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Do you need extra support with COVID-19 testing or vaccinations?

If you need specialised support for vaccination or testing, our advice is to contact your GP or Healthline on 0800 358 5453. Vaccination centres and testing stations are not always ideal for the needs of disabled people but there are alternatives.

For more information click this link: https://covid19.govt.nz/prepare-and-stay-safe/iwi-and-communities/information-for-disabled-people/

Support and information for disabled people This page contains information for disabled people and people with impairments or underlying medical conditions and their whānau and communities.

Get the help you need Check what to do if you test positive

Top tip for the beginning of 2022!

Waikato will remain at Level 3 and will be reviewed on Monday 1st November.
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DRIVE THROUGH
VACCINATION CLINIC
Settlement Centre Carpark
Monday 11th October - Friday 15th October
10am - 3pm
ALL WELCOME - No appointment needed
Drive through and walk ins
Settlement Centre carpark
46g Boundary Road, Hamilton
Any questions please contact Kate on 0277006200

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New Zealand will remain at Alert Level 4 until 11.59pm Tuesday 31 August. From Wednesday 1 September all areas South of Auckland will move to Alert Level 3.

Auckland and Northland will remain at Alert Level 4, to be reviewed on Monday 30 August. It is likely Auckland will stay at Alert Level 4 for a further 2 weeks.

This weekend, it’s important that everyone stays home to stop the spread of Delta.

Anyone with symptoms anywhere in New Zealand should continue to get tested.

Please continue to check locations of interest regularly: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-public/contact-tracing-covid-19/covid-19-contact-tracing-locations-interest

Anyone who was at a location of interest at the specified time and their household, is asked to self-isolate and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 for advice on testing.

Testing centres including hours of operation can be found here: https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/

We’ve got this, Aotearoa.

Stay home, stop Delta.

Everybody aged 30 and over can book their COVID-19 vaccine. Go to www.BookMyVaccine.nz to reserve your spot.

If you are 30 years and over you are now eligible to receive a COVID vaccination.

How does the COVID-19 vaccine protect?
The COVID-19 vaccine stimulates the body’s immune system to produce antibodies and other proteins that will fight the virus if you’re exposed to it. The vaccine helps prevent you from getting infected and having COVID-19 symptoms, or severe illness. This means one would have no COVID-19 symptoms or will have much fewer, milder symptoms and recover faster.
🦠 mRNA vaccines
The Pfizer vaccine (Comirnaty) is an mRNA vaccine that contains the genetic code for an important part of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus called the ‘spike protein’. Spike proteins are the little projections on the surface of the virus.
Once you’ve had the vaccine, your body reads the genetic code and makes copies of the spike protein.
Your immune system detects these spike proteins and learns how to recognise and fight against COVID-19. It knows it needs to attack the virus to protect it from spreading in your body.
The genetic code then gets broken down and removed very quickly and easily by our body.
❌ Vaccination does not cause Covid 19
mRNA vaccines do not contain any of the virus that causes COVID-19, or any other live, dead or deactivated viruses. The vaccine CANNOT give you COVID-19 and does not affect your DNA.
📍There are many vaccination centres in different neighbourhoods of Hamilton and the easiest way to book is through www.bookmyvaccine.co.nz
CHARTWELL
- Life Pharmacy Chartwell
DINSDALE
- Dinsdale Medical Centre
FAIRFIELD
- Fairfield Medical Centre
- Fairfield Pharmacy
FLAGSTAFF
- Unichem Flagstaff Pharmacy
FRANKTON
- Frankton Pharmacy
HAMILTON CENTRAL
- Redicare Medical Centre
- Anglesea Pharmacy
- Hamilton Pharmacy
HAMILTON EAST
- Te Kōhao Health
- Hamilton Lake Clinic
- Hamilton East Medical Centre
HAMILTON LAKE
- Waikato Hospital (Ryburn) Vaccination Centre
- Hamilton Lake Clinic
HILLCREST
- Hillcrest Medical Centre
MELVILLE
- Glenview Medical
NAWTON
- Avalon Medical Hamilton
- Raukura Hauora O Tainui
TE RAPA
- Hamilton Te Awa Vaccination Centre - Te Awa The Base
ROTOTUNA
- Unichem Rototuna Pharmacy
WHITIORA
- K’aute Pasifika Trust

Book My Vaccine | Ministry of Health NZ Book your COVID-19 vaccination online today, or register to find out when it’s your turn.

No matter what Alert Level we’re at, healthcare like GPs and cancer services will always be available. It’s best to call before you go, so you know what to do when you get there – you might need to use a certain entrance, or wait in your car until called.

For any non-urgent services such as physiotherapists, dieticians or dentists, please call to confirm your appointment first.

If you are having a baby soon, there may be some changes to the way you receive care, including restrictions on the number of people you’re able to have with you.

Thanks to all our health and disability workforce and vaccination staff for all that they do. 💛

More information about accessing health services in all Alert Levels can be found on the UniteAgainst COVID website: https://covid19.govt.nz/health-and-wellbeing/how-to-access-healthcare-and-emergency-services/ -an-emergency

Especially during lockdown 🤪 maybe add some chocolate too!

Things to do at home on a Friday night... can you get to stage 4?

Golden rules at Alert Level 4

At Alert Level 4, you should stay at home unless you are:

Getting vaccinated
Visiting the supermarket or pharmacy
Getting urgent medical care
Exercising in your neighbourhood
Or getting a COVID test

To get a Covid-19 test, check the Healthpoint website for locations: Healthpoint

Things to do at home on a Friday night... can you get to stage 4?

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Happy Easter 🐣

Hello lovelies! Well it’s Alert Level 2 so here are our guidelines. Please share with your support workers. Kia Kaha RCFW. We’ve managed to keep this out of our homes by working together and am so proud of that. I’ve attached the Ministry of Heaths guidelines. The main points are wash hands, sanitise when you come into the house and make sure everyone is using the QR code’s in each property. Take care ❤️.

Under Alert Level 2, extra precautions will continue and visiting Ryder Cheshire Foundation Waikato facilities will be managed in a controlled way to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission to residents and your staff.

Public health measures underpin the alert level framework. Along with general health advice focussed on personal hygiene and cleaning, the measures include contact tracing, testing, isolation and quarantine and border restrictions.

At Alert Level 2

• Basic hygiene measures (hand hygiene, cough and sneeze etiquette and avoiding touching face).
• Keeping a record for contact tracing purpose. RCFW enables contact tracing by displaying QR codes so people can use the NZ COVID Tracer app.
Staff and visitors should stay at home if unwell and call their general practitioner or Healthline (for free) on 0800 358 5453 if they have COVID-19 symptoms and arrange to get tested.

PPE
Personal protective equipment should be used correctly and safely in accordance with the Ministry’s guidance for health and disability care settings.

Care services/activities restrictions in place at Alert Level 2:
• Visiting:
o A record of all visitors (including support workers) into the facility should be kept. We have QR code’s as sign in registers in all our homes.
o General family visits and non-essential service visits are allowed, however all must record their visit and under no set of circumstances come into a home if they are feeling unwell.
o Visitors must follow the Ministry’s and the facility’s infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, for example, hand hygiene and physical distancing.
o Visitors should stay at home if they are unwell, under investigation of COVID-19 or a close contact of someone who is a probable or confirmed COVID-19 case.
o Visitors must follow the Ministry’s and the facility’s IPC measures, for example hand hygiene and appropriate use of PPE as required based on risk assessment.

• Resident’s family/other outings, day programmes, health promotion activities and other community supports:
o These activities may resume following public health measures.
o Gatherings are restricted to 100 persons.
o A record of where residents have been should be kept for contact tracing purposes.
o People shouldn’t go out if they are unwell. When they are out, they should follow public health measures.

And hello 2021! Happy New Year one and all!

And hello 2021. Happy New Year one and all!

Saying goodbye to 2020...what a year!

Merry Christmas to our Ryder Cheshire community. We've been through some tough times and some awesome times together. We've even weathered a pandemic. We've had many laughs together. I cant wait to see what 2021 holds. Thankyou to our awesome residents, amazing support workers and devoted trustees. See you all soon Chrissie ♥️😀

Thankyou to all that helped and all that attended our shared Christmas party. What an awesome day! Thank you and God bless

Its December! Wow has this crazy year flown by! Our residents Christmas party is coming up. Please RSVP if you haven't already. Have a lovely day.

Good morning... time to take on the week and sprinkle some kindness around the place!

Springing into Spring

Hello lovely residents.
We have unfortunately moved into COVID-19 alert 2.
What this means for each house is as follows:
1) ALL visitors are to sanitise their hands before entering your house.
2) ALL visitors are to register at each house by the clipboard or Q code. Even if the visitor isn't in a communal area.
3) ALL visitors are to stay away if they have any sickness, cough, runny nose.
4) Physical distance when shopping and record where you've been. The app is great for this.
5) Wash your hands.

Thankyou for your support on this.
Let's stay safe together.

Kia kaha
Chrissie and Ishmael

We have a spot open in one of our homes. If you know someone awesome let us know 👍😃

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Happy Easter everyone. Our thoughts are with you.

Wishing you all a very safe and happy Good Friday