The Happy Whisperer RM Begg Newsletter. Issue No. 2, February 2014
RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care Inc.
27-35 Epping Street, Kyneton, Victoria 3444 [email protected] Ph. 03 5422 2417or 03 5422 2506
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Tu e s d ay 4 t h F e b r u a r y
1 0 . 3 0 a m
Special Events Activities
Tues 4th-Bocce 2pm
Mon 5th-Sing a long 10.30am
Thurs 13th-Twighlighters Entertain-
ment 2pm
Fri 14th-Valentine’s Day Bingo 2pm
Mon17th-St Patrick’s Day Sing a long
10.30am
Wed 21st-Sugar & Spice Entertainer
2pm.
Mon 24th-Charades 2pm
Fri 28th-RSL Luncheon Bus Leaving
11.30am
PODIATRIST visits Tuesday 11th &
25th February
LIBRARY visit Wed 5th & Wed 26th
February @ 1pm
Sunday Church Roster
2nd– Jaxon and Kirsten with music by
John Boyd.
9th-Janelle Parkinson with music by
John Boyd.
16th-David Young with music by John
Boyd.
23rd-John & Jeanne Van Groningen.
Please note: We have a few comments & suggestions about decorating the courtyard areas.
The landscaping company responsible are due to return soon
when they are working on Stage 2 to add some finishing touches like pots & plants when the hot weather is over.
Cooking with Leni
is held every Wednesday @ 1pm in
Lauriston/Langley activity area.
Leni & her group make some
delicious goodies.
Everyone is welcome to come along & help
or watch.
During February RMB are holding a Dental Awareness focus.
Amanda Miranda & Carleen Coxhell will have info sessions for staff
& residents.
Do you know someone with some spare time.
Maybe they would like to join
our volunteers?
There are many different ways to help and is
very rewarding. It doesn’t need to take a lot of
time… Just one hour a week would be great!
Please see our CEO Sarah Collier for more
information.
We welcome new
resident
Mrs. Cora Bayley.
We hope you are settling in well.
We farewell Ted Russell, who is
moving with his family.
We wish Ted all the best for
the future.
Birthday Wishes Go Out To…
Residents
4th-Evelyn Klitzing
5th-Val Rolins
9th-Trevor Tippetts
11th-Phyllis Cheney
18th-Hilda Tippetts
18th-Wilma Foreman
25th-Alec McMeekin
Staff
3rd-Josie Rao
6th-Sue Garraway
6th-Jo Kalinowski
14th-Froilan Alega
21st-Millie Stevens
26th-Mary Pritchard
28th-John Daniels
A POTTED HISTORY ON
SPECTACLES The earliest technology of magnification of images dates back to around 1000 A.D. The first visual aid instruments were reading stones. Those who had invented them observed that a convex shaped glass could magnify the image of a small object. These reading stones were developed to help monks in reading and writing. The monks with presbyopia used reading stones that were placed on the reading material as magnifying glasses. In the 9th century Abbas Ibn Firnas developed a way to produce very clear glass and he is said to be the first to use corrective lenses. These glasses could be shaped and polished into round rocks. The Venetians started to make reading stones out of glass that were placed on the reading material. They later learned to produce them with glass lenses that could be held in front of the eye instead of being onto the text. The first spectacles with its frame and sidebars were probably made in 1268 in Pisa, Italy, but it was not known who invented them. The paintings by Tomasso da Modena in 1352 represent the earliest artis-tic representation of eyeglasses. His paint-ings showed monks reading and copying manuscripts, one using magnifying glass while another had glasses that were perched on his nose. By the 1400s, Florence, Italy became a leader in sale, production and in-novation of high quality eyeglasses. It has already been documented that vision de-clined after the age of 30 and the concept of five-years glasses were made in Florence. Prescriptions were changed every five years
as the glasses user aged . Later, eyeglasses were being exported from Italy to other parts of Europe. They could be found in different styles, compositions, and cost and they were most certainly affordable and considered a necessity by every level of society. In the 17th century, Germany became a major player in the history of eyeglasses as it started producing some of the finest looking frames for eyeglasses, while Italy continued to produce the best quality lens. Over time, the construction of spectacle frames also evolved. Early eyepieces were designed to be held in place either by hand or by exerting pressure on the nose (pince-nez). The earliest spectacles were made from quartz lenses which were designed to be held in place either by hand or by placing on the nose ( pince-nez) which of course was a problem, since noses have different shapes and sides. The modern style of glasses was developed in 1730, when Lon-don optician Edward Scarlett devised rigid side pieces that rest atop the ears. This kind of eyeglasses is still in use today. The American scientist Benjamin Franklin, who suffered from both myopia and presbyopia, grew weary of having to switch between distances and reading glasses and developed the bifocal lens in 1784. The lorgnette, a pair of glasses with a handle, was developed in the 18th century. In the 18th century the monocle was introduced and was very popular in the 19th century particularly in Germany and Russia. The British astronomer George Airy developed the first lenses for correct-ing astigmatism in 1825. By the 20th cen-tury, both in America and Europe eye glass-es were produced to be functional, comfort-able, and stylish. Today, we continue to dis-cover newer, lightweight material for lenses and produce both framed and frameless eyeglasses.
"Doctor, doctor! I need glasses!"
"You certainly do, ma'am. This is a barber shop."
COOKING LADIES-CHRISTMAS 2013 The two weeks before Christmas saw the ladies in Lauriston and Langley get very active in their cooking endeavours. On the first occasion more than 160 ginger bread shapes were made to share with all the residents in RMBegg. There were stars, trees, bells, angels and even reindeer with their antlers still attached after baking! These were all then iced in seasonal colours and packaged in little bags and tagged for delivery next day. Joan and Audrey then took them around to all the residents. The biscuits were very well received. The next week several rounds of butter shortbread were made amounting to 120 biscuits! They were melt-in-the-mouth and once again were very well received by fellow residents!
(Above) Audrey, Leni and
Joan setting off to distribute
the packets of biscuits.
(Below) Ready for icing.
(Above) Netta and Joan icing
the biscuits.
(Above) Dawn preparing
labels.
(Above Top) Netta, Joan and
Audrey icing the biscuits.
H A P P Y H O U R We are now holding ‘Happy
Hour’ in Langley every Thursday at 4pm.
Come along & enjoy a sherry, beer, shandy or lemonade & a chat with the other residents!
All Welcome...
A POTTED HISTORY OF THE MODERN ROSE The Queen of Flowers, the Rose has been grown and loved by man from earliest times. There are about 125 different species of roses occurring naturally throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arctic to the tropics, with many species freely hybridizing in the wild. The first known representations of roses have been dated somewhere between 1700 and 2000 BC and by about 1200 AD, the earliest domesticated groups, the Albas, Centifolias, Damasks, Gallicas and Scots Roses had already begun to evolve. For many hundreds of years in European gardens, these early roses grew and most flowered once a year, usually in Spring, with an abundance of blooms in lovely delicate colours ranging from white through to pink, purple and maroon. At the end of the eighteenth century, the discovery and importing from China of
four China and Tea-scented roses, hybrids and Rosa chinensis, revolutionized rose breeding. These roses, known as the ‘Stud Chinas’, not only flowered repeatedly throughout the year and so introduced the recurrent flowering gene, but they brought yellow and crimson to the previously limited range of colours. At the same time, the Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon, was keenly amassing a collection of roses which she planted together in the first recorded ‘rose garden’. With her interest, rose growing became very fashionable and led to amazing and feverish activity among rose breeders. For the first time, they used planning ra-ther than chance to produce roses with desirable characteristics and this resulted in new groups of roses, i.e., Portlands, Boursalts, Bourbons, Hybrid Perpetuals and Noisettes and thousands of new vari-eties. In 1867, a cross between a Hybrid Perpetual and a Tea rose created ‘La France’, the first of the Hybrid Tea roses and it is from this line that our modern roses and such favourites as ‘Peace’ have developed. Australia has produced a number of rose breeders, the best known being Alister Clark of ‘Glenara’, Victoria who in the 1920s used Rosa gigantea with selected Hybrid Tea roses of the day to produce such successful and popular roses as ‘Black Boy’ and ‘Lorraine Lee’.
ON THIS DAY........FEBRUARY 3rd–Ronald Ryan became the last
execution in Australia in 1967. 5th–The Welcome Stranger Australia’s
largest gold nugget was found in Moliagul Vic in 1869.It weighed 2284
ounces (almost 70 kilograms!) 8th–Famous Australian swimmer Susie
O’Neill was born in 1973. 10th–Golfing great Greg Norman was
born on this day in 1955. 11th–Chad Morgan was born on this day
in 1933. 12th–Carmen Lawrence became the first Australian female Premier when she won
the election for Western Australia in 1988.
13th–Australia first terrorist attack happened in 1978 when the Hilton Hotel
in Sydney was bombed. 14th–Decimal currency is introduced in
Australia in 1966, replacing pounds, shillings & pence.
17th-Australian Poet A.B “Banjo”Paterson was born in 1864.
17th–Australian comedian Barry Humphries was born in 1934.
17th–Darwin was bombed by the Japanese in 1942.
26th–Australian Icon Sir Donald Bradman died on this day in 2001.
27th–Betty Cuthbert ran the 60 meter dash in 7.2 seconds establishing a World
Record in 1960.
FUN FACTS ABOUT VALENTINES DAY
In Japan, Valentine's day is usually the female's responsibility. White Day, on March 14th, is the man's turn to reciprocate On Valentine's day, women give men chocolate gifts. This is supposed to be an expression of love, courtesy or social obligation. A hand-made chocolate is considered to be a sign that the man who receives it is the woman's "only one." Starting in 1978, White Day was promoted by the National Confectionary Industry Association. It is supposed to be the answer day to Valentine's. Traditional gifts on this day are cookies, jewelry, white chocolate, white lingerie and marshmallows. The often cited rule is that the gift on this day should be three times as expensive as the one received on Valentine's. Valentine's Day is banned in Saudi Arabia. The nation has a religious police force that uphold the annual ban with sup-port from the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. Every-thing related to the holiday is prohibited - candy, flowers, gifts...even the color red! It's outlawed based on a fatwa, or Islamic legal ruling, against pagan holidays. They
may have a good point. Even though the holiday often has the word "Saint" preceding it, most of the Valentine's day traditions are rooted in a pagan fertility celebration. The Saudi officials have recently reminded its citizens about the ban in lieu of the growing popularity of the holiday in the Arab world. Retailers, restaurants, and hotels in the region in particular have been aggressively promoting the holiday, which is really good for business. There are actually 2 St. Valentines whose feast day it is today. Seems that the apostrophe on St. Valentine's is written one letter too soon. While numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine, two are being celebrated by the Catholic Church today. One is Valentine of Rome, who was a Roman priest martyred around the year AD 269. His relics are displayed in a Church in Rome and Dublin. The second is Valentine of Terni, who was the bishop of Interama around the year AD 197. He was martyred by Emperor Aurelian. Both Saints were buried on Via Flaminia, in Rome. Valentine of Terni's relics are in display at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni. There is a third St. Valentine mentioned in early martyrologies but not much is known about him. Interestingly, neither Saints' histories mention any romantic elements in their biographies. The first romantic association with Valentine's Day didn't happen until the year 1382.
T R U E O R FA L S E
The T-Shirt was invented in 1904
and was marketed to bachelors who
couldn’t sew or replace buttons!
There are at
least 6 people
in the world
who look
exactly like you.
There’s a 9%
chance that
you’ll meet one
of them in your
lifetime!
W O R D F I T P U Z Z L E 1
W O R D F I T P U Z Z L E 2
GIVING APPEAL Our Giving Appeal was launched in January 2012 for
donations towards costs of building our new facility.
Total $739,628 All donations that we receive are greatly appreciated and we thank
everyone for their contributions.
FUNDRAISING Thank you to those who have made donations
Our total so far is $47,454! Our fundraising efforts for our new facility are now growing.
If you would like to make a donation please complete the form below and return to our CEO Sarah Collier, RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care Inc
YES I want to make a gift of $_______to RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care
Please find my cheque/cash enclosed.
Name_____________________Address________________________
_________________________Postcode_______Ph_______________
Email__________________________
Go on you gotta say it..! “Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter, sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles. If Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter,sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles, where is the sieve of un-sifted thistles Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter, sifted?”
Loose Change Fundraiser.
Did you know the average person
collects $35.00 in loose change each month in a cup
or jar? We are launching a loose change program, a
fun and
simple way for people to financially support RM
Begg by collecting their loose change and donating it
to our rebuilding program.
We hope to see lots of coins making a difference to
our fundraising efforts!
We’re excited that Bendigo Bank is our partner in
this program. They have
generously donated 150 piggy banks and we thank
them for their support!
The piggy banks are available for
collection at RM Begg reception. When they are full
you can return them to us or take them to a local
Bendigo Bank branch for depositing.
Thank you for your support!
SUGGESTIONS The suggestions slip can be used to give suggestions about anything at all!
We still have our Comments/Complaints form that you can use if you want to. We thought that the suggestion slip would be convenient attached to the
newsletter and you could jot down any ideas that you may have. Please fill out this form & drop it in to one of the suggestion boxes. There is one in the Coffee
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Words of Wise Wisdom
One good turn gets the duvet.
The early worm gets eaten!
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither theory works.
The second mouse gets the cheese.
Hotel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone.
Never kick a fresh cowpat on a hot day.
Even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a
valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable
plant.
To cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up.
A n s w e r s t o T R U E O R F A L S E
A n s w e r s t o W O R D F I T 1
DID YOU KNOW?
Winston Churchill’s
famous witticisms were
planned weeks in advance
by studying the issues and
imagining all possible
social interactions. He did
this to combat a speech
impediment.
There are really only 23
hours, 56 minutes, and
four seconds in a day, not
24 hours.
Canada has more lakes
than the rest of the world
combined.
Mars has the tallest
mountain in the Solar
System.
They have square
watermelons in Japan,
because they stack better.
90% of the rubbish in the
ocean is plastic.
Europe is the world’s
second smallest continent
but has the second largest
population.
There have been over
20,000 books written
about the game of Chess.
Fast food restaurants use
yellow, red and orange
because those are the
colours that stimulate
hunger.
In Peru, it is tradition to
give friends and family
yellow underpants on New
Years Eve.
A n s w e r s t o W O R D F I T 2
Question: You have a
cup placed on a table.
You are pointing
towards the North and
the cup is facing
towards the South. On
witch side is the cup’s
handle?
Answer: No matter in which way the cup is facing, it's handle will always be on the outside.
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY1 2
10.00-Morning Tea 10.00-Morning Tea
Family & Friends Visit Family & Friends Visit
1.00-Movie Time 1.00-Movie Time
3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
3 4 5 6 7 8 99.30Church Service 9.30Chair Yoga 9.30-Chair Exercises 9.30 Chair exercises & 9.30-Chair Exercises 10.00-Morning Tea 10.00-Morning Tea
10.00-Morning Tea & Balance exercises 10.30-Sing a long
9.30 Chair exercises &
walking group 10.30 Scrabble Family & Friends Visit Family & Friends Visit
10.30- Musical Bingo 10.30 Residents 1.00 Cooking with Leni 10.00 morning tea 10.30 Gardening 1.00-Movie Time 1.00-Movie Time
1.15-Chair Exercises Meeting 1.00 Library 10.30-Busy Fingers 2.00 BOBs 3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
2.00- Mind Games 2.00 BOCCE 2.00-Bowls 1.00 Uniting Church 3.00-Afternoon Tea
3.00 Afternoon tea 3.00 Afternoon tea 3.30 Anglican Service 2.00-Bingo
10 11 12 13 14 15 169.30Church Service 9.30Chair Yoga 9.30-Chair Exercises 9.30 Chair exercises & 9.30-Chair Exercises 10.00-Morning Tea 10.00-Morning Tea
10.00-Morning Tea & Balance exercises 10.30-Art for Fun
9.30 Chair exercises &
walking group 10.30 Scrabble Family & Friends Visit Family & Friends Visit
10.30- Sing a long 10.00-Morning Tea 1.00 Cooking with Leni 10.00 morning tea 10.30 Gardening 1.00-Movie Time 1.00-Movie Time
1.15-Chair Exercises 10.30 Hookey 2.00-Bowls 10.30-Busy Fingers 2.00 Valentines Bingo 3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
2.00- Indoor Croquet 2.00 BOCCE 3.00-Afternoon Tea 2.00-The Twilighters 3.00-Afternoon Tea
3.00 Afternoon tea 3.00 Afternoon tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
17 18 19 20 21 22 239.30Church Service 9.30Chair Yoga 9.30-Chair Exercises 9.30 Chair exercises & 9.30-Chair Exercises 10.00-Morning Tea 10.00-Morning Tea
10.00-Morning Tea & Balance exercises 10.30-Sing a long
9.30 Chair exercises &
walking group 10.30 Scrabble Family & Friends Visit Family & Friends Visit
10.30- St.Pat's Day 10.00-Morning Tea 1.00 Cooking with Leni 10.00 morning tea 10.30 Gardening 1.00-Movie Time 1.00-Movie Time
sing a long 10.30 BOBs 2.00-Bowls 10.30-Busy Fingers 2.00 Sugar & Spice- 3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
1.15-Chair Exercises 2.00 BOCCE 3.00-Afternoon Tea 2.00-Bingo entertainer
2.00- Mind Games 3.00 Afternoon tea 3.30 Anglican Service 3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
24 25 26 27 289.30Church Service 9.30Chair Yoga 9.30-Chair Exercises 9.30 Chair exercises & 9.30-Chair Exercises
10.00-Morning Tea & Balance exercises 10.30-Art for Fun
9.30 Chair exercises &
walking group 10.30 Scrabble
10.30- Sing a long 10.00-Morning Tea 1.00 Cooking with Leni 10.00 morning tea 11.30 RSL Luncheon
1.15-Chair Exercises 10.30 Hookey 1.00 Library 10.30-Busy Fingers 2.00 Art/craft
2.00- Charades 2.00 BOCCE 2.00-Bowls 2.00-Bingo 3.00 Afternoon Tea
3.00 Afternoon tea 3.00 Afternoon tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY1 2
10.00-Morning Tea 10.00-Morning Tea
Family & Friends Visit Family & Friends Visit
1.00-Movie Time 1.00-Movie Time
3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
3 4 5 6 7 8 99.30Church Service 9.30Chair Yoga 9.30-Chair Exercises 9.30 Chair exercises & 9.30-Chair Exercises 10.00-Morning Tea 10.00-Morning Tea
10.00-Morning Tea & Balance exercises 10.30-Sing a long
9.30 Chair exercises &
walking group 10.30 Scrabble Family & Friends Visit Family & Friends Visit
10.30- Musical Bingo 10.30 Residents 1.00 Cooking with Leni 10.00 morning tea 10.30 Gardening 1.00-Movie Time 1.00-Movie Time
1.15-Chair Exercises Meeting 1.00 Library 10.30-Busy Fingers 2.00 BOBs 3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
2.00- Mind Games 2.00 BOCCE 2.00-Bowls 1.00 Uniting Church 2.00 L&L program
3.00-L&L Program 2.00 L&L Program 3.30 Anglican Service 2.00-Bingo
10 11 12 13 14 15 169.30Church Service 9.30Chair Yoga 9.30-Chair Exercises 9.30 Chair exercises & 9.30-Chair Exercises 10.00-Morning Tea 10.00-Morning Tea
10.00-Morning Tea & Balance exercises 10.30-Art for fun
9.30 Chair exercises &
walking group 10.30 Scrabble Family & Friends Visit Family & Friends Visit
10.30- Sing a long 10.00-Morning Tea 1.00 Cooking with Leni 10.00 morning tea 10.30 Gardening 1.00-Movie Time 1.00-Movie Time
1.15-Chair Exercises 10.30 Hookey 2.00-Bowls 10.30-Busy Fingers 2pm Valentine's Bingo 3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
2.00- Indoor Croquet 2.00 BOCCE 2.00 L&L Program 2.00-The Twilighters 2.00 L&L program
3.00-L&L Program 2.00 L&L Program 3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-L&L Program
17 18 19 20 21 22 239.30Church Service 9.30Chair Yoga 9.30-Chair Exercises 9.30 Chair exercises & 9.30-Chair Exercises 10.00-Morning Tea 10.00-Morning Tea
10.00-Morning Tea & Balance exercises 10.30-Sing a long
9.30 Chair exercises &
walking group 10.30 Scrabble Family & Friends Visit Family & Friends Visit
10.30- St.Pat's Day 10.00-Morning Tea 1.00 Cooking with Leni 10.00 morning tea 10.30 Gardening 1.00-Movie Time 1.00-Movie Time
1.15-Chair Exercises 10.30 Bobs 2.00-Bowls 10.30-Busy Fingers 2.00 Sugar & Spice 3.00-Afternoon Tea 3.00-Afternoon Tea
2.00- Mind Games 2.00 BOCCE 2.00 L&L Program 2.00-Bingo 2.00 L&L program
3.00-L&L Program 2.00 L&L Program 3.30 Anglican Service 3.00-L&L Program
24 25 26 27 289.30Church Service 9.30Chair Yoga 9.30-Chair Exercises 9.30 Chair exercises & 9.30-Chair Exercises
10.00-Morning Tea & Balance exercises 10.30-Art for fun
9.30 Chair exercises &
walking group 10.30 Scrabble
10.30- Sing a long 10.00-Morning Tea 1.00 Cooking with Leni 10.00 morning tea 11.00 RSL Luncheon
1.15-Chair Exercises 10.30 Hookey 1.00 Library 10.30-Busy Fingers 2.00 Art/Craft
2.00- Charades 2.00 BOCCE 2.00-Bowls 2.00-Bingo 2.00 L&L program
3.00-L&L Program 2.00 L&L Program 2.00 L&L Program 3.00-L&L Program
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RM Begg Services
Laundry
Meals
Cleaning
Personal Care
Pastoral Care
Hairdressing
Happy Whisperer Newsletter
Visiting Allied Health Professionals
Counselling, Activities (in house and External)
Visiting Psychologist
Diabetes Educator
Social Worker
Speech Pathologist
Clinical Care
Continence Management
Wound Management
Palliative Care
Podiatry
Physiotherapist
Dietician
Specialists
Accredited Pharmacist
Consulting GP's
Aged Persons Mental Health Team
Dental Van
Support provided by
Palliative Care Team
District Nursing Service
