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Christadelphian Aged Care A U T U M N N E W S L E T T E R
SOUTHHAVEN Address: 11 Queensbury Rd, Padstow Heights
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Come, said the leaves to the wind one day, Come o’er the meadows and we will play. Put on your dresses
Scarlet and Gold For Summer is gone and the days grow cold. - George Eliot nnn
“God makes everything beautiful in its time” Ecclesiastes 3:11
Phone: (02) 9782 6010
Email: admin@chomes.com.au
Manager’s Message
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Welcome to Southhaven
Dear Residents and Families, Where did summer go? Time flies when you are having fun. I hope you had a nice Christmas and holiday period. Thank you to all those families that were able to attend our Christmas Cocktail Party last year, we hope you enjoyed the evening. It is a good opportunity for us to get to know each other a little better. We hope to see you again this year. We are excited about the renovations finally happening in our lower ground section and the link building. Both are planned for completion in June - July 2016. We apologise for any inconvenience caused as a result of these building works but thank you for all your patience and understanding. Any future changes affecting you will be communicated when needed. Kim Howard and Veronica John have swapped offices. Kim’s office is now located in the central office Treetops and Veronica is on level two behind the dining room in Riverside. We have a lot of outdated Medicare and pension cards on file. If you receive an updated Medicare or Pension card, please give it to the RN on duty. We are heading into the colder months so now is the best time to get the flu injection. Southhaven will order the Flu vaccinations and they will be given to residents who have an authorised consent form. If you have a cough or cold try to stay away until you have recovered, if you are unable to stay away please ask the RN on duty for a face mask. Hand washing on entry and when exiting the facility is also a great way to prevent illness. I also ask that you ensure adequate warmer clothing be provided for your loved one as this time of year the weather can be unpredictable. If you have any concerns or issues please feel free to come and see me as my door is always open. Regards, Peter Jessing
News & Upcoming Events UPCOMING EVENTS Riverside
MARCH
APRIL
Margaret Auckett
Margery Brown
Mavis Beale
John Mahony
Judith Halloran
Barry Harris
Garnet Scott
Margaret Hopwood Elsa Oakshott
Christina Zevgiti
May Jacka
Margaret Pratt
Norma Smith
Amalie Mantz
Judith Wise
Patricia Harper
Shirley Redhead
Rita Brasington
Marian Keane
Adrian Hotson
William Gatherer
Margaret Williams Jeff Graham Harold Williams
MAY
Doreen Morris Kathleen Foster Doreen Sanson Kathleen Austin Gerhard Zarth
MARCH
1st - Concert with Ian Blakeney 11am 9th - Easter Catholic Service 10am 11th - Padstow Baptist Church Service 11am 16th - Concert with Alan Duncan 11am 17th - Club Outing 9am 21st - Harmony Day 1:30pm 22nd - Concert with Ron Ashton 11am 23rd - Easter Cookie Decoration 1:30pm 29th - Club Outing 9:30am 30th - Feathered Friends 11am
APRIL 6th - Concert with Patrick Brady 11am 8th - Padstow Congregational Church 11am 13th - Concert with Bell Singers 11am 20th - Resident’s BBQ 12pm 21st - Club Outing 9am 25th - Anzac Day Service 26th - Club Outing 9:30am
MAY 3rd - Concert with Ian Blakeney 11am 4th - Mother’s Day High Tea 1:30pm 11th - Concert with Alan Duncan 11am 13th - Panania & Padstow Uniting Church 11am 17th - Concert with Ron Ashton 11am 19th - Club Outing 9am 31st - Club Outing 9:30am
UPCOMING EVENTS Treetops
Treetops
Treetops
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
9th - Feathered Friends 1.30pm 9th - Easter Catholic Service 10am 11th - Padstow Baptist Church Service 10am 17th - Club Outing 9am 17th - Irish Dancers 1:30pm 21st - Harmony Day 1:30pm 23rd - Easter Cookie Decoration 1:30pm 29th - Club Outing 9:30am 30th - Concert with Neil Anthony 1:30pm
8th - Padstow Congregational Church 10am 19th - Concert with Tony Martin 1:30pm 20th - Resident’s BBQ 12pm 21st - Club Outing 9am 25th - Anzac Day Service 26th - Club Outing 9:30am
4th - Mother’s Day High Tea 1:30pm 13th - Panania & Padstow Uniting Church 10am 18th - Concert with Ian Blakeney 1:30pm 19th - Club Outing 9am 24th - Concert with Kane 1:30pm 31st - Club Outing 9:30am
Activity Reviews RESIDENT’S CHRISTMAS PARTY - Wednesday 16th December It was that time of year again; December came and brought with it all the joy of Christmas! At Southhaven, Christmas was a season of great joy. A time of God showing His great love for our residents and a time of healing and renewed strength. It brought us great joy to see the smile on our resident’s faces as staff prepared the dining room and decorated the Christmas tree. The day began with our traditional Christmas Lunch followed by a special visit from Santa Claus, who showered our residents with gifts and chocolate. On behalf of Southhaven Nursing Home, we would like to thank our hard working staff for making this day special for our residents.
AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS - Tuesday 26th January Australia Day has a golden history in the world that comes once in a year. It carries values and cultural aspects of Australian atmosphere. We are happy to write about our Australia Day celebrations here at Southhaven. Our residents had a special afternoon tea, enjoying their lamingtons and drinks whilst listening to all kinds of Australian music. We finished with fun games, activities and a quiz which our residents enjoyed a lot and got to learn more about our land, Australia.
VALENTINE’S DAY - Monday 15th February “Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart and the joy in a heart”. There is nothing like a Valentine to make a smile appear. At Southhaven Nursing Home, our resident’s celebrated Valentine’s Day with a big smile on their faces while enjoying the romance through the taste of our nibbles - chocolate dipped strawberries and drinks! Not to forget the fun they had while swinging and singing along to their favourite love songs. Happy Valentine’s Day to our residents and all those who believe that love never dies or ages!
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1 John 3:18
Pastoral Care
Let us not with word or speech but with actions and in truth
AN EXTRA DOSE OF PATIENCE
Have you ever noticed the number of times we need to wait… and it’s the little things that require this. Like going to the doctor. If my appointment says 10am, I’m fairly certain I won’t be walking through his door at 10, usually it will be 10.15 or later. Or you wait for that tradesman who said he’d come at 2.00. For some, it’s no big issue. For me, it’s quite a challenge, as I get impatient. I am bound by times, which can often be frustrating. There is a lot of waiting in life. What about when a woman is to give birth to her baby. No-one can tell the exact minute her child will be delivered. As children we wait to start school, and the little boy or girl looks forward to that first day of adventure. In fact, when you think about it for a moment, life is full of waiting. We wait to find our first job. We stop at the traffic lights, annoying when we’re in a hurry. We wait in line at the supermarket. And, if we’re honest, we dislike it. Patience is needed in life, but few virtues are harder to come by than patience. It’s a real struggle . Two of the great laws of life we must eventually learn are: 1) Many circumstances we have in life are uncontrollable 2) Things don’t always go as planned: – Life just doesn’t always go the way we want – Many things in life are beyond our control Especially 3 times in our life we need an extra dose of patience. Let’s take a look at them… 1. When circumstances are uncontrollable. We like to be in control of everything that happens - relationships, work, circumstances. But that’s not really what happens. “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.” – George Bernard Shaw What we need to remember is that my circumstances do not define me. When circumstances are uncontrollable, we often lose our peace. Much of life is beyond your control. You sit in gridlock traffic for hours and miss an important event. A couple keeps trying desperately for a baby, and it just isn’t happening. When these things - big or small - happen, we get frustrated and lose our peace of mind. Did you know God has promised peace of mind, because it’s a fundamental need of your life. One of the Hebrew names of God is Jehovah Shalom. “Shalom” means peace. “Jehovah Shalom” means “I am the God of peace.” If God says, “I’m offering you a gift of peace,” he means it. It’s not something you work for. It’s not something you deserve. It’s not something you try for. You don’t beg for peace. You don’t plead for peace. Isaiah 26:3-4 says “The Lord gives perfect peace to those whose faith is firm. So always trust the Lord because He is forever our mighty rock”. But here’s what Jesus says to us: “I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” (John 14:27 NLT) 2. When people are unchangeable, we tend to lose our peace. People naturally resist change. And they resent it when we try to change them. The quickest way to lose our peace of mind is to try to change somebody else, because most people are just not going to change. We can’t change people – we can try to influence them. But that’s about all… 3. When problems are unexplainable, it’s easy to lose our peace. We know that life is not fair. But who told us it would be ? A lot about life doesn’t make sense. Not everybody has a happy ending. Things don’t always turn out right. That’s when we need a special dose of patience. 4. What makes it more difficult is that we are not always going to know why. And when we don’t know why, we tend to get anxious, nervous, and stressed, and we lose our peace. God has promised peace of mind, because it’s a fundamental need of your life. One of the Hebrew names of God is Jehovah Shalom. “Shalom” means peace. “Jehovah Shalom” means “I am the God of peace.” If God says, “I’m offering you a gift of peace,” he means it. It’s not something you work for. It’s not something you deserve. It’s not something you try for. You don’t beg for peace. You don’t plead for peace. Peace has nothing to do with problem-free living. It is simply a gift that you must accept, and it’s available to you today. - By Chris Witts
Bereavements
Our deepest sympathies have gone out to the families who have lost their loved ones over the Summer period.
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Resident Story - Eileen Broome Eileen was born in 1926, the youngest sister to Elsie and Phillip. She grew up in Bankstown and her street was made up of homes for families of WW1 veterans. Her own father had served in WW1 and, as a qualified plumber, he helped in the construction of the homes, some of which are now Heritage listed. Sadly, due to injuries suffered at war, Eileen’s father passed away from lung problems when she was only 4 years old. She has quite vivid, long, cherished memories of him often recalling his Eileen with daughter Jackie sense of humour. She also remembers brushing his hair during his illness, a foreshadowing of the giving, caring nature Eileen would go on to display throughout her life. Eileen attended Bankstown P.S. up to the age of 14. She was very academic and “thought big”. When asked what she planned to do for work before she left school, Eileen replied, very matter of fact, that she would be learning Dutch and becoming a pilot between Australia and the then Dutch East Indies! She was quickly advised that a secretarial course might be a great “first step” towards this goal. Although she never became a pilot, she worked at Bankstown Airport eventually and went to night school to learn Dutch! Eileen was one of only 2 girls in her school to win a bursary (study scholarship) due to her results, but the times being what they were she had to forgo using it as she was expected to be out in the workforce as soon as possible to bring money into the family home. Eileen also had a passion for reading, music and regularly played piano at her local church. Eileen began her first job, as a typist, in the city on December 7th, 1941 – Pearl Harbour Day! She remembers her boss calling together all the staff to announce what had happened. The war affected her family in several ways. Her sister lost her fiancé in battle and her brother enlisted at age 16 and served in the Middle East. As Eileen was still working in the city in 1945, she also remembers the great celebrations that occurred as the war was pronounced over. Eileen continued working as a secretary for many years at various locations including the city, Bankstown Airport, Maitland and Rutherford. She loved her work and was extremely valued by her employers. In 1956, at age 25, Eileen married William (Bill) Broome who she had met through a mutual friend and who she also worked with. They enjoyed attending dances together, going to movies and seeing famous singers visit like Frank Sinatra. They brought a block of land in the then little known suburb of Padstow. They built their house and continued to work, spending the weekends on the garden. They both loved swimming and enjoyed holidays down the south coast at Narooma where her sister Elsie and husband lived. Eileen had a daughter Jackie in 1966, at the age of 39. Eileen had also been looking after Jackie’s older cousin Charles on and off to help out his family due to illness. Eileen was always ready to lend a helping hand to others in whatever way she could, both 2 legged and 4 legged! In her later years, she enjoyed making craft and being involved with St. Marks Church at Revesby, working on church fetes and cleaning the church. Bill and Eileen enjoyed trips together after Bill’s retirement to Tasmania and various parts of country NSW. Being the youngest in her family Eileen has outlived her family and many friends but is regularly visited at Southhaven, where she has been for the past 18 months, by her husband Bill, daughter Jackie, son-in-law Wayne, granddaughter Hannah, mother-in-law Rose and nephew Charles who love and value her dearly!
Volunteer Corner New faces We welcome Naho to our Southhaven volunteering team. She will be playing beautiful piano music for our residents that we all look forward to enjoying. New volunteers welcome We’re always happy to find new volunteers to join our vibrant team! If you know of someone who is looking for a way to give back to the community, is reliable, and would work well with older people, please pass on my contact details, I’d love to talk to them. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” - Helen Keller If you are interested in joining the Volunteer program, please do not hesitate to contact me: Wendy Gould on 0400 016 809 or wgould@chomes.com.au Volunteer & Pastoral Care Coordinator Tue, Wed, Thu: 9:30am-4pm
Aging is not loss, it is a time to add spiritual substance to the soul
International Year of Pulses 2016 The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2016 to be the International Year of Pulses (IYP). IYP 2016 aims to raise public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production aimed towards food security and nutrition. Pulses are an annual plant that is part of the legume family. They yield one to twelve grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod, and are used for food for people and feed for animals. The term “pulses� is limited to crops which are mainly harvested solely for dry grain. The term excludes vegetable crops harvested green for food, crops used mainly for oil extraction, and leguminous crops that are used exclusively for sowing purposes. Pulse crops such as lentils, beans, peas and chickpeas are a critical part of the general food basket. Pulses are a vital source of plant-based proteins and amino acids for people around the globe. They should be eaten as part of a healthy diet to address obesity, as well as to prevent and help manage chronic diseases such as diabetes, coronary conditions and cancer. Pulses are also an i m p o r t a n t s o u rc e o f plant-based protein for animals. The pulse plant itself has nitrogen-fixing properties which can contribute to increasing soil fertility and have a positive impact on the environment. The United National website at http://www.fao.org/ pulses-2016/en/ is to be the main platform to share information and relevant resources about pulses, including recipes from various countries around the globe.
Read, Rest & Relax! I'm the life of the party - even if it lasts until 8 pm. I'm very good at opening childproof caps - with a hammer. I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I am going. I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying. I'm very good at telling stories; over and over and over and over….. I'm not really grouchy, I just don't like traffic, waiting, crowds, lawyers, loud music, unruly kids, barking dogs, politicians and a few other things I can't seem to remember right now. 7. I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg. 8. I'm sure they are making adults much younger these days, and when did they let kids become policemen? And, how can my kids be older than I feel sometimes? 9. I'm wondering, if you're only as old as you feel, how could I be alive at 150? 10. I'm a walking storeroom of facts - I've just lost the key to the storeroom door. Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Anzac Slice
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats • 2/3 cup raw caster sugar • 2/3 cup desiccated coconut • 125g butter, chopped • 2 tablespoons golden syrup • 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda Makes 15 Pieces HISTORY: Anzac biscuits were developed for soldiers in World War I. Oats were chosen because of their high nutritional value and other ingredients for long shelflife properties. For crunchier biscuits allow to cool on the tray. For chewier ones remove from tray and place on a wire rack to cool. You can store biscuits in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
1. Preheat oven to 180°C/ 160°C fan-forced. Grease an 18cm x 28cm (base) slice pan. Line with baking paper, extending paper 2cm from edge of pan.
2. Combine flour, oats, sugar and coconut in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre. Place butter, syrup and 2 tablespoons cold water in a saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 to 5 minutes or until butter has melted. Remove from heat. Stir in bicarbonate of soda. Stir butter mixture into oat mixture.
3. Transfer mixture to prepared pan. Using the back of a spoon, press mixture evenly into pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden. Cool completely in pan. Cut into pieces. Serve.
CROSSWORD He is not here. He has risen! Words taken from John 20:1-18 (NIV)
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