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Our residents showing off their fantastic masks at the masquerade ball

Inside this issue: • Romeo & Juliet celebrations • Delicious summer menu • Wellness Day • Meet George Bob Owens Retirement Village Christmas Newsletter 2017

Bob’s Register

Greetings from Brian... Welcome to the Christmas edition of Bob’s Register. I am excited to share with you some of the highlights we have enjoyed together over the past few months. There have been plenty of memorable events! During August and September, the village celebrated Romeo & Juliet with a variety of activities and events. We also celebrated our fathers during September for Father’s Day. Our Wellness Month kicked off with an array of activities with a focus on our Triple A classes. I am pleased to say the classes were well attended! The Melbourne Cup and New Zealand Trotting Cup celebrations were held in

November. Our men looked very dapper and our ladies were even more lovely than usual! Our activities team are now working assiduously on Christmas celebrations that will no doubt be ﬁlled with cheer and wonder. From myself and my team we wish you and your loved ones a very special holiday season as we look forward to heralding the dawn of a new year.

Brian Bark Village Manager

Charity partner announced In June, Alzheimer’s NZ was announced as Ryman’s charity partner for the year. Ngaire Dixon, chair of Alzheimer’s New Zealand, was delighted with the announcement as dementia and Alzheimers will become more of an issue in the future. There were more than 62,000 New Zealanders with dementia

in 2016, and the this is forecast to grow to 170,212 people by 2050. Ryman villages include 710 dementia beds and demand for care is growing. Every dollar raised for Alzheimer’s New Zealand at our villages this year will be matched dollar for dollar by Ryman Healthcare.

Brian Bark Village Manager Ph: 07 579 3041

Jan Corbett Sales Advisor Ph: 07 579 2519

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

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

112 Carmichael Road, Bethlehem, Tauranga • www.bobowens.co.nz

Romeo & Juliet To celebrate the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Ryman Healthcare season of Romeo & Juliet our care centre residents were entertained with a ballet and modern dance by students from the Dance Ave Studio. The talented dancers performed a variety of dances in beautiful costumes with grace and agility. One of the male students performed some amazing acrobatic moves that stunned the residents! The independent residents also had a brilliant time celebrating at the Romeo & Juliet Happy Hour. It was wonderful to see so many wearing masks and joining in the fun. They especially enjoyed a surprise visit of ballet dancers who were fantastic!

assmore loved Resident Jim P ecor the romantic d

The talented dancers from Dance Ave Studio were a crowd favourite

Our residents had a fantastic time at our masquerade ball

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Summer menu launched! Our Delicious menus have taken our villages by storm since the launch in February this year. The much-anticipated summer menus combine age-old favourites along with a few new additions, such as the inclusion of couscous. Hospitality manager Andrew Gibson said that the team concentrated on reﬁning the menus for this edition.

“We’re building on the success of our previous menus by reﬁning the recipes. We know what works now and we’ll build from there. But we also included a few new dishes.” Among these new dishes are chefs Paul Kuronic and Steve Iraia’s crab cake dishes. Paul and Steve both won silver at the New Zealand Hospitality Championships earlier this year, and residents will now get a taste of their creations.

Date with the fathers Recently our Men’s Group members went to the Classic Flyers aircraft museum for Father’s Day. The residents joined a tour where they heard all about the early days of the National Airways Corporation (Air New Zealand) and looked at some of the equipment that they used in this era.

There are also more aircrafts that still need to be restored before they are displayed to the public. Everyone had a lovely time and we hope to visit again soon!

The men also learned more about the many aircrafts and helicopters on display.

And the best new dish on the menu? “Deﬁnitely the brisket!” Andrew enthused. The summer menus were rolled out in October. Residents Michael Howell and Tony Lawrence take a wee break

ne engines Our residents learning more about pla

Knit and Natter

Cashin Scholarship open for entries

A large group of our ladies produce wonderful knitted blankets, beanies, scarves, jumpers and TV slippers for Red Cross in the Tauranga and Waikato area. Recently many of the knitted items were donated to people from Edgecumbe in the recent ﬂoods. Refugees who arrive in NZ from warm climates are given woollen garments, as they are unaccustomed to our colder winters. It's great to see a group of talented women continuing the art of knitting!

Fozia Tasheem has no doubt that winning the ﬁrst Cashin Scholarship changed the course of her life.

The 2018 Cashin Scholarship is now open. Ryman staff and family members undertaking tertiary study in 2018 can apply.

Fozia was studying accounting and information systems at Victoria University and funding her studies was a struggle.

For more details contact David King at: david.king@rymanhealthcare.com

Fozia’s mum, Hushn Bano, was working at Malvina Major as a housekeeper, and Fozia took a part time job there. “I did everything I could at the village to get extra shifts.’’ In 2011, she applied for the ﬁrst Cashin Scholarship and it could not have come at a better time.

Some fantastic need le work from our resident knitters!

Now 25, Fozia has just been promoted to a co-ordinator’s role at Datacom in Wellington, so her career is on the up.

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I worked at various jobs between school and before my Fitter & Turner apprenticeship. At one time, I delivered groceries on a bicycle for the local selfhelp store, but I got run over by a car with two deliveries still to be made. That was the end of delivering groceries!

Wellness day

Wellness Our residents and staff attended a great Day event in which they partook in the ing dur er conversations with each oth barista style morning. We also brewed perfect lthy bliss coffee, which was enjoyed with hea ne had balls and blueberry mufﬁns. Everyo a great time! coffee Our staff loving the Wellness Day

Spring fling

The independent residen ts had an exciting time at a Spring Floral Art session where they were fortunate to have a ﬂorist teach them how to make a wonder ful display. They then created their own wond erful masterpieces. The end results were fa ntastic! A perfect display by on e of the residents

Introducing Arraminda Ariate Hello, my name is Arraminda Ariate and I am from Manila, Philippines. I am the youngest of three children.

accommodation as I was new to Tauranga.

I am a registered nurse, but decided to study diversional therapy once I was in New Zealand. Before I came to NZ, I worked as a telephone operator and admin assistant in Dubai.

I was also delighted as my coordinator, Tracey Moncur and clinical manager, Tracey Dunn, were very supportive and straightforward as to what I needed to learn. I have never been happier and I ﬁnd that I am at ease with the staff as they are all very approachable, accommodating and supportive.

I have been a caregiver at Bob Owens’ sister villages Grace Joel and Bert Sutcliffe before I started work here. When I graduated as a diversional therapist I started working at Bob Owens. At ﬁrst, I was unsure about pursuing this position as it meant that I had to move, but our village manager Brian was very supportive. He helped me ﬁnd

I hope that I can continue to learn and have many years working here at Bob Owens.

osson B e g r o Meet Ge Hello, my name is George Bosson and I am a resthome resident. I was born in Auckland on 9 October 1923. In my early years I spent time in Huia where my father was the caretaker/maintenance man of the crushing plant. My daily life involved school, playing in the river, shooting eels and swimming. For a while there were many hardships because of the War.

As a young man, I attended many local dances with my mates. We would meet in the park at half time during the dance and partake of some ales stowed away in the boot of the car. It paid off, as I met my precious wife, Dawn, at one of these parties. Dawn and I have two children who are both keen ballroom dancers. This meant we spent much of our time on the road driving to competitions. We enjoyed these years and saw our children become National Champions. I continued to build my career and became an automotive re-conditioner and mechanic for all types of vehicles. Later I became an international insurance broker. Dawn and I loved boating, ﬁshing, water skiing and relaxing! Now I am enjoying my life here at Bob Owens.

Montesorri visit During October, 32 residents were waiting expectantly for the Bethlehem Montessori Centre’s visit. We are never quite sure when they will arrive as the 16 children aged four to ﬁve walk here from their day care centre! However, it’s always worth the wait as their time with us is always fun and memorable. The children sing and dance, play catching games with the residents and our residents get to read them stories.

A musical interlude during the visit During this visit, a ﬁve-year-old girl played the violin for us, which was something to see! We look forward to their next visit.

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Christmas tree cookies Makes approx 10 trees Ingredients: • 2 cups ﬂour • ½ tsp baking soda • 1 tbsp ground ginger • 1 cup (220g) ﬁrmly packed soft brown sugar • 150g butter

• 1 egg • Cookie cutter, one shape varying sizes Royal icing sugar: • 2 egg whites • 2 cups icing sugar • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Sift flour, baking soda and ground ginger together in a bowl. Add butter. 3. In a separate bowl beat the egg and sugar until light and fluffy. 4. Mix everything together. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes. 5. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and cut out the shapes. 6. Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden.

Keep an eye on the smaller cookies so that they don’t burn. 7. Remove from oven and cool on baking rack. 8. Assemble the tree by using a bit of icing sugar between the layers. Royal icing sugar: Beat egg whites in clean, large bowl with mixer at high speed until foamy. Gradually add sugar and vanilla extract. Beat at high speed until thickened.

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