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Bruce McLaren's sister, Jan McLaren, artist Craig Primrose, QSM and Ryman's Corporate Affairs Manager David King
Inside this issue: • Painting showcase • Romeo & Juliet celebrations • Delicious summer menu • Meet Connie Bruce McLaren Retirement Village Christmas Newsletter 2017
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Greetings from Warren... Hello and welcome to the Christmas edition of McLaren’s Messenger. Our village has been quite busy over the past few months. The Romeo & Juliet season took the village by storm. We celebrated with a Verona themed ball and it was fantastic to see everyone dressed up in period costumes. The care centre celebrated with a banquet and a Romeo & Juliet screening, while several mini ballerinas also visited the village. We also hosted the Alzheimer’s NZ team for a presentation on the foundation’s purpose. Along with the Alzheimer’s team, Sir Richard Fall represented Brain Research NZ and gave a talk on brain health.
In late August, we held a showcase event for our care centre families. The showcase demonstrated how our staff provide care and ensure that residents are actively engaged in daily activities and events. We had a high turnout with families commenting positively about the event. As we head into the festive season, I want to wish you all the best for the rest of the year. Kind regards,
Warren Herring W H i 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.
Warren Herring Village Manager Ph: 09 535 0220
Rose Lawlor Sales Advisor Ph: 09 535 0225
Call Warren for general enquiries or any information about resthome, hospital or dementia care.
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Celebrating Romeo & his Juliet The Royal New Zealand Ballet and Ryman Healthcare season of Romeo & Juliet was celebrated with various events around the village. Everyone put their best foot forward at our very own Verona ball. It was a very special occasion marked by beautiful music and dancing. Ball gowns and masks of every colour twirled around the ballroom. Residents and staff sipped wine and nibbled on delicious canapés. Valerie Markwick and Graham Rhodes were crowned king and queen of the ball for their outstanding costumes. We were also honoured to host Sir Jon Trimmer, who entertained a number of residents with stories about his time with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. The village also welcomed baby ballerinas to receive their dancing lesson in the resthome lounge while residents looked on. The girls were all dressed in pink leotards and tutus with butterfly wings!
Our staff dresseed d up for the ball
A themed dinner hit the right spot
A fantastic season with some great events. We hope everyone enjoyed it.
Valerie Markwick and Graham Rhodes were crowned king and queen of the ball
Masked ladies: Anne Power, Jean Long and Avril Dawes
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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.
Bruce McLaren Portrait Unveiling The village was abuzz with excitement before the new Bruce McLaren painting was unveiled. Everyone wanted to know what it was going to look like! Bruce McLaren’s sister, Jan McLaren, was there for the unveiling along with artist Craig Primrose, QSM. Many residents and art lovers flocked to the village centre for the event. As the painting was unveiled the residents cheered and marvelled at the masterpiece. Two McLaren race cars were also on display, and we heard their great engines revving which was echoed by the residents’ exuberant applause.
meet Jan Resident Keith Dunn was excited to niece's and show her a framed photo of his Lar husband Tim Rush driving a Mc en
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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her husband Leslie Carter in the Holy Apostles Church in Leicester. They loved bringing up their two boys, Philip and Alan.
Out and About
in the Van trips are the weekly highlight ty to get resthome calendar. It is an opportuni in the fresh out and about, get some exercise tinations and air, revisit old haunts, find new des nic is always make new memories together. A pic compulsory! Vantol, (Left to right) Glenda Saywell, Dolly Arthur Coxell Marjorie Nuttal, Annie Rientjies and
Father's Day beer tent
For Father’s Day, we ce lebrated by having a be er tasting. Delighted fath ers, sons and grandson s were treated to 14 varie ties of beer and the best ‘manly’ food that could be found. It was hugely successful and we hope that everyone enjoyed the very special day. Our village centre was packed for the beer tasting
Introducing Prabhjot Kaur Brar Hello, my name is Prabhjot Kaur Brar, but I am also known as Ruby. I am the special care unit’s activities coordinator here at Bruce McLaren. I am from Indian descent, but raised in the beautiful country, Philippines. For the past five years, I am proud to say that New Zealand has been my second home. I can speak four languages including English, Punjabi, Hindi and Tagalog. I obtained a Bachelor of Science in nursing in 2011. I also have an interest in make-up and completed a certificate in cosmetology. Now I am a certified hair and make-up artist. Finally, I studied business management and graduated in 2013.
In my free time, I love to cook and experiment with cooking. I enjoy doing make-up on others and myself, and I have an insatiable desire to study. I have plans to o continue my higher education. I have always enjoyed working in the healthcare sector and will not change it for anything. Working at Bruce McLaren is like a dream. Every Day day was I learn St Patrick's a lot of somethingfun new the Hillary residents at from Edmund withand outfi ts,isgreen food, for my colleagues.green I think this important and of course, Guinness! career growth and I am very grateful for this opportunity.
er t r a C e i n n o Meet C Connie Carter is one of our serviced apartment residents. Originally from Leicester, England, Connie grew up with her mother and father, a housewife and truck driver, plus her sister and two brothers. As a girl, she greatly enjoyed Girl Guides, playing hockey, tennis, knitting and cross-stitching. When Connie left school, she became a medical secretary until she married
One of their hobbies as a family was to go camping all over Europe until Leslie was transferred to New Zealand when natural gas was discovered in Taranaki. Although he was contracted for only three years, the family ended up staying in Palmerston North. Connie worked as a medical secretary at the local hospital and at a group practice. After her husband passed away, she moved up to Auckland to be closer to one of her sons. Her other son was now living in the USA and Connie visited often. Her sister also lived in the USA. In Auckland, she was the President of the Bucklands Beach Bowling Club and also enjoyed going to the gym often. Connie loves to be busy in our village and attends most activities – bingo, Make and Create, knitting, has her nails painted weekly, Happy Hour and attends most events and van trips out to various venues.
International Celebrations During July, we celebrated International Month. The resthome residents had a whirlwind trip around the world as the staff dressed up in national costumes of their homelands. It was a great afternoon of singing, dancing, storytelling and poetry readings. The residents learned more about South Africa, Scotland, Ireland, India, the Philippines, Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand. What a great way to celebrate our diversity.
and nurse Resident Mary Pascoe Marianel Miralles
McLaren’s Messenger Dementia champion for Alzheimers NZ Colin Mathura-Jeffree, Alzheimers NZ chairperson Ngaire Dixon, CEO Catherine Hall and brain researcher Sir Richard Faull holding a healthy human brain
A visit from our charity Our residents were the first to meet the new patron of Alzheimers New Zealand – distinguished professor and brain researcher Sir Richard Faull – in a packed presentation held in the village centre. It was standing room only as nearly 300 people gathered to attend the event. Alzheimers New Zealand chairperson Ngaire Dixon said the charity was equally honoured and delighted that Sir Richard had agreed to become their patron. “As New Zealand’s most respected researcher in this area, he will make a significant contribution to our aim of raising more awareness of dementia in New Zealand,” she said.
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