* 10 December 2021 *
From CEO, Janna Voloshin
As soon as the AFL season finishes, we only have time to blink and it’s Christmas. There has been a lot happening in our community and I hope you enjoy reading about it in this issue.
We continue to defend our community from COVID-19 and our Bundoora home has had two situations over the last few months, where a staff member has tested positive for the virus. Thanks to the great work of the staff, residents and contractors, both cases were contained with no spread of the virus. Both staff are fully recovered.
Between these two situations, government regulations changed, and while the first was officially an ‘outbreak’, the second was an ‘exposure site’. The requirements differ somewhat, especially around the length of time that the lockdown is in place and thankfully, in the second case, it only lasted a few days.
At one of our ex-service accommodation sites, we also had a close call, with a visiting carer testing positive, but no residents affected.
These are reminders to us all that the virus is alive and well. As I write, we are still seeing over a thousand new cases each day, and there are more than 9,000 active cases in Victoria.
Booster vaccinations have been made available to all our aged care residents. For older people, boosters are an important measure to maximise their immunity and help reduce the severity of an infection if the individual does catch COVID-19.
All our staff are fully vaccinated and the boosters have also been offered to them. We are once again strongly encouraging staff to take up this offer as soon as possible.
If you qualify for a booster, please do have one!
The Vasey RSL Care AGM took place on 17 November with no changes to the current Board membership: please see the back page for details.
The Annual Report is available here.
As you may have read on the front page, our new 2021-2025 Strategic Plan is now available and presents some very exciting prospects for our organisation over the next few years.
“Serving Those Who Served” has been our guiding principle in the past and as we venture into new territory, these four words keep us ‘on mission’.
Regular readers will know about our three ex-service units in Wodonga, to be ready early in the new year, and our unit/apartment exchange in Ivanhoe, scheduled for early 2023.
I would like to highlight a few other key components of the plan:
I will be arranging online meetings to present more information and answer questions about our strategic plan and details will be available soon.
I wish you a very happy and healthy festive season and a safe and virus-free new year!
Janna Voloshin
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