The data in the infographics represent a snapshot of us over the last financial year.

Some of the numbers are quite large, and a surprise, such as the number of meals provided to both residents and children in the Early Learning Centre.

Some numbers such as the medications provided are also large but the number of medication incidents are low, and seem unbelievable. Medication incidents include wrong drug administered, wrong dose administered and where a resident needed hospitalisation due to the other issues. We changed from paper medication charts and paper scripts last September, they are now all digital, so no errors from difficultly reading a doctors writing.

Last November we also changed to digital medication charts that have residents’ photos, photos of each of the drugs and times that exactly match the doctor’s prescription. We also changed from blister packed medication, packed by humans, to machine packed sachets. There three changes have collectively significantly increased resident safety and make the possibility of medication error almost impossible.