Fairview residents took the time to thank the staff at the retirement village during a special morning tea on Wednesday to celebrate 2019 Aged Care Employee Day.
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Aged Care Employee Day is a new national day, celebrated on August 7, to thank, honour, recognise and celebrate the hundreds of thousands of people who work in the aged care industry across Australia.
Fairview Retirement Village celebrated the day with a special morning tea for staff and residents, during which long-serving staff in particular were recognised for their service.
"What do we do to say thank you to the wonderful staff who not only work here but treat it like their home and treat patients like their family?" Fairview facility manager Mary O'Neill asked during the morning tea.
"We thought we'd take this day to say thank you for the amazing job you all do."
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Certificates were presented to staff who had been at Fairview for more than 10, 20, 30 or 40 years.
A total of 19 staff were presented certificates on Wednesday, including June Pearce who has worked for Fairview for more than 40 years.
Sally McGrath and Carolyn Moore were recognised for their 30 years of service, while Suzanne Bouliopoulos, Kim Canham and Judith Raveneau were awarded for 20 years of service.
Suzanne Davis, Jennifer Hancock, Tracey Mackay, Lorraine O'Neile, Colleen O'Neill, Sue Sampson, Rhonda Skaines, Jane Warrener, Justin Williams, Maree Wiseman, Kerry Hunt, Iva Ratu and Lynette Moore received certificates for 10 years or more of service.
All staff, regardless of how long they had worked at Fairview, were also going to receive certificates of appreciation.
"We just want to celebrate every single employee," nurse adviser Kaye Mann said.
"The long service celebration is an add-on.
"The staff really do an amazing job; they just don't get enough credit."
Resident Rodney Brazel, who has been at Fairview for about four months, personally thanked the staff for the outstanding job they do.
"I've never in my life seen better service than here," he said.
"You've got to be a special person to be a nursing home staff. I couldn't do it."
Fellow resident Bill Murray also spoke.
"I can't fault [the staff]," he said.
"Since I've been here I've been looked after. Thank you very, very much."
Yummy Tummy Cakes made a delicious cake for the occasion, while Aboriginal elder Val Dahlstrom did the Welcome to Country.
