Hilda's Highlights Autumn 2018

Hilda’s Highlights Wee Lucy Graat enjoying her ice cream at our Children's Party

Inside this issue: • Children’s Party • Cashin Scholarship winner announced • Morning high tea • Meet Helen Hilda Ross Retirement Village Autumn Newsletter 2018

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Greetings from Wendy...

A warm welcome to the first edition of Hilda’s Highlights for 2018.

We had an exciting start to the year with the rollout of myRyman. The resident’s care plan is now paper free and staff can also record their progress notes on a Microsoft surface tablet in the resident’s room. Staff will be able to spend more time with the residents and they love the new system.

By the time you read this our new head gardener, Kim Wood, will have started in her role at the village. Welcome to the team Kim, I hear you have some exciting plans for the gardens!

The year started off with a bang, as we welcomed 80 kids to our annual

Children’s Party. It was a fantastic afternoon.

The annual village BBQ was another highlight where each area celebrated during lovely sunny afternoons.

We continue to receive lovely compliments about the care that we provide to our residents and we strive to do better every day.

Kind regards,

Wendy Taylor Village Manager

The Ryman Season of The Nutcracker The Royal New Zealand Ballet is hard at work to bring the new production of the muchloved Christmas classic, The Nutcracker, to New Zealand’s stages. The Ryman Healthcare Season of The Nutcracker will be the RNZB’s biggest tour of 2018, opening in Wellington on 31 October and touring the rest of the country. The Nutcracker is the third tour sponsored by Ryman, following the sell-out success of The Wizard of Oz and Romeo and Juliet. For information on the discounts available for Ryman staff and residents – talk to your village manager.

Wendy Taylor Village Manager Phone: 07 855 9542

Trish de Jong Sales Advisor Phone: 07 853 6148

Call Wendy for general enquiries or any information about resthome, hospital & dementia care.

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

30 Ruakura Road, Hamilton • www.hildaross.co.nz

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We invited the children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren of residents and staff to our village for our annual Children’s Party. The village was overflowing with 80 children playing with puppies and other animals in the pet corner. The animals proved to be very popular with the young and old alike.

Resthome coordinator Jenny Cameron with her family

Walnut the clown made a spectacular entrance and entertained the children throughout the afternoon.

He was only set aside when Mr Supa Swirl arrived to hand out an astonishing 230 ice creams!

It was a wonderful afternoon spent in the company of loved ones. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. We look forward to planning the next one.

Sahara and Avana Taane

Walnut the clown entertaining the crowd

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<generic recipe> Bob Scott bowlers take on Melbourne While most of us were sleeping off our Christmas feasts on Boxing Day, four residents from Bob Scott Retirement Village were heading to Melbourne.

The winners of the Ryman lower North Island regional bowls tournament, Arie Molenaar, Shirley Wilson, Ron Scott and Reta Morris, were eager to take on Australian bowlers in the Glen Waverley Bowls Carnival.

“The atmosphere was brilliant. There was a lot of interest in us and people asking how we were doing,” Arie says.

The team also enjoyed their visit to Ryman’s first Melbourne village, the Weary Dunlop Retirement Village, where they had a tour and morning tea with the residents.

ta t, Shirely Wilson and Re Arie Molenaar, Ran Scot a ent Bob Scott in Australi es pr re to d ou pr re we Morris talk there. It’s a social spot,” Arie says.

“Sometimes we’re there for half an hour and we don’t play bowls we just talk!”

They all agree that it is the best thing to have a bowling green in a village as it brings people together.

They all give a very big thank you to Ryman and Denise Thompson, Ryman community and relations team leader, and Russ Nicholls, from the Glen Waverley Bowls Club.

“A lot of people go there just to sit and

“We’re just so proud to be part of Ryman.”

Cashin Scholarship Winner 2018 Emma Glasson is all set to pursue her dream career after winning the $5,000 Cashin Scholarship.

The 18-year-old from Invercargill has started her first year studying for a Bachelor of Commerce and she says the scholarship has eased the pressure on her family.

Emma’s mum Deanna is a senior caregiver at Rowena Jackson Retirement Village in Invercargill and started there in 2012 after the family moved south from Christchurch.

Emma says the earthquakes were tough on the family.

“The earthquakes took a toll on us all and mum and dad decided that Invercargill would be a good place to move to.’’

Emma is the seventh winner of the scholarship established in honour of

Ryman director Mike Cashin.

Blair Cashin, Mike’s son, said Emma was a deserving winner.

“We were delighted to support Emma’s ambitions to study accountancy.

She’s part of a family whose lives were disrupted by the earthquakes but she is a determined character who has done well at school through her hard work.’’

The scholarship is open to all Ryman staff and their families.

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Ryman Healthcare is proud to be partnering with Child Cancer Foundation in the Haier Big Hoot.

From 3 March till 6 May, 47 owl sculptures decorated by New Zealand and international artists will be displayed across Auckland. One of these owls has been sponsored by Ryman Healthcare.

There will also be 60 owlets mostly decorated by children on display.

Auckland sculptor Jeff Thomson has created the Ryman owl, which has landed at a location in Birkenhead. Jeff’s Tin Owl is made from corrugated iron and is quite striking against the other painted fibreglass owls.

If you live, or find yourself in Auckland, grab some friends and go on a wander around the beautiful city and see if you can find Ryman’s Tin Owl! For a trail map and more information about the art trail, please visit www.thebighoot.co.nz

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Out & about

excited to A group of 20 residents were very b for a high visit the Hamilton East croquet clu oyed while tea. Tarts and strawberries were enj reminisced the residents happily chatted and about days gone past. g a very The group spent some time playin competitive game

Choir time

Late last year, the Waikato Riverto nes visited the village. The all-female choir hav e won many awards in the US and we were del ighted to have them perform for us. It was a fantastic performance and we hope to welco me them to the village again.

Resident Marie Wyman, with her gra ndson Hamish French, and the Waikato Riv ertones

Introducing Vijay Gounder

I am a Fiji Indian and was born and raised in the sugar city, Lautoka. I have been living in New Zealand for about four years now. I am quite pleased to say that my ďŹ rst job in New Zealand was working at Hilda Ross. I worked at the village for about a year before I moved to a different city.

that comes from my co-workers, management and most importantly the residents.

As a caregiver, I love taking care of my residents.

Working together with my supportive colleagues is fantastic, as is having a supportive management team.

When I returned to Hamilton, I resumed working here at Hilda Ross. The village has certainly become a big part of my life ever since. Every morning when I come to my workplace, I feel the positive vibe

When I am not working, I love to spend time with my family. My hobbies are reading, cooking and spending as much time as possible with the kids. I also enjoy watching movies.

Hello, my name is Vijay Gounder. I now live in Taupiri, Hamilton with my husband, who is a farm manager, and my daughter and son.

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were new opportunities out there, and I took new nursing courses, and designed programmes for post graduates to equip them for the demands of a ward situation.

I also developed specialist programmes in drug therapy with certification (which meant learning how to work with computers for the first time).

ahey F en l e Meet H Hello, my name is Helen Fahey and I was born in Rangiora, Canterbury in 1931.

In 1952, I completed my training as a Karitane Nurse, and later went on to complete a three-year course at Christchurch Public Hospital. I won the gold medal for top practical and theoretical nurse in my class.

I married my husband, Des, in Rangiora.

We moved to Hamilton, where he worked for BNZ and I joined the staff at Waikato Hospital. I spent the next three years as a clinical tutor in obstetrics until the birth of my first son, James in 1960. In 1962, Des and I welcomed a second son, Greg.

When I returned to working at the Waikato Hospital in 1969, I was appointed to the position of tutor in the School of Nursing Education. At the same time, I completed several university papers relevant to the work I was doing in this role.

In 1973, I moved into the position of Charge Nurse Plastic Surgery and Burns. This was a great opportunity to teach student nurses, patients and their relatives. In this ward we introduced open visiting and rooming in, recognising the needs of children to have their families nearby at hospitals.

After ten years in this demanding area, I returned to my first love, education. There

When the Waikato Hospital became the Crown Health Enterprise (CHE) in the 1980s, I became involved in formulating job descriptions to fit a whole raft of new positions created by this move. This led to looking at legislation that required the now CHE to conform to. I completed a Health Law paper through Massey University to assist me with this. I was appointed Privacy Officer in 1990. This was interesting work, which included helping patients recover their medical/ surgical records.

When all hospitals were required to reach accreditation standards, my final job was to identify legislation within which the organisation must function. I also had to prepare policies and protocols to guide staff at Waikato, Te Kuiti, Tokoroa, Taumaranui and Thames Hospitals to meet these requirements.

After nearly 40 years at Waikato Hospital I retired. Des and I spent our days building doll houses and other miniature projects, as well as gardening and enjoying spending time with family and friends. I still worked as a volunteer at Waikato Hospital.

With Des's illness and death in 2012, I was faced with the decision to move to a smaller home. We had lived in Claudelands all our married lives. I had a lifetime of experience in all levels of health care facilities and health management, and Hilda Ross ticked all the boxes for me.

I moved here in 2015.

Looking back, I believe it was the wisest decision. Not only am I safe, warm and comfortable. I love the friendliness of our staff, and the location of my villa – next door to the garden centre – what more do I need?

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Volunteers appreciation Recently we held a thank you high tea for the Tzu Chi club who have been volunteering at the village for an astonishing 14 years. They come to massage our resthome residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands and they always manage to make the residents smile and laugh. We also thanked Susannah Williamson and her daughter who regularly come to the village to sing and play violin for the residents. A big thank you to all our volunteers!

Upcoming Events Waikato University Students concert ing Wreath and Poppy mak RSA guest speaker Anzac Musical Memories concert

Highlander Pipe Band

The Hamilton over 70s band rec ently performed for our residents. The oldest in the band is 94 years old and still going strong! We look forward to having them play for us again The Highlanders are always we lcome at Hilda Ross!