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ANCS Staff Newsletter

ALLCARE NURSING & COMMUNITY SERVICES

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

On behalf of Allcare Nursing & Community Services, I would like

to wish you, your families and loved ones a very special Christmas.

As we look forward to the coming year 2014 and another year

draws to a close, we look back over the past 12 months where we

have celebrated, laughed, shed a few tears and said goodbye to

some very special people.

To our staff, I would like to personally thank you for your

dedication, skill and commitment in making Allcare Nursing &

Community Services the dynamic and respected organization that

it is today, so much of what Allcare achieves is a direct result of

your efforts.

There is no doubt that our team is one of our greatest strengths of

our organization and we are truly privileged to work in a job where

we can make a difference in the lives of others everyday.

Christmas is a time of celebration, joy and togetherness and I

certainly hope that theses sentiments can be enjoyed by all staff

and their families over this period.

I hope that the New Year brings renewed hope, energy and

success to all and I look forward to 2014 in anticipation of

continued success in helping our clients achieve their goals.

Best Wishes

Michelle Price Elizabeth Hucker

Chief Executive Officer General Manager

STAFF RECOGNITION AWARD

Congratulations to the following staff

members who arte the well deserved

recipients of this seasons staff recogni-

tion award;

Hilary Kennedy

Domestic /

Certificate III

Kristine Hansen

Certificate III

ISSUE # 7

SUMMER EDITION 2013

Allcare Nursing & Community Services

Shop 2/268 Main Road Toukley NSW 2263

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Email: [email protected]

Website: www.allcarenursing.com.au

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IN MEMORY OF…

AUDREY PYE

GRAHAM PHAIR

SUZANNE STEVENS

BERNARD MERPHY

RITA FLETT

MICHAEL DODD

DONALD FORSAITH

CHARLES BENNETT

KELVIN SMITH

SILVIA ROBERTS

ANDREW HOWATT

PERMANENT CARE

MIRIAM ROGERS

BETTY DAWSON

ANDREW HOWATT

EMILIE COASTES

ACCREDITATION AUDIT Allcare Nursing & Community Services from the 2nd to 4th October 2013

undertook our accreditation audits for the following;

Re-Certification for ISO 9001:2008

ISO 9001:2008 is a set of standards is related to quality management sys-

tems designed to ensure companies meet the needs of customers and other

stakeholders while meeting statutory and regulatory requirements. ISO

9001:2008 deals with fundamentals of quality management systems, in-

cluding the eight management principles.

Third party certification bodies provide independent confirmation that

companies meet the requirements of ISO 9001:2008. Although this process

is voluntary there are over a million companies worldwide who are inde-

pendently certified, making ISO 9001 one of the most widely used manage-

ment tools in the world today and has become part of the companies crite-

rion when tendering for government contract.

This year, Allcare Nursing & Community Services had to undertake the

entire re certification process which occurs every 3 years, having all as-

pects of the company and service externally certified. We are happy to an-

nounce that we have once again passed certification.

ACIMSS Attendant Care Industry Management System Standards

The Attendant Care Industry Management System Standard (ACIMSS) is a

national quality management systems standard that has been specifically

designed by the attendant care sector, for the attendant care sector.

Achieving ACIA endorsed certification to the ACIMSS is a rigorous under-

taking that requires service providers to achieve demonstrable quality out-

comes for service users.

The ACIMSS focuses on the key issues required to deliver high quality in-

dividualised attendant care in the community. It is applicable to any indi-

vidual requiring low, moderate or high levels of support to live in their

community and is not limited in scope to any one particular government

department or funder.

Allcare Nursing & Community Services has passed the performance moni-

toring audit and is currently preparing for the re-certification in June 2014




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Allcare Angels

Team Members

ANCS Staff

Michelle Price

Roger Price

Elizabeth Hucker

Natasha Roberts

Alison Wylie

Natalie Williams

Robyn Byrne

Glenda Walters

ANCS family members &

friends who assisted

Allcare to participate in

the relay

Marcus Hucker

Liz Hucker’s 5 children

Jan Wylie

(Ally’s mum)

Bryce Thomason (

Ally’s son)

Maxine Byrne

(Rob’s daughter)

Paula

(Glenda’s sister)

RELAY FOR LIFE

This year Allcare Nurs-ing & Community Ser-vices once again partici-pated in the Relay for

Life held at Mingara on the 12th & 13th October 2013, with our team the Allcare Angels.

The Allcare Angels raised $2773.90 from sponsorship and donations for the Cancer Council to assist in the fight against cancer, celebrating the life of love ones lost and those fighting this terrible disease.

With only 7 staff members participating in this years event, 10 family members and friends of staff where recruited to help Allcare participate in the relay, undertaking the mas-sive effort of having a member of the team walking at all times for the 18 hour overnight event.

Special Mention

We would like to make a special mention for Natalie Williams, our Domestic Assistant and Trainee

Certificate III Workers who put in so much time and effort to fund-raise $563 for the event.

We look forward to increasing the amount raised in next years event and look forward to additional team members joining us to… Cele-brate… Remember… & Fight back against cancer!!




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CHRISTMAS TRIVIA

1. We all know that Rudolph has a red nose, but does Rudolph have antlers?

2. In the song "Jingle Bells" who was seated by my side?

3. In which Christmas song are the lyrics, "to see if reindeer re-

ally know how to fly?"

4. Which country created eggnog?

5. Who is rumored to have stolen Christmas?

6. How many reindeer hooves are there (include Rudolph) ?

7. What were Frosty's last words?

8. The most popular item to put on top of a Christmas tree is?

9. What two words are normally pre-printed on gift tags?

10. There are 365 days in a year. What number is Christmas Day?

11. Traditionally speaking, Frosty the Snowman has a hat; but,

does he also wear a scarf?

12. In "Jingle Bell Rock" everyone is dancing and prancing. Where

do they do it?

13. Santa Claus gets back up the chimney by doing what?

14. What is the biggest selling Christmas single of all time?

15. Scrooge's first name is what?

16. "The Night Before Christmas?" never mentions which reindeer?

17. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" has how many verses?

18. What was Rudolph's punishment for his red nose?

19. Name the three reindeer whose names begin with "D"

20. After red and green, what are the two most poplar Christmas

colors?

REPORTING CLIENTS

WITH WOUNDS

ANCS staff members, both

Certificate III Workers &

Domestic Assistants are

required to report all

wounds to ANCS

Registered Nurses as soon

as they are aware of them.

Please following this process;

1. As soon as you realize

the client has a wound,

call the Registered

Nurse on call

2. The Registered Nurse

will then instruct you if

they would like you to

cover it until they can

get to the home to

check the wound

3. Document in clients file

Answers:

1. Yes 2. Miss Fannie Bright 3. The Christmas Son g 4. England 5. The Grinch 6. 36 7. Ill be back

again someday 8. An Angel 9. To & From 10. 359 11. Yes 12. Jingle Bell Square 13. And laying his

finger aside his nose & giving a nod up the chimney it goes 14. White Christmas 15. Ebenezer 16.

Rudolf 17. 12 18. Couldn’t play reindeer games 19. Dasher, Donner, Dancer 20. Silver & Gold

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