Transcript
OPENING IMAGE: Aerial image of the town of Creswick.
Text on screen: The Victorian Government is investing $3.2 million to upgrade the Creswick Nursing Home near Ballarat.
Text on screen: Debra Bevern, Nurse Unit Manager, Creswick Health.
Debra Bevern: Dementia-enabling design support the residents to live their best life.
IMAGE: Debra talking to camera with health service garden in background.
Debra Bevern: It's about moving safely in corridors that take you to a place of purpose.
IMAGE: Debra and colleague walking along garden path.
Text on screen: Funded through the Regional Health Infrastructure Fund.
Debra Bevern: It's about texture, light
IMAGE: An artist impression of what the facility will look like when completed is shown
Text on screen: the upgrade will deliver a 12-bed unit purpose-built for residents with dementia.
Debra Bevern: It’s about living spaces and outdoor areas that are safe and easy to access.
IMAGE: Debra talking to camera with health service garden in background, which transitions to an aerial image of the town of Creswick
Text on screen: Plus improvements to the existing facility, including upgrades to heating and cooling systems.
Debra Bevern: We have 30 residents. In the new area there will be single rooms with ensuites.
IMAGE: front shot of the facility in construction.
Craig Jenkins: A lot of the project's got to do with converting double rooms into single rooms with individual ensuites.
Image: Craig Jenkins talking to camera with construction of facility in background.
Text on screen: Craig Jenkins, Director S.J Weir, Ballarat.
IMAGE: Animation of the architect’s plans of how the interior of the facility is laid out. Plans show single rooms with ensuites and larger shared spaces.
Debra Bevern: To get their own bathroom, their own space, their own privacy, is very important.
IMAGE: Debra Bevern talking to camera.
Debra Bevern: With the new modern facilities it will boost the staff's morale.
IMAGE: Aerial view of the construction and the adjacent health service.
Debra Bevern: For the community the benefits are enormous.
IMAGE: Craig Jenkins talking to camera.
Craig Jenkins: Our tradespeople all from the Ballarat area.
IMAGE: Close up of various tradespeople in hard hats working on the construction site.
Craig Jenkins: You have a true local business supporting local businesses, putting that money back into the local economy.
IMAGE: Craig Jenkins talking to camera.
Craig Jenkins: We've got about 20 tradespeople on site, on a daily basis, as an average. There's about three or four apprentices on site.
IMAGE: Close up of various tradespeople in hard hats working on the construction site.
Craig Jenkins: At the moment we're working through the internal timber framing and the roofing, and we also have some services trades here as well.
IMAGE: Aerial shot of the facility in construction.
Debra Bevern: This is their home town. This is where they want to live.
IMAGE: Debra Bevern talking to camera.
Debra Bevern: They don't want to have to move.
IMAGE: Aerial view of the town of Creswick, which transition into another view of the nursing home in construction.
Debra Bevern: There's far less anxiety for residents who have to move into an aged facility when they can do it in their home town.
IMAGE: Debra Bevern talking to camera.
Debra Bevern: We're a quiet, friendly, country facility.
Text on screen: The redevelopment is due for completion late 2020.
Debra Bevern: This is their home. This is their last address.
Outro slide with VHHSBA and Victorian Government logo
End of transcript.
