Media Releases
As Shepparton Villages appears in the media, articles will be posted to this page.
Letter to Residents, Families, Next of Kin, Advocates
In accordance with the latest state government restrictions for visiting aged care facilities in regional Victoria, as of 11.59 pm tonight, Thursday June 24, 2021, limited visitors are permitted into Shepparton Villages residential care facilities on a strictly managed and pre-booked basis.
Letter to Residents, Families, Next of Kin, Advocates
In accordance with the latest state government restrictions for visiting aged care facilities in regional Victoria, no visitors are permitted into Shepparton Villages residential care facilities unless there are exceptional circumstances as detailed below:
Letter to Families, Next of Kin, Advocates
In accordance with current State Government regulations, no visitors will be permitted into Shepparton Villages residential care facilities, except for end-of-life reasons.
Letter to Residents, Families, Next of Kin, Advocates
In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne and the restrictions imposed in Melbourne as a consequence, we have received directives from the Department of Health for all Victorian residential aged care facilities.
Letter to Residents, Families, Next of Kin, Advocates
Following is some important information about vaccinations and COVID-19 screening. Please take the time to read and share with relevant family members.
Mooroopna Place aged care home officially opened
The brand new state of the art residential aged care home, Moooroopna Place was officially opened today before a small gathering of residents, families, staff and officials.
Visitor Policy: UPDATE, February 19, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services has again changed visitor directives for residential aged care homes.
Visitor Policy: UPDATE, February 18, 2021
In line with the Premier’s announcement on February 17, 2021, effective from 11.59pm on February 17, 2021, visits to aged care residential care facilities are currently restricted to one household visit per resident, per day. There are no restrictions on the number of visitors from the ONE household, however all visits must be conducted in resident rooms and adhere to density quotients.
Letter to Residents, Families, Next of Kin, Advocates
Further to our correspondence of 12 February 2021 regarding lockdown of all Shepparton Villages facilities to visitors, we have since received further amendments from Victorian State Government’s Department of Health & Human Services to Circuit Breaker Lockdown Residential Aged Care visitor restrictions.
Visitor Policy: LOCKDOWN UPDATE, February 12, 2021
Shepparton Villages will go into full lockdown at all facilities effective immediately (Friday, February 12, 2021) as a precaution.
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