Rural Primary Health

07/06/2026

🎨🧶 Contribute to the Corumbene Art Exhibit 🎨🧶

Calling all creatives 📣📣📣 whether you paint, draw, make pottery, crochet, knit, or decorate cards, we want to see your artwork and put it on display.

Corumbene will be hosting an Art Exhibit in our Multi-Purpose Room from June 23 - 25. Anyone from residents, family members, staff, and community members can submit their artwork to be displayed in our show. Those that would like to participate must submit their work to Reception by June 19.

Visitors are welcome to view this Art Exhibit from June 23 - 25 and vote for their top 3 favourite pieces. On Friday, June 26 at 1:30pm in the Main Lounge, we will be hosting an afternoon tea where the winners will be announced.

We hope to see your work on display this month!

05/06/2026

🔐👋Public Holiday Hours for Rural Primary Health🔐👋

With the long weekend coming up, the Rural Primary Health office will be closed for the upcoming public holiday on Monday, 8 June. We will reopen with our regular hours on Tuesday, 9 June at 8:30am.

If you have any questions leading up to the public holiday, please call the office at 03 6261 7827.

04/06/2026

🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️ Join the Movement and Walk Against Elder Abuse 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. To help spread awareness and show solidarity, COTA (Council On The Ageing) Tasmania is hosting walks around so people can show the strength of our older people. The organisation is hosting walks across the state including in on June 12.

If you're looking to get involved and join the movement, you can register your interest through the link below and help make a difference in our community.

https://events.humanitix.com/lifelong-respect-walk-against-elder-abuse-hobart?widget=collection

Join the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day walk on 12 June. A free community walk in Hobart, followed by morning tea at St Luke’s.

03/06/2026

🍎 June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month🍎

As an organisation that prides itself on providing support on all areas of health, bringing awareness around Bowel cancer is important to us.

Throughout June, we will be posting facts about Bowel cancer courtesy of Bowel Cancer Australia so everyone can learn more.

29/05/2026

💭🫂 Learn about Communication and Dementia with Ros Calvert 💭🫂

We understand it can be challenging to communicate with people living with dementia, especially loved ones. Our colleagues at Corumbene's residential faclity recognise this and that it affect our whole community. This is why they are welcoming back Ros Calvert, who has previously worked with Dementia Tasmania, to guest speak with relatives, residents, and anyone to learn about more ways to converse with those living with dementia.

Ros will be speaking at Corumbene on Wednesday, 10 June at 11am in our Multi-Purpose Room. Feel like coming to this event? Everyone is welcome! Please RSVP by calling Reception at 03 6261 2744.

28/05/2026

Winter has nearly arrived which means a new batch of viruses will be making its way around. To better protect yourself and others, be sure to get your vaccines and a health check courtesy of Blooms the Chemist. They will be servicing , and next week so be sure to check out the details below to get in the queue.

25/05/2026

🎙🎲 Enjoy New Experiences with UTAS 🎙🎲

University of Tasmania and Derwent Valley Community House are hosting Meet & Mingle Thursdays with some exciting special events and speakers coming up over the next weeks. Each week, you can enjoy chatting with people in the community, enjoy a cup of tea, and experience something new together like a sing-along, gardening, and playing board games.

Be sure to pop into Community House at 56 Blair Street in New Norfolk for these free weekly events.

19/05/2026

Congrats to Ash Cottage , Ouse for becoming a Neighbourhood House! This is an extremely important development for our community living in the and we're excited to see what comes from all the hard work collaborating with HATCH - Health Action Team Central Highlands to provide funding for a much needed area.

ASH COTTAGE TO BECOME A NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE
Exciting news for HATCH and the Central Highlands. Minister Madeleine Ogilvie announced today at the West Moonah Neighbourhood House that the state budget will include funding for Ash Cottage Ouse to become a Neighbourhood House. This will provide much needed ongoing funding for our community.
HATCH have worked hard for this outcome and look forward to an exciting future as part of the Neighbourhood House Network. We thank all the people that have supported this initiative.😀

18/05/2026

📣 There's Still a Chance to Let Your Voice be Heard📣

COTA (Council On The Ageing) Tasmania is partnering with Engender Equality again to offer the Older Voices for Change program to help older people have their voices be heard and raise awareness about elder abuse.

The program has just extended the Expression of Interest deadline to May 22 so there's still time if you'd like to sign up and join this program.

If you're interested in this program, contact Julie Andersson on 03 6231 3265 or email [email protected], or visit the COTA website.

View the application here: https://cotatas.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/OVC-EOI-Information-Pack-PDF-1.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawRqNjFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWZXVmZ2V5T09YekpKTUhVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHitFHVp4tZzR2zHsqr_OwUUJJ6hK36RXwSGb6hvxehad5Iy9hcTrzluzO_1h_aem_gUHqikjXrlC3mI0cN3bmzQ

15/05/2026

🍂🍵 Head out with UTAS this Autumn 🍂🍵

Our friends over at University of Tasmania Venture Out team are inviting our community to join them at their Autumn Gathering on Thursday, 28 May. During the event, guests will enjoy morning cuppas while learning and exploring all things nature and dementia with presentations and activities.

Anyone is welcome to join, but please RSVP by emailing [email protected] by 19th May for catering purposes.