Village manager Christina Brenton and sales advisor Chrissy Thompson with Sir Jon Trimmer
Inside this issue: • Romeo & Juliet celebrations • Calendar girls fundraising • Delicious summer menu • Meet the Gregory’s Julia Wallace Retirement Village Christmas Newsletter 2017
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Greetings from Christina... Hello and welcome to the Christmas edition of Wallace’s Words. As we enjoy the spring weather, it’s lovely to think that summer is just around the corner. Our gardens are beautiful with the blossoms out and colour popping up everywhere. Thanks to our gardeners for all their hard work! We were delighted to welcome the Romeo & Juliet ballet to town, and a group of our residents enjoyed the performance very much. Our atrium couple (Romeo and Juliet) have created much laughter and discussion in the last weeks. Thanks to the team who helped create them. We’re looking forward now to our ‘10 Year Journey’ celebrations to come.
There is a lot of wonderful history to share. It will be fun to look back at some of the special times we have at the village. And it's a great reason to have a party, of course! I wish you a happy festive season and a great new year. My door is always open if you have any queries. Kind regards,
Christina Brenton Village Manager
Romeo & Juliet Celebrations To celebrate the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Ryman Healthcare season of Romeo & Juliet we invited Romeo and his Juliet to our atrium. These two entertained residents and staff alike! A big thank you to May Carter and Allan Pretious for all their help creating the famous pair. We also held a Romeo & Juliet quiz, which proved to be very popular. Everyone was quite clever and most knew the answers already! A themed fine dining event brought in the crowds, and each person had to give
their best Romeo & Juliet line. The evening drew a lot of laughs from residents and staff alike. Finally, everyone was thrilled to welcome Sir Jon Trimmer to the village while he was in town. Our residents enjoyed meeting with him and talking about his work with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Of course, many of our residents also enjoyed seeing the ballet in person, and what a great performance it was.
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.
Christina Brenton Village Manager Phone: 06 354 9262
Chrissy Thompson Sales Advisor Phone: 06 354 9761
Call Christina for general enquiries, or any information about resthome, hospital and dementia care.
Talk to Chrissy about retirement living options and availabilities in the village.
28 Dogwood Way, Clearview Park, Palmerston North • www.juliawallace.co.nz
Allan Pretious helped to build our handsome Romeo
Sir Jon Trimmer with resident May Carter and our Romeo
Our residents couldn't wait for the show to start
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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.
Spring fling! Village residents have been very busy painting and decorating the care centre with spring artwork. Residents had tremendous fun creating the artwork, with staff also pitching in to show off their creativity. In the hospital, activities coordinator Kelly and her team decorated the lounge with barnyard animals, including cute chicks and lambs. We even had a dashing rooster named Roger! Upstairs in the special care unit, residents created a replica of van Gogh’s Sunflowers while the resthome residents decorated the dining room with a unique bouquet of spring flowers.
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
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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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Furry friends
For us, once our decision was made, the move became exciting and we couldn’t wait to find out what the next stage in our life would be like. We were ready to make the move in one sense as we had been talking about downsizing for some time before we were wooed by Julia Wallace.
September was very special because of a chocolate Labrador puppy who visited our residents. The young pup stole the show with his energy and adorable wee face.
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Other animals that also visited the serviced apartment and resthome were four lovely white cats, a wee white rabbit, a giant fluffy rabbit, a Guinea pig and a very patient black Labrador. The residents enjoyed the visit and found the giant rabbit fascinating. One cat was so comfortable in a resident’s arms that she didn’t want to move. We look forward to our furry friends visiting again soon!
Hello, our names are Margaret and Gerald Gregory. Moving to Julia Wallace was one giant leap for us, but we believe that it was the best decision we have made.
Introducing Kirstin Murdoch Kirstin Murdoch joined the Julia Wallace team four years ago, working as a permanent part-time nurse in our dementia care centre. Kirstin moved back to Palmerston North after two years working in the critical care neurological ward at Wellington Hospital. Kirstin and her husband, John, were planning a family and wished to be closer to their families, so they decided to move back home. Now the couple have two beautiful children, Leo and Freya. Kirstin says her children is the most important thing to her, so she loves working part time to spend more time with them, especially with her son Leo. Leo, 6, was born with a condition known as Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome,
which means that the right side of his heart is malformed. He had to get three palliative operations, and Kirstin is unsure of when the next operation may be needed but they continue to live each day with a positive outlook. Kirstin says she admires her son for his Patrick's Day wasschool a lot offor bravery. HeStenjoys attending atthough Edmundhe Hillary half a day, fun even gets with very tired. green outfits, green food, Kirstin is a devoted mother, baker, and and of course, Guinness! a fantastic colleague. We here at Julia Wallace wish Kirstin’s family all the best!
As we all know, a decision to move to a retirement village is an important one and it takes a lot of thinking, and a tonne of clearing out!
And wooed we were, from the moment we drove past the main entrance we just felt that the village was right for us. Our new home. Our initial talk with Chrissy was fantastic as everything was explained to us. We took the information home, digested it and came back to hear more. We never had any serious doubts – except where we were going to put everything! We were surprised however, how easily our furniture fitted in. Our three years in Julia Wallace have been an absolute pleasure, and fun! The thrill of meeting new people, and being accepted into the most wonderful and exciting lifestyle is a pleasure. Thank you all.
Operatunity During September, some of our residents tagged along to The Last Night of the Proms. The show was held by Operatunity, a company that has grown from a couple of concerts a year to performing over 200 a year. Artists Susan Boland, John Cameron, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua and Hamish McGregor entertained a packed house. It was a fantastic afternoon full of songs, flag waving, Irish jokes and singalongs. After Susan performed Un bel di, vedremo from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly one resident commented “I always cry!”
The concert delighted everyone
because she enjoyed the performance so much. The concert was concluded with a lovely afternoon tea. Perfect way to spend a day out.
Wallace’s Words Palmerston North Red Cross Service Coordinator Kandice Humphries and Red Cross Youth Coordinator Stacey Foskitt with the Julia Wallace residents
Calendar Girls fundraising During September, Kandace Humphries and Stacey Foskitt from the New Zealand Red Cross visited the Calendars Girls to explain how the $5,000 raised by Julia Wallace residents was used. Of the money raised, $2,500 went to the Rise Up Manawatu Camp, which is an outdoor education programme for 10 to 12-year-olds. The other $2,500 went to the Manawatu Youth Group. The money helped set up the initial trial and training for the team leaders of this programme. The residents came together for an afternoon tea and chatted about these programmes with Kandace and Stacey afterwards.
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