Hodgkins Happenings Witchy play: Sales advisor Kate Morgan, chef Rachael van Aalst and receptionist Karen Bensemann in action
Inside this issue: • Romeo & Juliet celebrations • Delicious summer menu • Welcoming spring • Meet Coralie Frances Hodgkins Retirement Village Christmas Newsletter 2017
Hodgkins Happenings
Hodgkins Happenings
Greetings from Joy... Welcome to our Christmas edition of Hodgkins Happenings. The village has been quite busy with all the activities, we celebrated the Romeo & Juliet season, listened to the Dunedin Male Choir and welcomed summer to our doors. Recently we implemented myRyman care app in the resthome, which means that we no longer have paper nursing notes, all the information is now on the tablet in the resident’s room. The staff enjoy using the tablet and the best thing for them is the extra time they get to spend with the residents. Our survey results have reflected the success of Ryman Delicious and we are currently enjoying our new summer menu. Our fine dining evenings for
independent apartment residents remains a popular event on the activities calendar. As the year draws to a close there will be some staff changes and students graduating. Our remaining students will benefit from working more hours as our regular staff take annual leave and we welcome new staff with fresh ideas to the team. I wish you a merry Christmas and prosperous New Year. g Kind regards,
Joy Notman Village Manager
Charity partner announced In June, Alzheimer’s NZ was announced as Ryman’s charity partner for the year. Ngaire Dixon, chair of Alzheimer’s New Zealand, was delighted with the announcement as dementia and Alzheimers will become more of an issue in the future. There were more than 62,000 New Zealanders with dementia
in 2016, and the this is forecast to grow to 170,212 people by 2050. Ryman villages include 710 dementia beds and demand for care is growing. Every dollar raised for Alzheimer’s New Zealand at our villages this year will be matched dollar for dollar by Ryman Healthcare.
Joy Notman Village Manager Phone: 03 455 0277
Kate Morgan Sales Advisor Phone: 03 455 7936
Call Joy for general enquiries or any information about resthome, hospital & dementia care.
Talk to Kate about retirement living options and availabilities in the village.
40 Fenton Crescent, St Clair, Dunedin • www.franceshodgkins.co.nz
Romeo & Juliet During September, we celebrated the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Ryman Healthcare season of Romeo & Juliet with a lovely display of dance costumes, which our residents loved. The colourful costumes certainly made an impression with the beautiful fabrics and styles. Sales advisor Kate Morgan, chef Rachel van Aalst and receptionist Karen Bensemann also performed a skit on Romeo & Juliet, which was hilarious and popular with the residents. We also welcomed a visit from Year 12 Queens High School drama students who performed several acts from Shakespeare’s play As You Like It.
Drama students performing in the play As You Like It
Krystal O’Gorman played Rosalind, and she also helped to direct the play. Krystal was voted best actor at the Shakespeare Festival organised by the University of Otago and the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand The residents loved the play and we enjoyed welcoming the students.
The students in action
Our residents loved their performance and can't wait for their next visit
Hodgkins Happenings
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Summer menu launched! Our Delicious menus have taken our villages by storm since the launch in February this year. The much-anticipated summer menus combine age-old favourites along with a few new additions, such as the inclusion of couscous. Hospitality manager Andrew Gibson said that the team concentrated on refining the menus for this edition.
“We’re building on the success of our previous menus by refining the recipes. We know what works now and we’ll build from there. But we also included a few new dishes.” Among these new dishes are chefs Paul Kuronic and Steve Iraia’s crab cake dishes. Paul and Steve both won silver at the New Zealand Hospitality Championships earlier this year, and residents will now get a taste of their creations. And the best new dish on the menu? “Definitely the brisket!” Andrew enthused. The summer menus were rolled out in October.
For spring the resthome residents made sure to see Dunedin in all its glory. They enjoyed visiting all the gardens around the city. The view from Frances Hodgkins was also spectacular and we saw the blossoming trees in Wycolla Avenue.
Lorraine Duncan, Helen Angus, Lois McTaggart, Gwen Patternson and Esther Jones
We also walked around the garden at the railway station and later we went on a drive and garden walk at the historic Larnach Castle. Food for the soul and many happy memories were created.
Cashin Scholarship open for entries
Botanical Gardens During September, after a week of rain and strong winds, we woke up to a clear spring day. We decided to make the most of it and in the afternoon, a few of us tackled the Botanical Gardens. A host of golden daffodils were flowering near the carpark, and we saw some early rhododendrons in full bloom. During the visit, we also went to the aviary and residents especially loved looking at the brightly coloured parrots, parakeets and macaws. We finished with a great afternoon tea.
Spring fling
Fozia Tasheem has no doubt that winning the first Cashin Scholarship changed the course of her life.
The 2018 Cashin Scholarship is now open. Ryman staff and family members undertaking tertiary study in 2018 can apply.
Fozia was studying accounting and information systems at Victoria University and funding her studies was a struggle.
For more details contact David King at: david.king@rymanhealthcare.com
Fozia’s mum, Hushn Bano, was working at Malvina Major as a housekeeper, and Fozia took a part time job there. “I did everything I could at the village to get extra shifts.’’
Angus McMillan an d Audrey Bond enjo ying the wonderful gard ens
In 2011, she applied for the first Cashin Scholarship and it could not have come at a better time. Now 25, Fozia has just been promoted to a co-ordinator’s role at Datacom in Wellington, so her career is on the up.
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Eventually I enrolled at Teacher’s College. After I graduated, I started my first year of teaching at, naturally, my old school.
Window shopping
Musical interlude
In August, the serviced apartment residents particularly liked Jane an d Jacinda’s display of Italian and Norwegian garments of AOK Clothing New Zealand. A wonderful array of good quality clothing from skirts, jerseys, blouses to gloves and sc arves. Both women and men were well care d for. Going by how many of our residents m ade a purchase I am sure that we will be we lcoming AOK clothing back soon .
al Dunedin During June, we welcomed the Roy spectacular Male Choir to the village. It was a ported by performance and was brilliantly sup College. It a cellist and violinist from Columba forward k was a wonderful night and we loo to welcoming them back soon. A great afternoon of music
Introducing Denise Laney Hello, my name is Denise Laney. I was born in Christchurch but by the time I was 16, I had moved to 11 different South Island locations due to my father’s work. During this time, whilst living in Papakaio, I decided to ‘make roots’ and trained as an enrolled nurse at Oamaru Public Hospital. I continued to work there for about seven years. I met my husband-tobe in Oamaru and we married in 1983. We have three children, Amanda, David and Jack. I am loving being a nana to my grandchildren too. We moved to Dunedin in 1988, and I started working at Eventide, Karitane Rest Home, Frances Hodgkins village and Thornbury House until 1999 when I left nursing to have my third child, Jack.
In 2005, we moved to Dunback where we bought the old Dunback School and converted it into our home. I also found ardening while living my passion for gardening there. We lived there for 11 years before moving back to Dunedin. In February, this year I joined the team at Frances Hodgkins assisting Liz and Bev with the activities programme. I feel very privileged working with such a great team and putting smiles on the faces of those that live here.
ay s m a R e i al r o Meet C Hello, my name is Coralie Ramsay and I have been fortunate to have been living in my new home for almost three months. I was born in 1934 when my parents were living in Minto Street, Andersons Bay. When I was two years old, we moved to Balclutha. Whilst there, our family grew, and eventually we were four girls and four boys. We were all educated at the Balclutha Primary and then at South Otago High School. Following high school, I pursued physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
Shortly after, I met my husband, Jim Ramsay, a South Otago farmer. We were married in 1958. Our daughters Shona and Marie quickly followed, and then Greg and Jane. Following four years farming at Hawea Flat, a wonderful area with tremendous people, we then purchased a sheep and deer farm in the Catlins and moved to Katea Valley. Later, following a teaching stint at Catlins Area School, I was seconded to Balclutha Primary and eventually became assistant principal. When our children needed secondary schooling, we bought our home in Balclutha and lived there for 44 years. Jim travelled to the farm every day. Two years ago, Jim became ill and passed away, and as a result Greg said, “Mum it’s time to begin the next phase in your life” – so here I am. I am now back in my birth city, in Dunedin. I am happy here and the staff are just fantastic!
Octacan Appeal During June, our residents and staff joined together to support Octacan by donating food cans. The Presbyterian Support Otago Family Works foodbank is the busiest in Dunedin. The Foodbank currently provides families with approximately 10,000 food items each month and over 2,000 children have benefitted from food parcels over the past year. The target for this year’s Octacan is 18,500 canned food to keep up with demand. It has been a great effort from
A big thank you for all your help!
Frances Hodgkins residents and staff to donate the amount of cans that they have. We hope that our donation will make a difference.
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Christmas tree cookies Makes approx 10 trees Ingredients: • 2 cups flour • ½ tsp baking soda • 1 tbsp ground ginger • 1 cup (220g) firmly packed soft brown sugar • 150g butter
• 1 egg • Cookie cutter, one shape varying sizes Royal icing sugar: • 2 egg whites • 2 cups icing sugar • 2 tsp vanilla extract
Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Sift flour, baking soda and ground ginger together in a bowl. Add butter. 3. In a separate bowl beat the egg and sugar until light and fluffy. 4. Mix everything together. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes. 5. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and cut out the shapes. 6. Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden.
Keep an eye on the smaller cookies so that they don’t burn. 7. Remove from oven and cool on baking rack. 8. Assemble the tree by using a bit of icing sugar between the layers. Royal icing sugar: Beat egg whites in clean, large bowl with mixer at high speed until foamy. Gradually add sugar and vanilla extract. Beat at high speed until thickened.
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