WHAT’S NEW
Parklands Aged Care Facility
The Development Application for the balance of the aged care facility was lodged with Council prior to Christmas. When final approval is received we will commence work on the next 24 high care places. The places will be an extension of the rear of the building as shown in the photo below. It will include another resident lounge and staff work area.
Updated: 19 January 2012
Parklands Aged Care Facility - Fully Occupied
Parklands Aged Care Facility is now fully occupied. The last place has now been allocated with the resident to take up occupancy early in the New Year.
Updated: 16 December 2011
"The Haven"
Parklands new Community Centre is now open and our residents are enjoying the facilities. The Library has a comfortable and elegant reading area. The shelves are starting to fill with books and board games and it even has an eReader with a vast selections of books available. We are seeking more books for our Library.
The Pool and Spa have been receiving a great workout from residents and family in these very pleasant Queensland summer days. The pool and spa are solar heated so the water temperature is very pleasant.
The first of the equipment has arrived for the Fitmness Room. The pool table has found a few friends amongst the male residents.
The indoor bowls mat is still waiting for its first game.
The Bar is to be tested today with the Christmas Party for Torbay Constructions, our building arm that has built this beautiful building.
An open day for the resident of Torbay-Torquay is to be held on the 19 December.
The Official Opening of the building will be held in early February 2012.
Updated: 15 December2011
THE VILLAGE CATERER'S ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
The Administration Offices have been completed and Geoff and Michelle have moved into their new offices. This additional space will give the administrative staff some leg room but not for long the way that the Village Caterer is growing.
Updated: 15 December2011
Parklands Christmas Lights
We have again entered the Christmas Lights competition with a display at our new village Parklands Retirement Haven, Urangan. The lights will be going up this week so don't miss them when you are out at night during December.
Our thanks go to our volunteers John and Lynette Morcus and Martin Townsend for these new decorations.
Updated: 30 November 2011
Torbay-Torquay Automatic Gates
The new automatic gates at Colyton Street and Walter Burton Drive should make coming and going to Torbay-Torquay much easier for residents who now don't have to open and close manual gates.
Our thanks go to all the residents who helped the Resident's Social Committee raise funds towards this project.
Resident shave now been issued with the swipe cards so they don't have to remember the code or try to punch in the keypad numbers.
Visitors and contractors should contact the office to obtain the code for the gates.
Updated: 30 November 2011
ACCREDITATION - PARKLANDS RETIREMENT HAVEN
Parklands Aged Care Facility has been granted 3 years accreditation by the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency. Congratulations to all Parkland's staff and the administration staff involved in achieving this result. It is confirmation that we are achieving the level of care that we seek to provide for all our residents.
Updated: 18 August 2011
VILLA RESIDENTS COMMITTEE ISSUE GUIDE TO ACTIVITIES
The Villa Residents Committee have completed and launched their A to Z guide of activities at our two retirement villages.
We greatly appreciate the work of the Villa Residents Committee in producing this booklet to assist new residents settle into our villages.
A copy of the guide can be found under the Retirement Living tab (at the bottom of the left hand column).
Updated: 20 July 2011
FEDERAL GOVN REDUCES VALUE OF AGED CARE SUBSIDIES
The following is a copy of an email sent to Senator Hogg (ALP) and Senator Bob Brown (Greens). At the bottom of this email is a copy of our Media Release.
Senator Brown/ Senator Hogg,
We are disgusted that the Gillard Government has seen fit to reduce the value of residential aged care subsidies by another 4 to 5% with effect from 1 July. Operating costs have increased by a minimum of 6 to 7%, especially in regional Australia, so to increase subsidies by 1.9% means that the value of aged care subsidies have decreased by at least 4 to 5%.
This will have a disastrous affect on the lives of nursing home residents and staff who will again wear the brunt of the inevitable cost cutting. The Federal Government is fully aware that more than half of the aged care industry is operating at a loss and wages are already the lowest of any industry. Nurse's wages are more than 30% lower than the public sector. These are known facts. There is no justification to wait for the response to the Productivity Commission report before taking interim action to correct this situation.
As a consequence of this decision of the Gillard Government we have, regrettably, stopped work on our application for 40 additional high care places in the current ACAR Round. This was not an easy decision and weighs heavily on us as we face the people needing high care on a daily basis.
We are to start building an additional 20 residential care places in January. This work is now on hold while we review the financial implications of this reduction in subsidies. A further reduction in subsidy value of 4 to 5 % next year, based on the existing COPO Index, is also a distinct possibility and will be factored into our review.
This is a heavy cost for our community to pay.
We call on you to put in place interim relief to correct this despicable act on nursing home residents and their carers. It requires political action and cannot be deferred to bureaucrats. The long term solution will come from the Productivity Commission report but you must act now to stop the reduction in value of aged care subsidies.
Updated: 2 July 2011
THE VILLAGE CATERER
Thank you to all of valued customers. Due to your support The Village Caterer has been able to finance the following equipment for the 28 high care places in the Ted Killer Wing of Parklands Retirement Haven due to open in August:
20 Electric Hi-Lo Beds
3 Resident Lifters
1 set of Chair Scales
2 Digital Blood Pressure Monitors
1 Oxygen Concentrator
2 Wheelchairs
Thank you to our dedicated staff at the Village Caterer
Updated 23 June 2011
Respite Care
Unfortunately we have had to close our respite rooms. Please do not hesitate to contact us regarding other care options available.
Updated: 1 March 2011