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feros 2021 SUMMER COVER STORY FEARLESS IS BACK, BOLDER THAN EVER VIRTUAL SOCIAL CENTRE GETS FROTHY BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS WITH NAS CAMPANELLA IN THIS ISSUE ABOUT FEROS CARE Feros Care is a not-for-profit people care organisation caring for seniors and 03 CEO’s Word people with disability across Australia. 04 Feros News We support people to live healthy, 06 Making a mark for mental socially connected and fulfilling lives. health support We call it Growing Bold! 07 Norma proves anything is possible 08 Fearless is back – bolder than ever CONTACT US 11 Virtual Social Centre gets frothy FEROS CARE BUSINESS CENTRE Level 3, The Strand 12 Accessible cookbook for 72–80 Marine Parade (Locked Bag 1) people with disability Coolangatta QLD 4225 13 Housing and Ph: 07 5669 0555 Fax: 07 5536 7520 Homelessness Project Email: [email protected] Feros Central Aged Care Hotline 14 Life-changing technology Ph: 1300 763 583 Fax: 1300 850 770 for seniors Email: [email protected] 15 Top tips for overcoming Feros Care Local Area Coordination fear of technology Ph: 1300 986 970 Email: [email protected] 16 Be Someone For Someone update FEROS VILLAGE BANGALOW 18 Breaking down barriers 6 Byron Bay Road (PO Box 329) with Nas Campanella Bangalow NSW 2479 Ph: 02 6687 2379 Fax: 02 6687 2286 Gran Slam 2020 20 Email: [email protected] 22 Bold brilliance FEROS VILLAGE BYRON BAY Here's to our Nurses 24 29–33 Marvell Street (PO Box 585) 26 Soul sista sings praises of Byron Bay NSW 2481 the virtual platform Ph: 02 6685 7676 Fax: 02 6685 5176 Email: [email protected] 27 Language of inclusion connects cultures FEROS VILLAGE WOMMIN BAY 28 In Great Company update 1 McKissock Drive Kingscliff NSW 2487 30 Board update Ph: 02 6674 4177 Fax: 02 6674 4171 31 Reviews Email: [email protected] 32 Social news FEROS CARE TECHNOLOGY 34 Brain games Unit 22–23/25 Ourimbah Road Tweed Heads NSW 2485 36 Thank you to our Feros Ph: 1300 851 771 Care Kindness Warriors feroscare.com.au/technology JOIN US ON FACEBOOK facebook.com/feroscare feroscare.com.au 2 FEROS MAGAZINE CEO’S WORD WELCOME TO THE SUMMER 2021 EDITION OF FEROS MAGAZINE s I write this in late 2020, I’m of all, NSW and QLD senior slam is now in Season 2 – with Season feeling optimistic about what poets going head-to-head in a final 3 on the horizon for 2021. Our A2021 will look like for our battle. Read all about it on page 20. charitable initiative, Be Someone communities. More connections, For Someone has continued the more innovation – more growing People are the centre of our fight to end loneliness (page 16) bold. I hope you are feeling that organisation, and we love to while In Great Company continues same optimism, and I urge you to celebrate their successes, their to connect seniors with like-minded reach out to us here at Feros Care journeys and their lives. That’s volunteers (page 28). if we can support you. why you’ll find plenty of stories about people in this, and all At Feros Care we have the privilege I’m also feeling proud of what our magazines. Take Norma – of working with a wonderfully we’ve achieved during one of the page 7, who is winning back her involved and proactive board. most turbulent times I can recall. independence with the right Three of our long-standing board COVID-19 threw up many obstacles support. Or Local Area Coordinator members retired in 2020 and on which our people found ways over Sarah Shipton – page 6 who is behalf of myself, and all of us at or around, to make sure we could making a mark in the mental Feros Care, we thank you. Find out follow through on what we set out health space. more about them on page 30. to do. Our cover story is a shining I hope you and yours remain safe example of this. Fearless Season 2 There’s plenty more inside and well in this tumultuous time. was already a massive undertaking the cover! The focus for Feros While we're proactively contacting – with people participating right magazine is information and our clients and participants to make across the country. Varying enjoyment. We’d love to hear your sure they’re safe, if there is anything restrictions caused some delays feedback and any suggestions we might be able to do to support to filming, but as always it all came for the magazine. You can email you, please get in touch. In the together in the end. Meet the stars [email protected] and meantime, I hope you enjoy reading of Fearless Season 2, who are it will be gratefully received. this edition of your Feros Magazine. growing bold with disability on We’re determined to keep helping page 8. people to Grow Bold in their own Another returning favourite in way, and to inspire an inclusive, 2020 is Gran Slam! The format has connected and vibrant community. changed a little this round, with We’re delighted to share that our Jennene Buckley virtual sessions and, most exciting podcast, Grow Bold with Disability CEO SUMMER 2021 3 FEROS NEWS FIVE GENERATIONS AT FEROS CARE In September we celebrated Aged Care Services Generational Awareness Week. At Feros Care we recognise the strength of our diverse workforce, and how much richer this makes the service we provide to our clients. Having five generations brings energy, creativity, fresh ideas, wisdom, experience, resilience and hopefully a lot of surprises to keep us all on our toes. Celebrating age and generational diversity is one aspect of diversity that can sometimes be forgotten. That’s why it was so exciting, in the lead up to Generational Awareness Week to discover that our team members span five generations! In fact, we were so excited we decided to host a photo shoot so we could capture them all! WHAT ARE THE GENERATIONS? Born between Silent Generation 1928–1945 Boomers 1946–1964 Generation X 1965–1980 Millennials 1981–1996 Generation Z 1997–2012 R U OK?DAY A BIG VIRTUAL SUCCESS! Feros Care staff were able to Mates – a live, interactive enjoy R U OK?Day virtually this music session. To top it year, coming together online off we were able to film to focus on mental wellbeing. a live conversation with The R U OK? sessions R U OK?Day Ambassador included Staying Mentally Alistair Schubach on Healthy, Seated Tai Chi, supporting people who Meditation and Music for may be struggling. 4 FEROS MAGAZINE ASK GRAN NOT GOOGLE SEES THE SUNRISE AT ELANORA! After many grandparents not being and grandparents. We even had a able to visit schools in person guest appearance by Swoop – the during 2020, in October we were school mascot. lucky enough to hold a fantastic The students asked some searing Ask Gran Not Google Session at questions like – Have you ever Elanora State School – attended by seen a Dodo bird, Did you get a great bunch of students, teachers in trouble at school and What is Beatlemania? One of the Grans was among the screaming fans when the Beatles first arrived in Sydney! All the fun was captured by the team at 7 Sunrise and everyone enjoyed their moment in the sun. Ask Gran Not Google is a fun way of making Australians aware of the value of seniors and inter- generational connections. We make sure seniors don’t feel invisible and their wisdom is valued. Catch up on everything Ask Gran Not Google on page 22. A MARCH FOR EQUALITY AND INCLUSIVITY EXPLODES IN A SEA OF PRIDE AND UNITY IN MACKAY Sitting high above the gleaming was traditionally a Pioneer River, Forgan Bridge conservative region glistened in the sun as marchers of Australia. – including front and centre Feros Feros Care Community Care staff – let their true colours Development Coordinator, shine in what became Mackay’s Di Chataway, one of five first ever pride march. Feros Care staff involved, said it Organised by Mind Australia, the was not only an honour to march 150 strong crowd waved flags, and celebrate unity and pride, walked that bridge with sincerity wore costumes, pushed small it was great to also have the with true allies and tears in our floats and fluffed their feathers as opportunity to wear her rainbow- eyes,” Di said. the pride train crossed the bridge emblazoned, Pride work shirt before gathering adjacent to complete with a ‘you, me, us’, “It was very, very positive, and Mackay’s Blue Water Quay. motto, to reflect the company’s people were beeping horns and inclusive and accepting views to The inaugural march, designed to waving to us all as they came the wider Mackay community. break down barriers and stigma past. Whether you identify as for the LGBTIQA+ community, “We all walked purposely LGBTIQA+ or not, it was embraced was strong in spirit and made to remove barriers for the by everyone and it was just such a a significant mark, in what generations to come and we all wonderful event.” SUMMER 2021 5 MAKING A MARK FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT A BACKGROUND IN MENTAL HEALTH LED SARAH SHIPTON TO FEROS CARE, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK OUT A MENTAL HEALTH LOCAL AREA COORDINATION (LAC) ROLE HAS ALLOWED HER TO HELP PEOPLE GAIN ACCESS TO THE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT THEY NEED. fter working in a forums which helps to build Psychosocial disability, and access opportunities and mental health facility community capacity around also the support services.