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Manjimup Home and Community Care

Wellness and Respite Community Centre

HAVE A LOOK INSIDE Crowea Club Activities

Social Club Outings Art Classes

Boronia (Dementia) Club Activities Over 50’s Fitness Group

Luncheon Men's Outings

Tai Chi for Falls Prevention

Crowea, Boronia, Autumn and Golden Oldies Club Activities

March 2020 Client, Staff & Volunteers Newsletter

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MOVIE AFTERNOON

SEABISCUIT

WHEN: Wednesday 11 March

WHERE: Wellness & Respite Community Centre

TIME: Pick up starts at 11.45 Doors open 12.20

COST: $4.00 includes afternoon tea $3.00 each way transport

Seabiscuit was a champion thoroughbred racehorse

in the United States who became the top money winning racehorse up to the 1940s, as noted in films and books. He beat the 1937

Triple-Crown winner, War Admiral, by 4 lengths in a 2-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938.

Please phone the office for bookings on 97716 900

B A S

C U T

R C I

How many words can you make? Each word must contain the middle letter

How you rate: Good 17 words

Very Good 21 words Excellent 25 words

Genius 29 or more words

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MEN’S OUTING


WHERE: Kirup Tavern

TIME: Pick up Manjimup starts at 8.30 Pick up Pemberton starts at 8.30

COST: $20.00 Transport Order lunch off the menu at own expense

Come along and enjoy a day out in Kirup.

Bookings are essential; please phone office to book your seat on 97716 900

MEN’S OUTING


WHERE: Tonne Bridge

TIME: Pick up Manjimup starts at 8.30am Pick up Pemberton starts at 9.00am

COST: $20.00 Transport $ 5.00 BBQ lunch

Come marvel at this beautiful part of the world. Enjoy a BBQ lunch and drive out to Tonne Bridge.

Bookings are essential; to book your seat please contact the office on 97716 900

CARERS SUPPORT GROUP


WHERE: Wellness and Respite Community Centre

TIME: 10.00-12.00

COST: $12.00

We will be having a meeting to discuss future directions, followed by morning tea.

Bookings are essential; Please phone the office on 97716 900

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Free Art Classes for Seniors

Manjimup Wellness & Respite Community Centre

Monday 16 & 30 March 10:00am - 12:00pm

Cost—$12.00 Private—$20.00 Morning tea included.

Art can provide an alternative language for communication —through images, symbols and colours. Participants will work with a wide variety of art materials, both 2D and 3D, and gain confidence in creative expression. This program is also suitable for people with dementia. For all enquiries and bookings please phone 97716 900

TAI CHI - Falls Prevention Program Come and join in the fun. Novice or experienced, all welcome.

WHEN: Every Wednesday 10.30 - 11.30 COST: $10.00 WHERE: Wellness Centre, Edwards St

Tai Chi is a slow exercise which combines deep breathing and relaxation with gentle movements.

Although tai chi is a gentle exercise, the precise movements help to build up muscle strength in the legs and upper body. While you are not working with weights, the unsupported exercises build strength. Muscle strength is an important focus for those in their later years. Tai chi keep you feeling energised in everyday life and ensures mobility for years to come. Tai chi does not require any equipment and is easy to practice at home or out and about.

Studies have shown that the muscle strengthening and stretching involved in tai chi can considerably reduce pain and improve the mood of people with arthritis. By practicing the exercises a few times a week, the physical functionality and way of life of those suffering with the disease can be improved significantly.

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March Social Outing WHERE: Peaceful Bay

WHEN: Friday 13 March

TIME: Pick up starts 8.30 from home 9.30 from office

COST: $20.00 transport Lunch at own cost @ Peaceful cafe

Please bring a plate to share for morning tea.

Breath in some sea breeze at Peaceful bay, take a stroll down the beach before enjoying lunch at the Peaceful bay café. Bookings are essential; Please phone the office prior to the 15 March on 97716 900

March Social Outing

WHERE: Bannister Downs

WHEN: Friday 27 March

TIME: Pick up starts 8.00 from home 9.00 from office

COST: $20.00 transport Order lunch off the menu at own expense

Come along and check out the new dairy and enjoy a catch

up with friends. Bookings are essential; Please phone the office prior to the 15 March on 97716 900

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Weird or Interesting Facts about Australia

Australia is one of the strangest and most unique destinations on the planet—Fact! From bizarre Aussie Laws that some say still exist to this day, to down right weird wildlife, Australia is definitely one of a kind. Some of these Australia facts you may have heard before but I bet there’ll be a few surprises! So here are some weird or interesting facts about Australia

1. Australia has the world’s longest golf course measuring more than 850 miles long

2. Australia is home to 21 of the world’s 25 most venomous snakes 3. Perth is the only city in the world which can have aircraft land in

it’s CBD 4. The wine cask (Goon!)_ was invented in Australia (obviously) 5. Australia is even bigger than you think it is. It’s almost the same

size as mainland USA 6. The largest cattle station in the world is located in Australia and it’s

bigger than Israel 7. Australia is ranked second on the Human Development Index

which takes into account a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. Nice!

8. 4 out of 5 Aussies live less than 50km from the coastline—now that’s living the dream!

9. Each week there are an estimated 70 tourists that overstay their visas (who can blame them)

10. Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke set a world record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Hawke later suggested that this was the reason for his great political success

11. The first Police Force in Australia was made up of the most well-behaved convicts

12. The world’s largest sand island can be found in Australia—Fraser Island!

13. It would take around 29 years to visit one new Aussie beach every day (there are 10,685 of them)

14. The Great Barrier Reef is the planet’s largest living structure 15. It even has it’s own Post Office box! 16. Aussies drink 1.7 billion litres of beer per year, that’s about 680

bottles of beer for each adult 17. Australia’s Capital city, Canberra, meant “woman’s cleavage” in

Aborigine and was named that because the city is cradled between two mountains.

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The Sumatran Rhino Short Story

The Sumatran rhinoceros is a critically endangered species. They once lived in rainforests, swamps and cloud forests in India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and islands in Indonesia.

The species is now considered to be locally extinct in Malaysia, where the last male and female Sumatran rhinoceroses died in May & November 2019, respectively. The last Sumatran rhinos living in the wild are in Indonesia, where there are estimated to be around 30 left in existence.

The Sumatran Rhino is the smallest of all rhinos. They are also known as the hairy rhinoceros or Asian two-horned rhinoceros. They love to bathe in mud where they spend up to 3 hours per day—an essential pastime to help them keep cool and protect their skin from parasites. They only grow to 1.5 metres and weigh around 800 kilos.

Sumatran rhinos are solitary creatures that feed on leaves, twigs, bark and fruit, foraging at dusk and dawn. They live up to 40 years in the wild. They are mostly solitary animals except for courtship and offspring-rearing. They are the most vocal rhino species and also communicate through making soil with their feet, twisting saplings into patterns, and leaving excrement.

Sumatran rhinos are aggressively poached for their horns which are revered for medicinal purposes in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and some countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Despite a large number of Sumatran rhinos living in zoos, the rhino population is not increasing because the females seem to be plagued by infertility; only one rhino has been born in captivity in 100 years.

Many more animals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians are at risk because of human activities, loss of habitat, and the effects of climate change.

What is being done about it? Well, China banned the elephant ivory trade in 2016, and in Indonesia a forest has been set apart for the Orangutans. Russia made laws to protect the Tiger, and several countries are now collaborating with new technology that could transform the monitoring of wildlife

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Diamond Art

Join in with the fun and create your own works of Diamond art. Tuesday afternoons from 1.00-3.00pm

Come along and have a go, we look forward to seeing you there.

You can purchase the diamond art kit at the Wellness & Respite Community Centre.

For further information phone office on 97716 900

BORONIA CLUB

10am - 2pm every Monday and Friday

The Boronia Club provides a warm homely environment aimed at meeting the needs of people living with dementia. Based on a wellness model, this home away from home provides an evidence based, therapeutic environment that seeks to maximize wellbeing.

Family carers can enjoy a short break from their caring role, confident in the knowledge that their loved one is enjoying a wonderful time with caring, staff and friends.

We provide a range of meaningful activities or just a space to enjoy company and interaction with others.

Boronia Club runs on Mondays and Fridays with a pick up service beginning at 9.15am. If you would like more information, please contact the Wellness & Respite Community Centre during office hours on 97716 900

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CLUBS OUT AND ABOUT

The men’s group went sightseeing around the Pemberton area, before heading to Deadmans Lake Yeagerup for a tasty Barbecue lunch. It was also a nice way for Ken York to spend his birthday.

Marie Moltoni & Pat Puttick enjoying the sensory garden.

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Seniors Recreation Council of WA (Inc.)

It’s that time of the year again!

LiveLighter Aged Care Games 2020

BUNBURY SOUTH WEST SPORTS CENTRE

1 Rotary Avenue, Withers

2nd APRIL 2020

This is a fun event for “Seniors in Care”, in Aged Care Facilities, Day Centres, Clubs/Groups or in their own

home.

Form teams of 6 to 10 participants and register to

take part in games specifically designed for Seniors

Winning team receives a trophy and all participants

receive a medal.

Please phone the office on 97716 900 to be placed in a team.

Enjoy being part of a team, social interaction with others and an element of competition

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How to Play Suduko

Sudoku is a puzzle involving logic - no arithmetic or guessing is required! The basic idea of completing puzzles is to find cells (the small squares) where you are sure that only one value is a valid placement.

The Basics

The rules of Sudoku are that you should fill a number in to every cell in the grid, using the numbers 1 to 9. The restriction is that you can only use each number once in each row, each column, and in each of the 3 x 3 boxes.

HAVE A GO AT SUDUKO!!!

See Answers on page 14

7 8

7 2

5 3 8

9 7 6 4 5

4 2

6 5 1 7 4

3 8 7

5 9

8 1

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Mon 2 Tues 3 Wed 4

Crowea Club Wellness Centre—Games

Over 50’s Exercise Group (refer to page 14)

Diamond Art 1.00—3.00pm (Refer to page 8)

Tai Chi 10.30—11.30 (Refer to page 4)

Men's outing (Refer to page 3)

Mon 9 Tues 10 Wed 11

Boronia Club (refer to page 8)




Tai Chi 10.30—11.30(Refer to page 4)

Movie Afternoon (Refer to page 2)



Art Class for

Seniors (refer to page 4)


St Patrick’s Day

(Refer to page 19)

Tai Chi 10.30—11.30 (Refer to page 4)

Men's outing (Refer to page 3)

Carers Support Group (Refer to page 3)



Intergenerational Playgroup




Tai Chi 10.30—11.30

(Refer to page 4)

Mon 30 Tues 31


Art Class for Seniors

(refer to page 4)




CROWEA & BORONIA CLUB MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME

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Thurs 5 Fri 6 Sat 7

Men's outing


Lunch 12pm—1pm If you require lunch remember to order

Bingo 1.00—3.00pm

Boronia Club

(refer to page 8)

Busselton Day Out

Pick up starts 8.00am Drop home approx

6.00pm

Cost $20.00

Thurs 12 Fri 13 Sat 14



Bingo 1.00—3.00pm


SOCIAL OUTING (Refer to page 5)


Carers Support Group



Bingo 1.00—3.00pm

Boronia Club

(refer to page 8)

Eaton Fair

Pick up starts 8.00am Drop home approx

6.00pm

Cost $20.00


Over 50’s Exercise

Group (refer to page 14)


Bingo 1.00—3.00pm


SOCIAL OUTING (Refer to page 5)

Please phone the office on

97716 900 to book the Activities

CROWEA & BORONIA CLUB MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME

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Answers to Sudoku on page 11

Answers on page 18

7 2 1 9 4 5 8 3 6

3 8 9 7 1 6 5 4 2

6 4 5 3 8 2 9 1 7

9 7 3 6 2 4 1 5 8

1 5 4 8 7 3 2 6 9

8 6 2 5 9 1 3 7 4

4 9 6 1 3 8 7 2 5

5 1 7 2 6 9 4 8 3

2 3 8 4 5 7 6 9 1

Over 50’s Exercise Group

Combine fun, dancing and fitness at the over 50’s Exercise Group

WHEN: Every Tuesday and Thursday

WHERE: Wellness and Respite Community Centre

TIME: 9.00 - 10.00

COST: $2.00

For anyone over the age of 50, all fitness levels welcome to join in. Please come along on the day or phone the office for more information on 97716 900

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Answers on page 18

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‘Texas Centennial”.

Back in 1897 a Quaker man came to the Western Australian goldfields to manage the Sons of Gwalia goldmine. Years later in 1928 he became the 31st President of the united States. The rose breeders of America honoured him by naming one of their most beautiful introductions after their president in 1930 with a tall, yellow and pink (basically yellow) hybrid tea named ‘President Herbert Hoover’. Five years later this rose threw a sport which was promptly introduced to help celebrate the centennial of the state of Texas in 1936 and the sport was given the name of Texas Centennial. Both of these roses are classics and two of the great roses of our time. They are just about identical, both with a spicy perfume and differing only in their colour. ‘Texas Centennial’ is a deep strawberry red with some gold shading, ageing to basically pink. They are both tall roses, probably the largest growing hybrid teas available and one toffy-nosed Canberra man in 1948 actually called them “popular, but a bit wild-west”. By 1983 Texans realised that they hadn’t seen ‘Texas Centennial’ around for many a year and a great hunt began all over America to find this famous rose. It took them three years but they managed to find it in the Huntington Arboretum in California—just in time to celebrate the Texas Sesquicentennial in 1986. They should have looked down in our part of the world. It was here, but it took me a long time to find it too. For twelve years I went to Manjimup and never saw it . I think I must have been looking down—”look down, lest you step on a daisy’s crown”, or “find a sixpence, pick it up…”. Then one day in 1999, I looked up. There it was right to the top of the Telstra building, covered with its huge strawberry coloured flowers and mingling with the smaller white flowers of a R. fortuniana rootstock that had overtaken the rose nest door. It truly was a cascading sight to take your breath away. Thelma Fechner remembered these roses growing in 1961 and they may have been there for years before. Margaret Eggington felt that they were planted by Mr. Albert Eggington, Manjimup’s cleaner and gardener. Very quickly, latching on to the rose’s signature of its height, I realised that it was ‘Texas Centennial’ from 1935. I made sure the manager of the Telstra building and Manjimup Motors next door, knew what it was and how old it was and on my second attempt in June, 2000, I took 10 cuttings and got two to strike. Oh hooray! I used to love going to Manjimup then for the sight of this beautiful rose. Then in 2003 Telstra needed to repaint the rails, and build a new metal box and the neighbouring rose was taken out and ‘Texas Centennial’ was cut right down. It has never really recovered and grown back to its old glory, but it is still there. Thanks for this interesting and informative article Patricia Routley

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Answers to crossword on page 15

For Giggles

Who can hit high ‘C’ twelve times in a row without taking a breath? A soprano with the hiccups? What do diets and promises have in common? They are always being broken Why is noon like the letter ‘A’? Because both are in the middle of ‘DAY” What did the buffalo say to his son when he dropped him off at school? Bison

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St Patricks Day Come along and enjoy a fun filled day to celebrate St Patricks Day WHERE: Manjimup Wellness & Respite Community Centre WHEN: Tuesday 17th March TIME: Pick up starts 9.30 Venue 10.30—2.30pm COST: $25.00

LUNCH MENU Rich beef stew served with mashed potato, followed by dessert.

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The Manjimup Wellness and Respite Centre Why Choose us for Respite?

We pride ourselves on offering a “home away from home” environment. We fill a special niche in the community for clients to have a safe, comfortable break whilst their Carer is not available. With a maximum of 8 beds there is a high client to staff ratio with emphasis on the Wellness Approach and individualised care. We have a team of support workers and registered nursing staff who develop and manage personalised care needs. The Respite House can operate 24 hours per day.

What types of clients are eligible?

Clients on Aged Care Home Care Packages and NDIS Packages. Clients on Commonwealth Home Service Packages (CHSP); previously a HACC service and private clients with an individualised fee structure. During respite client’s will have access to the social clubs in the adjoining wellness centre, bus trips, group outings, group activities. If you are thinking about respite for you or your loved one, call the MHCC office on (08) 97716900 and arrange a meeting and assessment.

Home Care Packages

Manjimup Home & Community Care offer Aged Care Packages.

The Home Care Packages Program helps you live independently in your own home for as long as you can. The Australian Government provides a subsidy to an approved home care provider towards a package of care, services and case management to meet your Individual needs.

Eligibility

You may be eligible for a home care package if you are: An older person who needs coordinated services to

help you stay in your home. A younger person with a disability, dementia or other special care

needs that are not met through other specialist services.

Assessment for a home care package

To find out if you are eligible for a home care package or any other help at home services, call My Aged Care on 1800 200 422. The My Aged Care contact centre will ask you a series of questions to determine if you need an assessment by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT).

For further enquiries feel free to phone the Manjimup Home and Community Care office on 97716 900

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Manjimup Home and Community Care has been successful in acquiring an Aged and Dementia Friendly Community grant to run an exciting pilot project.

Repair Café Manjimup

Ever held on to a useful item in the hope of one day fixing it up, but never quite found time to do so?

The need to worry may be no longer, with this exciting initiative to repair broken items on its way to the Wellness and Respite Community Centre in APRIL.

Shire of Manjimup Home and Community Care is keen to keep items out of landfill and bring a culture of repair work to a throwaway society.

We want to try and change people’s outlook; if something’s broken, don’t just throw it

It costs nothing to use the service – all you need to do is bring along your broken item and an appetite to break up with waste. It could be anything – clothing, bikes, toys, a piece of furniture, ornaments, small electrical items – the list goes on.

Volunteers needed!

In order to deliver this exciting initiative we require volunteers/ handy people with expertise to repair items, willingness to chat with attendees and share skills. We want to hear from people of any age with time on their hands, a desire to help and an interest in reducing waste.

The volunteers will use their know-how and work with people to come up with a creative fix that will hopefully breathe a second life into your item. In many cases they will succeed, however, sometimes they may have to point you towards a professional repairer or suggest an alternative use. Regardless – they will do their best to help you! Not everything will be fixable… but there might be sought-after components from your broken item that could be salvaged to help with future repairs.

Social event

The repair café will be held one day per month and will be a welcoming and relaxed place to come and socialise, enjoy a free morning or after-noon tea and simply enjoy this special community event. If baking is your skill, donations of cakes and biscuits will also be most welcome.

For all enquiries call the Wellness and respite Community Centre on 97716900

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Broccoli Lemon Chicken with Cashews Serves 2 Ingredients 1 tbsp. groundnut oil or sunflower oil 340g pack of mini chicken breast fillets 2 garlic cloves, sliced 200g pack tender stem broccoli, stems halved if very long 200ml chicken stock 1 heaped tsp cornflour 1 tbsp. clear honey or 2 tsp golden caster sugar The zest of half a lemon and the juice of a whole one A large handful of roasted cashews

Method 1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok. Add the chicken and

fry for 3-4 minutes until golden. Remove from the pan and add the garlic and broccoli. Stir fry for a minute or so then cover and cook for 2 minutes more, until almost tender.

2. Mix the stock, cornflour and honey or sugar well, then pour into

the pan and stir until thickened. Tip the chicken back into the pan and let it heat through, then add the lemon zest and juice, and cashew nuts. Stir, then serve straight away with basmati rice or noodles.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/broccoli-lemon-chicken-cashews

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Things My Mother Taught Me — A Mum to Mum Email

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE… “If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside—I just finished cleaning!”

My mother taught me RELIGION… “You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL… “If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!”

My mother taught me LOGIC.. “Because I said so, that’s why.”

My mother taught me LOGIC…#2 “If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.”

My mother taught me FORESIGHT… “Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”

My mother taught me IRONY… “Keep crying and I’ll give you something to cry about.”

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS… “Shut your mouth and eat your supper!”

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM… “Will you LOOK at the dirt on the back of your neck!”

My mother taught me about STAMINA… “You’ll sit there ‘till all that spinach is finished.”

My mother taught me about WEATHER… “It looks as if a tornado swept through your room.”

My mother taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS… “If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen THEN?”

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY… “If I’ve told you once. I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!”

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION… “Stop acting like your father!”

My mother taught me about ENVY… “There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do!”

Thanks Peg Johnstone

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And the winner of the $5.00 scratchie is

MICK GNECH

YOUR COMMENTS & FEEDBACK

ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

MHCC Office Phone: 97716 900 Visit us at: 1A Edwards Street, Manjimup

Mail to: PO Box 1, Manjimup, 6258 Email: [email protected]

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