monthly topic dining experience

NOVEM BER 2020 | I SSUE 5

MONTHLY TOPIC

Dining Experience

Welcome to the fifth edition

of Out and About, our

newsletter about Care with

Purpose in action at our

care residences.

In this newsletter, you’ll get to see a

snapshot of what we are achieving at

each of our residences with our Care

with Purpose care model with our

residents, staff, volunteers and families.

At Catholic Homes, we work on a new topic

each month. For November, our care

residences are focusing on creating a dining

experience for our residents.

The dining experience is all about creating a

positive, comfortable and dignified

atmosphere during meal times. This involves

ensuring residents are not rushed during meals

and can take their time to enjoy their meal and

socialise with other residents. Residents are also

given choices on what they would like to eat

and drink at each meal time with clearly

labeled items. The tables are beautifully set

with cloth napkins and glass drinkware to

create a dignified experience.

CATHOLIC HOM ES | C ARE WI TH P URPOSE

SERVITE VILLAGE

Around The World This month, the residents at Servite Village had

an exciting opportunity to trial Virtual Reality for

the first time! Virtual Reality is a simulation of a

three dimensional environment that can be

interacted with in a seemingly physical way.

Servite Village resident Dora Humphry

marveled at the statues in Gardens by the Bay

in Singapore, while Audrey Willis took a trip

down memory lane to her childhood home in

Dublin, Ireland. John Villiers visited Kununarra

where he used to work, and Kevin Williams

went swimming with dolphins underwater!

The Virtual Reality experience provided an

opportunity for our residents to travel around

the world in a realistic and tangible way, all in

the comfort of a chair. It also evoked past

memories, stories and their childhood.

“The underwater experience with the

dolphins was the best, it felt like I could

reach out and touch them.”

Kevin Williams


SERVITE VILLAGE

Celebrity Heads The team at Servite Village are installing these

wonderful interactive wall boards around the

facility. Interactive walls provide opportunities

for our residents to be engaged in activities at

all times.

Can you match the name to the movie star?

CASTLEDARE VILLAGE

Off to Work Alice has been helpful in neatening up the baby

clothes, now we have a set of drawers to use.

Here is Gordon enjoying the new office corner

where Terry will be filing away our documents for

us. We can’t wait to see how it will turn out in the

coming months!

SERVITE VILLAGE

Resident of the

Month This month we celebrated our resident Agnes

Devlin! This is a new initiative organised by our

team at Servite Village where we celebrate

the life and history of one of our residents.

The residents enjoyed a lovely morning tea

while discussing the life history, interests and

hobbies of Agnes.

Agnes also made her famous gnocchi,

carefully shaping each one with a fork, which

the residents enjoyed for lunch.


ARCHBISHOP GOODY

Mosaic Masters This month our special achievement has been

to enjoy working out in the garden during the

nice weather.

We’ve refurbished our old courtyard into a

sensory garden with a variety of new plants,

hanging baskets and mosaics.

There’s been so many people who have helped

us out. Stephanie’s daughter arranged the

Mosaic materials and finishing’s, Maria put the

Mosaics together, Michael and Glenys planted

the plants and Carmela, Glenn, Jo and Harry

helped wash off the decorative stones.

Creating mosaics is a great activity for our

residents to use their fine motor skills. Why is that

important? Because this can translate to other

important everyday activities, such as using

cutlery for meals and using a toothbrush for

brushing their teeth.


ARCHBISHOP GOODY

Outdoor Paradise Refurbishing the courtyard has been a real

team effort, which has now paid off with the

beautiful sensory garden now in place.

Our residents are absolutely loving the space

which they use to spend time outside in the

courtyard to enjoy the sunshine and fresh

breeze, have outdoor lunches, gardening

and group activities.

If it looks like Apii and the residents are asleep

it’s only because we love to use the garden

for our new Mindfulness and Meditation

Group!

Outdoor areas that are filled with interest,

colour and activity provide sensory

stimulation via sight, smell, sound and touch.


TRINITY VILLAGE

Men’s Lunch A Hit

Gents at Trinity Village enjoyed fish n’ chips

(and a beverage) with Pavlova for dessert

while listening to the Beatles, a favourite

request! After lunch the gentlemen played

high card draw with our newest resident

Ray Routledge winning the pot.

Special mention to resident, Leita Etheridge

for helping us set up the tables beautifully

for the luncheon.


TRINITY VILLAGE

Artists in the House Take a look at these beautiful pieces of

artwork created by the talented students of

Mercy College.

Here are some more photos of the Trinity

Village residents unwrapping their gifts. Each

piece of artwork had a message from the

artist, sparking these great reactions.

The residents absolutely enjoyed showcasing

the artwork they received with each other.

A special thanks to the students, who'd be

proud knowing their art decorates our home!


TRINITY VILLAGE

Pinkies Up The ladies at Trinity Village enjoyed a lovely

Ladies’ High Tea this month.

Chef Mollie put on a delectable spread of finger

foods (savoury sausage role, pies, mini

sandwiches and mini cheesecakes). The ladies

were also offered their choice of a variety of

teas and or punch from our brand new punch

bowl.

The morning was spent enjoying one another’s

company while learning and reminiscing on the

topic of the punch bowl and high teas.

Special mention to Trinity resident, Shirley Barker,

who once again graced us with her talent for

flower arranging and table setting.

We love spoiling our residents with special

events, and so we will be hosting a Ladies’

High Tea every month.


ST VINCENT’S

Lesley’s Recipes

This month, the residents cooked and

prepared delicious mini quiches, a

personal recipe of St Vincent’s resident

Lesley Peacock.

Lesley used to run a catering company,

and has a vast knowledge about

cooking, nutrition and recipe ideas.

Needless to say, the mini quiches were

a crowd favourite at Happy Hour and

the residents enjoyed them greatly.

Lesley will be sharing one of her

personal recipes in this newsletter every

month, so keep an eye out for them!

The recipe for these delicious mini

quiches is on the next page.

If you would like to read more about

Lesley and her life story, please head to

the last page of this newsletter.


ST VINCENT’S

Mini Quiches

Lesley’s Recipe Ingredients:

Puff pastry (optional)

1 egg, beaten

½ cup whipping cream

½ cup grated cheese - any

cheese that melts quickly -

mozzarella is excellent

any of the following:

Shredded chicken

Bacon, chopped & fried, or

bacon bits

Onion, chopped & fried

Mushrooms, sliced & fried

Spring onion

Cherry tomatoes, cut in half

Asparagus, chopped & fried

These are very easy to make. Puff pastry makes them much lighter than shortcrust. A

standard size muffin tin works for a snack or finger-food. Large muffin tins make each one

a whole meal.

Steps:

1. Lay out sheets of frozen puff pastry to defrost.

2. Have a muffin tin ready and with the rim of a glass cut out circles slightly larger than

the holes in the muffin tin.

3. Then with the base of the glass push the pastry circles down into each of the holes.

4. Cook for about 10 minutes at 200 degrees, watching that it doesn’t burn.

5. Remove from the oven and use the base of the glass push each pastry casing back

down into its hole again.

6. Spoon filling into each of the pastry casings. Add anything you like to the filling

mixture.

7. You learn as you go along which you prefer and what combinations of flavours

work best.

8. Turn oven down to 180 degrees and cook the mini quiches until the egg is set, that

is when you shake the tin the mixture no longer wobbles. Once again keep

watching so it doesn’t cook too long.

9. Serve and enjoy!


OCEAN STAR VILLAGE

Happy Hour Meet our barman, Ted Gumley!

Every Friday, Ocean Star Village resident Ted,

helps take orders and serve drinks for Happy

Hour. Ted begins with setting up the glasses on

the table and bringing out all the drinks.

He then goes on to ask every resident for their

order, prepares the drink and personally serves

it to them.

Job roles brings purpose and gives our residents

something to look forward to in their day. It

encourages the resident to continue to use skills

to remain independent and supports them to

feel needed and valued. Job roles recognises

our residents as occupational beings who are

complex and have different roles in life, not just

the role of “resident’.

“I like to help the staff with jobs around

the facility, it makes me feel helpful”

Ted Gumley


OCEAN STAR VILLAGE

Courtyard Makeover

CASTLEDARE VILLAGE

Off to Work Alice has been helpful in neatening up the baby

clothes, now we have a set of drawers to use.

Here is Gordon enjoying the new office corner

where Terry will be filing away our documents for

us. We can’t wait to see how it will turn out in the

coming months!

Now that the weather is warming up, our

residents at Ocean Star are giving our

courtyard a makeover. Our residents hand

painted each pot and planted beautiful

flowers in each one. Watch this space as we

continue to transform our courtyard into a

stimulating and interactive area.

OCEAN STAR VILLAGE

Puzzle Maker Take a look at these wonderful handmade

puzzles of the beautiful dogs that visit our

facility!

Photos of Charlee & Chief and Budkis were

laminated onto wood, before being cut out

into pieces to create personal and familiar

jigsaw puzzles.

We found that our residents were more

motivated to complete the jigsaw puzzles with

the dogs they loved compared to other

generic puzzles.


CASTLEDARE VILLAGE

Balmoral

Makeover Balmoral has recently had a new

makeover!

With the help of Beryl and Win we

created some nice functional areas for

people to come and sit.

At the moment we seem to have a

garden and cooking theme happening

thanks to Melody. As you can see

Melody loves brightening up our tables

with floral arrangements she does daily.

It’s become a lovely area to enjoy

looking outside on a comfy couch with

family and friends; Bev and her family

friend enjoyed the first opportunity to

enjoy blanket and lounge set up.


RESIDENT FEATURE

Meet Lesley

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Monthly Topic In December, we will be focusing on room

service

St Vincent’s resident Lesley Peacock is one of

Catholic Homes’ most talented cooks yet.

Lesley was born and raised in Bunbury, Western

Australia and would go on to live a life full of

adventure and achievements. Lesley has worked

a variety of jobs in different fields throughout her

life.

In administration, Lesley worked as a receptionist

and telephonist at Bunbury Regional Hospital,

manager of the Bremer Bay Sports Club, and

personal assistant to two members elected to the

Gnowangerup Council.

However, Lesley’s passions lie in cooking and

hospitality. She recalls her experiences of cooking

for families at junior sports days at Bremer Bay,

working as the Cook Manager for P&O and

running her own catering company as the most

enjoyable and memorable.

Lesley now enjoys keeping her mind active, with

word puzzles, brain teasers, documentaries and

cooking shows.

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