest speaker, Louise LeNay talking

about getting ready for winter

Monday 25th ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

April Program

Men’s Shed

Dates

Thursday 7th April

Thursday 14th April

Thursday 21st April

Thursday 28th April

All online training MUST be completed and your certificate printed and brought to class.

Online training details will be emailed on registration.

Classes will be held at the Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre and a light supper will be provided.

Training will be presented by Narelle Evans, First Aid, Asthma and Anaphylaxis Instructor

(References and Certificates available on request)

For more information regarding these courses and to register please phone Narelle

on 0418 575 438 or 5575 6200

Level 2 FIRST AID/HLTAID003 > 3.5hr Face to

Face (on completion of

3.5hr online theory training)

Cost: Refresher $120.00 and Full Course $200.00

FIRST AID TRAINING - Learning first aid is as easy as DRSABCD.

D is for Dangers, R is for Response, S is for Send, A is for airway, B is for Breathing, C is for compressions and D is for Defibrillation

CPR UPDATE/HLTAID001 > 2 Hour

Course

Cost: $40.00

Date Time

Thursday 19th April 2016 6:00 - 8:30pm

Thursday 21st April 2016 6:00 - 8:30pm

Date Time

Tuesday 26th April 2016 5:30 - 9:00pm

Thursday 28st April 2016 5:30 - 9:00pm

What is Cardiopulmonary resuscitation?? (CPR)

If the heart stops pumping, it is known as a cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a

combination of techniques, including chest compressions, designed to pump the heart to get blood

circulating and deliver oxygen to the brain until definitive treatment can stimulate the heart to start

working again.

When the blood stops circulating, the brain is starved of oxygen and the person quickly becomes

unconscious and stops breathing. Without treatment, the person will die.

CPR can be life-saving first aid and increases the person’s chances of survival if started soon after the

heart has stopped beating. If no CPR is performed, it only takes three to four minutes for the person

to become brain dead due to a lack of oxygen.

By performing CPR, you circulate the blood so it can provide oxygen to the body, and the brain and

other organs stay alive while you wait for the ambulance. There is usually enough oxygen still in the

blood to keep the brain and other organs alive for a number of minutes, but it is not circulating unless

someone does CPR. CPR does not guarantee that the person will survive, but it does give that person

a chance when otherwise there would have been none.

CPR is most successful when administered as quickly as possible. It

should only be performed when a person shows no signs of life.

Tallie Talay

Respite Carer & Case Management

This month at the

Balmoral Early

Learning Centre We have had a few staff movements at the centre this

month. We have sadly said goodbye to Melissa and wish

her all the very best for the future. We have welcomed

Jessie who is currently studying her certificate 3 and will be

with us for the rest of 2016. I also would like to thank

everyone for their support over the past couple of months

while I have been in the acting team leader role. I have

thoroughly enjoyed the role.

Since this month has been a short one for us here, we have

been busy finishing off our Balmoral show item. The children

created shape pictures using different items as their shapes.

The children told the educators what their pictures were

and some were very creative, for example, “a mountain

with a stick trap”, “a big cruise ship”, “a table mat”.

The children have also been doing many things for Easter,

including pasting and making Easter bunnies, making rabbit

and chicken baskets and going on an Easter hunts.

The children have had an interest in pirates and were really

excited when I pumped up the big pirate boat to have in

the room. The children have been on big adventures to

many different islands – motorbike island as one example.

Rebekah Simons

Acting Childcare Team Leader