Grey P ow er Nelson June 2012 Older, Wiser... My Life in Road Policing P 10 Coach Tours with SBL P 14 The Green Thing P 18 Home Healthcare Equipment and Mobility Products ph: 03 544 7717 Visit our showroom at: Cnr McGlashen Ave & Croucher St, Richmond, Nelson www.accessmobility.co.nz wheelchairs mobility scooters walker/canes electric beds ands hoists lift assist chairs bathroom solutions incontinence products daily living aids/products Sales - Service - Repairs - Rentals Visit Our Showroom Now New Stock Arriving Daily If you have received a member- ship form in this Newsletter, you have not renewed your member- ship. If you would still like to belong to Nelson Grey Power and take ad- vantage of the Discounts offered to Grey Power members, contin- ue to receive this Newsletter and have available the assistance Grey Power can give members on various issues: PLEASE FILL IN THE EN- CLOSED FORM AND EI- THER BRING IT IN TO OUR OFFICE OR POST IT TO US WITH YOUR PAYMENT. (If your membership has been re- newed in the last fortnight please disregard the enclosed form) Have you paid your 2012/13 membership? Elizabeth Wilbin began volunteering for St John in 1994 aſter being made redundant. e Nelson Area Commit- tee needed a secretary and Elizabeth offered to help until she found anoth- er job. Working from the Tahunanui Community Centre her role involved general administration and first aid class bookings. e role grew and soon Elizabeth was volunteering 40 hours a week. is lead to part time paid employment, which included ambulance administration work when St John took over the am- bulance service from Nelson Hospital in April 1995. Continued page 3 18 years of service www.greypowernelson.org.nz St John veteran Elizabeth Wilbin.
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Grey Power Nelson June 2012
Older, Wiser...
My Life in RoadPolicing
P 10
Coach Tourswith SBL
P 14
The GreenThing
P 18
Home Healthcare Equipment and Mobility Products ph: 03 544 7717Visit our showroom at: Cnr McGlashen Ave & Croucher St, Richmond, Nelson www.accessmobility.co.nz
wheelchairsmobility scooterswalker/caneselectric beds ands hoistslift assist chairsbathroom solutionsincontinence productsdaily living aids/productsSales - Service - Repairs - Rentals
Visit Our Showroom
Now
New Stock Arriving
Daily
If you have received a member-ship form in this Newsletter, you have not renewed your member-ship.If you would still like to belong to Nelson Grey Power and take ad-vantage of the Discounts offered to Grey Power members, contin-ue to receive this Newsletter and have available the assistance Grey Power can give members on various issues:
PLEASE FILL IN THE EN-CLOSED FORM AND EI-THER BRING IT IN TO OUR OFFICE OR POST IT TO US WITH YOUR PAYMENT.
(If your membership has been re-newed in the last fortnight please disregard the enclosed form)
Have you paid your 2012/13 membership?
Elizabeth Wilbin began volunteering for St John in 1994 after being made redundant. The Nelson Area Commit-tee needed a secretary and Elizabeth offered to help until she found anoth-er job. Working from the Tahunanui Community Centre her role involved general administration and first aid
class bookings. The role grew and soon Elizabeth was volunteering 40 hours a week. This lead to part time paid employment, which included ambulance administration work when St John took over the am-bulance service from Nelson Hospital in April 1995. Continued page 3
18 years of service
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St John veteran Elizabeth Wilbin.
The last twelve months has seen us working hard to main-tain our share of members, there has been aggressive mar-keting by other organisations looking for members.In the tightening financial times we are seeing a decline in our membership, our Committee is very concerned about this and we have been looking at ways of keeping members interest.We have a new vi-brant Web Site, thanks to our new webmaster, Nigel; the aim is to keep the web site up-dated with matters of interest so our members will visit it more of-ten.The bottom line of the balance sheet is on the edge of being in the red, and if our membership is decreasing, there will have to be more cuts made to keep ourselves viable.To this end we entered into an agreement with The Waimea Weekly to have our Newsletter printed at no cost to us, that is the reason why there was a change in the way our News-letter is now presented. This exercise is an ongoing one as we work out the best way of presenting the content etc. for the interest of our members. I must mention at this point the dedication of the volunteers who assist with the folding and labeling of the Newsletter. Without them we would take many days to achieve this, in-stead of the two or three hours it takes at present.Another move is to change
from a nonprofit incorporated society to become a Charitable Trust. This move will open up a range of funding that is at present not available to us, we are working our way through this operation, this involves writing a new constitution and
this is well under-way.Our office oper-ates as efficiently as ever with staff and volunteers keeping the work up to date. We appreciate the efforts and the commitment put in by our volun-teers, especially over the last six weeks which are
very hectic with the renewal of membership. It is a particu-larly trying time for everyone involved.The Grey Power Federation is holding their AGM the first week in May. On the Agenda is a paper compiled by David Moffett to restructure Grey Power. Some of the ideas are, a membership of 100,000 within five years; and a raft of other changes such as setting up an Energy company to retail power, invest in a re-tirement village and a Grey Power Bank/Insurance Company.(see further in News-letter for Roy Reid, Federation President, latest update on mod-ernisation progress)
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Eldermove is a seniors moving and downsizing solutions company that has just started up in Nelson. They pride themselves on being a trust-worthy, family owned local business who are specialising in profession-ally assisting elderly with all your relocation needs.Whether you’re planning a full relo-cation to a smaller home or simply looking for a way to adapt your cur-rent home to your changing needs. Eldermove can take care of every-thing under one umbrella making the transition as smooth as possible. Services include sorting, packing, moving, unpacking and home main-tenance. Eldermove will make your new house feel like home, even set-ting up TVs, hanging pictures and making beds, all aspects are taken into consideration, they plan and organise your move with an under-standing of the stresses and strains that moving home can bring.They’re currently looking for a catch phrase for their new business; send your ideas with your contact details attached or fill out the form on page 22. If yours is chosen you will WIN a $100 voucher!Entries to: Eldermove, POBox 2055, Stoke, Nelson. Competition closes 30 June 2012.
Continued from page 1.“I thoroughly enjoyed the variety of work, which included fundraising, medical alarm support and managing the St John Supporter scheme”, says Elizabeth.In 2002 Elizabeth was employed as a full time St John medical alarm rep-resentative in Nelson Marlborough District – a role which she con-tinues today on a part time ba-sis.What Eliza-beth likes most about working for St John is making a differ-ence in people’s lives. “I like the fact St John can make life safer and more comfortable particularly for older people through our many ser-vices”, she says. Elizabeth takes the opportunity to promote St John services and pro-grammes wherever she feels there is a need. These include the St John Sup-porter Scheme, which covers the cost of emergency ambulance call outs for an annual membership fee; Caring Caller – a service that St John pro-vides for people who live alone or feel lonely, where volunteers phone clients regularly to check that everything is okay; and the St John Health Shuttle
service that transports people to and from medical appointments. When the opportunity arises Eliza-beth also tells people about the St John Friends of Emergency Depart-ment service at Nelson Hospital and St John Youth, a valuable programme for young people to make friends, de-velop confidence and learn life skills.
St John pro-vides ambu-lance servic-es for more than 90% of New Zea-land, along with First aid cover at public events and first aid courses.Elizabeth is also Treas-
urer of the St John Fellowship, a social group for retired St John volunteers. Many of the members have been in-volved in St John since they were ca-dets. The group has fundraised for a number of St John projects in Nelson.Elizabeth says “I hope the Nelson community will support St John dur-ing our Appeal so we can continue to offer these valuable services locally”.For further information about St John services or the St John Supporter Scheme please contact Sarah McCabe, Nelson Area Secretary. Phone 03 546 9445 x2 or see www.stjohn.org.nz
18 years of service
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Recent Changes to the Rates Rebate SchemeAccording to Government Statistics, 112,000 New Zealanders received a rates rebate last year.For the rating year beginning 01 July 2012, the maximum rebate will in-crease from $580 to $590, and the income abatement threshold will in-crease from $23,240 to $23,650.These changes reflect the movement in the Consumers Price Index since the Scheme was last adjusted on 01 July 2011.You can apply for a Rates Rebate if:
• You pay the rates on the address that you live at, and• You were living at the address at the beginning of the rate year (1 July), and• Your name is recorded in the Rat-ing Information Data (RID) as rate-payerAlthough a ratepayer’s income might exceed the income threshold a rates rebate could still be available, depending on the rates amount and the number of dependants.
Rebates are granted under the Rates Rebate Act 1974 and you must pro-vide income information so your re-bate can be worked out.You can find further information about the Rates Rebate Scheme on the website www.ratesrebates.govt.nz, or by contacting the Department of Internal Affairs Rates Rebate team: telephone (04) 495 9365.Both Nelson City Council and Tas-man District Council have staff available to help with your rates
questions and they will be able to advise you of the in-formation that is required for a refund to be given. Do not hesitate to contact staff at your local council they are there to help the rate payers who are paying their wages.
Nelson Grey Power 2013/2014 Discount BookIn the next few months work will begin on compiling our new Discount Book which will be available to renewing members from January 2013.If any member knows of a business that is prepared to give a Grey Power Discount, please contact Patsy at the Grey Power office 547 2457 and she will make contact with the business.
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HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP? … IT IS NOT TOO LATE.The office volunteers are ready and waiting to process your form and issue your new card.Please fill in the form provided in this Newsletter. (Insert in front of Newslet-ter)In the office we continue as always over the busy membership renewal time to be extremely busy. This year at the request of a small minority we intro-duced internet banking for payment of subscriptions. It was something we had to think long and hard about as the expected extra workload processing the internet banking payments would fall on the paid staff. The extra work-load has not really eventuated as only 107 members to date have paid online. Hopefully this will increase over time.Internet Banking 03 1709 0071804 001 make sure surname and membership number are enteredI am proud of the fact that at the height of our membership renewals when we were processing each morning up to 150 posted in forms a day we still had a same day turn around sending out members new cards. This all having to be done before 10am each morning before the office opened.Once again my biggest thanks must go to our fantastic volunteers. Paul-ine Daly and Ann Ross our data entry
ladies. Ann Bell who tackles our fil-ing helped this year by Patsy McFar-lane. The newsletter volunteers who come along every quarter to fold the Newsletter, who each quarter seem to get more and more efficient and have now got the newsletter folding down to just over two hours. I must mention Pamela Atkinson our main Newsletter proof reader who dots the “I’s” crosses the “t’s” and makes sure the grammar is correct.But my biggest thanks is of course for our front line office volunteers who in March, April go from working once a fortnight to weekly, who never com-plain about the extra work, who are always cheerful, helpful and do not moan that over the busy time that they do not get a cup of tea.Well done one and all you are much ap-preciated.As in past years a very small dedicated band, namely myself, Sue Albrecht and Gordon and Carole Currie have tried to be out and about at events around Nelson/Tasman keeping Grey Power visible and encouraging membership renewals and new members. Sue and I are experts at putting up a gazebo in record time.At these events we are always well re-ceived and are gratified by the positive feedback we get from our members. This is all unsolicited and is mostly from members who just pop by to say we are doing a great job.Remember we have a printed Handy
Person List available … this is a list of retired Grey Power members who do odd jobs for our members. If you need a gardener, odd job person, painter, carpenter, electrician to name a few there maybe someone on the list who can help. (Price to be negotiated between both parties).The number of members who attended our AGM was disappointing. Talking with other Organisations and Com-munity Groups operating around the district there appears to be a real lack of interest in getting involved in vol-untary work and certainly in attending meetings. The AGM was held at Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village in the spectacular Atrium. A very big thanks to Debbie Edwards and team for the free use of this facility, plus the excel-lent afternoon tea provided.Finally a big big thanks to Tony at SBL Travel for allowing lovely volunteer Peg Salton and her sidekick, hubby Don, to use the Travel Centre Office one Sat-urday for membership renewals. The Richmond Mall Management who let our volunteers sit in the Mall col-lecting memberships. And of course to the always obliging Simon and his team at the Richmond Mall Pharmacy who continue to support Nelson Grey Power by allowing members to drop off their membership payments in store.PatsyPS: If I can’t be a good example … then I will just have to be a horrible warn-ing!!!!!
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Nelson Office has been successful in its funding request for two Beach Accessible chairs.It all came about because for the first time in a great many years I tried to go with my family to Tahunanui beach. I have avoided such joys as it is always so difficult to get down onto the beach in my wheelchair, let alone get into the water, but my family wasn’t having a bar of it. There was much discussion about how to get me into the water, with waiting until high tide and throwing me off the side of Rocks Road as an option, I managed to dissuade them about doing this but I couldn’t get out of going for a swim with them at the beach and so with great difficulty my husband dragged me in the wheelchair across the soft sand and then carried me into the water.
The whole time was treated with much hilarity but I was concerned about the strain that my husband was under trying to get me doing exactly what I should be able to do with the family.I made mention of this situation to a colleague on the Ac-
cess for All forum, that I am a member of, and she said we should raise beach access as an is-sue at the next meeting. This was duly done and a lot of suggestions of places to search out appropriate equipment and funding opportu-nities were discussed.On contact with our Christchurch office they alerted me to the fact that they had such a chair that was available for people/family’s
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One of the chairs now available.
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in Nelson. We applied to a couple of local trusts and to the Tasman District Council’s community funding and were successful to get enough funding for two chairsNelson is best known for it wonderful beaches, Ski-field and pools, these chairs can be used for all three so it has all year round usability. They are very easy to assemble and come in their own carry bag. They should fit into the boot of most vehi-cles. We advise that two people lift the chair into and out of the vehicle or maybe one very fit person. One of the chairs comes with a sunshade. We lend these chairs out at no cost to people in the community. They can be taken into the water and we ask that they be washed down, removing any salt water or chlorine before restoring into the carry bag.As previously mention these chairs can be used at the pool, beach and on the Skifield.The big rubber tyres are semi buoyant. This helps when dropping into a pool. The chairs come with a safety belt to help stabilise the person.These chairs are available in Nelson for use through-out the region. Please contact the Nelson office of CCS Disability Action on 03 548 4479 for availability for your next family outing.
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By Eric DavyI was the MOT front person for the TV program in 1984 for “Young Driver Of The Year” I had to make the scene of an accident realistic. To do this on the gravel road required skid marks in the gravel to the rear of a truck. As you will appreciate it would be unwise to race down the road and skid into the back of the truck so I had to do it the other way.
Did not know that the TV crew decided to film my little scene setting. The finished result was pretty ac-curate and graphic.One of the perks of the job is the ability to do things that are otherwise impossible. In 1985 5 Californian Highway Patrol Motorcyclists were brought to New Zealand by Air New Zealand. They were loaned m/cy-cles and then toured New Zealand. To cut a long story short, the only school that this group actually visited was my children’s primary school at East Taieri. These men were led by MOT staff in all built up areas so they agreed to follow me to the school. Another task I had was the training of all staff in Load
Security and also conducted similar training to Freight Companies. One was TRANSPAC in Invercargill. This was a publicity stunt. I was heavily involved in all aspects of training delivery.
Once I became Sergeant I was a field driver trainer for Traffic Officers. (Some would say a legalised boy rac-er). In 1987 I was promoted to Senior Sergeant Nelson and I moved my family to take up the position.During the next phase of my career I was the opera-tional senior sergeant for the Nelson Traffic District.Not my car. S/Sgt Law’s. The upshot of this is that I could never send that Traffic Officer South again. Three times he had to be towed back. We bought the car he hit on this occasion and then gave it back to the owner. In 1989 we assisted with the Telethon. I organ-ised the necessary permits and ensured I had enough staff to make the following happen.
My life in Road Policing Enforcement (Part 2)
This unit was the equivalent of 3 full “B’ train units. Total length was 82 meters. This traveled from Talbot St, Rich-mond to Haven Rd. Without a mishap.In 1992 the integration between the Police and Traffic Safety Service occurred and we decided that the event had to be marked. This was a publicity photo to advise the
public. The 30th June at 12 noon all avail-able MOT and Police vehicles made a con-voy through Trafalgar St, Nelson. I became the District Support Officer for the District Commander of Police assuming a number of roles, Driver Trainer, Computer Trainer, I & T Person, Fleet Man-ager, Planning Officer, Media Liaison, Emer-gency Management Co-ordinator to name a few. Example showing the spikes used to stop fleeing vehicles.I also organised and put the first big Booze Bus on the road. This bus is still going and is now in Fiji.
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The Ministry of Social Development has introduced a new accreditation process for suppliers of medical alarms to the over 53,000 clients who have the cost of their monitored medical alarm paid through the Dis-ability Allowance. What are the changes?· The cost of providing monitored medical alarm ser- vices paid through the Disability Allowance has gone down.· Medical alarm suppliers have new high quality service standards to meet.· From 1 March 2012 only companies which have met the new standards and provide value for money are al- lowed to be ‘accredited’ medical alarm suppliers.What are the benefits of having a medical alarm with an accredited medical alarm supplier? The main ben-efits are:· clients can be sure they are getting a high quality medi- cal alarm monitoring service· accredited suppliers have to sign up to a strict code of professional conduct· clients will be paying a lower price for their alarm which means good value for money.When will these changes happen? The cost of hav-ing a monitored medical alarm will decrease from 25 April 2012. If there is a change to a client’s Disability Allowance as a result of this cost reduction, this will show up in their payments from the week beginning 21 May 2012.Who are the accredited medical alarm suppliers? The nine medical alarm suppliers are:· ADT Armourguard (incorporating Signature Security) · Bupa Care Services Ltd · Chubb Medical · Freedom
Medical Alarms · Kiwi Concern (NZ) Ltd · Safe Link Ltd · Senior Care Ltd · St John · Tunstall LifeCare.What does this mean for clients? Clients who are cur-rently with a current accredited supplier have already re-ceived information about the changes from their supplier and us.Clients who have a contract with a current non-accredit-ed supplier can stay with their existing supplier and still get medical alarm costs paid under their Disability Al-lowance for as long as their contract runs. These clients will be encouraged to change to one of the accredited medical alarm suppliers.All new clients must be with an accredited company, un-less exceptional circumstances exist, if they wish to ap-ply to have their monitored medical alarms paid through DA. The eligibility criteria for getting monitored medical alarms paid under Disability Allowance has not changed. Where can more information be found? Further infor-mation, including a downloadable factsheet, is available on the Ministry’s website at www.msd.govt.nz
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The Leisure Travel ProgrammeDear ReaderIt’s that time again to have a read over the great outings hundreds* of Nelson Tasman seniors are joining us on every month. For us it’s all about relaxed and enjoyable trips and tours with lots of laughs and sights along the way. Whether it’s somewhere you’ve been before or one of the many new destinations we strive to find, you’ll find the view from the comfortable touring coach a unique one. People join us as a couple, as friends or as an in-dividual, all of whom find it a great way to meet new people who they catch up with again on future trips, if not before. I guess all of the above could be summed up in the two words – LEISURE TRAVEL. This is start-ing to sound like an infomercial so I’ll conclude by simply saying, give the friendly team of Christine and myself a call if you would like any further information.Tom Heaphy Tour Coordinator
DAY TRIPSPlease note: meals are not included in any of the day-trip prices, un-less specifically stated. The final de-tails on the trips may vary from that shown below due to time constraints or unforseen circumstances. Trips are subject to minimum numbers.
Wed 25 July Second Trip (18 July is full) – Mid Winter Christmas at Al-pine Lodge - $50 (includes lunch)Merry mid-winter everyone, and what better place to spend a winter’s day than by the fire at the beautiful Alpine Lodge at Lake Rotoiti looking out at the snow! (Snow not guaran-teed). Lunch is a delicious assort-ment of meats including ham off the bone, with seasonal and roast veges and a dessert. From the lodge we’ll take a look around the area and also possibly drop by Tophouse. We’ll head back to Nelson via the Eighty Eight Valley.
Wed 15 Aug – Queen Charlotte Road Galleries and Picton - $25
Today we’ll make our way out to-wards Havelock for morning tea before turning off onto the Queen Charlotte Road. There are a couple of fascinating art and pottery galler-ies along this scenic road which we’ll pop into for a look-see. Lunch is a bring your own or just enjoy one of the many cafés / restaurants in Pic-ton. We‘ll then return home via Rau-para Road.
Wed 12 Sept – Wairau Valley Tavern and Jeymar Soap & Body - $40 (in-cludes lunch)We thought it about time again to do this enjoyable loop which circum-navigates the Mount Richmond For-est Park. We’ll make our way out of Nelson towards Marlborough once again with our customary stop for morning tea before continuing to Renwick where we’ll turn off inland. We’re booked in for a roast at the Wairau Valley Tavern including tea/coffee and a slice for dessert. Also while in Wairau Valley we’ll visit Jey-mar Soap and Body where we can
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see them at work making their natural homemade soap range. We will then head home via Rotoiti depending on the time available.
Tue 16 Oct – Motueka Valley and Tapawera Hotel - $45 (in-cludes lunch)In our experience we’ve found spring the best time to head through the Motueka Valley so that’s what we’re doing again, to enjoy those clear days and spring lambs. Lunch at the Tapawera Hotel will be a roast with tea/coffee and dessert. After lunch we’ll continue down the remote and seldom travelled Motueka Valley before heading home via Motueka.
TOURSPlease note: all tour prices are based on twin share accom-modation. Single supplements and double rooms are avail-able on request (subject to availability). All tours are subject to minimum numbers.
Kenny Rogers & Glen Campbell, 9 – 11 Aug 2012 (Tour is full sorry)
Golden Bay and Farewell Spit Tour, Nov 2012 (dates tbc)We are planning a three day mini-tour later this year which will include two nights motel accommodation, breakfasts & evening meals, a Farewell Spit tour and other local attrac-tions. Final details and price aren’t finalised yet but if you’re interested please give us a call and we’ll send you some in-formation once we have the tour planned. Doing so is by no means a commitment to travel.
Christmas Tour 2012, 22 – 27 Dec 2012 (dates tbc)Like the Golden Bay tour above, the details of this tour are yet to be confirmed. If you would like to go on the inter-ested list for this tour meaning that we will send you out an itinerary once the tour is planned please give us a call. The tour will be in the South Island and will likely include six days coach transport, five nights accommodation, all cooked breakfasts and evening meals and some attractions along the way.
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What is the asset threshold? The asset threshold is a key factor in working out how much older peo-ple contribute to the cost of their long-term residential care. The asset threshold is set at a new level on 1 July every year. If the person’s assets are equal to or below that level then they qualify for government funding through the Residential Care Subsidy to meet the cost of their care in a rest home or continuing care hospital.What is changing? From 1 July 2012 the asset threshold that is used in a person’s assessment for the Residen-tial Care Subsidy will increase by the consumers price index (CPI) every year, instead of by $10,000 per year.What is not changing?There is no change to the residential loans scheme. People, whose assets are over the applicable threshold, primarily because they own their former home, may be eligible for an interest-free residential care loan if they meet the criteria. You can find more out at:www.workandincome.govt .nz/
individuals/a-z-benefits/residential-care-loan.htmlWhat will the asset threshold change from and to on 1 July 2012?From 1 July 2012, the asset thresh-old will increase from $210,000 to $213,297 for single people or a cou-ple where both are in care.For a couple where only one is in long term care, they can choose either: the asset threshold of $213,297 (the 1 July 2012 threshold) or the alterna-tive asset threshold of $116,806 (the 1 July 2012 threshold) where the fam-ily home, car and a pre-paid funeral of up to $10,000 are exempt assets.After 1 July 2012, the threshold will increase by the CPI on 1 July each year.What is the consumers price index?The consumers price index (CPI) is a measure of inflation based on the rate of price change of goods and ser-vices purchased by households. You can find out more at: www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/economic_in-dicators/CPI_inflation.aspxWhat the change means for you?
If you have already been assessed as eligible for the Residen-tial Care Sub-sidy prior to 1 July 2012 this change does not affect you. If you have been assessed as having assets with a value above the cur-
rent threshold, you will be affected by this change. It may take longer for the value of your assets to reduce to the threshold and for you to become eligible for the Residential Care Sub-sidy.What happens if a person’s assets are worth more than the asset threshold? If a person’s total assets are worth more than the asset threshold, they will have to pay the maximum con-tribution towards the cost of their care until their total assets reduce to the threshold. People whose assets are over the asset threshold, primar-ily because they still own their for-mer home but no longer live there, may apply for a residential care loan. What happens if I apply before 1 July 2012? If you have been needs assessed as requiring residential care and apply before 1 July 2012 your assets will be assessed using the current thresh-old ($210,000 for a single person or $115,000 for a couple). If you apply after 1 July 2012, the new CPI-adjust-ed threshold will be used. My assets are not worth as much as they used to be. Can I be reassessed? Yes. If you have previously been de-clined a subsidy due to the value of your assets, you can apply for reas-sessment. Please contact the contact the Residential Subsidy Unit free hel-pline 0800 999 727.For more information please go to www.health.govt.nz/our-work/life-stages/health-older-people or www.workandincome.govt.nz or contact the Residential Subsidy Unit free hel-pline 0800 999 727.
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Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own shop-ping bags because plastic bags were not good for the environment.The woman apologized and ex-plained, “We did not have this green thing back in my earlier days”.The cashier responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environ-ment for future generations”.She was right! Our generation did not have the green thing in its day. Back then, we returned milk bottles, cold drink bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really
were recycled. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor because the blade got dull.But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day!We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator and elevator in every shop and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horespower machine every time we had to go two blocks.But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day!Back then, we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling
machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.But that lady is right. We didn’t have the green thing back in our day!Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house – not a TV in every room and the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the county of Yorkshire.In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn’t have elec-tric machines to do everything for us.When we packaged a fragile item to send in the post, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not
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Styrofoam or plastic bub-ble wrap.Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.But she’s right. We didn’t have the green thing back then.We drank from a foun-tain or a tap when we were thirsty instead of demand-ing a plastic bottle flown in from another country. We accepted that a lot of food was seasonal and didn’t ex-pect that to be backed up by flying it thousands of air miles around the world. We actually cooked food that didn’t come out of a
packet, tin or plastic wrap and we could even wash our own vegetables and chop our own salad.But we didn’t have the green thing back then!Back then, people took the tram or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turn-ing their mothers into a 24 hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we did not need a computer-ized gadget to receive a sig-nal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.But isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then?
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At its recent meeting the Board agreed, that as a transi-tion to the structure outlined in the modernisation re-port, which was accepted unanimously by the AGM, the new structure should, for this year, run parallel with the existing committee arrangements. This will ensure con-tinuity of advocacy activity whilst allowing the Board to
develop the formal protocols required to make sure the changes are implemented in the most effective and timely manner. The Executive Committee have tentatively set up both standing committees and portfolios within the national advisory group to work alongside the present portfolios.
A final decision on the committees full membership is pending. This initial stage of the modernisation process will also include the development of the implementation com-mittee’s formal terms of reference. The Board recognises that to be effective, the implementation of the moderni-sation report will require involvement from the wider membership. Thus as soon as the terms of reference have been agreed to, expressions of interest will be requested in the quarterly magazine. The preliminary steps in this process are to be completed in the next three months and I will then be in a position to provide you with fur-ther information on the changes and the way forward.
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With the onset of colder nights and the first win-ter frosts here, many people are looking to update the heating of their home with installation of heat pumps and extra heaters which will require the expertise of a registered electrician. Rowan Dron can look after these installations and even install extra power points in convenient locations, avoid-ing those unsightly and unsafe extension cords and overloaded multi boxes.
Have you noticed that stairs are getting steeper. Groceries are heavier. And, everything is farther away. Yesterday I walked to the corner and I was dumbfounded to discover how long our street had become!And, you know, people are less considerate now, especial-ly the young ones. They speak in whispers all the time! If you ask them to speak up they just keep repeating them-selves, endlessly mouthing the same silent message un-til they’re red in the face! What do they think I am a lip reader?I also think they are much younger than I was at the same age. On the other hand, people my own age are so much older than I am. I ran into an old friend the other day and she has aged so much that she didn’t even recognize me.I got to thinking about the poor dear while I was combing my hair this morning, and in doing so, I glanced at my own reflection. Well, REALLY NOW - even mirrors are not made the way they used to be!Another thing, everyone drives so fast these days! You’re
risking life and limb if you happen to pull onto the mo-torway in front of them. All I can say is, their brakes must wear out awfully fast, the way I see them screech and swerve in my rear view mirror.Clothing manufacturers are less civilized these days. Why else would they suddenly start labelling a size 10 or 12 dress as 18 or 20? Do they think no one notices? The people who make bathroom scales are pulling the same prank. Do they think I actually ‘believe’ the number I see on that dial? HA! I would never let myself weigh that much! Just who do these people think they’re fooling?I’d like to call up someone in authority to report what’s going on -- but the telephone company is in on the con-spiracy too: they’ve printed the phone books in such small type that no one could ever find a number in there! All I can do is pass along this warning: WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!Unless something drastic happens, pretty soon everyone will have to suffer these awful indignities.
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The owner of the red car left the vehi-cle parked outside the Stoke Pharma-cy but forgot to put the handbrake on. The car gently glided down and across from its original park only coming to a stop when it hit the Mazda.A timely reminder to members of one of the many hazards of parking in Carparks!Patsy
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There are approximately 200,000 people in New Zea-land living with diabetes. Around 10% of these have type1 diabetes, and 90% have type 2 diabetes. Alarm-ingly, there could be another 100,000 people who have diabetes and don’t know it yet. Diabetes occurs when there is too much glucose (sug-ar) in the blood. Over time, this can cause damage to many parts of the body if it is not well controlled. There are two main types of diabetes: 1. Type 1 diabetes - the pancreas stops producing insulin. Mostly starts in childhood and is not related to body weight. 2. Type 2 diabetes - most common. Main risk factors are be-ing overweight or obese, family history and ethnicity. Type 2 diabetes is mostly seen in adults, but is now ap-pearing in teenagers as obesity increases. In this type,
the pancreas is not working ef-fectively so in-sulin becomes d e f e c t i v e (called insulin resistance).Key Points: 1. Diabetes is common and many peo-ple do not know they have it. Check with your nurse or doctor about a screening test. 2. 80% of all Type 2 diabetes is preventable if we keep to a healthy body weight, eat healthier foods and keep physically active. 3. Early treatment is important to reduce damage to your eyes, kidneys, heart, feet and brain. 4. Know your numbers and your risk. Visit www.bewell.org.nz/hp-
diabetes 5. Attend a Diabetes education course and learn as much as you can. 6. See your doctor/nurse for regular check-ups to assess your risk of developing heart disease or diabetes. 7. For those who are doing “finger prick” testing at home to monitor blood sugar levels check out the latest information from Pharmac on meters www.dia-betes.org.nz/news/pharmac_consultationAs the Diabetes Education and Awareness Co-ordinator for the Nelson region, I am available to provide information sessions to groups to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of diabetes and help dispel the myths and beliefs surround-ing diabetes.For people wanting more in-depth information about Type 2 diabetes, we have a timetable of 1-day community education sessions called “Liv-ing with Type 2 diabetes” which are held month-ly around the region. All education sessions are generally informal, interactive and presented in everyday language, making learning easy and en-joyable. The sessions are relevant to those with di-abetes / at risk of developing diabetes, or are car-ing for someone who has diabetes (in a personal or professional capacity).Contact Bee Williamson for more details:Phone (03) 539 1663, or call/text me on 021 409 552 www.bewell.org.nz/hpdiabetes
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Flu vaccinationRemember these are free to over 65’s and they do work. Make time to visit the Practice Nurse.WarmthRemember as you get older you need to keep warm. Invest in some thermals. Layering your clothing is the answer. Keep arms and legs warm. Try to keep your home warm. I know it is hard over the winter with electricity the price it is, but do the best you can.ExerciseModerate exercise is great for you wellbeing. Get out in any sun there is. You will feel better and it keeps depres-sion at bay. If you are housebound try to sit in the sun for a few minutes a day.Hand Washing I know this will seem strange to some, but the flu virus is spread by hand contact. Washing your hands more fre-quently over these colder months is one of the best ways to avoid colds and flu.A healthy winter to you all. Pam Schouten.
Keep Healthy Over WinterWinter is here again and it is timely that we remind mem-bers of points to keep you well and healthy over the cold-er months.A paraprosdokian is a phrase with an unexpected ending.
Some of these are clever:• Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.• Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.• Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.• To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.• A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.• Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?• Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.• Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?• Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.• Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t ex-pect it back.• Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.• Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others when-ever they go.• When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.• You’re never too old to learn something stupid.• A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.• Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
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Since our last report the committee has met with both lo-cal mayors and our MP Nick Smith.The 8 point plan to reform local government contains some very important recommendations. Councils should concentrate their efforts on their core responsibilities and NOT embark on activities that are normally carried out by the private sector such as motor races, soccer matches, major shows, and business ventures beyond the core re-sponsibilities of councils. Another major issue is rate in-creases and the government intends to align increases to inflation plus population growth. The increases signalled in the councils 10 year plans completely ignore this and it seems they are going for broke before their bubble bursts,debt is another item the government intends to tighten up on, but once again our councils have gone for broke and signalled massive increases in debt over the next 10 years. By 2022 the combined debt of the NCC and TDC is projected to be $500 million. The councils reckless disre-gard for its ratepayers is evident when one realises what it will cost to service such debt. Amalgamation is dead and buried.
Local Body Report By Errol Millar
We have written a very strong letter to the minister of local government highlighting the projected rate increases and increased debt over the next 10 years and demand he put a stop to these “go for broke” plans before legislation pulling councils in to line, is introduced. We have also asked him to investigate the initial granting of a loan to the Theatre Royal Trust for $1.2 million which is now in default. No repayments have been made on this loan and the Trust has little chance of ever repaying it. If the council decides to accept the theatre as a gift and clear the Trusts debts, so be it, but questions must be asked over the guarantees given when $1.2 mil-lion of public monies was originally advanced.We have also made submissions regarding the Nel-son City Councils applications for changes to am-plified noise on public reserves etc. The council throughout the notification process has continu-ally stated noise levels will not increase and have made many statements to imply that nothing will change. Unfortunately nothing could be further from the truth. We have opposed both consents on the grounds that misleading information has been given to the public. If you were fully aware of the implications of these applications we are sure there would be a strong backlash from those living near these sites.This is my last article as Chair of the Local Body Committee. I have tendered my resignation from the executive and I hope there a couple of members (One TDC and one NCC residents) who will join the executive to keep an eye on our two councils.
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By Addo Mulders NBUS is the new name for the new and improved local bus services which incorporate services from Nelson to Richmond and return plus local routes in and around the Nel-son area. The services are operated by the SBL Group on behalf of Nelson City Council.Nelson Grey Power has supported this new initiative from its inception and we hope that it will be used by members.It is regrettable that the Tas-man District Council did not find it appropriate to support this new service financially. The reason given was that too few Richmond rate payers would benefit from this service.To encourage patronage of the ser-vice we have asked the Nelson City
Council to add to their adver-tising the fact that passengers over 65 years old on presen-tation of their Gold card to the bus driver can travel for free on the NBUS
between 9am and 3pm.Gold Card user … you can help make the NBUS service a success.Another suggestion we have made to the Nelson City Council is to extend the NBUS services to Three Brothers Corner.
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vided for country bus passengers to park their vehicles and hop on the bus. It would also enable resi-dents living along the route such as Waimea Village and Motel Visitors to make use of the service. Also it would provide transport for anyone using Jubilee Park for sports events etc.The introduction of NBUS has be-come a challenge for the whole community to make it a success.
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Caring Counts ReportGrey Power wishes to congratu-late the Equal Employment Op-portunities Commissioner, Dr Judy McGregor on her comprehensive and well researched report on carers for the aged. Her work in aged care facilities shows her dedication to en-suring the report was as a result of first hand experiences.Her first recommendation that the minister for older people has a top ten Cabinet ranking is one that Grey Power has advocated for a long time.Recognition of the importance of the position of carers is well overdue and it is important that they are giv-en the opportunity to obtain Level 2 qualifications and higher. Society must acknowledge that the career of a carer in the aged sector is highly valued and they are an integral part of obtaining a quality of life as we
age. The remuneration they receive must reflect this.We fully support all 12 recommen-dations Dr McGregor has made in her report. The onus is now on all groups including ours to ensure that these recommendations are imple-mented within the time frame she has set out. Grey Power Applauds Recogni-tion of Mature Women as “Super Achievers” in Workplace Produc-tivity SurveyRecognition of the high value of ma-ture women to the work force in the Productivity Pulse Survey on work-place productivity just released by Ernst & Young is welcomed by Grey Power.“At a time when many younger com-mentators and politicians regard the rapid growth in the older segment
of the population as akin to a plague of possums that are going to wreck havoc to the economy and life as we know it and needs something simi-lar to an airdrop of 1080 poisoned carrots to fix, it is refreshing to have recognition of the huge contribution older workers make to the New Zea-land economy” said Mr Roy Reid, President of Grey Power New Zea-land.The survey of 1220 workers across major industries found that employ-ers estimated that up to 21% of work done was of no value to the business, and workers themselves estimated that about 15% of their time was wasted.Workers surveyed were split into four groups based on their value to the company. The top group were “super achiev-ers’ whom the survey found were
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NELSON COLLEGEAlthough not founded till 1856, Nelson College had its beginnings in the prospectus of the New Zealand Company. From land sales, 15,000 pounds was set aside for establishing a college and in 1847 these funds were transferred to a Board of Trustees. Nelson College began in a Manuka St house in 1856 with eight pupils, the first State secondary school in New Zealand.
more likely to be mature women with secondary school qualifications who have management responsibilities in small businesses. “In the same way as senior NCO’s are the backbone of the mili-tary, everyone with any work experience will have seen for themselves the key older women in businesses and organisa-tions who are expert in keeping the place organ-ised and functioning ef-fectively, usually keeping the boss in line as well as the workers.”This also highlights the fact that there is a grow-ing modern tenden-cy for over-education where solid work place experience and on the job training is becom-ing over-shadowed by a plethora of degrees, di-plomas and certification that require years in the class room at considera-
ble cost, when lesser for-mal academic education and more on the job ex-perience, would be more valuable.“The older commu-nity have a vast level of knowledge, experience and skill that is playing a major part in the nation-al economy and society, particularly important now that so many young people are leaving the country” said Mr.Reid, “and they have the po-tential to contribute even more, given similar general recognition of their value as highlight-ed in the survey, and the opportunity to join, or rejoin the workforce.”The Government in par-ticular should face up to this fact, and ensure that the public service is a truly Equal Opportuni-ties Employer and give older New Zealanders a fair go in the State em-ployment process.
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Mobility Scooter User CoursesNelson City Council or Tasman District Council. Cours-es offering practical hands-on training, including test drives, with scooters available to try out. The course includes finding the right scooter to suit the individual, safety and laws about using scooters, options for buying a scooter (e.g. Lottery grants) and maintenance and repair know-how for all skill levels. The course is available for all scooter users at subsidised rates.Contact: NCC – Margaret on Ph. 546 0390 TDC – Krista on Ph. 543 8551
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Melt the butter in a large saucepan, cook the onion & bacon for a few minutes then stir in the curry pow-der - stir for a few min-utes then add the kumara, pumpkin, potato & chick-en stock. Bring to the boil and sim-mer for 20 minutes un-
til the vegetables are soft. Blend or process the soup in batches until smooth. Return to the saucepan and add the cream, salt & Freshly ground pepper & parsley. Serve with chunks of crusty bread or whole-meal toast.
2 bay leaves salt and pepper to taste 50g butter 4 Tbsp flour 1 1/2 cups milk
Ham and Potato Chowder Use washed potatoes. If the skins are shiny and smooth, there is no need to peel them.
Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan. Saute the onion and celery for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes, ham, chicken stock and bay leaves and bring to the boil. Cook on medium heat un-til tender, about 15 min-utes. Season. In a separate saucepan or
microwave bowl, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and cook for a few seconds to thicken. Slowly stir in the milk and simmer on low heat, until thick. Stir this roux into the potato mixture and cook until heated through. Serves 4-6.
Curried Kumara and Pumpkin Chowder50 g butter1 large onion chopped6 rashers of bacon, chopped coarsley1 teaspoon of curry powder or to taste of mild curry powder )1 kg of peeled chopped Kumara
1 kg of peeled chopped Pumpkin2 large potatoes peeled & chopped6 cups of chicken stock1 cup creamSalt & freshly ground black pepper to taste & parsley
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