North Canterbury News: September 02, 2021
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GOLDEN YEARS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 2, 2<strong>02</strong>1<br />
15<br />
BloomfieldCourt<br />
Homelysettingproviding<br />
personalised care,delicious<br />
home cooked meals &rooms<br />
with alovelygarden outlook.<br />
Privatelyowned and<br />
operatedwithin the heartof<br />
<strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />
Aged care ... Support is available for elderly people on their own during lockdown. PHOTO: FILE<br />
Support available<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Presbyterian Supportiscontinuing to<br />
offer support in lockdown.<br />
Staff are workingfromhometoconnect<br />
withclientsand offeressential services,<br />
but arefindingthereislessdemand<br />
compared to lastyear's lockdown,<br />
Presbyterian SupportupperSouthIsland<br />
areamanagerVicki Lucassays.<br />
‘‘This time aroundolder peopleare able<br />
to get out anddotheirown shopping,so<br />
there hasn't been quite as muchdemand.<br />
‘‘Weweredoingquiteabit of that last<br />
timeand picking up medications.<br />
‘‘The only transportrequest we'vehad so<br />
far is someonewantingaride for a<br />
vaccination, so we hadtoget himcovered<br />
up.’’<br />
As an essentialservice,Presbyterian<br />
Supportcan provide transporttomedical<br />
appointments under lockdownwithsocial<br />
distancing and canaccessthe <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> Mini Bus Trust vans if<br />
required.<br />
Under Alert Level 4, staff have been in<br />
contact withclientsbyphoneorZoomto<br />
check on them.<br />
‘‘Our day programme clientsare getting<br />
aphone callonthe day theywere due to go<br />
to their programmetokeep up the<br />
connection,’’ Ms Lucassays.<br />
‘‘Most peoplelookforwardtothe regular<br />
phone call.’’<br />
Withthe move to level 3staff will be able<br />
to conductsocial distance visiting,she<br />
says.<br />
‘‘Wecallthem ‘driveway visits'because<br />
it'sreally standing in the driveway to check<br />
up on people.<br />
‘‘Evenunderlevel4wedid have some<br />
concerns, so we've visitedtwo people. We<br />
justknockonthe doorand thenstand<br />
back.’’<br />
Covid places expo on hold<br />
Covid19 hasplaced theannual older<br />
person'sexpoonhold.<br />
Funding has been securedfrom<br />
local community boards forthe<br />
WaimakaririOlder Person's Expo,<br />
which is duetobeheldonOctober 7<br />
at the RangioraBaptistChurch.<br />
‘‘Weneedtobeatlevel 1tobeable<br />
to holdit, so here'shoping it will be<br />
backtolevel 1bythen and people will<br />
feelcomfortable coming out,’’<br />
PresbyterianSupportupper South<br />
Island area manager Vicki Lucas<br />
says.<br />
‘‘Wecertainly like runningthem<br />
and it's an awesome thing to do.’’<br />
The olderperson's expo is a<br />
partnershipbetweenPresbyterian<br />
Support, <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Citizens<br />
Advice,the Waimakariri District<br />
Council’scommunity team,<br />
SeniorNetand U3A.<br />
Around 25 service organisations<br />
areexpected to run stalls on the day,<br />
with up to 300peoplelikely to attend.<br />
‘‘We've kept it small because we<br />
didn't know how people feltabout<br />
goingout after Covid19,’’MsLucas<br />
says.<br />
‘‘We were justkeepingittoservice<br />
providers, but we thought if it went<br />
well we would go gangbusters next<br />
year.<br />
‘‘It didn'thappen last year, so it<br />
wouldbeashame if we had to cancel<br />
it again.’’<br />
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