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Magazine August Edition 2016 SOUTHERN magazine August Edition 2016 Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about. – Marilyn Monroe SOUTHERN Message from the CONTENTS PUT YOUR EDITOR 4 DINAH official opening HAT ON magazine The Welcome to Country started 6 Pairing father and daughter but when he finished, Tony Lee through art AND COME SOUTHERN CROSS CARE said, “If you have a good heart, you (SA & NT) PUBLICATION are welcome in this country”. It August Edition 2016 9 In the humidity, there’s a cool WITH ME spoke volumes to me why we all love solitude of peace at Pearl 151 Greenhill Road, Parkside Australia. We all deserve our time to shine; it’s taking the opportunities South Australia 5063 10 World Elder Abuse Day to show what we can do. This PO Box 155 quarter has been a shining example Glen Osmond of major achievements from the 12 Philip Kennedy Centre foyer South Australia 5064 official openings of DINAH at Pearl opening in Darwin to Oakfield Lodge in the South Australia Adelaide Hills. It has also been a time 14 Faced with a future of 1800 180 781 to shine with our Health & Wellbeing "you will never walk again", Northern Territory services winning their award for 1800 894 375 Innovation in Services; what a busy where do you go? The way you wear your hat, headgear. They capture many memories for people from all walks of life. Such as this memory Phone time we have had. 08 8291 8000 15 Foundations of art The way you sip your tea, from a resident: In this edition, we share the Fax activities and stories about the “I came to Australia in 1947. When I started going 16 Oakfield official opening The mem’ry of all that 08 8291 8001 things that help make your life to church, most of the ladies wore ordinary hats. better, and additionally, some of No, no! My husband bought me a cap. My father wore a Web 18 Southern Cross Stars Awards cap, but it was always in his pocket. If you look at southerncrosscare.com.au the things to look forward to such They can’t take that away from me! the streets in Berlin, there were lots of cafes, and Southern Cross Care (SA & NT) Inc as our SALA Exhibition! ARBN 129 895 905, 19 Writers Group you could see all the ladies with hats.” We encourage you to take the (Shall we Dance, music by Gershwin) South Australia, liability limited. opportunity to nominate your Within Southern Cross Care residential sites, favourite ‘Southern Star’, whether residents will be creating their art forms through COVER IMAGE they be an individual, volunteer, The SALA art projects, with art direction and final reminiscing about for example, their favourite ANNI FRITZ, VOLUNTEER team or service and keep smiling. curation by Mary Freer, embraces and celebrates hat that blew away, the time they had to eat their creativity and self-expression, through a display hat or come with their hat in hand, and basically All information correct at time interpreting the “hat” theme in their own way in of printing July 2016 of artwork which has been inspired by the meaningful stories and work of our customers. In the lead up to the final curation and exhibition. the development of the final exhibition, the hat The exhibition is open to the wider South theme hopes to delve into the minds of our older Australian community and viewers will be invited generation, tap into their creative expression and to become participants at the exhibition through showcase a collection of their thoughts which various means – and you’ll have to put on your hat have been transformed into art. and come with me to see the exhibition. Why hats? Hats have been around for a very long Send your mail to Soundcloud time. It is impossible to say when the first animal Charlie Robinson Wherever you see this skin was pulled over a head as protection against SALA Exhibition 151 Greenhill Road symbol you can hear this the elements and, although this was not a hat in “Put your hat on and come with me” Parkside SA 5063 article on Soundcloud! the true sense, it was realised that covering your head could sometimes be an advantage. Since State Library of South Australia ‘The Hub’ their invention, hats have come and gone as Email Visit Exhibition open from 8 August – 31 August status symbols, uniforms and fashion statements Att: Charlie soundcloud.com/ as well as being functional sports and protective [email protected] southerncrosscare August Edition 2016 | 3 DINAH official opening DINAH Wing was officially opened in the presence of His Honour the Honourable John Hardy OAM, Administrator of the Northern Territory and Mrs Hardy, with the blessing by the Most Rev Eugene Hurley DD, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Darwin. Dignitaries also in attendance included Mrs by Vin Kenneally Architects compensate for Natasha Griggs, MP Member for Soloman; The reduced sensory, cognitive and motor capacity Right Worshipful Katrina Fong Lim, The Lord to maximise independence. There are external Mayor of Darwin; Wendy Ah Chin, State Manager patios, courtyards and verandas, with gardens NT Department of Health; and Vin Keneally, and shade structures appropriate to the climate Principal, Vin Keneally Architects. and providing a valuable connection with nature. There are now also chickens; they flew to Darwin The Welcome to Country was given by Tony Lee, under the watchful eye of the fabulous Qantas who finished with, “If you have a good heart, you attendants. are welcome in this country”. What a beautiful quote. Darwin has a low percentage of people aged over 65 compared to national levels; however, in the Brendon Bowler, our Board Chairman spoke of the over 65 aged group reports are that there is above journey Darwin had been on, from the moment national percentages of need for assistance for the piece of land “stood out like a pearl in the red people with their daily living needs. earth” to opening the residential care services five years ago, to now officially opening the new wing, Southern Cross Care has gone the extra mile to focusing on people living with dementia. provide a place that is homelike, and respects privacy, dignity, safety and security, while We came together in celebration to welcome supporting a person’s capacity to feel engaged, all to Dinah; the new 20 room extension located valued and comfortable. at Pearl. The design and colours selected 4 | Southern Cross Care (SA&NT) The pairing of father and daughter through art, voluntarily There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. When John Gregory Brown speaks of Anni’s art work, his eyes beam with pride. It can be a dilemma faced by many family We’ve asked people before, what they enjoy members, “how do we immerse ourselves into our most about living at Pearl? They always respond parent’s world now they are in residential care?” with, “It’s that feeling of living in a peaceful and supportive community.” John and Anni have made a perfect paring. Anni is an artist and now volunteers with us every Friday As for John, he loves his days; he’s either in his morning at the Pearl café, running art classes. room creating jigsaw puzzles online using his iPad, or hanging out helping Anni with her art You get a sense of vibrancy when you walk inside class when she needs him. On Fridays they have Pearl… from smiles on faces to the colourful art on a treat and go to lunch in town where he says, his walls; it’s in part due to Anni’s work. favourite are the oysters! She takes the shapes and colours painted by our Could life get any better? residents to transform them into personalised artworks which hang on the walls in place of traditional prints. 6 Southern Cross Care (SA&NT) Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got. – Steven Pressfield In the humidity, there’s a cool solitude of peace at Pearl Darwin is where our resident Jill Pontifex lives. In a cool solitude of trees After a rewarding teacher/librarian career in Where leaves and birds a music spin, Adelaide, Jill moved to Darwin with her husband Mind that was weary is at ease, to help with the city’s rejuvenation efforts New rhythms in the soul begin. after Cyclone Tracy. She had the prized job of redeveloping the two main school libraries in – William Kean Seymour, Darwin and says it was certainly one of her career The Cats of Rome highlights. Jill is no stranger to helping within struggling Darwin could be heralded as a location where communities, at work and at home; however while new rhythms in the soul began; especially after caring for her husband and considering herself Cyclone Tracy hit. And, there are many residents a strong individual, she ended up in residential whose own personal history is well entrenched in care after a stroke. Her days are spent staying its rejuvenation. connected to her community of friends through There have also been many articles, books and her letter writing, which she devotes time to after stories written about Cyclone Tracy over the years.
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