Further wings closed at several Aged Care homes

18 July 2022

Please find below our latest Covid-19 update for Seaton, West Lakes, Hawksbury Gardens, Wesley House and Westminster Village Aged Care.

UNITINGSA WEST LAKES AGED CARE

Positive case/s: 19
Exposure details: There are now four COVID-positive residents on Level 1, 12 on Level 2, and three on Level 3.
Site Status: Level 2 is now closed. Level 1 also remains closed to visitors. Covid-positive residents on all levels are isolating in their rooms. Level 3 is open to visitors.
Testing: Five new cases were detected through PCR testing on Friday, with four of the cases located on Level 2 and one on Level 1. One further Covid-positive resident was detected on Sunday on Level 3. There were five residents cleared on Level 1, three on Level 2 and one from Level 3. PCR testing will be undertaken again tomorrow.

HAWKSBURY GARDENS AGED CARE

Positive case/s: Eight
Exposure details: There are seven Covid-positive residents in the Light wing and one Covid-positive resident in Bingham wing. All residents are isolating in their rooms.
Site status: Light wing remains closed to visitors until further notice. The rest of Hawksbury Gardens Aged Care remains open.
Testing: A resident in Bingham wing returned a positive Rapid Antigen Test on Sunday morning, while a resident in Light wing returned an indeterminate result from PCR testing on Saturday. All residents in the Light and Bingham wings are undergoing PCR testing today.

WESLEY HOUSE AGED CARE

Positive case/s: 11
Exposure details: There are nine Covid-positive residents in Jervois wing, one in Lipson wing, and one in Semaphore wing.
Site status: Jervois wing is now closed. Residents in the Lipson and Semaphore wings are isolating in their rooms. The rest of Wesley House Aged Care is open to visitors.
Testing: Five Covid-positive cases were detected through PCR testing on Saturday. All residents are undertaking PCR testing again today.

SEATON AGED CARE

Positive case/s: Two
Exposure details: Five cases have now been cleared. The two remaining cases are isolating in their rooms.
Site status: Seaton Aged Care remains closed to visitors until further notice.
Testing: There were no new cases detected through PCR testing on Sunday. All residents will undergo PCR testing again tomorrow.

WESTMINSTER VILLAGE AGED CARE

Positive case/s: Five
Exposure details: There are four Covid-positive residents in Semaphore wing and one Covid-positive resident in West Beach wing.
Site status: Semaphore wing is now closed to visitors. The rest of the Westminster Aged Seaton Aged Care remains closed to visitors until further notice.
Testing: All five cases were detected via Rapid Antigen Testing. The first was a resident in West Beach, who tested positive on Saturday. Four further residents tested positive today. All residents are undergoing PCR testing today.

A reminder that from today, we will be issuing COVID-19 updates three times per week on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. We will continue to notify families and representatives directly if their loved one tests positive to Covid-19.

Contact details for all of our Aged Care homes can be found on our Contact page.

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Emergency Assistance Suburbs

UnitingSA is only able to provide material assistance (food and/or clothing vouchers etc.) to individuals and families residing in the Western suburbs of Adelaide.

Suburbs in our current service area are listed below.

Suburb
Postcode
Alberton
5014
Albert Park
5014
Birkenhead
5015
Cheltenham
5014
Ethelton
5015
Exeter
5015
Findon
5023
Fulham
5024
Fulham Gardens
5024
Gillman
5013
Glanville
5015
Grange
5022
Hendon
5014
Henley Beach
5022
Henley Beach South
5022
Kidman Park
5025
Largs Bay
5018
Largs North
5016
New Port Quays
5015
North Haven
5017
Osborne
5017
Ottoway
5013
Pennington
5013
Peterhead
5016
Port Adelaide
5015
Queenstown
5015
Rosewater
5013
Royal Park
5014
Seaton
5023
Semaphore
5019
Semaphore Park
5019
St Clair
5011
Taperoo
5017
Tennyson
5022
West Lakes
5021
West Lakes Shore
5020
Wingfield
5013
Woodville
5011
Woodville West
5011
West Beach
5024
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