The 8th of October is world sight day and this year the
Balmoral Lions club are entering in a photo competition
to help promote the day. They have invited the Balmoral
Early Learning Centre to help by all making glasses then
posing with them for the photo they will enter.
We were very excited to participate with this community
group and found it was a great opportunity to teach the
children about the different reasons glasses are worn and
looking after the health of our eyes. The children were
very excited to make their own pipe cleaner glasses.
Over the past month, we have been learning the bear
hunt song. The children have been excited to go on
many bear hunts.
Extending on our learning about spring, we have been
having lots of discussions around insects and seeds. We
have been exploring the different types of insects and
what is special about each one. We even found a
ladybird outside the other week when we were looking
around the yard with our magnifying glasses. We have
also been talking about seeds; what eat them, how we
grow them and how flour is made from some seeds. We
will be growing some seeds in cups over the next few
weeks.
Simone Aitken
Childcare Team Leader
This month at the
Balmoral Early
Learning Centre
It’s looking as though we may still
be fully booked next year; so we
are now looking for expressions of
interest for running a third day
next year. If you are interested in
using our service next year, I
encourage you to pop into our
centre on a Monday or
Wednesday, or call in to the BBNC
and fill out an expression of
interest form to tell us your
childcare needs.
BBNC in a joint project with South
West Dental Services have held their
first dental clinic last week. The
fortnightly visit will bring a much
needed service to our remote
community. This service is funded by
the Commonwealth Government
and is managed by the Dental Health
Services of Victoria.
With alternating visits between Dental
Therapist KyShen Tang and Dentist Dr
Alex Reid, Balmoral will have access
to a broad range of dental care
through both public and private
health support.
Dr Reid will attend to dental
examinations fillings, extractions,
dentures, emergency care,
mouthguards and referrals as
required.
KyShen will undertaken regular
cleaning programs, examinations,
and oral hygiene inspections. He
works with children to introduce and
support good dental care.
Supported by the public dental
service healthcare card holders can
access priority access. The service is
also supported by most public health
funds.
For more information or an
appointment with our dentist or
dental therapist please contact the
Centre for an appointment on
5570 1304
RAN Kim Dufty
welcomes
Amanda Bickley,
KyShen Tang,
Donna Mercado
& Carol
Walkenhorst
from South West
Dental Services
to BBNC
Dental Services in Balmoral
BBNC NEWS
Board Contacts
President
Mr. Neville Trotman
Vice President
Mrs. Georgie Leeming
Members
Mr. Dan Pekin
Mr. Geoff Barcham
Mr. Ryan Lloyd-Jones
Mrs. Dani Smith
Mrs. Katie Little
Mrs. Leeanne Thomson
Executive Administration
Mrs. Sabrina Watt
Centre Contacts
Centre Manager
Lisa Hutchins
Clinical Nurse
Coordinator
Ann Vaughan
Community Services
Coordinator
Lyn Iredell
Administration
Coordinator
Jodie Russell
Quality & Risk
Coordinator
Anita Weaver
Issue 126 | NOVEMBER 2015
Visit us online at www.balmoralbnc.com.au
Contact Details
PO Box 20 Balmoral, VIC 3407
Email: [email protected]
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, promoting knowledge,
investing in the health and wellbeing of our
community for the future"
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.
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 2
PAG Melbourne Cup Lunch
3
MELBOURNE CUP DAY
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
NO DOCTOR
4 5
Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4
X-mas Party in MtGambier—
Poilice Band
6
Dentist - Dr. Reid
7
8 9
PAG
10
Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4
Dr. Greta 2 - 4:45pm
Podiatrist
10:20am - 2:50pm
11
Dr. Slabbert (video link)
M&CHN 9:30 - 11:30am
12
Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4
Men’s Shed from 1:30pm
13
Community Bus >
Horsham
14
15 16
PAG
WDHS Psychologist
Diabetes Educator
17
Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4
Dr. Coulson & Dr. Moe
10am - 4:45pm
18 19
Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4
Men’s Shed from 1:30pm
20
Kyshen Tang
Dental Therapist
21
22 23
PAG Trip to Portland
24
Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am$4
Dr. Greta 2 - 4:45pm
25
M&CHN 9:30 - 11:30am
Podiatrist
10:20am - 2:50pm
Dr. Slabbert (video link)
26
Pathology 8:45 - 9:30am $4
Men’s Shed Opening
from 1:30pm
Broadband for Seniors
6:30 - 7:30pm
27
Community Bus >
Hamilton
28
29 30
PAG Party with the Ponies
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
Doctor Dr Brian Coulson & Dr.
Kenny Yang Alternate Tuesdays
Doctor Dr. Greta Prozesky &
Dr. Steve Yuan Alternate Tuesdays
Dentist
Dental Therapist
Dr. Alexander Reid
Kyshen Tang Alternate Fridays
Psychologist Angela O ’Brien One Monday per month
Maternal & Child
Health Nurse Judy Joyce 2nd and 4th Wed
Diabetes Educator Megan McLeish One Monday per month
Optometrist Glenn Howell May & October
Podiatry Phuong Huyng Two visits per month.
Masseur Darce Penrose Thursdays
Continence Nurse Annabelle Wilson 3rd Thurs month
Dental Prosthetist Andrew Bolwell To be confirmed
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?
FOOD LABELS
Food labels carry useful information to help you make good choices about food. The food label
will tell you if the food contains an additive that you may want to avoid. The nutrition information
panel helps you to compare the nutrient profile of similar products and choose the one that suits
your needs.
Nutrition claims on labels
Don’t be misled by labelling tricks and traps. The terms used are often misleading. For example:
The term ‘light’ or ‘lite’ doesn’t necessarily mean that the product is low in fat or energy. The
term ‘light’ may refer to the texture, colour or taste of the product.
The claims ‘no cholesterol’, ‘low cholesterol’ or ‘cholesterol free’ on foods derived from plants,
like margarine and oil, are meaningless because all plant foods contain virtually no cholesterol.
If an item claims to be 93 per cent fat free, it actually contains 7 per cent fat, but it looks so
much better the other way.
‘Fresh’ actually means the product hasn’t been preserved by freezing, canning,
high-temperature or chemical treatment.
Difference between ‘use-by’ and ‘best before’
Foods with a shelf life of less than two years must have a ‘best before’ or ‘use-by’ date. These
terms mean different things. The ‘best before’ date refers to the quality of the food – food stored in
the recommended way will remain of good quality until that date.
It may still be safe to eat certain foods after the ‘best before’ date, but they may have lost quality
and some nutritional value. By contrast, foods that should not be consumed after a certain date
for health and safety reasons must have a ‘use-by’ date and cannot be sold after that date. You
will find ‘use-by’ dates on perishables such as meat, fish and dairy products.
Tallie Talay
Live Active
Live Active News
During term 4 playgroup will meet every
second Friday from 10:00 until 12:00. We
will meet at 10:00am in the child care rooms
of the Bush Nursing Centre and then walk
over to the mobile library to have some
library and reading time.
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For more information please phone Anne on
0407 990 662 or check out Balmoral
Playgroup on Facebook or the BBNC website
www.balmoralbnc.com.au under
Balmoral
Playgroup
Mondays & Wednesdays 7pm – 8pm Cost: $5 per session Venue: Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre
For more information contact
Tallie Talay at the Centre
Strength Training
With the AFL Grand Final over
we kicked off October with
our annual Mad Monday
celebrations. We awarded our
Footy Tipping winners for 2015
Congratulations to Laurel 1st
place, Peg 2nd place and in
3rd place our very special
visitor for the day Heather
Smith. It was lovely to see
Heather and we look forward
to more visits in the future.
With the beautiful spring days
upon us we ventured out to
the golf club to search for wild
flowers. We were lucky
enough to see a wide variety
of flowers and the orchids
were just beautiful.
With a full bus we headed
over to Harrow for their annual
Pathways to Harrow. We were
amazed by these five very
brave ladies who presented
their stories. Congratulations to
the Harrow Bush Nursing
Centre, we really enjoyed our
day and we are looking
forward to next year’s final
Pathways.
With the sun shining on a very
warm spring day we headed
for the mountains, our
destination Mirranatwa. Our
first stop was “Crombie”
garden where we enjoyed our
lunch under some beautiful
shady trees and listened to the
many different types of birds
that live in this garden. We
then headed to Ros McArthur
Art Studio to have a look at
her beautiful art work and
enjoyed afternoon tea in the
garden there. Thank you to
Gay and Rex Beveridge
and Ros and David McArthur
for making us feel so
welcome.
Lyn Iredell & Bec Kearns
Community Services
Planned Activity Group
November Program Date Event
Monday 2nd Lunch at the Centre, Melbourne Cup sweeps and bring your
favourite tea cup for high tea
Monday 9th Lunch at the Centre. Community Project
Tuesday 10th Morning Tea Party at Louise Guthries
Monday 16th Lunch at the Centre. Out and about for the afternoon
Monday 23rd Day trip to Portland to tour ‘The Enterprize’
Thursday 26th Opening of the newly renovated Men’s Shed
Monday 30th Party with the Ponies in Hamilton
Men’s Shed
Dates
Thursday 5th
Thursday 12th
Thursday 19th
Thursday 26th
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In Australia there are about
3,000 snake bites per year, of
which 200 to 500 receive
antivenom; on average one or
two will prove fatal. About half
the deaths are due to bites
from the brown snake; the rest
mostly from tiger snake, taipan
and death adder. Some
deaths are sudden, however in
fact it is uncommon to die
within four hours of a snake
bite.
Before the advent of
polyvalent antivenoms it was
extremely important to
positively identify the snake.
Although less important now, it
remains highly desirable,
because snake-specific
antivenoms are less hazardous
to the patient than polyvalent
antivenoms. Snake
identification can be very
difficult if it was seen fleetingly
or in poor light. Scale patterns
and colours can be quite
unreliable, especially for brown
snakes.
The bite site may be painless. It
may have classical paired
fang marks, but this is not the
most common picture. Often
there are just a few scratches
and sometimes these may be
go unnoticed.
Signs and symptoms may vary
Fang marks and swelling
May or may not be
painful and have bruising
Nausea and vomiting
Headache, sweating
Blurred vision
Abdominal pain
confusion
Increased heart rate and
blood pressure
Decreased conscious
state
Blood in the urine
WHAT TO DO
Do not wash the area
Keep the person still.
Apply a pressure
immobilisation bandage.
If the bite is on the arm,
bandage the whole arm.
Bites to the head, neck,
and back are a special
problem - firm pressure
should be applied locally
if possible. This slows down
the movement of venom
around the lymphatic
system.
Splint the limb
Mark the outside of the
bandage with a pen to
indicate where the bite
mark is.
Seek medical assistance.
Do not remove the
bandage as this will
cause a rapid spread of
the venom through the
body.
Only 1 in 20 snake bites
require active emergency
treatment or the
administration of
antivenom. Medical
management depends on
the degree of systemic
envenomation and the
type of venom.
If you would like a Snake
Bite Kit they are
available at the BBNC
for $13.50
Di McLean & Kim Dufty
Health Promotion
Snake Bites