Pianist Margaret Adams visits Arcare Helensvale St James once a fortnight for a sing-a-long with the residents and a duet with Zena Byers. Zena enjoys immensely the opportunity to play together with Margaret. She hasn’t played for many years and so being able to play again, takes her back 30 years when she last tickled the ivories. It’s a very special afternoon of friendship, singing and music, which brightens everyone’s day.
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The 100 club welcomed a new member – Violet Aldrich. She joins Merna MacKissack, Gwen Miller and Elsie Moore, who between the four of them have 403 years of life experience. Violet celebrated the milestone with a big party with family and friends at Arcare Cheltenham. Happy 100th Violet!
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The ladies at Arcare Sanctuary Manors love to relax and what better way to do it than a foot bubble spa. Their only worry was that they might fall asleep from being so relaxed.
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Barbara is an avid gardener whose passion for horticulture has nourished a number of strong relationships with fellow resident gardeners and Elise, the Arcare Peregian Springs gardener. In honour of their friendship and time spent together tending plants, Barbara dedicated a tree to Elise by naming it after her. Now that’s blooming marvellous!
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Dean Sands was a whole new experience for the residents at Arcare Sydenham. His singing and dancing performance put huge smiles on the residents’ faces and had Audrey Murphy dancing to quite a few numbers with Dean.
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The pool table at Arcare Maroochydore is a massive hit with everyone, particularly Phil Robson. Phil has been breaking in the felt and teaching Lifestyle Coordinator Debbie and other residents how to shoot like a pro.
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Being inquisitive about other cultures and customs the residents at Arcare Carnegie inspired the lifestyle team to introduce a series of events to present different cultures and customs.
One of these events celebrated Indian Independence Day. Chef Sagar cooked up a wonderful Indian banquet and the staff dressed up in traditional outfits and gave a colourful dance performance.
A cultural lunch featuring foods and dancing from Japan, Persia, Greece and Iraq was another successful and fun event hosted by the lifestyle team and the hairdressers.
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To beat the winter blues the ladies decided vegetable soup was in order for everyone at Arcare Helensvale. They all worked together in the kitchen like seasoned chefs. The passion for cooking was evident to see, especially for Lorna who rushed back from an appointment to ensure she didn’t miss out on the event.
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A lucky coincidence makes every one smile. So at Arcare North Lakes it was that staff member Sandeep saw Sylvie, an accomplished knitter, creating a very handsome scarf. He casually mentioned that he needed a scarf for the cooler mornings and Sylvie was thrilled to have a happy customer. Now Sandeep is always warm on those cold winter mornings and Sylvie can admire her handiwork when Sandeep comes by.
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The plight of little 7 year old Calyn Hoad, who was struck by a car while saving his little brother from oncoming traffic, has struck a chord with Arcare Hillside, one of our aged care residences in Sydenham. Calyn needs lots of assistance and rehabilitation help because of the damage caused by the accident.
Staff and residents were determined to help his family and organised a scone cook off to raise much needed money. Everyone enjoyed baking, especially knowing the proceeds were going to make a difference to Calyn and his family. They raised around $200 to help the Hoad family.
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