Page 3 - Bella Vista Gardens Newsletter Winter 2019_Final

3 BELLA VISTA NEWS, WINTER 2019
Feature Article & News from Cranbrook Care

Awarded the

Best!

We are thrilled to share with you the news that
Winter is upon us which means shorter
Bella Vista Gardens was awarded Australia’s Best
days and colder nights. More time is spent
Retirement Living Development after winning
indoors around others and that increases
the Property Council of Australia Innovation &
our risk of exposure to the flu virus….
Excellence Award 2019 on 17 May.

Anyone, even healthy people can get sick with the
Managed by the Property Council of Australia, the flu and problems related to flu can happen at any
National Innovation & Excellence Awards are the most age, but older people are at a greater risk of
prestigious property awards programs in Australia, developing serious flu‐related complications if
promoting excellence in design and innovation in the built they get sick. People over the age of 65 and
environment since 1982. The Property Council of Australia people with certain chronic medical conditions like
aims to showcase superior examples of iconic projects in asthma, diabetes, or heart disease are at even
property development and investment across a broad higher risk of developing serious complications
range of sectors and design disciplines. from the flu because of weakened immune
systems. Most people who get flu will recover in
We are extremely proud of this award and the hard work less than two weeks, but some people will develop
of all our staff, offering all the comforts of home, in an complications like infections, pneumococcal
elegant, architecturally designed and very personalised pneumonia, and even organ failure. Complications
environment, with excellence in care and services. can be life‐threatening resulting in hospitalisations
and even death. It is important to stay healthy not
We are sure you are as excited as we are that Bella Vista just for ourselves but for others around us which is
why health officials recommend getting a flu
Gardens has been named Australia’s best retirement living vaccine every year. Because pneumococcal
development. pneumonia is a serious flu‐related complication
that can cause death, health officials also
recommend for those over age 65 to get a
pneumococcal vaccine at the same time. Both the
flu vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine are free to
those over the age of 65. Other ways to help stay
healthy this winter and not spread the flu include:

 Washing your hands regularly, especially
before and after visiting people who may be
at high risk.

 Cover your mouth when coughing and

sneezing.
 Using disposable tissues and throwing them in
the bin immediately after use.

 Keeping surfaces like telephones and door
handles clean.

For more information on Cranbrook at Home
please call 02 9458 9950 or email
contact@cranbrookathome.com.au
Lee Marriott, Deborah Rogerson, Edwina Bower and Kerry Mann at the
awards ceremony