The Happy Whisperer RM Begg Newsletter. Issue No. 9, September 2015
RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care Inc. 27-35 Epping Street,
Kyneton, Victoria 3444
[email protected] Ph. 03 5422 2417
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Piper St Food Co together with RM Begg are hosting a morning tea &
book launch for “Miss Begg’s Kitchen Cookbook” as part of the
Kyneton Daffodil Festival. Wednesday 9
th September
10am – 11.30am RM Begg 27-35 Epping St Kyneton
Pastoria/Sidonia Activity area. Come along for a cuppa
and morning tea. Taste some of the recipes from the
cookbook, meet the makers and hear the stories behind the recipes!
Damian Sandercock, Leni May, Tom Shearer & Sarah Collier will speak
& be available to sign books. Gold coin donation & cookbooks
available for purchase. Cake stall will also be available with
homemade goodies for sale. Bookings http://
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(Above) Ron preparing the cake mix for the delicious apple cake included
in the book.
Relay For Life “RM Begg Ramblers” has been registered as
a team for Relay for Life.. It would be great to
get a strong team together including lots of
staff, residents, families and volunteers.
Relay for Life will be held on Fri 9th
– Sat 10th
October 2015
Register $20.00 online or see Amanda
or Nicky.
www.relayforlife.org.au follow the links to join
the RM Begg Ramblers!
RM Begg Auxiliary Shop Trolley
Auxiliary members will be bringing the mobile shop trolley to residents
in their rooms between 12.30 – 1.30pm.
Monday : Cobaw -Heather Mitchell
Tuesday: Sidonia-Lorraine or Rhonda
Wednesday: Barfold-Betty or Noel
Thursday: Langley-Yvonne or Rheita
Friday: Pastoria-Aileen or Meg
Shop in Cobaw activities area is open 5 days a week Monday – Friday
from 12.30 – 1.30pm .
Specia l Events Wed 2nd: Dine & Dance at Woodend RSL. Bus leaving 11am
Thurs 3rd: Tom Martin musician 2pm Barfold/Cobaw
Wed 9th: Miss Begg’s Kitchen Cookbook Launch 10am Pastoria/
Sidonia.
Thurs 10th: Parker’s Mini Circus Lauriston/Langley 11am, Pastoria/
Sidonia 2pm
Fri 11th: Daffodil Festival Drive to see Scarecrow Trail 1.30pm.
Tues 15th: Guest speaker Ron Clowes – “Around Tylden History”
Board Rm 2pm.
Fri 18th: Kyneton RSL Lunch Bus leaving 11.45am.
Tues 22nd: Baptist Singers 2.30pm Barfold/Cobaw.
Thurs 24th: Movie in the Board Room 1.30pm.
Fri 25th: Footy Finals Morning featuring “Sugar & Spice” &
presentation of Footy Tipping Prizes 10.45am.
S u n d ay C h u rc h S e r v i c e 6 p m
6th: Heather Mitchell with music by Marion Evans
13th: John & Ruth Green with music by Betty Jenner
20th: Ray Williams with music by Marj Williams
27th: Pip Elston with music by Judy Don
Podiatrist visits Tuesday 1st, 15th & 29th September
Mobile Library visit Wednesday 2nd & 23rd September
@ 1pm.
Daffodil Festival
We have entered the Daffodil
Festival Scarecrow Competition
again this year, our scarecrow will
be called ‘Daisy’.
Residents and students from
Our Lady of the Rosary
have been working hard making
daffodils for two window displays
for the Daffodil Festival. We will be
decorating the front window at
RM Begg in the coffee shop with a
spring theme and also the shop
window of Electric Wave
Hairdressing in Mollison Street.
Thinking of You…
Our love and
thoughts are with the
Rolins, Draper,
Eaton & Ricardi
families and friends
with the recent
passing of Val, Win,
Madge & Ev.
They will be sadly
missed by all at
RMB.
Residents
9th-Elaine Allison
12th-Joyce Askew
19th-Jean Taylor
19th-Marjorie McGregor
20th-Doug Bowen
22nd-Flo Mullenger
24th-Joan Brophy
25th-Bev Coutts
27th-Rose Inman
Staff
29th-Kirstie Gunter
We welcome new residents
Mrs. Marj Talbot
We hope you are settling in well!
We also welcome new staff
members Kate Webber,
Christian Wright &
Tanya Holdsworth-Salter.
We hope you enjoy working with
the great team at RMB!
FAREWELL
We farewell staff members
Natalie Sims & Elsie Fletcher.
We wish you both all the best for
the future!
Guest Speaker Series
We are currently developing
a guest speaker series and
we would like to hear from
anyone who may be
interested in talking about the
following:
Interesting Occupations,
Lost Trades, Farming,
Animals, Travels, Retail
(specialty shops) etc.
In the Kitchen: Quince Sponge …..
The deliciousness of the quince sponge is clearly evident - fresh out of the
oven, with cream and a cuppa from the pot.
Life is pretty good!
(Left) Margaret. (Right) Marjorie.
(Below Left) Joan. (Below Right) Joyce.
ON THIS DAY........SEPTEMBER
1st – The first Holden motor car
was made in Australia in 1948.
1st – Australia replaced the
Fahrenheit temperature scale with
the Celsius system on this day in 1972.
3rd – The Australian flag was flown
for the very first time in 1901. The
design was chosen from 32,000
entries.
4th – Australian swimming
champion Dawn Fraser was born in
1937.
5th – Dorothea Mackellar’s
immortal poem “My Country” was
first published in the London
Spectator in 1908.
7th – Australian author C.J. Dennis
was born in 1876.
11th – The “Weekly Times” was
first published in Melbourne in 1869.
12th – The first steam railway was
officially opened in 1854. It ran from
Flinders Street to Port Melbourne in
Victoria.
16th – The very first television
transmission took place at channel 9
in Sydney on this day in 1956.
17th – The Port Arthur penal settle
ment in Tasmania closed in 1877.
23rd – Dame Roma Mitchell be
came the first woman judge in
Australia in 1965.
26th – Australia won the prized
Yachting trophy America’s Cup in 1983
The first non American yacht to do so.
How many of these do you
remember ???
How are these countries ordered?
1. Canada
2. Indonesia
3. Russia
4. Philippines
5. Japan
6. Australia
7. Norway
8. United States
9. New Zealand
10. China
ANSWER
By kilometers of coastline (according
to the CIA World Fact book).
1. Canada – 202,080 km
2. Indonesia – 54,716 km
3. Russia – 37,653 km
4. Philippines – 36,289 km
5. Japan – 29,751 km
6. Australia – 25,760 km
7. Norway – 25,148 km
8. United States – 19,924 km
9. New Zealand – 15,134 km
10. China – 14,500 km
Note: Greenland has 44,087 km of
coastline but it is not yet a fully inde-
pendent country.
1. Christopher Cockerill invented what in 1955? 2. How many years did the Hundred Years War last? 3. What is the capital city of Austral-ia? 4. Who is the only British Prime Min-ister to be assassinated?
5. The first section of railway track in Britain ran between which 2 places? 6. What colour is the Northern Line on the London underground? 7. Who was the oldest man in the bi-ble? 8. T or F The Peanut is a type of nut? 9. Who was the longest reigning Prime
Minister of Britain in the 20th Centu-ry? 10. Which is the largest species of Tiger? 11. The Patella is commonly known as what? 12. In computing what is Ram short for? 13. Which organ secretes insulin? 14. Who was the first actor to refuse an Oscar? 15. Which group of people produces the Watchtower magazine? 16. Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in which year? 17. Who composed 'Peer Gynt'? 18. Who was the youngest ever Amer-ican President? 19. How many episodes of Fawlty Towers were made? 20. What name is given to a cross fruit of tangerines and grapefruits? 21. What do the dots on a pair of dice add up to? 22. How high is a basketball hoop? 23. In photography what does S.L.R stand for? 24. What is the motto of the SAS? 25. Which two countries signed up to the common market in 1973 alongside the U.K? 26. How many years did Nelson Man-dela spend in prison? 27. Which star is the nearest to Earth? 28. What is the nearest galaxy to the Solar System? 29. What is the largest bone in the hu-man body? 30. Which nerve forms the link be-
tween the eye and the brain? 31. Which country is reputed to have the world's oldest flag design? 32. In which year was the first FA Cup final held at Wembley? 33. What is Agoraphobia the fear of? 34. How many kilograms make up a metric tonne? 35. On what date is U.S Independence day? 36. Who said "I think therefore I am"? 37. In which country was cricketer Ted Dexter born? 38. What was the name of the police-man in Enid Blyton's 'Noddy'? 39. The clavicle is more commonly known as which bone? 40. What is the collective noun for a group of Rhino? 41. Which flag is raised when a ship is about to leave port? 42. Who painted the Laughing Cava-lier? 43. Who was the father of Ham, Shem and Japheth in the bible? 44. Which country has the longest coastline? 45. Which African country has the shilling as it's currency? 46. Which planet is nearest the sun? 47. What is contained in a dish de-scribed as Lyonnaise? 48. What term describes a male swan? 49. Who might make use of a maul-stick? 50. What name is given to the Jewish candlestick with special religious meaning?
GIVING APPEAL Our Giving Appeal was launched in January 2012
for donations towards costs of building our
new facility.
Total $851,629 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
$87,454 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
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Answers to the Cross Word
1. Hovercraft 2. 115 Years (1337-1453) 3. Canberra 4. Spencer Percival 5. Stock-ton to Darlington 6. Black 7. Methuselah 8. False (It's a Legume) 9. Margaret
Thatcher 10. Siberian Tiger 11. Kneecap 12. Random Access Memory 13. Pan-creas 14. George C. Scott 15. Jehovah's Witness 16. 1933 17. Edward Grieg
18. Theodore Roosevelt 19. 12 20. Ugli Fruit 21. 42 22. 10 Feet 23. Single Lens Reflex 24. Who Dares Wins 25. Eire and Denmark 26. 27 Years 27. The Sun 28. Andromeda 29. Femur 30. Optic Nerve 31. Denmark 32. 1923 33. Open Spaces
34. 1000 35. July 4th 36. Rene Descartes 37. Italy 38. PC Plod 39. Shoulder blade 40. Crash 41. Blue Peter 42. Franz Hals 43. Noah 44. Canada 45. Kenya
46. Mercury 47. Onions 48. Cob 49. Artist 50. Menorah
Q U I Z A N S W E R S
Question: What one word goes with each of these to make a new phrase? Strip, Ground, Fan Answer: Out. Strip out is to remove parts from a machine. Ground out is when you hit a ground ball in baseball and are thrown out at first. Fan out is when something, such as cards, are spread out like a fan.
Question: What can you hold in your left hand and not in your right?
Answer: Your right elbow. You can try it your-self if you’re not convinced, but unless you have a broken arm or an incredibly flexible ulna, you won’t reach it.
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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Email Program
Amanda our Activities
Coordinator has started an email
program for residents with family
members that live interstate or overseas. This will enable regular email
communication. If you are interested please see Amanda or send your contact details to
C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\ACTIVITIES CALENDER.xls 8/26/2015
Sep-15MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1 2 3 411.00 Piano & 10.45 Sing a long (B&C) 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Exercises/LauristonSing a long in Lauriston morning program morning program
3.00 Lauriston Program 2.00 Tom Martin(B&C)3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.30 Anglican Church service 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston afternoon program program program
7 8 9 10 119.15 Church service 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Parker's Mini Circus 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston10.45 Sing a long(B&C) morning program 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston in Langley/Lauriston morning program
morning program 1.30 Drive to see2.00 Lauriston Program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston afternoon the Scarecrow Trail
program program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston Program program
14 15 16 17 189.15 Church service 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 10.45 Sing a long (B&C) 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston10.45 Sing a long(B&C) morning program morning program morning program
3.00 Lauriston Program2.00 Lauriston Program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.30 Anglican Church service 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston afternoon
program program program
21 22 23 24 259.15 Church service 9.30 Exercise group (B&C) 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 10.45 Footy Finals Morning10.45 Sing a long(B&C) 11.00 Lauriston Program morning program morning program Entertainers - Sugar & Spice
2.00 Lauriston Program (B&C)2.00 Lauriston Program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon 3.00 Lauriston afternoon
2.30 Baptist Singers(B&C) 3.00 Lauriston Program program program
28 29 30 Please Note9.15 Church service 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston Lauriston Program10.45 Sing a long(B&C) morning program morning program may include - massage,
walking, sensory session2.00 Lauriston Program 3.00 Lauriston afternoon exercises, games, art,
program 3.00 Lauriston Program music/sing a long 1:1 programs, reading
*1:1 Activities Daily B & C-BARFOLD & COBAW L & L-LAURISTON & LANGLEY
Lauriston
C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\ACTIVITIES CALENDER.xls 8/26/2015
Sep-15MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1 2 3 49.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P)9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C)10.45 Activity Meeting 10.45 Sing along (B&C) 10.30-Busy Fingers(B&C) 10.30 Scrabble (B&C)(B&C Cosy retreat) with Mary 10.30 Knitting group (S&P) 10.30 Meditation (S&P)
11.00 Dine & Dance at 11.00 Billiards (S&P) 10.45 Cooking Group (S&P)1.30 Scrabble (S&P) Woodend RSL 11.00 Yummo Bingo (L)
1.00 Mobile Library Trolley 1.00 Volunteer visiting 2.00 Listening to 2.00 Painting Group (B&C) 1.30 Cooking with Leni (L&L) 2.00 Musician - Lainie's Records (B&C)2.00 BOCCE (B&C) 2.00 Bowls (B&C) Tom Martin (B&C) 2.00 Knitting with Pat (S&P)2.00 Volunteer visiting 3.30 Anglican Church
Service (B&C)7 8 9 10 11
9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P)9.15 Church Service(B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C)9.40 Exercises (S&P) 10.45 Painting Group(S&P) 10.45 Bowls(B&C) 10.30-Busy Fingers(B&C) 10.30 Scrabble (B&C)
11.00 BOBs (B&C) 10.00 Miss Begg's 10.30 Knitting group (S&P) 10.30 Meditation (S&P)10.45 Sing a long (B&C) Cook Book Launch (S&P) 11.00 Billiards (S&P) 11.00 Hoy (L)
1.30 Scrabble (S&P) 11.00 Parker's Mini Circus1.45 Langley Program 2.00 Volunteer visiting 1.30 Cooking with Leni(L&L) in Lauriston/Langley 1.30 Daffodil Festival-2.00 Mind games (B&C) 2.00 Bingo (B&C) 2.00 1:1 music sessions Drive to see the
(Pastoria) 2.00 Parker's Mini Circus Scarecrow Trail2.00 Bowls (B&C) in Sidonia/Pastoria 2.00 Knitting group with
Pat (S&P)
14 15 16 17 189.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P)
9.15 Church Service(B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C)9.40 Exercises (S&P) 10.45 Painting Group (S&P) 10.45 Sing along (B&C) 10.30-Busy Fingers(B&C) 10.30 Scrabble (B&C)
11.00 Mind Games in Langely with Betty (B&C) 10.30 Knitting group (S&P) 10.30 Meditation (S&P)10.45 Sing a long with 1.30 Cooking with Leni (L&L) 11.00 Billiards (S&P) 10.30- Dominoes (L) Robyn (B&C) 1.30 Scrabble (S&P) 2.00 Bowls (B&C) 21.45 Langley Program 2.00 Volunteer visiting 2.00 1:1 music sessions 1.00 Volunteer visiting 11.45 RSL Lunch outing2.00 Mind games (B&C) 2.00 BOCCE (B&C) (Pastoria) 2.00 Bingo (B&C)
2.00 Guest Speaker- 3.30 Anglican Church 2.00 Knitting group with Ron Clowes - "Around Service (B&C) Pat (S&P)Tylden" (Boardroom)
Activities
C:\Users\Mark\Downloads\ACTIVITIES CALENDER.xls 8/26/2015
Sep-15MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
21 22 23 24 259.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 10.45 Footy Finals Morning
9.15 Church Service(B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) Featuring Entertainers9.40 Exercises (S&P) 10.45 Painting Group(S&P) 10.30 Art for Fun(S&P) 10.30-Busy Fingers(B&C) 'Sugar & Spice' plus
11.00 BOBs challenge (B&C) 10.45 Bowls(B&C) 10.30 Knitting group (S&P) Presentation of Footy10.45 Sing a long (B&C) 11.00 Individual programs 11.00 Billiards (S&P) Tipping Prizes (B&C)
1.30 Scrabble (S&P) 1.00 Mobile Library Trolley 1.30 Movie in the 1.45 Langley Program 2.00 Volunteer visiting 1.30 Cooking with Leni(L&L) Boardroom-to be advised 2.00 Knitting group with 2.00 Mind games (B&C) 1.30 BOCCE (B&C) 2.00 1:1 music sessions 1.00 Volunteer visiting Pat (S&P)
2.30 Baptist Singers (Pastoria) 2.00 Bingo (B&C) 2.00 Hookey (B&C)(B&C cosy retreat) 2.00 Bowls (B&C)
28 29 309.15 Church Service(B&C) 9.30 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (S&P)9.40 Exercises (S&P) 9.30 Exercises (B&C) 9.30 Exercises (B&C)
10.45 Painting Group (S&P) 11.00 Ten Pin10.45 Sing a long with 11.00 Hangman (B&C) Bowling Challenge (B&C) Robyn (B&C)1.45 Langley Program 1.30 Scrabble (S&P) 1.30 Cooking with Leni(L&L)2.00 Mind games (B&C) 2.00 Volunteer visiting 2.00 Bowls (B&C)
2.00 BOCCE (B&C) 2.00 1:1 music sessions(Pastoria)
*1:1 Activities Daily B&C = BARFOLD & COBAW S&P = SIDONIA & PASTORIA L & L-LAURISTON & LANGLEY
Activities
CHURCH SERVICE EVERY SUNDAY AT 6PM IN BARFOLD / COBAW ACTIVITY AREA
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