Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice

The winter solstice (or hibernal solstice), also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year.

As the Earth follows its orbit around the Sun, the polar hemisphere that faced away from the Sun, experiencing winter, will, in half a year, face towards the Sun and experience summer. This is because the two hemispheres face opposite directions along Earth's axis, and so as one polar hemisphere experiences winter, the other experiences summer.

So for those of us who are feeling the cold, winter solstice has passed on June 21st, so we are edging closer to some warmer days.

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WHAT'S THE POINT

The next resident rep meeting will be held Thursday 6th July @10.30 in the main low care lounge.

Everyone is most welcome to attend. This is a great forum to discuss any ideas suggestions or complaints.

July's fun facts July is the month for Ruby's and water lily's. Fun and interesting fact about the water lily: The Water Lily seed can survive and be planted for up to 2000 years. The July Birthstone, Ruby is considered one of the four precious stones, along with emerald, diamond and sapphire. It is believed the quality of the Ruby is of Passion, Power, Courage and Love.

The only natural gemstone that is harder than a ruby is a diamond.

1698? Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine 1874? The Sholes & Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter went on sale 1903? First Tour De France bicycle race began 1954? BBC broadcasted it's first television news broadcast

This month we remind residents and staff on the Charter of Care Recipients' Rights and Responsibilities - Residential Care.

1. Each care recipient has the following rights: to full and effective use of his or her personal, civil, legal and consumer rights;

to quality care appropriate to his or her needs;

to full information about his or her own state of health and about available treatments;

to be treated with dignity and respect, and to live without exploitation, abuse or neglect;

to live without discrimination or victimisation, and without being obliged to feel grateful to those providing his or her care and accommodation;

to personal privacy;

to live in a safe, secure and homelike environment, and to move freely both within and

outside the residential care service without undue restriction;

to be treated and accepted as an individual, and to have his or her individual preferences taken into account and treated with respect;

to continue his or her cultural and religious practices, and to keep the language of his or her choice, without discrimination;

 to select and maintain social and personal relationships with anyone else without fear, criticism or restriction;

to freedom of speech;

to maintain his or her personal independence

to accept personal responsibility for his or her own actions and choices, even though these may involve an element of risk, because the care recipient has the right to accept the risk and not to have the risk used as a ground for preventing or restricting his or her actions and choices;

to maintain control over, and to continue making decisions about, the personal aspects of his or her daily life, financial affairs and possessions;

to be involved in the activities, associations and friendships of his or her choice, both within and outside the residential care service;

to have access to services and activities available generally in the community;

to be consulted on, and to choose to have input into, decisions about the living arrangements of the residential care service;

to have access to information about his or her rights, care, accommodation and any other information that relates to the care recipient personally;

to complain and to take action to resolve disputes;

 to have access to advocates and other avenues of redress;

to be free from reprisal, or a well founded fear of reprisal, in any form for taking action to enforce his or her rights.

2. Care recipients' responsibilities - residential care : Each care recipient has the following responsibilities:

to respect the rights and needs of other people within the residential care service, and to respect the needs of the residential care service community as a whole;

to respect the rights of staff to work in an environment free from harassment;

to care for his or her own health and well being, as far as he or she is capable;

to inform his or her medical practitioner, as far as he or she is able, about his or her relevant medical history and current state of health.

From: Aged Care Act 1997, Schedule 1 User Rights Principles 2014.

The staff work very hard at ensuring the resident's rights are met if you have any concerns related to theses please ensure you speak to Marita Seamer or Sam Toms (Deputy Director of Nursing).

Marita Seamer

Director of Nursing

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