VILLA TERENZIO

“Old age is not a disease -

it is strength and survivorship, triumph over

all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments,

trials and illnesses”

- Maggie Kuhn

In This Issue

Welcome from our

CEO

Expanding Facility

Easter

Meet the Residents

Meet the Staff

Announcement board

Upcoming events

Recipe of the month

Poem of the month

Newsletter April 2019

Dear friends of Villa Terenzio,

So far 2019 has proved to every bit as busy as we thought it would be at

the end of last year. Within the organisation, the biggest news is undoubtedly the nearing completion of

our new building. More information about the new building can be found in the column to the right….

In any normal year the commissioning of a new building bringing 43 additional care beds would be

significant enough. However, 2019 is also the year that we will rebrand our care services. While the

association is still Italian Aged Care Incorporated, our care services will be rebranded as Villa Terenzio

(residential care); Villa Terenzio Home Care; and Villa Terenzio Day Therapy Centre. This aligns our

services and encourages against the formation of silos in our business streams, as well as using one

consistent new logo.

In the wider industry the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has had its first 2 series of

hearings in Adelaide. As was the case for all aged care providers, we were invited to make a response to

the Commission providing information in relation to substandard outcomes over the last 5 years, as well

as outlining areas that could be addressed better within aged care, or benefit it. We submitted our

response prior to the deadline, which detailed a small number of episodes that we consider could have

had better outcomes, and some indications of areas that need to be addressed and suggestion of

possible solutions to current issues. The next hearings will likely be commencing 6 May, although their

location remains unknown at the time of publication.

To finish, some farewells and welcomes from me. We welcome Romina as our Executive Assistant at

Villa Terenzio. Her job is very varied, but ultimately she is here to assist me (including keeping me

organised, which is a bit of a challenge!) and provide support for us. We also welcome Thomas the Cat,

who you can read all about on the page opposite. Finally I would like to extend a big welcome to all new

residents and clients, staff members, relatives, and friends to Villa Terenzio and our associated services.

Sadly, we shall be saying farewell to our long-serving Occupational Therapist Claire Webster who will be

retiring at Easter. Having worked with us for well over 20 years, she has headed up the occupational

therapy department which has provided such joy and engagement to our residents. It cannot be

overstated that her work over the last 20 years has been very important to all involved and we wish her

well for retirement. We are fortunate that we have fabulous staff at Villa Terenzio and so we are very

pleased to promote Karen Solomons to be our Lifestyle Coordinator succeeding Claire in leading the

team this area.

With my very best wishes,

Chris Roberts

Welcome from the

Chief Executive Officer

Expanding Villa

Terenzio

We are very excited as we

enter the final phase of our

Stage 1 site redevelopment,

the construction of a new care

facility. At the moment the

scaffolding is coming down

and from the outside it is

looking every bit the stylish

and contemporary care facility

it was designed to be. Inside

the building, the areas are

fabulous with elegant finishes

and very spacious. With some

bedrooms offering external

access to garden areas, and

others having sweeping views,

there are plenty of excellent

features for residents in the

new building. One of the final

pieces of the project is the

landscaping which has now

commenced between the new

building and Houses A and C.

This common use space will

provide a well-planned external

area for all to enjoy.

Just a reminder to residents in

the houses and the nursing

home and their relatives: if you

or your loved one would like to

transfer into the new building,

please only contact Chris

Roberts or Rachel Kogiopoulos

to discuss this further.

Interesting facts about Easter

The biggest chocolate Easter egg was made in Italy in

2011. It was 10.39 meters long and it weighed a

shocking 7,200 kg.

The art of painting eggs is called pysanka, which

originated in Ukraine.

The term Easter gets its name from Eastre, the Anglo-

Saxon goddess who symbolizes the hare and the egg.

The exchange or giving of Easter eggs actually is a

symbol of rebirth in many cultures.

Are you an ears, arms or tail person? Seventy-

six percent of people eat the ears on the chocolate

bunny first, 5 percent go for the feet and 4 percent for

the tail.

Next to Halloween, Easter is the biggest candy

consuming holiday of the year.

Easter is the oldest Christian holiday

Meet the residents:

Biagio Biagio was born in Sicily in 1941, he arrived in

Australia on 8 May 1972 with the boat “Galilei”. His

journey lasted 24 days but he wished it was longer

as five different women fell in love with him during

this period.

Biagio has always been a successful hairdresser

with 5 salons in Italy and two in Australia. He started

cutting hair when he was only 4 years old. During

his long career he trained 34 apprentices and one of

them managed to become a very successful

hairdresser in America.

Biagio real passion has always been mechanic

though and he used to be very good at fixing cars,

aircon and anything electrical. He has 4 beautiful

daughters and one grandchild called Giorgietto.

He eats anything apart from “wind, fog and smoke”,

as he loves food. His mom used to be a terrific cook

and he is also pretty good in the kitchen.

Meet the staff:

Nicole NIcole has been working with Villa Terenzio for 16 years

and apart from being extremely talented at her job, she

also has a very bubbly personality! Here is what she has

to say:

Where are you from?

I was born in Holland but I migrated when I was 6

months old so I am technically Australian as I always

lived here.

What’s your favorite color?

Purple

What do you like best about working for Villa

Terenzio:

Knowing that I’m helping the elderly.

Motto or Personal Mantra:

Be happy

You are happiest when:

When I’m at the football

Favorite sports or hobbies:

Fremantle football. Socializing with close friends

Favorite Memory:

My absolute favorite is when I met my idol Alice Cooper.

I went to 13 of his concerts and I paid a ridiculous

amount of money to meet him in person. I loved him. I

had a giant poster in my room.

Favorite song, movie, books:

Movie - Dirty Dancing

Songs - Ballad of Dwight Fry (Alice Cooper) and

Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

Books - I love reading true crimes

Best Holiday:

I love Bali. People there are super nice and welcoming

A message to the families of our amazing residents:

Trust us, we take a good care of your loved ones as if

they were our family. Come and meet the staff, we are

always happy to meet and have a chat.

Mr. Biagio Salvia

Nicole

Announcement Board

Care Service

Manager

Business Service

Manager

Client Support

Executive Assistant

Thomas the cat

Lifestyle

Coordinator

Head Chef

Rachael Viney

Care Services Manager On 16 February, Villa Terenzio Residential services had an

unannounced government assessment contact by the Aged

Care Quality and Safety Commission. Three assessors

reviewed our continuous improvement activities, comments and

complaints, information systems, medication management, skin

care, behaviour management and living environment. The visit

went very well and the service met all outcomes. I am sure a lot

of you either spoke to the assessors or saw them looking

around the facility.

As 2019 progresses, a few items are high on my agenda; the

preparation for the new facility and the new Aged Care Quality

Standards, as well as the day to day running of the facility

(education, review of policy, responding to feedback, monitoring

incidents and indicators, ensuring care is a high standard, meals

are right, meetings, chatting with residents, clients and families

and anything else I can do to ensure Villa Terenzio is the best).

The framework for aged care supports quality of care and our

service likes to log some improvements made. I have listed a

few examples of improvements and would love to hear your

feedback or ideas for improvements: patio cover between

Administration building and House D, making puree foods with

shapes, updated hair salon, sun room updated, meals served in

Houses C+D, out of uniform in SCU and adoption of Thomas.

As per usual my door is always open, I will try and help you with

any concerns you may have or feedback and suggestions to

improve Villa Terenzio, Home Care, Independent living Units

and Day Therapy.

Business Services Manager I’m Rachel and I look after the business services and

administration. We enjoy helping your loved ones with their

financial questions and can be available to assist with a

smooth transition into the facility.

Did you know we are a designated gift recipient?

That means you can receive a tax deduction for any

donations made to the facility. As a charity, we operate on

government funding and support from the community. If you

would like to consider donating, please call me to discuss

soon!

Client Support Hi everyone, my name is Connie Trovatello and I am Client Support at

Villa Terenzio. I love working at Villa Terenzio—it’s a great place to work.

In my role I am responsible for admissions to all areas of residential care

and the Cabrini Villas. I also provide ongoing support to residents and

their families.

I am overjoyed that finally we are about to open our new facility with sin-

gle rooms. This will make such a big difference to everyone, as well as

providing current and future residents the very best facilities!

Our residents are also very excited with the new development and many,

including some of the Cabrini Villa residents, have expressed an interest

in moving in when it is opened.

If you would like to contact me for more information regarding our new

rooms, this is my email address: ConnieT@iaci.com.au

Connie Trovatello

Rachel Kogiopoulos

Contact Us!

General enquiries: reception@iaci.com.au

08 9247 0888

Website: www.iaci.com.au

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/italianagedcare

From the kitchen

We enjoyed “Stagione della pizza”: on

Tuesday 2 April to mark the seasonal

reopening of our pizza oven!

It was an amazing lunch for all the

residents with loads of pizza! It was

delicious!

Lifestyle Coordinator

Karen Solomons has been appointed our

Lifestyle

Coordinator to

head up this

area following

Claire’s

retirement.

As Karen has

been with us for

many years as a

senior member

of the lifestyle team and the Volunteer

Coordinator, we know she will be

amazing in her new role!

Romina Rivabella

Executive Assistant Hi my name is Romina, I will

assist Chris with his daily tasks.

I am from Italy and I only arrived

in Australia 8 months ago but I

lived in Colorado, UK and South

Africa. I have two children and I

love living in Perth!

We introduced a new Facebook

page to keep everyone up to

date with the daily happenings

of our residents and staff.

Connect with us! Our Facebook

page is called Villa Terenzio.

Thomas the Cat

Villa Terenzio adopted the cutest little kitten in

February and we all have fallen madly in love with him!

Pet therapy is a type of therapy involving animals and

it has been scientifically proven that it comes with lots

of different benefits:

Lowers blood pressure

Release endorphins that have

a calming effect

Provides comfort

Decreases anxiety and

depression

Encourages communication

We also launched an Art Competition for all Year 11 and

12s, for more information please look into our FB page.

The newsletter will come out on a quarterly basis from

now on. Each time we will introduce one of our resident

and one of our staff. We will also share some of our

amazing recipes with you and lots of info from us at Villa

Terenzio.

Stay tuned!

April:

3 April - Animal companions visiting

4 April - Wanneroo Senior Citizens

10 April - Four Season Concert

12 April - Shopping trolley

16 April - Mobile Library visit

17 April - Animal companions visiting

18 April - Maundy Thursday/ Easter Bunny visiting Playskool and hopping around VT

19 April - Good Friday

21 April - Easter

22 April - Easter Monday

23 April - St. George’s Day

24 April - 9.30am OT Meeting

25 April - ANZAC Day Public Holiday

26 April - Shopping trolley/ Monthly birthday celebrations

May:

1 May - Animal companions visiting

2 May - Wanneroo Senior Citizens

10 May - Shopping trolley

Upcoming events

13 May - Playskool intergenerational group visiting us

14 May - Mobile Library visit

15 May - Animal companions visiting

20 May - National Volunteer week

23 May - Volunteer Meeting

24 May - Shopping trolley

28 May - Resident& Representative Meeting - OT Room

29May - Animal companions visiting

30 May - Ascension Day/ 9.30am OT Meeting

31 May - Monthly birthday celebrations

June:

3 June - WA Public Holiday

6 June - Wanneroo Senior Citizens

11 June - Mobile Library visit

12 June - Animal companions visiting

17 June - Playskool intergenerational group visiting us

20 June - Corpus Christi

21 June - Shopping trolley

26 June - 9.30 OT Meeting/ Animal companions visiting

28 June - Monthly birthday celebrations

Upcoming events

Torta Pasqualina Ingredients

Spinach 1.5kg, Ricotta 500g, 7 eggs, Parmesan 190g, 1/2

Onion, Marjoram tsp (optional), Nutmeg 1/2tsp (optional),

salt and pepper to taste, Extra Virgin Olive Oil and 6 ready

made puff pastry sheet

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180OC.Wash and clean your spinach.

Pour some olive oil in the pan with the chopped onion and

spinach, add a dash of water if needed. When all the

greens have wilted, turn off the heat and let cool for at

least 30 minutes.

Squeeze the vegetables in your hands, a little bit at a time,

to eliminate as much of the cooking liquid as you can.

Place the drained greens in another bowl, add the ricotta

cheese, the parmesan, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, freshly

ground pepper and the nutmeg/marjoram (if you like it)

Place the 3 puff pastry sheet at the bottom of the pie dish.

Using a fork make some small holes into the dough, in this

way it doesn’t bubble while cooking.

Transfer the filling to the pan and smooth out the top. With

the help of the back of a spoon, create 5 small wells, one

in the center and four on the sides to host the eggs.

Crack one egg at a time and position it in each well.

Now cover the pie with 3 equal portions/size of puff pastry.

Roll out one at a time, draping it over the filling. Brush with

oil.

Now seal the pie by wrapping the overhang around.

Oil the rolled edge and in between the dough and the pan.

Bake in the oven at 180OC for approximately an hour, until

the crust is deep golden in colour.

Poet’s corner Our gorgeous and talented

Connie loves writing poems;

below is one of her beautiful

creations:

Looking through their eyes

What do you see?

A humbling old woman with a

cane and dribbles when she

eats.

Voice is soft and croaky, she

says softly looking at me her

skin is old and wrinkly and

incontinent.

I was young once like you and

had kids and husband running

around me, as the years went

by to busy with my own, would

never stop to think about life

and to enjoy it.

So look at me now, don’t waste

your years and your youth

enjoy life and youth because

one day…

Someone will be looking at you.

Connie Trovatello

Contact Us

General enquiries:

reception@iaci.com.au

33 Kent Road

MARANGAROO WA 6064

T: 61 8 9247 0888

F: 61 8 9247 0838

OUR VILLA TERENZIO

Mission:

To provide an excellent standard of care within a cultural and

spiritual community enabling an optimum quality of life in a home-

like environment.

Vision:

To be the aged care provider of choice for the community, providing

high quality care, services and well-being within an Italian context

as an adaptable and financially secure benevolent organisation.

Values:

Integrity through truth and honesty;

Acknowledgement of individual beliefs and cultural values;

Compassion through positive regard and empathy; and

Commitment to excellence.

Italian Aged Care Incorporated ABN 69 948 908 547