Keeping clients and team members safe during bushfire season… The Aged & Disability Services Bushfire Preparedness Plan assists the team to prepare and respond to high fire danger days and bushfires. With over 400 staff and volunteers travelling across the peninsula every day to deliver in-home support services to more than 5,000 clients it is imperative that health & safety is considered during the high risk summer season. The following actions (and many more) are undertaken in the lead up to summer, during high fire danger days or in the event of a bushfire: Bushfire awareness training for all staff and volunteers Group SMS messages sent to alert team members to risks in the field, including high fire danger days and actual bushfires Support visits to clients in high fire risk are rostered for early morning, when the risk is lowest Clients are provided with a season kit” with information on staying safe and “summer healthy during heatwaves and bushfires The season started off unusually early with our first Sever Fire Danger Day in October, followed by several more in November, December 2015 and January 2016. By planning ahead we have minimised the impact on our clients and team members. With the recent fire in Crib Point we identified (through a software search of our client database) clients in the affected area, alerted them to the danger and assisted them to relocate. Getting the Positive Ageing message out there! The latest edition of our Positive Ageing Newsletter hit the streets during January, giving our older residents information and ideas for living a long and healthy life. Research indicates that longevity is only 40% genetics, leaving a huge 60% influenced by lifestyle factors. Whilst we’ve known for a long time that physical and mental activity are critical for good health into older age, it has become clear more recently that social activity is also essential. Strong social connections and playing a valued role in your community are also important to longevity and good health. Our summer edition Positive Ageing Newsletter gives residents plenty of tips including: How to stay healthy in the heat and preparing to survive bushfires Hot to be scam savvy Celebrate Ageing project (positive ageing competition) U3A programs, with a spotlight on Tai Chi Mornington Diabetes Advisory Group Report on the Shire’s inaugural Positive Ageing Community Summit Home and Community Care Services available through the Shire
Keeping clients and team members safe during bushfire season… The Aged & Disability Services Bushfire Preparedness Plan assists the team to prepare and respond to high fire danger days and bushfires. With over 400 staff and volunteers travelling across the peninsula every day to deliver in-home support services to more than 5,000 clients it is imperative that health & safety is considered during the high risk summer season. The following actions (and many more) are undertaken in the lead up to summer, during high fire danger days or in the event of a bushfire: Bushfire awareness training for all staff and volunteers Group SMS messages sent to alert team members to risks in the field, including high fire danger days and actual bushfires Support visits to clients in high fire risk are rostered for early morning, when the risk is lowest Clients are provided with a “summer season kit” with information on staying safe and healthy during heatwaves and bushfires The season started off unusually early with our first Sever Fire Danger Day in October, followed by several more in November, December 2015 and January 2016. By planning ahead we have minimised the impact on our clients and team members. With the recent fire in Crib Point we identified (through a software search of our client database) clients in the affected area, alerted them to the danger and assisted them to relocate. Getting the Positive Ageing message out there! The latest edition of our Positive Ageing Newsletter hit the streets during January, giving our older residents information and ideas for living a long and healthy life. Research indicates that longevity is only 40% genetics, leaving a huge 60% influenced by lifestyle factors. Whilst we’ve known for a long time that physical and mental activity are critical for good health into older age, it has become clear more recently that social activity is also essential. Strong social connections and playing a valued role in your community are also important to longevity and good health. Our summer edition Positive Ageing Newsletter gives residents plenty of tips including: How to stay healthy in the heat and preparing to survive bushfires Hot to be scam savvy Celebrate Ageing project (positive ageing competition) U3A programs, with a spotlight on Tai Chi Mornington Diabetes Advisory Group Report on the Shire’s inaugural Positive Ageing Community Summit Home and Community Care Services available through the Shire
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