Jane's Journal Autumn18

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Our residents soaring in the air on their parasailing adventure

Inside this issue: • Parasailing adventures • Cashin Scholarship winner announced • Meet Brenda • Children’s Party Jane Mander Retirement Village Autumn Newsletter 2018

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Greetings from Wendy...

Hello and welcome to the autumn edition of Jane’s Journal.

It is hard to believe that Easter is now here. We have had a busy start to the year with our Children’s Party and Valentine’s Day. As part of our continued focus on safety this year, we would like to encourage everyone to get involved in our safety suggestion box. The winning suggestion for improving safety will receive a $20 New World voucher.

have a tablet in their room and it will provide the resident’s information instantly for caregivers and nurses. It will also allow staff to spend more time with residents. We are looking forward to the completion!

I am very impressed with how daring our residents were at the parasailing! Well done to everyone who participated, it looked like a fun day.

In village news, I am pleased to announce that Mathew Mathews has been appointed as the resthome unit coordinator. Mathew previously worked in the hospital as a senior registered nurse. We are also busy implementing the myRyman care app, which means that each resident will now

Please remember my door is always open if you have any questions or concerns.

Kind regards,

Wendy Turner 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 Turner Village Manager Phone: 09 435 3850

Fiona Scotland Sales Advisor Phone: 09 435 3803

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

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

262 Fairway Drive, Whangarei • www.janemander.co.nz

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Parasailing Jean Bruerton, Anne Allen, Margaret Kernot, Joy Norrish and Hazel Griffith braved the unknown and popped up to Paihia for an afternoon so that they could soar 300m in the air from the back of a boat. The conditions were perfect and they soared in the air in pairs for 10 minutes. It was a fantastic and memorable day!

Jean and Anne ready for lift off

We had a fantastic adventure!

Residents Jean Bruerto

n and Anne Allen

Hazel Griffith was very excited for her turn

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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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Quarry gardens

nt to the Our serviced apartment residents we Mavis, i.

Quarry Gardens here in Whangare a tour Joyce, Margaret and Joan went for the on an old adapted gold trolley to view icious gardens. This was followed by a del lunch at Quail Café.

Mavis Lindsay, Joyce Green, Margaret Theuma and Joan Parkin

Fashion show

Recently we held a fashion show for our care centre residents. There were bright summer clothing and the residents and the ir families could view the garments afterwards . We even had residents who volunteered to be our models. Thanks to all the organiser s, it was a wonderful event.

Lorna Miller, Lyn Ricky and Dorothy West

Introducing Krister Borja Hello, my name is Krister Borja, and I was born and raised in the Philippines, but I now consider New Zealand to be my second home.

In our front yard, when I was young, we had a view of the magnificent but fiery Mayon Volcano.

I worked as a nurse for 10 years, however, I decided to pursue my passion for photography and worked for various agencies and NGO’s. This opened up an opportunity for me to travel to countries in Africa, India, Cambodia, Nepal and Bhutan.

In 2013, I moved to New Zealand to be with my wife who had been here a while as a nurse. I started working as a waiter, then a caregiver and community

support worker.

After finishing my competency training I was able to be a registered nurse and started working in the care industry. db I was overwhelmed by the support and welcome I received when I joined the Jane Mander team as the hospital coordinator.

Patrick's Daytowas lot of I have put St photography theaside for fun at Edmund Hillary with now and have focused on a career as a greenhusband outfits, green food, to our nurse, a loving and father and of course, Guinness! two-year old boy.

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“boarding now” call 52 family and friends sang “Till We Meet Again” in full voice at Auckland Airport! Talk about tears!

ley d a r B a nd e r Meet B Hello, my name is Brenda Bradley. I was born in Nelson on 19 May 1933. My parents had a dairy farm in Korere, Nelson high country. I had two older brothers, both now deceased, and two younger sisters, both widowed.

At Tapawera Area School I became an athletics champion, learned to play the piano, loved sports and was head prefect.

I trained at Nelson Hospital School of Nursing, met my husband, Kel, a Dargaville builder, and we married in 1955.

In Dargaville, our five lovely children were born – Wendy, Michelle, Peter, Michael and Chris, in close succession! In 1973 when aged 11–17 years they made a recording. After 45 years this remains a special treasure. Education, sport, music, singing and all church activities were always a priority. Kel and I were always very grateful for our own Christian parents and grandparents.

With four of the children married and ten grandchildren already, Kel and I went to the P.N.G mission field. Leaving family was very hard. Both our elderly mothers were widowed and frail, our daughters were both pregnant, and there were the ten grandchildren to think about. At the

At Hoskins, West New Britain Province, we were support workers on the mission base. We quickly learnt the P.N.G trade language, Melanesian Pidgin. Kel ran his joinery he’d built up, and with two other guys owned and operated a portable sawmill. I worked at a clinic and was on call 24/7. Because I could put NZRN after my signature on my orders, I could get extra government supplies for the clinic and the 11 medical outposts back in the hills. These could only be reached by the mission’s single-engine aeroplane, or by helicopter drops where there was no airstrip. During inter-tribal feuding and other dangerous situations, we always felt protected by our Heavenly Father.

Our mothers both passed away and seven more grandchildren were born. Then following bouts of malaria, Kel passed away suddenly. I had malaria too and came home after Kel’s memorial service.

My sons, Peter and Michael, had both visited us at Hoskins to accompany me home. I missed Kel terribly. He was a fine man and so musical.

Our eldest daughter Wendy was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and sadly she passed away in 2014, aged 58. I miss her so much. She was such an example of patience, she did embroidery right until her last day and gave a piece to all who visited.

I’ve downsized twice, had major heart surgery in 2008, and moved to an independent apartment here at Jane Mander in 2013 and in 2016, I moved to a serviced apartment. I love everything about living here – meals, friends and activities.

The family count to date is 22 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and I probably should add “and counting” as five more grandchildren were married last summer and another was engaged recently!

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Annual

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The Children’s Party was a wonderful success this year with many pirates and fairies running around looking for hidden treasure and enjoying many rides and attractions. Our activities staff dressed up as pirates and fairies along with the captain of the ship Stan Bickerton. They kept the children busy all morning, playing on the bouncy castle, face painting, crocodile throwing and fishing in our fountain.

What a great day!

The pirates and fa iries had a fantas tic time at the party

Resident Ngaire Williams with her family

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Activities assistant Bernabe Veloso looking dashing in his pirate costume