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Still stealing kisses By Callum Ludwig Yarra Junction residents Henk and Gwyneth Boer are set to mark a special milestone on Wednesday 28 August, celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. Having met at church in Wandin, the couple are heading back to where it all began and spending the day with friends and family.When asked what the secret to their long love was, it appears to be compromise and caring for each other. “Up until the last few years where I’ve had some handicaps, prior to that I did everything at home and looked after the boys because Henk travelled a fair bit for business all over Victoria and New South Wales, so I felt I had a great influence on the boys and I was really happy to be a mum and bring up the boys myself,” Mrs Boer said. Turn to page 13
Henk and Gwyneth Boer by the iconic windmill outside their Yarra Junction home. (Stewart Chambers: 426639)
Despite being eligible for support, older residents are in the lurch...
‘Please help us’ Older residents of the Yarra Ranges in need of support at home are still finding themselves without the help they need. Many residents have been assessed and are eligible for a variety of different services offered under Home Care Support such as garden maintenance, shopping assistance or respite hours for carers, but there are no local providers available.
Yarra Junction resident Margaret Baker recently had an assessment and was eligible for help in her garden and home and said she is devastated but is even more worried about people who might be worse off than her. “I’ve got two metal knees, two metal hips, I’ve got severe arthritis and my shoulders have now gone, so I applied for help, I desperately need help with domestic duties, but there’s just noth-
ing available because there’s no registered providers,” she said. “I’ve worked all my life, my husband’s worked all his life, we’ve never taken benefits, we’ve never taken government handouts, and now when we need it, it’s not available.” Casey MP Aaron Violi raised the issue in Parliament in June, naming another four residents in the local area who have also not been able to access
their home care packages. Ms Baker said she wanted to encourage local businesses to investigate the scheme and get themselves registered. “I think a lot of these places haven’t applied to the Commonwealth or haven’t applied to My Aged Care to have their businesses registered and I think that’s a question we need to ask. Continued page 3
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