Address: 95 Daintree Drive, Albion Park NSW 2527 Phone: (02) 4235 7600 Email: admin@chomes.com.au

It is an exciting time at Ridgeview with the changes working towards providing a more homely environment with improved care. If any fami ly member wishes to speak wi th management regarding any changes, Michele the Care Manager and I would love to have a chat.

Kind Regards, Debbie Payne

Christadelphian Aged Care

2 0 1 8 A U T U M N N E W S L E T T E R

RIDGEVIEW

Manager’s Message Welcome to Ridgeview

Welcome to all the new residents at Ridgeview. It is lovely to be able to include you in all the activities and outings that our activities program has to offer.

There has been a lot of media coverage in aged care that has been very concerning for those in care. Recently food is an issue within the industry with reports that some homes are not supplying food of high quality. At Ridgeview, we pride ourselves in the fact that we have a wonderful kitchen team led by Ally our Chef. They work hard to please our residents and are very open to suggestions and ideas to continue supplying meals that are both tasty and nutritious. Our new Kitchen roster, which will be finalised shortly, will offer a more efficient kitchen with the new tea lady enthusiastic about offering old fashioned tea service to residents. We look forward to this commencing in early March.

Our dementia wing is undergoing a restructure and staff have put in expressions of interest to work in that area. Staff will then complete an intensive training program in all areas of care with all staff being able to complete activities as a part of their role.

We are also undergoing review of all our clinical care procedures to ensure we are maintaining care at a high standard, starting with medication management. Staff will be offered further training and support to ensure best practice.

Light breeze colourful leaves

bare trees it must be Autumn nnn

“God makes

everything beautiful

in its time” Ecclesiastes 3:11

News & Upcoming Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

MARCH 8th - Entertainment:

Happy Beats at 10.30am

APRIL 3rd - Entertainment: Men’s Probus Choir

at 10.30am

16th - Entertainment: Swingalees at 10.30am

MAY 8th - Entertainment:

Happy Beats at 10.30am

MARCH APRIL MAY

9 Mary 3 Alan 1 Jessie

9 Eliza 3 Cornelia 3 Leila

10 George 3 Shirley 5 Tomislav

10 Karin 6 Anne 8 Stasia

10 Vasna 9 Marko 10 Ted

12 Clarice 12 Terrence 11 Jill

12 Robert 13 Ruth 12 Elizabeth

13 Elaine 19 Margret 14 Norma

14 Garnet 23 Toni 16 Frieda

14 Barbara 16 Tony

21 Dulcie 19 Sultana

22 Brian 20 Dientje

29 Jasper 29 Bill

31 Terrance

Families are invited to join with our residents celebrating their birthday at our monthly Birthday Afternoon Teas.

Cake and refreshments provided as well as getting a lovely family photo taken.

• Monday, March 19, 2pm – Sapphire dining room

• Monday, April 23, 2pm – Sapphire diningroom

• Monday May 21, 2pm – Sapphire dining room

Look forward to seeing you there and sharing birthday celebrations.

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SUNSHINE Firstly, a big welcome to our new residents. We are now enjoying cooking classes weekly on Wednesday afternoon. Residents are loving our Friday morning bus trips and are delighted in the warmer weather when they can enjoy lunch and activities outside in the tranquil gardens.

Our residents assist in feeding the chickens and collecting eggs daily. We are pleased to see the ukulele group every Thursday for a sing-along. Sensory activities are going well, also table games, massage, nail care, Doll Therapy and the cleaning and chore program. A couple of our male residents enjoy a game of pool in Sapphire. Garden group weekly is also a big hit.

Looking forward to seeing more activities here in the next three months.

Love, Stacey & Donna (RAOs Sunshine)

SAPPHIRE Hi from Sapphire! Welcome to the New Year. We hope everyone had a great Christmas and saw the New Year in safety. The lead up to Christmas was busy with the residents of Sapphire enjoying a great Christmas party. A big thank you to Ray Wilson for entertaining everyone on the day.

New year’s program has resumed and our favourite bus trips, bingo, and Happy Hours have recommenced. We are trialling a joint physio/RAO exercise on Thursday mornings for Sapphire residents to attend. We are taking appointments for the Wellness Spa on Tuesday and Thursday mornings (See Vikki for details). A shopping trip is planned for February as requested by residents.

Looking forward to many enjoyable trips this year and welcome Glenda as a Volunteer on our outings.

Best Wishes, Vikki (RAO Sapphire)

AMETHYST Amethyst residents had great time at our Christmas parties and Christmas light tours in December. They enjoy their weekly bus trips on Wednesday afternoons. The bird aviary is a popular sitting spot for our residents where they can enjoy the new baby budgies antics and get some fresh air at the same time. Reminiscing and sing-alongs are very popular.

More outdoor activities in the warmer weather are now planned daily. Some of Amethyst residents assist with feeding the chickens and collecting eggs daily. Our chickens are excited to see us when we approach to the gate. Please check boards daily for all activities.

Looking forward to the activities here in the next three months.

Love Jean & Debbie (RAOs Amethyst)

Activity Reviews

Activity Photos - Christmas

Activity Photos - Christmas

LIFESTYLE TEAM We have had a busy summer with Christmas parties and Christmas lights tours.

The bus trips are enjoyed by our residents. We have three trips per week: Sapphire Wednesday morning, Amethyst Wednesday afternoon, and Sunshine Friday morning.

Sapphire residents enjoy morning tea trips every Wednesday and a monthly luncheon or shopping trip. We are waiting for a good movie to come to the flicks so we can attend soon as residents really enjoyed that activity. We hope to continue with our school visits weekly. Also our Bunnings workshops should continue this year. We will be starting a daily exercise program all areas soon.

Our beautiful hens that we watched hatched are now grown and laying eggs at least two or three daily, much to our residents delight.

We are always looking for places to see and different things that our residents would enjoy to do. If you have any ideas please let me know. Look forward to the next three months for new adventures.

Thanks, love Kim (Lifestyle Team leader) - klillie@chomes.com.au

Activity Reviews

Donations Please! We are running low on bingo prizes. Any donations would be greatly appreciated.

(Please no hand creams or powder soaps or aerosol as we have to be very careful with the allergies of our residents.)

We’re going digital! To reduce the amount of paper we use, and in response to the requests of a number of families, the next newsletter will be delivered straight to your inbox! It will also continue to be available on our new and improved website at www.chomes.com.au. We are currently updating our contact list so you may be contacted soon to let us know your email address. If you would still like to receive the newsletter in paper form, please call Marketing on (02) 9101 5503 to let us know.

THE ‘CHOOK MAN’ New resident Gordon has been known in the local community as ‘The Chook Man’. Gordon is known for his kindness and supplying the local community with feathered pets, as well as inviting children and adults to watch chicken hatching from their shells. Gordon was thrilled to discover that Ridgeview had our very own chickens who are now laying eggs on a daily

basis. Gordon has been visiting Ridgeview’s chickens with staff and advised that we have Isa Browns and educated staff on how we can best care for them and their egg laying routines. Gordon’s room proudly displays chook paraphernalia and he even wears a gold rooster pendant round his neck at all times!

“I just love chooks and ducks because they are placid and low maintenance. They are lovable. People could learn how to love one another just by watching chooks and ducks."

Resident Story - Gordon Hughes

KEEPING MOBILE WITH DAILY EXERCISE REGIME Mary is keeping up her mobility with a daily exercise regime that would put us younger ones to shame. This dedicated 88-year-old does her daily 40 laps of the courtyard verandah (rain, hail or shine) to ensure she keeps moving and retains her mobility… “if you don’t use it you lose it” being her motto. Nothing will keep her from her morning routine. Even visitors have to wait until her laps are completed!

Resident Story - Mary Marley

Staff Profile - ShaneHi my name is Shane and I’m the new maintenance man at Ridgeview. I grew up in Wagga and now live in Sydney. I am married and have two children and three grandchildren whom I love spending time with. I own a holiday house at Lake Heights where I spend my working week. I enjoy fishing in my spare time. I love working here at Ridgeview and having a chat to residents and staff. I always have plenty to do and look forward to working here for many years.

LOST PROPERTY - is now located upstairs in Sapphire Laundry. If you have lost an items of clothing, please ask staff to assist you to the Lost Property. Please note, at the end of each month, all lost property will be donated to our local charity in Albion Park.

UPDATE WITH LABELLING OF RESIDENTS CLOTHING Our dedicated Laundry staff will now be labelling all residents clothing as they come to the Laundry. Through this improved process, we have been able to significantly reduce our lost property. Please put items of clothing to be labelled into a plastic bag with resident’s name. These can be given directly to a Laundry staff member or to Diane at Reception for labelling and returned to the resident’s wardrobe. Thank you for your assistance.

IN LOVING MEMORY I would like to thank the Angwin and Toseland families for their kind donations of clocks in Sapphire and Sunshine areas in loving memory of Digger Angwin and Dulcie & Reg Toseland.

CHRISTADELPHIAN AGED CARE 70TH ANNIVERSARY – PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION Residents, staff and visitors enjoyed the travelling 70th anniversary exhibition recently at Ridgeview and looking at the wonderful display of photos submitted across all our Homes

for the photographic competition.

Congratulations to Michelle Chate (Ridgeview) winner of the People’s Choice category for photo “Kissed by a Goat” with resident Stasia Zeleznik.

Big thank you to Dennis “Dennis the Menace”, Ruth “Let the Music Play” and Walter “Grampy and Blake” (Ridgeview residents) for allowing their portraits to be entered into the competition.

Other News…

FREE! 2018 CHRISTADELPHIAN AGED CARE CALENDARS We still have a number of 2018 calendars available at Reception. If you did not receive a calendar, or would like another one, please collect at Reception.

THE LIONS CLUB RECYCLE FOR SIGHT PROGRAM Please donate old spectacles, sunglasses or frames in the box provided at Reception, helping those in need in the third word.

RESIDENT ROOMS AND REFRIGERATORS Many of our resident’s rooms are becoming cluttered and difficult for care staff to safely manoeuvre equipment as well as cleaning staff to adequately clean rooms. It would be greatly appreciated if families/relatives would be able to clean resident’s rooms and remove any items that are no longer required.

It is also the responsibility of families to ensure resident refrigerators are keep clean and tidy, including the monitoring and disposal of outdated contents within the refrigerator.

Your assistance in the above would be greatly appreciated.

Other News…

Staff NewsKarlene (RSO) is expecting her first grandchild due on February 18 and is very excited

Diane (Reception) has had a new grandchild - a boy. Congratulations!

Becc G (AIN) is finally getting married in March!

Trina (AIN) got engaged on Christmas Day

Pastoral Care Let us not lovewith word or speech but with actions and in truth

1 Joh

n 3:18

WHERE WILL YOU FIND JOY TODAY?

The speaker in this poem is a broom plant, which is responding to the taunts of the nearby oak tree that had mocked it for the apparent frailty of its form and for providing wayward shepherd boys with a soft bed on which to sleep. The broom plant’s reply highlighted the joy it found in interacting with the insects, birds and animals with whom it shared each season throughout the year. It looked for these joy-filled snatches among the challenges of the larger changes brought by each passing season in its world, be it the heat of summer, the frost of winter, the energy of springtime or the slowing of autumn. By the end of that poem it was the broom which remained, as the oak in its unbending pride had fallen before the sudden onslaught of a winter storm.

Solomon, a wiser man than any in his day, urged all who would listen to find something positive in their lives wherever that life would lead. “So I commend the enjoyment of life,” he says in Ecclesiastes chapter 8 verse 15 (NIV), “because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.”

Some days that joy may not dominate. Some days life may seem futile, an endless repetition of the same routine lived amid the same walls echoing the same sounds from the lives of those nearby. Focussing on this highlights the futility and the pain of living, making it hard to see the subtly of the blessings that are still there in life. Amid that cycle there is still the opportunity to touch and to try a smile, to hold a hand or share a memory, listen to a distant bird or smell a scented leaf or flower.

Seeking the joy of the day will not make its challenges any less serious or any less real. But blessings and joy can exist at the same time as misfortune and sorrow. Finding joy among the little things may not remove the sense of struggle, but it will help to ease that burden. Sharing a hug changes the view – and how large is a hug, really? Warmth from the sun, or the colour of an autumn leaf, can both awaken memories to distract from the present, or simply bring pleasure to the moment.

The little broom plant and King Solomon both faced their lives with a certainty that they would find each day something to enjoy and both found it.

In what little thing will you find joy today?

By Stuart Muir - Pastoral Care and Community Services Manager, Corporate Services

Bereavements

Our deepest sympathies have gone out to the families who

have lost their loved ones over the Summer period.

I know, and I have known it long; Frail is the bond by which we hold Our being, whether young or old, Wise, foolish, weak, or strong.

Disasters, do the best we can, Will reach both great and small; And he is oft the wisest man, Who is not wise at all.

The English writer William Wordsworth (1770–1850), in his pastoral poem The Oak and The Broom, wrote the following lines:

Welcome new volunteers We are very blessed at Ridgeview to have a dedicated Volunteer team who assist daily in a variety of areas within our Home. I would like to welcome the following volunteers: Sheree (Café Assistant), Alan (Maintenance Assistant), Anne (Anglican Church), Steve (Anglican Church/Pastoral Care), Marian (Anglican Church), Fr Andrew (Greek Orthodox Pastoral Care) and Christine (Admin Assistant).

Farewell Carol We were very sad to say farewell to Carol who retired after serving for many years as a v o l u n t e e r a t Ridgeview Aged Care. Carol worked tirelessly each week to assist in running a variety of activities at Ridgeview such as bingo, fun days, balls, special event days, Happy Days Café and more. On behalf of everyone at Ridgeview, I would like to thank Carol for her work at Ridgeview and the love and joy she devoted to each of our residents. We wish her all the best for the future.

Chapel - We have added a Community Library of Christian books and magazines for residents and families to utilise. The Glad Tiding Magazine is available within the Community Library (free of charge) for residents and families to keep. A Prayer Book is also located at the door of the Chapel where residents, families and staff are able to write prayer requests. On the Chapel door (and noticeboards throughout the Home) is the 2018 Church Services Calendar from January – July 2018. This includes the dates of Devotional Church (any denomination),

Catholic Church and Anglican Church services and location of each service.

Ukuleles back in full swing – Thursdays at 11am Our wonderful Ukulele volunteers were greeted with a warm reception this week to kick start their Thursday visits at Ridgeview. With a ‘full house’ residents clapped, danced, sang and played instruments for the first performance of the year. Ukulele sing-alongs are every Thursday at 11am either in the Sunshine or Sapphire dining rooms. Please see Leisure & Lifestyle Calendar for weekly location.

Volunteer Corner

Update and Thank You from Operation Christmas Child As mentioned in our last newsletter our Knit n Natter and Craft groups have knitted toys, scarves and slippers as well as decorated shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. In December, these items were given to Lyn Brown (Area Co-Ordinator), Albion Park. “Dear Friends, What a wonderful surprise when Michelle asked me to call and pick up your lovely knitted toys, scarves and slippers in support of Operation Christmas Child. They will be a treasure to the children receiving them. From our warehouse we sent 8,741 shoeboxes and our national total is 327,461 boxes from Australia and New Zealand are sent to Fiji, Cambodia, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa and Papua New Guinea. Millions of children around the world struggle daily with war, poverty, famine and disease. Every show box gift shows them that they have not been forgotten, and we are then able to identify and resource other needs in the community, such as clean water, sanitation, education, health and agriculture. Many children will be blessed by your love. Thank you again, and blessings to you all.” - Lyn Brown (Area Coordinator)

The Knit n Natter group will continue to make knitted items throughout the year in support of Operation Christmas Child. If you would also like to contribute to Ridgeview’s donation we welcome knitted items such as scarves, small knitted toys, small slippers and other items such as washers, soap, toothbrushes and combs. Donations can be given to Diane at Reception clearly marked ‘Operation Christmas Child – Michelle Chate’.

Molly brings magic to Tuesdays Volunteer Pet Therapy dog Molly along with owners Bob and Fay visit Ridgeview every Tuesday for pet therapy visits. Molly is a weekly favourite to our home and brings so much delight, happiness and smiles to our residents. You can visit Molly for a cuddle, pat, play and chat on Tuesdays at the following areas: • 9.00am – 10.00 am Sapphire lounge room• 10.15am – 11.15am Sunshine courtyard or dining room in bad weather • 11.15am – 12pm• 1pm – 2pm

Room visitsSunshine A & B (dementia) lounge room

Volunteer Corner

If you are interested in joining the Volunteer program, please do not hesitate to contact me:

Michelle Chate on 4235 7612 or mchate@chomes.com.au

Volunteer & Pastoral Care Coordinator

• 2 cups self-raising flour • 1 tablespoon caster

sugar • Pinch of salt • 60g butter, chilled,

chopped • 1/2 cup buttermilk • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg • 2/3 cup mashed cooked butternut

pumpkin (see note) • Extra buttermilk, for brushing Note: You will need 300g peeled, chopped, butternut pumpkin to make 2/3 cup mashed cooked pumpkin.

Line a baking tray with baking paper.

1. Preheat oven to 220°C/200°C fan-forced. 2. Sift flour, nutmeg, sugar and salt into a bowl. Add

butter. Using fingertips, rub butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

3. Make a well in centre of mixture. Add buttermilk and pumpkin. Using a flat-bladed knife, stir until a sticky dough forms. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead gently until just smooth.

4. Using a lightly floured rolling pin, gently roll dough out until 2cm thick. Using a 6cm fluted-edge cutter, cut out scones. Press leftover dough together. Repeat to make 12 scones.

5. Place scones, just touching, on prepared tray. Brush with buttermilk. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden and hollow when tapped on top. Serve with butter, ricotta or cream cheese.

Read, Rest & Relax!

Pumpkin Scones

Interesting Winter Olympics Facts

Makes 12

Disclaimer: All photos and stories have been published with consent of relatives and residents involved. Thank you for your submissions.

1. Paperhanger a) Someone who installs wallpaper b) Someone who sells papers from a news stand c) Someone who assists in the papermaking

process by hanging wet paper to dry  

2. Tanner a) Someone who professionally tans  b) Someone who makes leather c) Someone who creates tanning dyes  

3. Wharfinger a) Someone who owns and operates a dock b) Someone who creates casts for fingers  c) Someone who operates a nail polish factory  

4. Electrotyper a) Someone who is in charge of recording

telegrams  b) Someone who sends messages electronically  c) A person who creates letter printing molds  

5. Stevedore a) Someone who cooks hors d’oeuvres  b) Someone who loads and unloads ships when

they come to port c) Someone who tailors suits  

6. Ragpicker a) Someone who collects and sells rags b) Someone who works in a rag factory  c) Someone who specialises in picking fine dining

equipment  

7. Drayman a) Someone who operates an elevator at a hotel b) Someone who manages a group of maids  c) Someone who drives a wooden wagon  

8. Bootblack a) Someone who polishes shoes b) Someone who carries out punishments at local

jails c) Someone who sells black leather boots  

9. Drover a) Someone who drives buggies  b) Someone who herds livestock long distances c) Someone who oversees store’s inventory  

10. Furrier a) Someone who resells fur in bulk  b) Someone who works with fur clothing c) Someone who professionally grooms animals  

11. Refectory Keeper a) Someone who oversees a dining hall b) Someone who oversees a refinery  c) Someone who repairs mirrors  

12. Diesinker a) Someone who crafts German chocolate b) Someone who manufactures a type of lead c) Someone who engraves dies for stamping

13. Smelter a) Someone who creates smelt for buggies  b) Someone who melts metal from ore c) Someone who crafts automobile equipment 

Great job! Now let’s find your score: 

1-3 Keep your day job . . . 4-7 Not bad! You’re an amateur historian!  8-10 Impressive - you really know your stuff!  11-13 Did you time travel from the 1800s? You’re a pro! 

Answers:

1. a 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. a 9. b 10. b 11. a 12. c 13. b

Old

Occupation QuizTest your knowledge of these extinct occupations

and see how many you can get right.