Group Facilities | Personal Facilities | Security | Safety

Overview

Rockingham is constructed of red brick single storey buildings, with accommodation being single ensuite rooms for low care and shared ensuite rooms for high care.  Units are built around enclosed gardens and lawns, providing a tropical, friendly environment.  Rockingham caters for 51 permanent residents and one respite resident.

Rockingham's facilities include:

• Medical facilities
• Recreational facilities (including a communal computer for access to the Internet and email)
• Library services
• Communal TV, video and stereo
• Hairdressing salon
• Telephone
• Chapel

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Rockingham aims to provide the comfort and security to residents like they experienced in their own home.  Residents can have their rooms as homelike as possible.  They are encouraged to bring some of their own things with them; for example, they may want to bring their favourite chair, pictures and photographs.

In addition, residents may want to bring the following items:

• Television, radio and CD/cassette players
• Wall mounted heaters (free standing heaters are not permitted for safety reasons)
• Refrigerators (we recommend small bar types)
• Electric jugs (we recommend those with an automatic cut-off switch)

Additionally, while we have a communal blue pay phone, residents are able to connect a private telephone (connection and payment of all associated fees are the responsibility of the resident or relative/representative).

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Rockingham is staffed 24 hours per day to ensure our residents security and safety.  Each unit is equipped with two 'nurse call' emergency buttons; other buttons are located in communal areas throughout the hostel. In the event of a fire or other emergency, illuminated exit signs are located throughout the main building.  Additionally, a map showing the evacuation area is located on the back door of each resident's room.

Safety

Some of our residents are likely to injure themselves because they are not as steady on their feel as they once were.  Rockingham's management and staff take special care to make sure the hostel is a safe place to live.  Rockingham supports each resident's right to maintain independence (which may involve risk taking).  The hostel and staff employed in a direct care role have a duty of care and responsibility to ensure that risk taking only occurs after full assessment of the resident by members of the health team.

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