Page 2 - William Cape Gardens Newsletter Spring 2019_Final

2 WILLIAM CAPE NEWS, SPRING 2019
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From Liz

Hi Everyone and welcome to Spring

With Spring coming hopefully so will the warmer
weather. We will start to introduce some more
outdoor activities in to our calendar to take
advantage of the sun.

We have our next Quarterly Enhanced Service
Event happening on 22 September at 1.30pm.
“Jazz Vibes”. We look forward to seeing all of our
residents and their families enjoying the smooth
sounds and songs with a glass of wine and some
cheese. If all families could RSVP before the 16 Our resident Bryan's friend Neville treated us to a display
September 2019 to allow us to arrange catering. of different types of Camellia's. Neville and his wife have
been growing them since 1967. They have hundreds of
We have introduced a new menu designed by our Camellia trees which the show with a garden group and
Chef Su Doak. The new menu allows Su to display have raised money for World Vision.
her talents with food she enjoys cooking. We will
continue to have our food focus meeting each
fortnight and encourage our residents to give us
feedback on the new menu. Some of our residents Housekeeping
were fortunate to be able to visit the kitchen in the
last few weeks, many of these residents were very
impressed at the size and various foods used in the New Charter of Aged Care Rights
kitchen.
During the past few months you will have received a copy
I would like to remind all families that you are of the new Charter of Aged Care Rights. The new Charter
welcome to have a meal with your loved one here has been introduced by the Department of Health and the
at William Cape Gardens. The cost of the meal is and Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to bring
$8 if you could advise reception before 11am so them in line with the new Aged Care Quality Standards.
we can ask Chef to prepare extra meals. The meal The new Charter of Aged Care Rights is focused on more
consists of a hot main, dessert, juice and tea or resident choice in all aspects of their care.
coffee.
Please feel free to contact Cathy or Liz should you have
Our next Resident & Relatives meeting will be held questions reading the new Charter.
on 8 October in Acacia/Banksia from 10am to
11am. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you have not yet read, signed and returned to us,
please do so as soon as possible.
Until next time

Elizabeth McDonald
Residential Services & Relations Manager