Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Lifestyle Wairarapa Midweek
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PEEK @ PUKAHA
YEARS Barbara remembers years ago a man with dementia who used to repeat again and again that he was waiting for a box of oranges to be delivered. “It turned out he used to own a grocery storey so in his mind, waiting for the oranges to arrive was a reality. If you were to take him to a grocery store, that memory would become meaningful again.”
The value of “ reminiscing therapy is restoring something that they had lost by triggering a memory. You might only have engaged them for two minutes but you have touched a chord.”
“The idea with diversional therapy is to look at the life story of residents, get to know their life history and create a personal programme for them.” Often people with dementia have lost their short term memory but retain some of their long term memories, she says. “The value of reminiscing therapy is restoring something that they had lost by triggering a memory. You might only have engaged them for two minutes but you have touched a chord.”
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Many people don’t know that a constant companion for many people with dementia is depression, and the reminiscing can bring some respite from that, Barbara says. “People with dementia lose the ability to socialise and communicate. With reminiscing therapy you are trying to reach inside and trigger a conversation, o˜ er stimulation and a purpose in life to get up and socialise.” The videos Barbara made for the various therapies being introduced to Lyndale has just won ÿ rst prize in the Music and Rhythm section at the NZ Society of Diversionists and Recreation Therapy Conference in Auckland.
Adult Day Care Service Lyndale Adult Day Care provides caregivers with much-needed respite to take time out for themselves with the reassurance loved-ones are well catered for.
Efforts to save shore plovers Dear friends, It has come to our attention that one of our most prized birds is not receiving its dues and so we thought we would take this moment to sing its praises from Rangi to Papa. Introducing tuturuatu, also known as shore plover. This beautiful, docile bird is found only in New Zealand and once lived along all of our coastlines. Today, sadly, it is found in just a handful of predator-free island sanctuaries. We have been breeding tuturautu for release since 1981 and today this is one of our most successful programmes. Our rangers Mireille and Ali love the tuturuatu while Katie, one of our volunteers, say they are her favourite birds. These are some of the rarest birds in the world, with only around 200 left. Males have a black face mask while the females are more of a dark brown. Their call is quite similar to the oystercatcher but when they get scared, they make very high-pitched squeaks. Tuturuatu have had a hard time against
[Above] Female shore plover. [Left] Male shore plover. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED
introduced predators because they build their nests on the ground. Rats and stoats are partly to blame, but so are black-backed gulls and morepork. This year, Pukaha released 21 tuturuatu onto Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf. The birds we have at Pukaha are now taking a well-deserved break in our aviaries before the breeding season starts again. You won’t see them at Pukaha because they aren’t on display. Being such nervous birds, they like to be left alone to do their shore plover thing without people watching. Our rangers know all
about the work going on behind the scenes, so if you have any questions, just give us a call or ask them when you visit. Nga mihi and speak soon, The Pukaha Rangers Contributed by Helen Cordery • The Wairarapa Midweek has partnered with Pukaha National Wildlife Centre to put a spotlight on wildlife conservation efforts locally and allow readers to get up close and personal with New Zealand’s amazing native species.
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