New social hub opens in Orange

WATCH: Sarah Newman discusses Baptist Care’s new social hub in Orange

Transcript

00:00 We've had this project in plan for six to twelve months.

00:04 We've been building up the amount of services we've been providing the Orange

00:08 community but from our base in Cowra. So with the aim that we would put a base

00:13 here so we've been looking for the the right premises to do that and

00:17 finding this house is just fabulous. It's a beautiful property.

00:22 So we've now kitted it out, set it up with all the resources we need

00:26 and we can continue to grow our services from here. We plan to be here for a long time.

00:32 And I guess how pleasing is it to see it open finally?

00:35 So good to see it open. So good to see it full of clients

00:38 today and they have a lovely time out in the back.

00:42 There's food galore as only the country can do

00:46 and so cake the whole bit. So it's a nice day today.

00:50 And how many clients can it sort of facilitate at any one point anyway?

00:55 I think we can have about sort of 15 clients here at any one time but we'll

00:59 be open several days during the week. So you know not everybody will come every

01:04 day so there's quite a lot of clients that can

01:08 be accommodated in the social club and then a lot more of course at

01:11 weekend support still to remain at home. Sure and what

01:14 were the initial thoughts from some of the clients who've seen the new digs

01:17 anyway? Oh they're delighted. Yeah they've walked

01:20 through and you can see the smiles on their faces.

01:22 I think that they picture that it's going to be fun to come and

01:26 activities that can be here. So yeah a lot of joy in here today and a

01:30 lot of really nice comments. It's been nice to

01:32 to talk to the clients today and hear their feedback as well on the staff

01:36 members that you know they're seeing here that who are

01:39 the people who come in and you know come and provide services to

01:42 them at home. So many really nice comments about how

01:46 much they enjoy those interactions with the clients in their own homes.

01:50 And just what wonderful people the care workers are as well.

01:55 And obviously there is an aging population. I guess is there scope or

01:58 any plans to maybe open another facility either in

02:01 Orange or the Central West anytime soon? Well for Batmospheric Home we just

02:06 need the office as a base. We don't need more bricks and mortar in

02:12 order to greatly expand the services. So we absolutely have a plan to be

02:17 looking after our increasing number of people within

02:20 the community. But we can do once we've got an office

02:24 it's then sort of unlimited how many people we can support.

02:28 Because the staff don't need to be here. It's only the scheduling and

02:32 you know the management team. Everybody else is you know is mobile

02:36 throughout the region.