Dunlop's Diary Christmas 2017

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g n o l Lunch Resident Erika Robeznieks sharing a moment with chef Lawrence at the Long Lunch

Inside this issue: • Romeo & Juliet celebrations • Long Lunch • Delicious summer menu • Meet Syd and Bev Weary Dunlop Retirement Village Christmas Newsletter 2017

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A note from Chris...

Hello and welcome to the Christmas edition of Dunlop’s Diary.

Spring is in the air as our gardens bloom with colour. This is largely thanks to Neal and our gardening team who meet every Tuesday to make sure our gardens continue to be beautiful!

The village was very busy over the last few months with our masquerade ball and the launch of our new Delicious menus.

Lawrence, our chef, cooked up a storm for our Long Lunch. Other events included the celebration of the footy finals, a bus trip to Queenscliff, the racing carnival and finally the village came together for Remembrance Day.

In the weeks leading up to Christmas we have our usual carol singers and a special trivia night to look forward to.

On behalf of all the staff, I would like to wish you a very merry Christmas and for continued happiness and good health in 2018.

Kind regards

Chris Barnett Village Manager

Charity partner announced Alzheimer’s Australia is Weary Dunlop’s charity partner for the year. We are delighted to be able to support the charity, which does a huge amount of work across Australia for Alzheimer’s and dementia sufferers and their families. Dementia is regarded as one of the biggest

public health challenges facing Australia. There are currently more than 413,000 Australians living with dementia and the number is expected to grow to 1.1. million by 2056.

Every dollar raised for Alzheimer’s Australia by our village this year will be matched by Ryman Healthcare.

Chris Barnett Village Manager Phone: 03 8545 1400

Tracey Milne Sales Advisor Phone: 03 8545 1403

Call Chris for general enquiries, or any information about low care, high care, and dementia care.

Speak with Tracey about retirement living options and availabilities in the village.

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g n o l Lunch delicious To celebrate the launch of Delicious, the village hosted a Long Lunch for 75 residents.

The special three course lunch celebrated the new approach to food. The New Zealand Delicious launch was already held earlier this year and has now arrived on our shores.

Delicious is a fresh approach to delivering food to Ryman’s 10,000 residents. Ryman Hospitality Manager Andrew Gibson said that Delicious is all about putting a new twist on the old-fashioned home-cooked meals.

Innovations include a new Rymandeveloped Calzone in partnership with an artisan supplier, new Ryman club

sandwiches and Ryman chicken salad.

On the new menu, the tried and true rub shoulders with exotic newcomers.

“We’ve tried to get a good mix of the old favourites – we’ve still got mince on toast – with some much more interesting meals,” said Andrew.

Village manager Chris Barnett says he couldn’t have been more proud.

“We are trying our very best to ensure the standard and variety of meals will continue to be our main focus going forward,” Chris said.

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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.

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.

Residents Bruce Cornish with his daughter Sue Lang and granddaughte r Kathryn Lang For Father’s Day, our fathers and their families were treated to a special day so that we could show our appreciation.

Two cars, a Ford Mustang and a Rover P5, were brought to the village and the residents had the chance to have a look at their fantastic engines and interiors.

We then moved inside for an afternoon of quizzes and socialising.

Resident Les Wilkins checking out interior of the Rover P5

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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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Masquerade ball

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Sedgewick Residents Noreen O’Brien and Gwen showing off their great masks

Celebrating culture

During July, our village celebrated Internationa l Month. Our staff come from diverse backgrounds, and thus the month presented an opportunity for our staff to celebrate their culture with our resident s. Everyone dressed up in their traditional clo thing and our resident choir performed beautif ully. The afternoon was concluded with a lovely tea. We hope everyone enjoyed the special occa sion.

Our staff embracing th e day by wearing outfits from their heritag e

Introducing Saskia Hannink Hello, my name is Saskia Hannink.

My name is Dutch and comes from my father’s heritage. Saskia was also the name of the wife of the famous Dutch painter, Rembrandt van Rijn.

I was fortunate to be raised in Melbourne.

I grew up on a farm south of Warragul, Victoria, with my three sisters. We are all now married with children, and if you saw us together you would not think we are related, as we all look very different!

My father worked as a scientist for CSIRO for 35 years, and my mother studied Anthropology, and has a talent for fine art. This is a gift inherited from her father, as he once painted the Australia II yacht in 1983 for Alan Bond.

Over the last 12 years my family and I have developed our backyard bush into

an accredited ‘Land for Wildlife’ and ‘Gardens for Wildlife’ native garden.

We are lucky to be visited by many native birds and animals.

During my time as a nurse, I found that I was most passionate about aged care.

Thus, I gravitated to Weary Dunlop. It is an honour and a pleasure to be part of this team. Everyone has been so welcoming and supportive.

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the Malaysian Embassy. Bev then worked for the General Accident Insurance and during that time she met Syd. Bev loved living in Sydney, especially the northern beaches and was a true surfer.

ose R v e B & d y Meet S Syd and Bev met over 54 years ago and both have a passion for travel.

Bev was born in Wagga Wagga, the daughter of an Air Force employee. The family travelled a lot before settling in Sydney where she attended Manly Girls High. After leaving school, Bev worked in clerical roles for a business college and a chartered accountant before working for

Syd, was born in South East London and went to Forest Hill school. In 1963, Syd and some of his family moved to Australia. He started working for the same company as Bev. Syd loves sports, and as a young man he played soccer, cricket and cycled everywhere.

Bev and Syd married in 1965 and built a house in Engadine, south of Sydney. They lived there for 30 years. They have two beautiful children, a son and a daughter.

In 1981, Bev and Syd moved to Mount Waverley after receiving an offer they couldn’t refuse.

Over the next ten years, they travelled extensively before deciding to move to Weary Dunlop in 2015. They love living in the village and consider the move to be the best one they’ve made. They both love the activities and Bev especially likes craftwork the knitting group and following her passion for tapestry.

Celebrating new caregivers Recently we celebrated the graduation of 10 caregivers who obtained a Certificate IV in personal care. The group put in 15 months of hard work and study, much of it in their own time, to raise their level of qualification from the basic Australian Certificate III standard.

To recognise their efforts, Ryman held a special graduation ceremony at the village and the caregivers presented their projects to their peers, staff and family members.

The group then gowned up and were formally presented with their certificates before enjoying a special afternoon tea.

Congratulations to our wonderful

caregivers

The newly graduated caregivers said they were thrilled with their achievement on both a professional and a personal level.

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Heart Foundation Charity Donation Kind-hearted residents joined Weary Dunlop Manager Chris Barnett in donating an impressive $7,400 cheque to Ryman Healthcare’s charity partner, Heart Foundation Australia.

The money was raised over the past year through gold coin donations and raffles held at the village’s happy hour each week. The 300-plus residents collected $3,700 which was then matched by Ryman to make a total of $7,400.

Heart Foundation acting fundraising director, Lisa Westphal, said she was delighted to accept the donation from Weary Dunlop Retirement Village. The amount comes on top of the $330,000 raised by Ryman’s Kiwi villages, which was presented to the Heart Foundation in New Zealand.

Pictured above: Heart Foundation Australia’s acting fundraising director Lisa Westphal with Weary Dunlop’s manager Chris Barnett and residents (left to right) Pat Gleeson, Russell Garnsworthy, Rita Watson and Tom Myors

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