Upham's Telegraph Autumn Edition

TELEGRAM Charles Upham Retirement Village • Autumn edition 2019

What a party!

A fabulous day spent in the company of our village family

Melbourne bowls

Wartime tea dance

Meet Jean

Greetings from Rachel...

Hello and welcome to the first Upham’s Telegram of 2019.

back to the village telling us about the amazing time they had together. Read more on page 6.

We had such a busy build up to Christmas, welcoming many new residents into our brand new townhouses and apartments, hosting the Ryman Healthcare South Island villages bowls competition and of course enjoying the many festive celebrations.

There were so many highlights from 2018 – we had some fantastic entertainers, speakers and village events. We look forward to providing our residents with another great activities programme to keep everyone entertained throughout 2019.

We welcomed in the New Year with our annual Children’s Party and a barbeque for our independent and serviced apartment residents.

Kind regards,

We were very proud of the Charles Upham bowling team who won the Ryman South Island bowls tournament, the prize being a trip to Melbourne to compete in a tournament there. They all came

Rachel Garrard Village Manager Ph: 03 310 8600

A note from Chris & Wendy...

Before Christmas we were busy welcoming new residents and the feedback has been great, with comments about how light and airy the apartments feel.

A highlight at the end of last year was the Art Expo.

Visitors and residents admired and purchased some great artwork by North Canterbury artists.

Independent apartment available now!

We now only have six independent apartments remaining. If you would like to view one of these stunning homes please call us for a viewing.

Another option at the village is assisted living in a serviced apartment. You can retain your independence whilst having the benefits of assitance with meals, housekeeping and more.

Our serviced apartment showhome is open seven days a week. We’d love to show you around!

Chris Ashton & Wendy Kappler Sales Advisors

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Village news

Children’s Party dress-up At our annual Children’s Party we were treated to entertainment from local personality Louise Kerr aka “Lieutenant Lou”.

The party theme and dress-up characters were drawn from favourite books.

Lieutenant Lou wowed the audience with a variety of comedy acts that were hilarious and wacky.

She then went around the grounds in her custom-designed police car!

We also had a colouring competition, a face painter, hot chips, fruit kebabs, a lolly scramble and cooked a sausage sizzle.

The kids played good old-fashioned games like the egg and spoon races, with the first-place getters taking home great prizes.

At the end of the day, each child went home with a goodie bag filled with toys, balloons and masks.

Above: Face painting is always a hit.

Inset: Lieutenant Lou keeps passengers happy.

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Long Road Home brings team together Ryman supports veterans’ charity event A memorial service to celebrate the end of The Long Road Home charity trek brought a tear to the eye for many involved in the walk.

The walk was organised to raise awareness for post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI), and was sponsored by Ryman Healthcare.

The early new year trek from St Arnaud along 110km of high-country station roads ended in Hanmer, on January 12, with a memorial service at Soldier’s Block in the South Island township.

Dozens of onlookers gathered at the block to hear accounts from the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Charitable Trust (NZMRT) team that took part in the horse-ride and walk.

They had followed the route taken by soldiers returning from World War 1, 100 years ago, but with the benefit of blue-sky days and a support team.

The event remembered that soldiers returning from WW1 were often left to make their own way home. Many felt abandoned, hopeless and segregated from their fellow Kiwis after witnessing the horrors of war.

The walk was a success and Ryman has signed on to support the trek next year, and the plan is to make it an annual event.

The trust was also in contact with overseas groups, to help spread the idea of supporting those with PTSI. PTSI continues to impact the lives of soldiers that have served in arenas such as Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Timor and Afghanistan.

“I think 800 people a year are exiting our current armed forces … some of those will definitely be suffering from PTSI,” Mark said.

Organisers Bernard Shapiro, Murray Hill and Mark Appleton, president of the NZMRT, said the group was raising funds for people suffering from PTSI as a result of traumatic events.

The walk was a success and Ryman has signed on to support the trek next year, and the plan is to make it an annual event.

There were wreaths laid at the memorial on behalf of Ryman, a sponsor of the trust and its work.

Above: NZMRT members, Ryan Haigh and Anna Keehan, with their horses.

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Book review

Dust to Gold The compelling story of Bendigo station, home of Shrek.

Written by John Perriam and photographed by Stephen Jaquiery.

This fascinating history of Central Otago’s iconic Bendigo Station is illustrated with stunning photographs of a wild and rugged landscape. It also showcases the farms owners, the Perriam Family as well as stockmen, animals, wildlife and memorable characters including the legendary Shrek, filling the pages with vibrant colour.

Shrek was the woolly hermit merino, whose story captivated the world when he was discovered high in a mountain cave after avoiding muster for six years. Read about his famous discovery and his subsequent travels throughout the country as an ambassador for Cure Kids. Incidentally, all profits from the sale of Dust to Gold will also go to Cure Kids, a worthy charity for sick children.

As you read, you begin to feel part of this resilient family, joining them in their struggles and setbacks as they nurture the land in their care while also promoting their merino breed of sheep from “fleece to fashion”.

I felt their pain as they watched their family’s original farm, brimming with memories and dreams, sink below the waters of Lake Dunstan: the trigger

for the eventual purchase of Bendigo Station.

From droughts, weeds, gorse and rabbits to indifferent bureaucrats and meddling politicians, many battles were fought and not always won.

The Perriam family story is a compelling one.

“For me it was a nostalgic reminder of my roots in the nearby North Otago high country.”

This is a book for rural and urban dwellers alike.

For me it was a nostalgic reminder of my roots in the nearby North Otago high country.

It is also an insight into the lives of those who work with and care for our land and country, a blue print on diversifying and a connection with the past for us all.

John Perriam’s prose is easy and uncluttered, with the pages full of accurately drawn high country characters and the sometimes cruel events impacting on the lives of his family.

Reviewed by Phyllis Thorby Edmund Hillary Retirement Village.

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Melbourne bowls challenge Ryman supports trans-Tasman bowls excursion A group of Charles Upham village lawn bowls enthusiasts have made the most of a trip across the Tasman making friends and enjoying some Ryman hospitality in Melbourne.

The group of bowlers and supporters from the Canterbury-based village took on some of the best from Australia at Melbourne greens located at the Glen Waverley Bowls Club, not too far from where Ryman’s Weary Dunlop and Nellie Melba villages are based.

They won the right to represent Ryman having topped a South Island Ryman village competition held at Charles Upham village in November.

The bowlers Barbara McJarrow, Bruce McCorkindale, Alan Pegley and Frances McDowell plus supporters Trevor McJarrow, Anna Armstrong and Gill Small flew out on Boxing Day and stayed in Australia until New Year’s Day. Ryman is a major sponsor of the Glen Waverley club and bowls carnival.

Alan says the team competed on four of the five days in the open competition.

“The calibre of competition was of a very high standard with many of the locals having represented Victoria and Australia,” Barbara says.

“We won a few and lost more than we won,” Alan adds.

Two days saw temperatures in the mid-30s, with more than 150 players at the club to contend with the sweltering conditions. The thermometer reached 36.4 degrees on the first day.

Between them the group members have been bowling for a considerable number of years and have watched changes in the game including more modern bowls running on a ‘tighter draw’, meaning they don’t have to be played so wide.

Nowadays the events are social, colourful and regularly held at most Ryman villages.

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Gemma wins the Cashin Scholarship Gemma Ballantyne’s year has got off to the best start possible thanks to the 2019 Cashin Scholarship.

Gemma has opted for a pharmacy degree after her first year, which adds another four years at university followed by an internship.

Gemma, 18, will use the scholarship to fund her pharmacy studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin.

Gemma’s looking forward to starting back at university and says the scholarship will be a big help with a busy year of learning ahead.

She was thrilled to get the news.

“I’m thrilled to win and I’m honoured that the Cashin family selected me,” Gemma says.

“I’m thrilled to win and I’m honoured that the Cashin family selected me.”

“It’s awesome to win. It means that it will ease the financial stress this year and allow me to focus on my studies so that I can be the best that I can be.”

Gemma has been part of the Ryman family since 2016, when she was a part-time receptionist at Anthony Wilding Retirement Village in Christchurch.

“I’m really grateful.”

Blair Cashin, Mike Cashin’s son, said the family wished Gemma all the best with her studies.

There were 100 applicants this year, a record for the scholarship.

The Cashin Scholarship

She says she loved the job from the very start.

“I was 16 and it was my first job and I couldn’t have had a better place to work. I loved talking to the residents, they were always interested in what I was studying and it was like having 200 grandparents.”

In 2018 she began her first year at university, studying health sciences at Otago University. She worked at Yvette Williams Retirement Village in Dunedin part-time to support herself.

The Cashin Scholarship was established to honour the memory of former Ryman director Mike Cashin. Mike was a strong believer in the power of education to change lives and was a great advocate for Ryman Healthcare and its staff. The scholarship is designed to provide a helping hand to members of the Ryman family who are taking on tertiary study. Each year the Cashin family help select the winner of the $5,000 grant, which is intended to help with study costs.

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Serviced apartment

resident profile

Meet Jean

Invercargill where I had dressmaking lessons in the mornings, a mince pie or custard square for lunch, then afternoon art classes.

I became a companion help to my sister, May, who had a drapery and dressmaking shop in Ohai.

During the war, my sister Maude and I managed the Westfield property while our brother Lex served with the army in the Pacific.

In Invercargill at H&J Smith I learned the soft furnishing trade.

I married Malcolm Booth in an Invercargill Methodist church in 1954, and we went to live on his farm at Wairio. I was a church organist and also enjoyed sports, playing tennis and table tennis.

I belonged to the Invercargill and Christchurch hearing associations.

I was a church organist and also enjoyed sports, playing tennis and table tennis.

I am Jean Lilian Booth, and I will be 100 years young on May 21, 2019.

I was born Jean Lilian James, and started life in Otautau, Southland, attending Aparima School from 1924 until 1932.

I helped at our family farm in Westfield. In my first year out of work I had piano lessons and in the second year I travelled once a week by train to

We retired to Rangiora in 1982, first buying a small farm, then building a house in Kingsbury Ave in Rangiora. Malcolm passed away in January 1994.

I stayed at Kingsbury until December 2016, then I moved into a serviced apartment at Charles Upham. It suits my requirements for care and has a pleasant outlook and security.

I especially enjoy the craft classes at the village.

I have never been so spoiled in my life!

Village news

Going Celtic for St Andrew’s Day To celebrate St Andrew’s Day, Charles Upham residents were delighted with a fantastic Celtic performance. Townhouse resident Nola McLean’s son, Dugald, visited the village with his bagpipes. Michelle Radka, accompanied by her children, Jessica, Sean and Courtney, also came to dance several

routines while Dugald played.

What a wonderful way to spend a Friday afternoon!

After the performance the children enjoyed talking with residents.

Inset: Dugald with Jessica, Courtney and Sean outside the village centre.

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News from our serviced apartment residents

Village news

Art exhibition

Cats on laps

Village residents, their families and staff keenly attended the art expo in late November.

There were more than 50 exhibitors from the North Canterbury Art Collective. Some residents also exhibited, while others made Christmas purchases.

Serviced apartment residents recently enjoyed an afternoon visit to the Catnap CafĂŠ on Colombo St, on the south side of Christchurch city. This was a very special time for the residents who love cats.

It was great pet therapy!

Above: Residents loved the variety of art.

Above: Village residents take in the feline surrounds at the Catnap CafĂŠ.

Staff profile

Introducing Dawn

My name is Dawn Hunt and I am a part-time receptionist at Charles Upham.

I was born in the UK but at age 17 took the opportunity to travel down under and live in Melbourne, then North Canterbury, which has now been my home for over 20 years.

I have grandchildren, a Bichon Maltese called Jack, and yes, I am an All Black and Crusaders fan!

Our team is passionate and caring about what they do and are always willing to lend a hand.

I like to travel and last year I went to Borneo to see the Orangutans in their natural environment.

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I love many aspects of my role. I hear residents share stories; and see them enjoy activities, beautiful gardens and the care facilities we have. Our team is passionate and caring about what they do and are always willing to lend a hand.

Customer service is my passion; and a smile is contagious, so pass it on!

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Savoury or sweet profiteroles fi Ingredients ¾ cup water 125g butter 1 cup high grade flour

Pinch of salt 4 eggs

Savoury filling 150g middle rindless bacon

Sweet filling 200g fresh or frozen raspberries 3 tbsp icing sugar 2 tbsp lemon juice 200ml double cream 150g white chocolate 50g shelled pistachio

(diced)

500g smoked chicken breast (diced)

125g sour cream 125g mayonnaise ½ cup spring onions

A note from Ryman chef,

Timothy Garlick This makes a delicious finger food as it’s small and easy to eat. It’s always a big hit with everyone and you can change it up and serve it as an entrée or dessert.

This is on the menu at Jane Mander Retirement Village and the residents absolutely love it!

(finely chopped)

Profiterole method

Sweet filling

• Preheat oven to 180˚C. • Bring water to the boil in saucepan, add butter and stir until melted. Sift in flour and salt, and mix with a wooden spoon over a low heat until the paste starts to dry out. Allow to cool.

• Place paste in a bowl and beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing really well after each egg is added.

• Place tablespoonfuls of mixture onto a tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool profiteroles on a wire rack.

• Put the raspberries, icing sugar and lemon juice into a food processor or mini blender and blitz until smooth. Press through a sieve into a bowl.

• Whip the cream until stiff, then fold in 4tbsp of the raspberry sauce. Spoon the filling into a piping bag and make a hole in each profiterole.

Make sure the profiteroles are cool before piping in the filling.

• Break up the chocolate into a small bowl and melt in the microwave on low for 1½-2 mins.

Leave to cool briefly until slightly thickened.

• Carefully spoon the melted chocolate over each filled profiterole and sprinkle with pistachios.

Leave to set. To serve, drizzle the remaining raspberry sauce over the profiteroles.

Savoury filling • Fry the diced bacon and place in a bowl to cool.

Add the diced chicken with the sour cream, mayonnaise and spring onions. Slice the top off the puff, add the filling and put the lid back on top.

• Serve with your favourite chutney.

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Village news

Wartime tea dance Swing, boogie-woogie and some beautiful harmonies took residents back in time.

The Starlets singing trio led the entertainment for the fundraising night in mid-January. More than 200 residents and staff attended an evening of dancing and fun.

This event was held to raise funds for the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Trust and their efforts to raise awareness of post traumatic stress injury.

Rachel Garrard Village Manager Ph: 03 310 8600 Call Rachel for general enquiries, or information about resthome, hospital and dementia care.

Trust president Mark Appleton joined the crew on the dance floor. Everyone had such an amazing night, with more than $2,000 raised!

Pictured: The Starlets take centre stage with staff, residents and guests.

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Chris Ashton & Wendy Kappler Sales Advisors Ph: 03 310 8644 Talk to Chris or Wendy for information about independent apartments, townhouses or serviced apartments.