ISSUE 48 September/October 2012 Budja Budja September/October 2012 BUDJA BUDJA CO-OPERATIVE OPERATIVE PO BOX 66 HALLS GAP 3381 WEBSITE: www.budjabudjacoop.org.au Page 1
OCT 2012 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dental Visit 9 10 Dr Anderson 11 Dr Anderson 12 13 14 MCHN 15 16 17 Physio 18 Podiatry Dietitian C.H.Nurse Diabetes Ed 19 20 21 22 23 24 MCHN 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Optometrist Visit Page 2
NOV 2012 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 Melbourne CUP DAY 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dr Karlik 15 Dr Karlik Podiatry Dietitian C.H.Nurse Diabetes Ed 16 17 18 19 20 21 Physio 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Page 3
Practice Nurse Gayelene Peoples Thankyou to everyone for making me feel very welcome at Budja. I am thoroughly enjoying my new role as practice nurse. Everyone has been fantastic in helping me to understand the many aspects that make up our medical practice here. Since commencing in August we have introduced health promotion and trialling home ATSI Health Assessments. Suzie went on her first home ATSI health assessment last week and this worked really well for the patient and Suzie enjoyed having another dimension added to her role as Aboriginal Health Worker. Health promotion is an important aspect in all our lives. The plan is to have 10 health promotion sessions over the year. Our first session this month was on diabetes and next session in November will be about identifying risks of cardiac disease and how we can try and prevent or reduce our risk. This will be on Thursday 29 th November. Overall I would like to work towards identifying all our patients with chronic disease and have plans for self management, identifying people in the high risk group of developing chronic disease and setting a plan and goals to try to prevent or reduce their risk, and identifying people in the low risk and educating them early to prevent heading towards high risk and chronic disease. The basic health education that is given to all people, is to eat a balanced diet and keep up the activity regularly. If changes need to be made, make small changes gradually, that are achievable. Gayelene Peoples Practice Nurse Budja Budja PH: 53564751 gaye@budjabudjacoop.org.au PREVENTING, REDUCING RISKS and UNDERSTANDING CARDIAC DISEASE THURSDAY 29th NOVEMBER Held in the Community Room at Budja Budja, lunch provided. Page 4
Brendan Edwards Aboriginal Health Worker Budja Budja PH: 0409391479 brendan@budjabudjacoop.org.au Koori Male Health Worker Brendan Edwards BUDJA MEN s MEETING Friday 10th October Contact Brendan for more details. Koori Female Health Worker Suzie Hamilton Women s Fitness & Health Program Come and enjoy a cuppa and a yarn with other women while walking or doing some Strength Training Exercise. This Program will be run every second Friday at Budja Budja from 11.30am to approximately 2pm. There will be some food preparation and cooking for a healthy lunch. For more information please call Suzie Hamilton on the numbers below or just drop into Budja and ask our friendly staff. Transport is available if needed. Hope to see you there Suzie Hamilton Aboriginal Health Worker Budja Budja PH: 53564751 / 0417143359 Page 5
NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE 20 22 Grampians Road, Halls Gap Story Telling Everyone has a story or two to tell and a picture is worth a thousand words. Come along and learn and to make a movie with all your digital photos or maybe you would prefer to learn to make a slide show with a power point presentation even learn to share with your family and friends. If the technical slide is not for you we will also cover manual storytelling from journaling, verbal storytelling including imaginary and dreamtime stories though to scrapbooking physical photos. Maybe come and try our storytelling though craft learn to tell your story though making a quilt or make a special Christmas present. Beef Stirfry Ingredients 1 tray of stripped beef 1 cup of rice, water to cook rice 1 packet of stirfry rice 1 jar of stirfry sauce 1 packet of stirfry vegetables 1 cup of rice put rice in a saucepan cover with water. Cook rice stirring frequently when rice is soft drain well and set aside. Strip beef - (can buy in meat section of the supermarket) fry meat and chopped onion in a frypan with a little bit of oil until browned. Add stirfry vegetables to meat and heat though (you can buy stirfry vegetables in the frozen section of the supermarket) Add a jar of stirfry sauce to meat and vegetables and heat thought. Serve and enjoy with rice Bev Bachelor Neighbourhood House Coordinator Budja Budja PH: 53564751 bev@budjabudjacoop.org.au Page 6
COMMUNITY LINKS PROGRAM Operates from the N HOUSE community Room on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday - 10:30am 2;30 pm Come & have a cuppa & chat or join in an activity CRAFT, CRAFT AND MORE CRAFT ( BUT DON T FORGET THE CHITCHAT) Bring along your partly finished Projects or share a skill or learn another technique or just chat. Tuesdays & Wednesdays 1-3pm FUTURE PROGRAMS FOOD HANDLING CERTIFICATE One day course in late October or early November. This course is in partnership with University Of Ballarat. There will be a small cost but some concessions may apply STORYTELLING Do you have photos you would like to save onto a disc and convert to a slideshow or movie? Do you want to learn how to modify your photos using a computerised photo program? Come along on Tuesday mornings 10:30 12:00 from 9th October early Dec INTRODUCITON TO EXCEL We are going to run another course of this popular program for 10 hours conducted over 3 mornings On Tuesday mornings starting late November. There will be a cost but concessions may Apply Expressions of interest required by October 24th LETS GROW IT, IN OUR ON SITE GARDEN COOK IT, IN OUR KITCHEN AND EAT IT -YUM Page 7
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October 1st Chelsea Chatfield 14th Alan Burns 21st Mark Kelly 31st Abbie Lovett November 3rd Suzie Hamilton 18th James Muir 21st Jaala Marks-Lovett 26th Byron Proctor December 1st Paul Green 3rd Lachlan Hamilton 8th Terrance Goss 9th Ray Marks 18th Sandra Fisher 21st Tim Chatfield 27th Hiki Harmer If anyone wishes to have their birthday added to our list, or receive one of our Budja Newsletters please let our reception staff know. Page 10
Would you like to have your copy of Budja Budja s Newsletter emailed to you? You can contact us to let us know either by phone 53564751 or send an email to alison@budjabudjacoop.org.au Or just let us know next time you are in. Thankyou INDIGENOUS HEALTH ASSESSMENTS (recommended every 9 months) with Dr Meg Shannon EVERY Tuesday from 9am 4pm Every Thursday from 9am 4pm **On completiton of a health assessment each patient will receive a choice of either a $25 Woolworths voucher or a $25 BP voucher. OUR NEXT INDIGENOUS HEALTH RAFFLE WILL BE DRAWN AT THE END OF THE YEAR! Page 11
Budja Budja Aboriginal Co-operative HEALTHY DIET AND EXERCISE Here are some questions to think about to help improve your health How many serves of fruits and vegetables do you eat in a week? How often do you eat take away foods such as hot chips, hamburgers and pizza etc? Is it difficult for you to access healthy food? Would you like to join in a group at Budja Budja to participate in healthy cooking and healthy recipes that are quick and easy? Would you like to have a yarn with a dietician to find new ways to have a healthy diet? Do you regularly exercise (i.e.) walking, playing with your kids, walking your dog, dancing, etc? Would you like to learn more tips on how to easily add exercise into your everyday life that is easy to do? Is it difficult for you to exercise regularly? Are you interested in joining a walking group or strength training at Budja Budja? We are running a Fitness and Health Program every second Friday (see page 5). This involves Strength Training and Walking. We also prepare and cook a healthy lunch. This is a great way to fit exercise into your day whilst meeting and having a yarn with other women. Whether it is your first time for joining in with an exercise group or your 100 th time..don t be shy.come and join in.it s lots of fun and healthy too. If you would like to discuss anything further please contact Suzie on 53564751 or 0417143359. Page 12
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FROM: Budja Budja Aboriginal Co-operative P.O Box 66, Halls Gap, VIC 3381 Phone: 53564751 Fax: 53564754 Email: budjabudja@bigpond.com Website: www.budjabudjacoop.org.au