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Hesse Rural Health is an integrated rural health care service providing a broad range of services.

20/12/2025

Thank you Community Bank Surf Coast and Winchelsea Op Shop for spreading the festive cheer with our residents.

19/12/2025

🎄 Christmas Celebrations at Hesse 🎶

On Saturday, we were delighted to welcome family and friends to celebrate Christmas with our residents. It was a great day filled with laughter and festive spirit.

The afternoon included Christmas carols performed by members of our staff, adding to the warm and cheerful atmosphere. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the celebration so meaningful - it was lovely to see the joy and smiles that these shared moments brought to our residents 💛

17/12/2025

We would like to wish all our consumers, families, and community members a safe and happy festive season. 🎄
Our Residential Aged Care, Hospital and Urgent Care opening hours will not change. If you have an urgent enquiry during this time, please call 03 5267 1200. In the case of an emergency please contact 000.

16/12/2025

Our Elf is heading back to the North Pole soon so make sure you visit and find the hidden elf at the Community Health Building, Hesse Rural Health.

Thank you to Growing Winchelsea Inc and Community Bank Surf Coast for creating
such a wonderful opportunity to celebrate community spirit this Christmas 🎄✨

The Hidden Elf Christmas Trail now closes on the 19th- so an extra day to find all of the elves around Winchelsea!

16/12/2025

A huge thank you to Golden Plains Shire Council whose generous support provided Cape Clear Primary School students with brand-new bike helmets through the Healthy Settings with Hesse Grant Program!
These upgrades are helping the students ride further and explore new routes safely. With improved gear, the school has been able to expand its cycling program, giving students more opportunities to build their cycling skills, discover new environments, stay active and have plenty of fun along the way! 🚴

The Healthy Settings with Hesse Grant Program will be back in Term 1, 2026, with more opportunities for health-promoting initiatives.

09/12/2025

Every year, from 25th November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10th December (Human Rights Day), the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence call for global solidarity to end violence against women and girls everywhere.

At Hesse Rural Health, we stand with our community in raising awareness, challenging harmful attitudes, and promoting safe, respectful relationships. Gender-based violence is not just a personal issue - it’s a public health issue, a community issue and a human rights issue.

Together, we can create safer homes, workplaces and neighbourhoods where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Your voice matters. Your actions matter. Let’s work together to prevent violence and support those affected.

To learn more, visit:
-https://1800respect.org.au/promoting-1800respect/16-days-of-activism
-https://www.who.int/campaigns/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence

Need help?
If you or someone you know is experiencing, or at risk of experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence, you can call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732 or visit www.1800respect.org.au for online chat and video call services - available 24/7.

06/12/2025

🌊 Join Us for Water Aerobics in Winchelsea! 🌊

We’re excited to launch weekly water aerobics classes at the Winchelsea Community Pool - a great low-impact way to build strength, improve flexibility, and support joint health in a warm and welcoming environment.

📍 Winchelsea Community Pool, 12 Barwon Terrace
💧 Starting Monday 8th at 1:30pm (weekly)
💲 $6 pool entry
👙 Please wear appropriate pool attire

These classes are aimed at people looking to improve health and wellbeing, a pre-assessment must be completed before attending the class.

To register or learn more, contact:
✉️ communityintake@hesse.vic.gov.au

📞 (03) 5267 1126

05/12/2025

🎄Thanks Community Bank Surf Coast for helping Santa visit our Winchelsea Social Support Program participants🎅

04/12/2025

☀️ 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱!

After all the wintery weather, it’s great to see some sunshine again. A good reminder to slip, slop, slap and pop on a hat whenever you’re heading outside - just like our residents did on their wheelchair walk yesterday! 🏖️🧴👒

30/11/2025

Updated Visitor Restrictions:
As we are no longer caring for residents with Influenza in Hesse Lodge, our Outbreak Management Response has received a stand down order.

Mandated visitor restrictions and mask requirements have been revised and now removed. All regular activities will start to resume from tomorrow, Monday 1st December.

We ask everyone to please remain vigilant for symptoms, and if unwell do not visit and limit contact with others as much as possible to keep from infecting them.

We offer our sincere thanks through this Influenza outbreak in our residential aged care facility, and acknowledge all of our dedicated staff who supported the residents during this time.

26/11/2025

Thank you to all who attended our 31st Annual General Meeting in person or online.

Special thanks to our guest speaker Dr Rachel Tindall (PhD), Director, Barwon Local Health Service Network.

We’re proud to share this year’s highlights, progress, and plans for the future. You can read the full report on our website - thank you for your continued support!

Our Annual Report is live on our website:
https://hesseruralhealth.com.au/publications/

24/11/2025

Updated Visitor Restrictions:
As we are currently caring for residents with Influenza in Hesse Lodge, our Outbreak Management Response has been enacted and we have reviewed our visitor restrictions.

We continue to implement infection control precautions across the site. For the safety of all, staff are wearing N95 masks and additional precautions implemented to mitigate the risks of this outbreak.

This includes the following visitor restrictions in place for all residents:
• Hesse Lodge: 2 visitors daily per resident
• Chelsea Lodge: 5 visitors daily per resident
• Werruna: 5 visitors daily per resident

All visitors must:
• Book visits in advance where practical, visiting during preferred hours of 10am to 12pm or 1pm to 3pm (weekdays preferred) by contacting us on 03 5267 1200;
• Present to the main entrance first;
• Wear a mask (N95 preferred) at all times;
• Wear further PPE if visiting a positive resident.

Contact with residents directly is also welcomed, or arrange a virtual visit through Reception. Well residents also remain able to leave our facility.

We offer a huge thank you to our families, residents and consumers for their understanding and patience during this time. We remain committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our residents and consumers.

Address

8 Gosney Street
Winchelsea, VIC
3241

Telephone

+61352671200

Website

http://www.hesseruralhealth.com.au/

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