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in a brick building on Long Street,
St. Arnaud. It has 27 resident rooms
situated in natural surroundings. The
facility is provided with a hydro-bath
room and several activity rooms for
the use of residents.
The staff is available on duty
for 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. Residents have access to a
Hairdressing Room and an outdoor
family barbeque area.
Residents have a choice of a single
room with private en-suite or a single
room with shared en-suite. Each
room is of a size between 14 square
metres and 18 square metres. Every
room has direct access to the outdoor
garden areas of the facility.
Pyramid Hill
The aged care facility at Pyramid Hill
has 23 resident rooms housed in a
brick building. Rooms are equipped
with an emergency call button, smoke
and heat detectors, a fire sprinkler
system, telephone line and a TV
connection.
The rooms and common areas bear a
bright and cheerful look and the staff
is trained to encourage residents to
be as independent as possible.
A focussed approach to
the well-being of residents
Island Care lays great stress on
the welfare of residents. Towards
this end, it also utilises the services
of volunteers. It has a large pool of
people who spend time with the
residents of its aged care facilities.
The organisation has a practice
of hosting regular events to enlist
volunteers. These get-togethers are
held every six months and used to
educate people about the role they
can play by volunteering to spend
time with the residents of aged care
facilities.
In an effort to differentiate itself
from other aged care providers, Island
Care concentrates not only on the
physical needs of its residents but
pays equal attention to their social
needs. Volunteers play a large role in
providing social care. Their areas of
interest are noted and then matched
with those residents who share a
common hobby.
Hence, the approach of Island Care’s
management is to match residents
with various activities rather than
just roll out an activity program and
expect all the residents to participate.
For example, if a group of residents
is interested in gardening, the