Yvette's Accolades Christmas 2017

Our staff delighted in wearing pink tutus and performing their ballet

Inside this issue: • Romeo & Juliet celebrations • Story time • Delicious summer menu • Meet Jeanette Yvette Williams Retirement Village Christmas Newsletter 2017

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Greetings from Gail...

Hello and welcome to the Christmas edition of Yvette’s Accolades.

We are finally heading into summer after a particularly wet winter. Despite the weather, our village has, as always, been incredibly busy.

Mid-August saw the start of the Romeo & Juliet season. Our village embraced the celebrations by decorating our entryway and we had five weeks of Romeo & Juliet themed activities.

As part of an Alzheimers awareness campaign we invited Gillian Eadie who spoke about how to become brain fit for life and the strategies that can be used to protect your memory. It was a fascinating presentation. We also invited Louise Petherbridge, who spoke about the highlights of her theatre career in London,

Romeo & Juliet

and Christine Garey spoke about her role in the Dunedin council.

Finally, Kirsty and Christine from the Dunedin Public Library taught residents how to use their electronic devices to download audio and eBooks. It was a great example that you’re never too old to learn something new.

I wish you all a happy festive season and a great new year.

Kind regards,

To celebrate the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Ryman Healthcare season of Romeo & Juliet, the serviced apartment residents staged their own performance of the famous balcony scene. Ted Friedlander played Romeo and Nick Dempster played Juliet. It was fantastic. We also held a fabulous masquerade ball with staff and residents dressing up for the occasion.

Maria Ramos

Gail Miller 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.

Gail Miller Village Manager Phone: 03 464 0390

Kate Morgan Sales Advisor Phone: 03 455 7936

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

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

383 Highgate, Roslyn, Dunedin • www.yvettewilliams.co.nz

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Our masked ball goers ready for a great party

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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.

Sir Jon Trimmer’s Visit

“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.”

While the ballet was in Dunedin, we were very fortunate to have Sir Jon Trimmer visit the village. He shared with residents his many years of experience with the ballet company and had some very funny stories. The finale for the season was the staff performing their version of the ballet, which delighted all the residents.

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.

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Sir Jon Trimmer with his fan Betty Raw

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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teacher after my school days. I graduated with a Higher Diploma in Teaching.

In 1961, after an All Black match, I met my future husband Ken, who is a chartered accountant. We were married the following year, and have three sons.

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A group of very talente d Dunedin ladies spent their spare time re creating period costumes from recycled curtains and bedspreads found in op shops. We were very fortunate to have them model the beautiful garments they had created.

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Ken had to teach me to cook a roast as I have never done that before and since then we have enjoyed many roasts.

We have been lucky to have travelled extensively, including the UK, Europe and USA. Among our other hobbies is singing. I love singing and belonged to several choirs, my husband also sings.

I also enjoy gardening and we always had beautiful gardens.

Hello, my name is Jeanette Cook and I have been a resident here at Yvette Williams for the past two and a half years.

I was a charter member of the Ladies’ Lions Club of Invercargill and when we moved to Alexandra in 1981, I established a branch there.

I was born and grew up in Christchurch, and I decided to become a primary school

After a busy life, I now enjoy a peaceful time here at Yvette Williams.

Introducing Anthea Gernetzky Hi there! My name is Anthea Gernetzky and I have been a hospital caregiver at Yvette Williams since the middle of 2008.

I was born in East London in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. We moved to Cape Town and I grew up there with my three sisters and two brothers.

For 25 years, I was a practising accountant. My husband, Peter, and I came to New Zealand in 2008 when he was offered a six-month project manager’s contract. The company then offered him a permanent position and so we decided to stay!

Peter and I have two daughters and a son, who are currently based in the UK, South Africa and Sydney.

In my spare time, I love to read and cook, and my favourite thing to eat (and cook) is curry. Any variety of curry! I also enjoy reading sci-fi and crime novels. My favourite colour is blue, while my favourite music is heavy metal – Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult and Purple Haze to name a few.

I love my job and I thoroughly enjoy working with the residents. It is very Patrick's Day was aand lot to of see satisfying toStmake them happy fun at Edmund Hillary with them smile! green outfits, green food, Totsiens! and of course, Guinness!

Story Time Our local play centre visits the village each month. During their visit, they sing for the residents, have morning tea and then each child takes a book for the resident to read them a story.

The residents love spending time with the little ones.

Elizabeth Corgo with a young friend from the play centre

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International Month During July, we celebrated International Month with various events to showcase the wonderful diverse country we live in.

Our hospital residents saw traditional costumes from Nepal, Malaysia, Austria, Egypt and Japan. We also created Japanese Kokeshi Dolls in our make and create activities. These turned out picture perfect and quite colourful. Later during the month two Kaikorai Valley College students came to the village and taught some of our residents to write their names in Katakana (Japanese). It was an interesting afternoon full of learning.

Finally, we welcomed the Dunedin Highland Dancing School to the village.

The students performed a number of dances that had the residents tapping their feet and clapping hands. Thanks to everyone that made this month so entertaining and unique. We all learned a lot!

Three students from the Dunedin Highland Dancing School

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Our staff dressed in some of the traditional costumes of their countries