A Message from our CEO The Spring Fair held recently in our front carpark area was a wonderful event! A huge thank you to all involved in assisting, preparing and running the day – well done! Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the Fair, as did many families and locals. The petting zoo was a favourite with my daughter on the day.

We are delighted that Elsie Mari, our Clinical Coordinator, has recently graduated her Nurse Practitioner Masters degree. Well done Elsie! Once officially endorsed by the Nurses Registration Board, Elsie will be able to provide a range of support to our GP’s, and additional care services to our residents. It is an amazing achievement to obtain such a degree – which involves a lot of hard work, and we are all very proud Elsie has achieved this.

Sadly one of our board members, Graham Kenny has resigned from the board. We wish Graham all the best and thank him for his contribution to BlueWave over the last several years. We are pleased to advise of a new board member, Ian Winn, who brings with him an extensive senior business management and accounting skills background. Welcome Ian!

Late October we plan to begin replacing the older kitchenette cabinets in 30 of The Shores bedrooms. That will see out the current planned refurbishment work. We are still working towards more substantial building plans, to join the two buildings together, and further develop Household models of care with some planned expansion. We are aiming to have those draft plans available for viewing by November, with lodgement for Development Application to occur before the year end.

Till next time,

Matthew Downie

BlueWave LivingOctober Newsletter

1st 9.31st 9.30am Morning Tea Bus The Haven

10.30am Showtime with Ein Prosit

12pm Oktoberfest Theme Lunch

1pm Afternoon Tea Bus The Shores

2nd 9.30am Morning Tea Bus The Cove

1.30pm Afternoon Tea Bus Nursing Home

3rd 9.30am Assisted Shopping Bus The Shores

1.30pm Assisted Shopping Bus The Shores

7th 10.30am Divina Fashion The Shores

8th 9.30am Morning Tea Bus The Haven

1pm Afternoon Tea Bus The Shores

9th 9.30am Morning Tea Bus The Cove

9.30am St Lukes

1pm Afternoon Tea Bus Nursing Home

10th 9.30am Morning Tea Bus Palm Sails

1.30pm Shopping Bus

11th 9.30am Catholic Mass

1.30pm Elvis

14th 10am Preschool Visit

15th 9.30am Morning Tea Bus The Haven

1pm Afternoon Tea Bus The Shores

A big welcome to our new residentsDoreen Davis, Neville Dickson & Derek Travers

FarewellsWe would like to acknowledge the following residents who are no longer at BlueWave Living: Ted Cooper, Betty Spence, Joy Wilson, Lillian Williams.

15th 1.30pm Anslie Collection

16th 9.30am Morning Tea Bus The Cove

1pm Afternoon Tea Bus Nursing Home

17th 9.30am Morning Tea Bus Palm Sails

18th 1.30pm Dance Party The Shores

22nd 9.30am Morning Tea Bus The Haven

12pm Lunch Bus The Shores

23rd 9.30am Morning Tea Bus Nursing Home

12pm Lunch Bus The Cove

24th 9.30am Morning Tea Bus Palm Sails

1.30pm Shopping Bus Facility

28th 10am BlueWave visit Aussie Kindys

29th 9.30am Morning Tea Bus The Shores

1pm Lunch Bus The Haven

1.30pm Singalong with Lonny

30th 9.30am Morning Tea Bus The Cove

1pm Lunch Bus Nursing Home

31st 11am Lunch Bus Palm Sails

12pm Theme Day Halloween

1.30pm ICU Entertainment

What’s on

this Month

AntibioticsAntimicrobial Stewardship is the act of using antibiotics appropriately—that is, using them only when truly needed and using the right antibiotic for each infection. BlueWave Living has an Antibiotic Stewardship program that aims to guide Registered Nurses and other clinicians toward more responsible and effective use of antibiotics ensuring appropriate therapy and reducing adverse consequences of antimicrobial use, including antimicrobial resistance.

The Mens Shed has been full of fun these past

weeks!

Help us to Help Others......During the next month BlueWave Living will be collecting items for the Share The Dignity project.

Items listed can be handed in to BlueWave Living Reception.

You have the power to make life better for a woman or girl experiencing homelessness or poverty. Provide pads and tampons, personal hygiene products and everyday luxuries to homeless women, women at risk or women experiencing domestic violence.

You can find out more by visiting sharethedignity.com.au

Increase of Daily Care Fee The Daily Care Fee helps pay for your day-to-day services such as meals, cleaning, facilities management and laundry, so you pay this fee even for days when you might be away overnight eg on holiday or in hospital. The rate is set at 85% of the single person rate of the basic age pension and is currently $51.21 per day. The government increased the price on 20 September, changing in line with increases to the age pension, to $51.63 per day. A small adjustment will appear on your statement this month.

EFFECTIVE20 September

2019

THANK YOU to all the wonderful staff, residents, volunteers & businesses who helped make the BlueWave Living Spring Fair such a success.A shout out to; • The Peninsula Lions club• Bunnings Umina• Campbell’s Woy Woy• Woolworths Umina

And to our Volunteers; Lynn Murphy, Anne Southon, Dennis, Janette, Kyle Priddis, Lyn Harlum, Auxiliary, Peter Tanswell

And our Staff; MIchelle NIcholas, Kristy Priddis, Wendy Bowen, Merrilyn Tanswell, Kathy Murphy, Jemma Hull, Abby Casey, Jess Kavanagh, Jessica Livens, Ashley Evans, Leesa Hancock, Sharon Nelson, Korina Chamberlain, Karina Vidler, Kylie Scott, and Rose Spithill

And stall holders; The Fruit & Veg Van, Pennies Ponies & Pets, Chilli Obsession, Marvelous Melts, Davina Fashion, Sue Dalziel and Tropicana.

And of course our wonderful residents who helped for many months leading up to the Fair. Well done everyone!!!

• Coles Woy Woy • The Cental Coast Historic Car Club • Roy Lamb• Tonkin Drysdale Partners Woy Woy

Your feedback is important to us!BlueWave Living will be emailing out the resident family survey shortly. We value your feedback and would love you to take part in the survey. If you would like to receive this and we haven’t got your email address on file, please contact reception or drop us a line at reception@bluewaveliving.org.au.