Austiglian y7 Christmas Giving Day In the weeks leading up to Christmas, residents, family and staff were asked to lend their support to the Christmas Giving Day hamper drive On Wednesday December 14 Rathdowne Pla by the Central Carlton Children’s Centre (CCCC) and Brotherhood of St. Laurence (BSL) for the second Christmas Giving Day beneath the Christmas tree at reception. The morning consisted of residents giving the children their Christmas gifts, presenting the numerous hampers collected to BSL, followed by a morning tea in the Day Respite Centre. We w. whelmed by everyone's involvement and generosity. Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Central Carlton Children’s Centre extend their gratitude. .e was joined re OVE Resident Christmas Cocktail Party On Thursday December 22, residents and their family were invited to join the festivities of the third annual Resident Christmas 2 Cocktail Party. Bf Braving the cool winds on the evening we were joined by Melbourne based classical flautist Shortly after BSL received the hampers on behalf of (I families in need, they shared with us an example of the family who will be supported by one of the hampers. Kyra, a devoted mother to her daughter Summer is trying to reassemble her life after suffering several years in an abusive relationship. On a day-to-day basis, she struggles with low self-confidence, residual feclings of grief and extreme loneliness. With the ongoing help of Brotherhood of St Laurence and the generosity of the Rathdowne Place Christmas Giving day, Kyra and Summer will continue to thrive. and pianist duo, Organic Sound. Over the course of the night, guests indulged in beautifully made canapés, courtesy of Executive Chef, Lorin Jacobs. The night would not have been made possible with out the assistance of our numerous dedicated volunteers Thank you to all who participated and made the night one to remember.Rathdowne Place Editorial Pc Even though we are already well into 2017 I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and January break. I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new residents and staff and hope that you have settled into your new surroundings. We have also had some changes to our leadership team with Michelle Garita moving into the Client Services Liaison role for the retirement village, Deanna Simmons has taken the role of Community Development Manager and Gregor Poole is our Day Respite Manager. One of the first changes that we have seen through the new leadership structure is the proposal to rename the Day Respite Centre. Gregor and Kyle Miller proposed the change at a recent Senior Leadership Team meeting which approved the name Colgan Respite Centre. The new name has a special meaning to Australian Unity. Colgan Street (which the opening of the Day Respite Centre opens onto) was named after James Colgan, who was born in Melbourne 1946. A law clerk, he was one of the founding members of the Australian Natives’ Association (A.N.A), a friendly society formed in 1871. He was the first Treasurer of the Board of Directors in 1877 and was appointed Secretary in 1878. He retired in 1881 and became a Trustee. A.N.A merged with Manchester Unity and became Australian Unity in 1993, In February we have bid a fond farewell to Jencie Castles from our Community Development Department. Jencie has left to live in Canberra and continue her studies Jencie has made a significant contribution to the success of our Moments That Matter clinic and has been a ‘wonderful support to residents, families and staff and will be sadly missed. Introducing Rathdowne Place Hairdresser: Carmel Vozinidis In late January, our resident hairdresser Sue Vassan made the decision to leave Rathdowne Place to work closer to her family. Since then, we have had Carmel Vozinidis join the Rathdowne Place team, Carmel has 25 years experience in the industry with an extensive eight years experience in the aged care sector. Carmel is available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and, Kyle Miller will now be the lead for the Moments That Matter clinic and I am confident that the clinic will continue to prosper under his guidance. There are significant key clinical dates that we would like you all to diarise. Our Clinical Care Manager, Kim Miller has confirmed that: Podiatrist every Friday Dietician first Wednesday of every month Dentist Wednesday 15th March In mid February Rathdowne Place had an unannounced visit from the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA). Of the standards reviewed, the assessors were extremely positive with the standard of care at Rathdowne Place. They expressed overall how well they believed that the management of the facility was being achieved and the openness and transparency that was evident amongst staff and management. The feedback we received from the assessors is a testament to our open and honest culture. A big thank you to staff, residents and family who were involved and for their transparency. Finally there have been some security concerns experienced in the past few months that I would like to draw to your attention. We have found that in particular intruders have entered our building and car park. | ask for everyone's assistance with ensuring the safety of all, by not swiping people into the building or car park without asking who they are here to see. Lask our visitors to refer all people to reception to sign in. There will be further security measures taking place in time and Iwill communicate these to you prior to them being implemented. Again welcome to all of our new residents and staff to the Rathdowne Place family. Friday from 9.30am. Carmel will also be working Easter Saturday April 15th 2017, from 8.30am for any residents who would like their hair done especially for the day. She is passionate with excellent customer service. She has already received very positive feedback amongst our residents. Carmel is available for residents, staff and friends to book appointments, and will do what she can tobe available on weekends where desired, such as Mother's Day and so on. For bookings, please contact 9240 7003. RESETS YO AN SL NP LL a aE LE A ST EECycling Without Age Coming to Rathdowne Place ‘As many of you may have noticed the Rathdowne Place reception area is proudly housing our first Cycling Without Age trishaw bike opposite the Sales Suite on lower ground floor. Cycling Without Age is an initiative that was founded in Denmark in 2012 by Ole Kassow. Kassow had a vision which saw getting older adults back out on their bike and to feel the wind in their hair. It simply started with Kassow, atrishaw bike and volunteering to take his elderly neighbour out on a ride. He then got in touch with a civil society consultant from the City of Copenhagen, Dorthe Pedersen (now Cycling Without Age), who was intrigued by the idea and together they bought the first five trishaw's and launched Cycling Without Age, which has now spread to all corners of Denmark, and since 2015 to another 28 PEs Tia aee li ery JllJollife, now residing on level three of Rathdowne Place, is an Australian journalist and author who has reported on East Timor since 1975. Jolliffe was born in Geelong. As a teenager, she studied at Matthew Flinder’s Girls Secondary School, which she described as quite a pretentious school. It was at this school where Jolliffe began to record high marks and have a passion for academia. A senior level teacher warned Jolliffe's peers that she was a bit of a lone wolf and that they should not mix with her. She was later expelled. Jollife then went on to complete her secondary education at Geelong High School where she was awarded a scholarship to study at Monash University Jolliffe always had aspirations to become a writer, which led her to major in English Literature at Monash University. It was from here that instigated her career trajectory into Journalism and passion for foreign affairs. Joliffe's fascination in foreign affairs emerged from the anti-war movements in the 60s, greatly admiring other foreign correspondents of her time. A pivotal turning point in Jolliffe's career was moving to East Timor to follow the Indonesian invasion in 1978. Jolliffe countries around the world. Rathdowne Place will now, mark one of the first aged care precincts in Australia to get on board, This could not have been made possible without the help of Cycling Without Age, City of Melbourne and Zendesk, Thanks to our partnership with Cycling Without Age, we were able to be connected with Zendesk, Melbourne. Zendesk is a global company that specialises in customer service software. Zendesk is committed to their corporate social responsibility and implores this to be a driving point for their businesses globally. We are very fortunate to have Zendesk generously donate our first trishaw bike. A number of their staff have also committed to volunteering to pilot these bikes for our residents, In June 2017, we can expect another Cycling Without Age bike to arrive, thanks to the efforts, collaboration and funding of City of Melbourne. Please visit the lower ground floor to get your first peak at our Cycling Without Age trishaw bike. We will be officially launching this initiative when our second bike arrives, watch this space. then spent 25 years in East Timor up until the Indonesian army withdrew in 1999, Jolliffe remembers with great satisfaction watching the Indonesian soldiers marching, down the main street with their heads hung low. It was then that Jolliffe made the move to Darwin and began writing her first book East Timor Nationalism and Collonialism, going on to write seven more books. One of her books, Cover Up, was adapted into a movie titled Balibo directed by her now close friend Robert Connolly. Over the years Jolliffe branched out and explored other countries. As a war correspondent she often entered into dangerous terrain and risked her life to uncover the truth, thankfully the enemy always had an inaccurate aim and she ‘was never harmed. Jolliffe recalls the first time that she was shot at as a result of her journalistic intrigue. Jolliffe had received a lead that an Indonesian submarine had been circulating a nearby beach. Jolliffe was known to Fretilin— the main group that led the resistance movement~ as an ally. Australian diplomat, Jim Dunn and Jolliffe ventured out on a friendly excursion to check out the story, Unfortunately, this resulted in Jolliffe being mistakenly shot at for the first time by a Fretilin guard. Jolliffe is renowned for her work as a foreign correspondent and was awarded a gold medal from the East Timorese for her ‘contribution to humanity’. Australian’ UnityStaff Awards October 2016 OWBS Award - Level Three For “their incredible participation and efforts in the Safety Olympic week.” Better Together Award - Connie Caligiuri For “being alert and responsive when she identified a resident who was lost in the reception foyer.” Moments That Matter Award - Chris Shakes For “her thoughtful Palliative Care box initiative.” November 2016 OWBS Award - Aman Depp Kaur, Manpreet Brar and Punjab Singh For “noticing that the rubbish chutes were overflowing and attending to them immediately.” Better Together Award - Kirandeep Kaur For “going above and beyond to take a resident out outside of her working hours.” Moments That Matter Award - Kyle Miller For “his dedication to implementing and overseeing the Welcome Day process.” Annual Awards for 2016 OWBS Award - Alkyne Chua For “identifying that a resident was cooking in their room so she encouraged and helped them to cook in the level kitchen.” Better Together Award - Jencie Castles Australia Day BBQ (On Wednesday January 25, Rathdowne Place hosted a BBQon the ground floor for residents, family and staff in celebration of Australia Day. Fortunately for guests, the weather was on our side delivering a beautiful summer's day to enjoy For “being an integral part in implementing the Shared Care support program for carers and families.” Moments That Matter Award - Chris Shakes For “creating a Palliative Care comfort box for residents family members which has now been established throughout Rathdowne Place.” Leader of the Year Award - Jade McGaw For “making significant process changes to the way our care staff work including infection control manuals, continence aid process changes, original admission day process and has led the recruitment project from the operational plan. Jade is aware of her staff costs while ensuring staff to residents ratios remain constant. Jade is a role model for the Non-Negotiables and has used these to ensure her team is accountable.” January 2017 OWBS Award - Kamilvir Sidhu, Bikash Shrestha, Mina Giri & Maria Sinson For “safely confronting intruders and ensuring the safety of our residents and staff.” Better Together Award - Hannah Lohs for “going out of her way and taking a resident to the chemist after she had finished work for the day. The resident was very grateful for her kindness.” Moments That Matter Award - Palvinder Kaur for “her kindness and compassion in purchasing and donating clothes to a resident who as in need Pizza Making On Tuesday February 21, we cranked up the heat and put our pizza oven to good use. A big, thank you to our dedicated volunteer Keana Loschiavo for assisting with making the dough and facilitating the pizza making experience. A number of cooks and eaters came down to participate in the morning, Australian Unity