BBNC NEWS

Board Contacts

President

Mr. Neville Trotman

Vice President

Mrs. Georgie Leeming

Mrs. Katie Little

Members

Mr. Dan Pekin

Mr. Ryan Lloyd-Jones

Mr. Daniel Thomson

Mrs. Dani Smith

Executive

Administration

Jodie Russell

Centre Contacts

Centre Manager

Lisa Hutchins

Clinical Nurse

Coordinator

Kim Dufty

Community Services

Coordinator

Lyn Iredell

Administration

Coordinator

Jodie Russell

Quality & Risk

Coordinator

Anita Weaver

Issue 144 | JULY 2017

Healthy habits in dental hygiene

Visit us online at www.balmoralbnc.com.au

Contact Details

PO Box 20 Balmoral, VIC 3407

Email: bbnc.admin@swarh.vic.gov.au

Web: www.balmoralbnc.com.au

Ph: (03) 5570 1304 Fax: (03) 5570 1482

Centre Hours

Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm,

Closed weekends & Public Holidays

"Connecting people through quality

safe care locally”

We value your

feedback

To do our utmost to

improve our services to

you, your feedback is

important to us. If you have

a complaint, compliment,

suggestion or concern we

urge you to let us know.

Forms are available at the

Centre or alternatively

phone the Centre on

55701304.

Lisa Hutchins

Centre Manager

South West Dental service provided screening at the

school last week as well as information sessions for

students. The sessions were very interactive with

many questions being asked and knowledge shared.

South West Health Care staff were very impressed

by the students and their willingness to

be so involved in the sessions.

Thanks you to Balmoral Community

College for partnering with us to deliver

this important health promotion initiative.

Travel Immunisations

We are very impressed with the number of travel vaccinations we are administering of

late. What a worldly community we have! A reminder that if the doctor writes your

script and you have it filled in town, that the temperature control of the vaccine must

be controlled and kept within the temperature range recommended.

So pack an esky, make sure your fridge is the right temperature, or alternatively drop it

into us here as soon as you can. Our immunisation nurses can not

administer your medication if storage standards are not met.

Please give us a call to discuss further if you have any further

questions. Happy travels !!

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 30 31 1

2 3 4

Pathology 9-10am $4.00

Dr Prozesky 2pm - 4:45pm

5

Dr. Slabbert (Video link)

6

Pathology 9-10am $4.00

Men’s Shed from 12pm

for BBQ Lunch

7 8

9 10

Podiatrist

10:20am - 2:50pm

11

Pathology 9-10am $4.00

12

M&CHN

9.30-11.30

13

Pathology 9-10am $4.00

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

14

Community Bus > Hamilton

Blues and Roots Country Music

1-2pm lunch in Hamilton

15

16 17

Podiatrist

10:20am - 2:50pm

Diabetes Educator

10:20am—2:50pm

18

Pathology 9-10am $4.00

Dr. Kahl Moussa

2-4:45pm

19

Dr. Slabbert (Video link)

20

Pathology 9-10am $4.00

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

21 22

23 24

Podiatrist

10:20am - 2:50pm

25

Pathology 9-10am $4.00

Dr. Kahl Moussa

2-4:45pm

26

M&CHN

9.30-11.30

27

Pathology 9-10am $4.00

Men’s Shed from 1:30pm

28

Community Bus > Horsham

Balmoral Playgroup 10am

South West Dental

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Visiting Services After Hours

Health Advice

National Nurse on Call

Is a phone service that provides

immediate, expert health advice from

registered nurses, 24 hours a day, 7 days

a week. Call 1300 60 60 24 for the cost of

a local call from anywhere in Victoria

Coleraine Medical Centre

NON URGENT OUTPATIENTS will be seen

by the doctor on call Saturdays, Sundays

& Public Holidays at 9am. Clinic phone

5553 2045 will be answered by a triage

nurse after hours.

Hamilton Medical Group

After Hours Clinic Service 8pm

weeknights. Clinic open 4pm Saturdays.

Sundays & Public Holidays 10am & 4pm

AH: 5572 2422

Field Name Availability

Doctor Dr. Jan Slabbert Alternate Wednesdays

(via video link)

Doctor Dr Brian Coulson Alternate Tuesdays

Doctor Dr. Greta Prozesky Alternate Tuesdays

Psychologist Service to be confirmed

Maternal & Child

Health Nurse Danielle Hobbs 2nd and 4th Wed

Diabetes Educator Megan McLeish One Monday per month

Optometrist Glenn Howell April & October

Podiatry Phuong Hung Two visits per month.

Masseur Darcy Penrose Thursdays

Continence Nurse Annabelle Wilson On demand

South West Dental Dr. Mercado &

KyShen Tang Last Friday each month

Payments can be made by cash, cheque or direct deposit into our bank account

BSB: 083 440 Account: 515592666 Pease include your name as a reference Need to make a payment?

Every session includes a bit of:

Keeping your mind active is a way of Exercising

Brain Teasers

So how do you stay fit until a ripe, old age?

It’s important to keep your brain active. Research from US universities shows that

staying mentally, socially and intellectually fit can help keep your mind vital and alert. Just think of

your brain as a muscle that needs regular exercise to physically change and improve how it

operates. How do you exercise your brain? It’s all about opening your mind up to new

experiences every day.

Stay interested in the world. Read a newspaper every day, including the pages you normally

skip, such as the sports section, letters to the editor or world news.

Spend time with provocative people who challenge the way you think and express different

opinions to you.

Attempt the newspaper crossword every day, and see how much better you get each week.

Learn a new skill, whether it’s speaking Spanish, Thai cooking or playing a musical

instrument.

Laugh

One of the easiest ways to keep your mind positive is to laugh a little every day. Here’s what a little

giggle can do for you:

It releases endorphins, reducing psychological stress.

It increases immunoglobulin—A in your system, which helps fight sickness.

It increases oxygen consumption and improves respiration.

It burns kilojoules!

It produces anti-inflammatory agents that fight back pain and arthritis.

It reduces levels of serum cortisol, the stress hormone.

It stimulates your T-cells, your disease-fighting immune cells.

Planned Activity Group Welcome to our new local

Policeman Leading Senior Constable

Brent Reed and family. Thank you to

Brent for making the time to visit us at

the Centre, everyone was able to ask

questions. Brent was able to talk

about his role as the local Policeman

and most importantly enjoy an

afternoon together.

To the school we headed to the new

Café “The Weekly Grind Café”, there

we had our lunch prepared and

served by the students under the

guidance of Jackie Grant. Well done

to the students we all appreciated

their work in cooking and preparing

the lunch. We headed back to the

Centre to be entertained by the

children from the Family Day Care

Centre. We were given drawings the

children had completed and they

explained about each of their

drawings, some very special artists

among the group. The children then

entertained us all with their singing.

Thanks to Lana and staff for bringing

the children down to see us for the

afternoon.

We visited Sylvania Park in Horsham,

we met with Rowena who farms An-

gora goats. We learnt about the rais-

ing of Angora goats and mohair

products that are produced. The

goats are small but grow lots of mo-

hair and are shorn twice a year, the

mohair is sent to South Africa to be

sold. Then it was to the RSL in Hors-

ham for lunch before heading home.

Men’s Shed members have been

touring the country side first trip to

Kanvia to visit Wayne Rabone.

Wayne commenced collecting at

the age of seven collecting cards,

stamps, coins and lapel badges.

Then things started to get out of

control, Wayne’s collections spreads

over three sizeable sheds and

outdoors and there was something of

interest for everyone to see. We trav-

elled to Portland to see the new

Portland Men’s Shed and enjoy lunch

with other Shed members from

around the district. We had an inter-

esting trip to Ron Elliott’s to collect

some Red Gum. Ron gave us a tour

of his timber yard and some of the

many projects he has ahead to do.

Everyone enjoyed getting warm by

his outdoor fire. A Special thank you

to Ron for donating some Red Gum

to the Men’s Shed.

Lyn Iredell & Bec Kearns

Community Services

July Program Date Event

Monday 3rd Lunch at the Centre then a Movie Afternoon

watching ‘Lion’.

Monday 10th Lunch at the Centre then a visit to a local Alpaca

farm.

Monday 17th Lunch at the Centre then a quiz and puzzle

afternoon and work with the pressed leaves.

Monday 24th Lunch at the Centre, bring a tea towel with a story

to share

Monday 31st Tour and lunch at Cavendish, leave Centre at 11am

Men’s Shed

July Dates

Thursday 6th

Thursday 13th

Thursday 20th

Thursday 27th

Netty’s

Strength

Training

Classes resume on 17th July

and will continue every

Monday & Wednesdays

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Cost: $5 per session

Where: BBNC Function Room

A pap smear clinic will be held at the BBNC on

Friday 28th July from 10am - 3:30pm.

This clinic is FREE so please bring your Medicare Card.

The clinic will be conducted by Sue Watt Women's

Health Nurse from WDHS.

For more information or to make an appointment please

call the Centre on 5570 1304

Tallie’s Terrific

Tuesdays

Classes resume on 18th July

and will continue every

Tuesday during school term

from 10am - 11am

Cost: $3.00 per session

Public & Private dental is available last

Friday each month at BBNC.

No need to travel out of town for dental care.

Account Fees We wish to remind clients that due to the

rising cost of administration there has been

a $5 per month account fee introduced

for the provision of account services.

This month at play group we welcomed some

newcomers to Balmoral. We had a lot of fun

making fish and playing with ‘fluffy slime’ the

table may never be the same again but the

children had loads of fun and even the mums

joined in. The holidays are coming up so

play group will be back on the 28th July and

every fortnight there after at 10am so look

forward to seeing you all there.

“Love your smile, visit the dentist”

This month at the

Balmoral Early

Learning Centre In June, we started to plant more vegetables in our garden. We

grew broad beans in cotton wool, allowing them to create a root

system, and then transferred them to pot plants to help them to

grow. The children also planted peas and created areas for the

plants to climb on. The children are learning how to look after their

natural environment and are beginning to understand what

elements are required for plants to grow. The children really

enjoyed digging the soil from our digging patch to plant out our

board beans and look forward to cooking with our produce in the

months to come.

The children have showed interest in creating obstacle courses, so

each session we allow the children to help us create a new course.

The children are able to develop their gross motor skills such as

balance, coordination and fitness, as well as enhancing their

communication skills and teamwork. During the winter months, the

children are limited in their outdoor play, so we ensure that their

time spent outside is worthwhile and benefits their learning

experience.

We were very lucky to be able the visit the PAG group on Tuesday

13th June to read a book and perform a concert. We read “Noisy

Wild Animals” by Steve Lavis, which enables the children to

develop their speech sounds and build their confidence to speak in

front of a crowd. The children then performed some songs that we

have been practicing, such as “I have a little turtle”, “ring-a-ring-a-

rosie” and “here we go round the mulberry bush”. The children

were very excited to perform for the PAG group and we were very

proud of their confidence. Some of the children made pictures to

give to the PAG group and were able to chat with our crowd

before leaving. Thank you to the PAG group for allowing us to

come for a visit, the children loved performing for you!

Lana Burgess

Childcare Team Leader