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Inside this issue: • Romeo & Juliet celebrations • Rock ‘n Roll • Delicious summer menu • Meet Kevin Rowena Jackson Retirement Village Christmas Newsletter 2017

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Greetings from Trudy...

Welcome to the Christmas edition of Rowena Rambler.

There has been a lot of work at our village over the past few months. Recently we opened our new reception area, café and hair salon. It was wonderful to have Michael Skerrett here to bless the area.

A special thank you to our staff, contractors and helpers who made this event so special.

We look forward to opening the refurbished lounge and dining room in our Edinburgh resthome. I thank you for you patience regarding these refurbishments.

We have had some amazing events over the past few weeks, including

Country & Classic who entertained us in October.

There was also a trip to the Catlins, and to various other areas within Southland. We have another very popular Santa Day coming up, then soon it will be Christmas!

I wish you a happy festive season and a great new year. My door is always open if you have a query.

Kind regards,

Trudy Shepard 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.

Trudy Shepard Village Manager Phone: 03 215 9988

Julie Crofts Sales Advisor Phone: 03 215 9752

Call Trudy for general enquiries, or any information about resthome, hospital and dementia care.

Talk to Julie about retirement living options and availabilities in the village.

40 O’Byrne Street North, Waikiwi, Invercargill • www.rowenajackson.co.nz

Romeo & Juliet To celebrate the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Ryman Healthcare’s season of Romeo & Juliet we had our very own Masquerade Ball. In preparation for the ball the residents and staff spent many hours creating their own unique masks.

Residents and staff then dressed up for the ball and the village centre was awash in colourful gowns and magnificent masks! The Verdon College band mesmerised everyone with their wonderful performance. It was a truly wonderful night full of magic and laughter!

Robin Tait and Elsie Hall

After we retired our masks, some of our care centre residents attended the Romeo & Juliet performance during September. The show was magnificent, with fantastic costumes and stunning performances from the cast. Everyone enjoyed the special occasion.

Our dance floor was never empty

Having a ball: John Tait, Wilma Tait, Margaret Heath and Robin Tait

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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 will 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 will be rolled out in October.

Crafty ladies

re very Our serviced apartment residents we tastic creative during June. We made fan and ladybug paperweights using stones product colourful nail polish. The finished ! The too looked amazing, and very useful rushes residents also grabbed their paintb –a e tur to help make a garden fea lighthouse! We are very proud of ll. our projects. They turned out so we

A taste of India

Recently our serviced ap artment residents had a taste of India. Se nior carer Roshni Jeet treated residents to an afternoon of Indian cooking. She prom ised to not make the samosas too spicy.

The residents couldn’t wait to try them out, an d as promised they tasted delicious!

Elise McLay ready to try her samoesa

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.

Cashin Scholarship open for entries Fozia Tasheem has no doubt that winning the first Cashin Scholarship changed the course of her life.

Fozia was studying accounting and information systems at Victoria University and funding her studies was a struggle.

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.’’

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.

The 2018 Cashin Scholarship is now open.

Ryman staff and family members undertaking tertiary study in 2018 can apply. Entries close November 24.

For more details contact David King at: david.king@rymanhealthcare.com

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In 1978, I moved back to town and started working in the freezing works.

I worked at Makarewa for 23 seasons.

Sir Jon Trimmer

r paid During September, Sir Jon Trimme to our the village a visit. Residents flocked et the care centre and village centre to me from La talented dancer. Young ballerinas speech. his Muse performed after Sir Jon gave Royal New He spoke about his time with the e laughs som Zealand Ballet and he drew out g look from his audience. It was a fascinatin cer! into what it takes to be a ballet dan

Rock ‘n Roll

Recently we had the ple asure of watching a group of very talente d young Rock ‘n Roll dancers. Colleen, our vil lage hairdresser, invited the group to co me and perform for our residents. We all sa t in amazement as the girls went flying in the air! It was wonderful afternoon watching ta lented dancers.

Introducing Rebecca and Natasha Introducing Rebecca Wells and Natasha Cunningham.

Rebecca was born and raised in Invercargill and has recently been appointed as assistant to the manager.

Before she started working for Rowena Jackson, Rebecca studied business and administration and worked as a PA. She lives close by with her partner, their two-year-old daughter and Monty the dog.

Rebecca has settled in well and she is enjoying the new challenges. She loves the uniform, and the fact that no two days are ever the same!

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and trying out new things.

Natasha is our clinical manager, and she was born and raised in Auckland.

She always wanted to have a job that involves caring for people and animals, so she gravitated to nursing.

Natasha has 19 years’ experience ce in nursing and continues to love her vocation.

Natasha started working at the village in 2013 when her family moved from Auckland to her husband’s hometown, Invercargill. Her favourite thing about Rowena Jackson is the people – everyone here is family. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, children and the family dog.

n i v e K t Mee Hello, my name is Kevin Devery.

I was born in Otautau on May 14, 1944.

My family was quite big as I was one of 15 children! We were raised on a farm in Merrivale and I attended the local primary school. I continued my secondary education in St Kevin’s College in Oamaru.

At 15, I decided to leave school and started working on nearby farms. This lasted for six years before I graduated to managing farms.

Growing up I have always loved horses.

I became involved in training horses for trotting races during the off season. Later, I studied to become a trainer. I trained horses for 29 years with my brother Allan, Henry Skinner and Ron Barron.

I had three horses of my own, namely Willie Blaze, Phillbarr and Lady Lodge.

All three of my horses have won many races. Phillbar won the most races, and he was quite famous! My favourite horse was Willie Blaze.

Eventually at 65, I retired and kept busy by mowing lawns at The Hideway 201.

After three years, I decided to fully retire due to health reasons.

In 2016, I moved to Rowena Jackson, and I am really loving it here. My favourite thing about living in the village is the security and knowing that someone is always there if you need help.

Midwinter feast For midwinter solstice, we held a medieval dinner for our serviced and resthome residents. It was a fabulous atmosphere, and the dining room was decorated in red and yellow banners. Village staff dressed up as medieval ladies and knights.

Sherine Megula also showed off her fantastic artistic skills by drawing and painting a life-sized knight! It was truly impressive and a great way to spend an afternoon.

Our residents greatly enjoyed the unique dinner

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Celebrating culture During July, the village celebrated International Month. In the care centre, our residents were ¯ delighted to listen to a Maori ukulele band.

The band also performed a kapa haka and ¯ the residents joined in and sang in Maori.

We also celebrated the diverse cultures of our staff with country music, a Filipino dance, an Indian Bollywood dance, a Nepali Dance and finally a performance of Irish and Highland dancing.

What a great way to learn more about each other.

were very popular The young dancers among the residents

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