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flourish
The strength
of Indigenous
connections Festive
traditions
Cooking with
Customs from
avocado
around the world
Tender love
and aged care
Green thumb
Ken’s garden
flourish
Advisory
SUMMER 2020
service
My Aged Care
assistance
Write
on time
Author Keith Stevenson
australianunity.com.au/flourish
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2020 IN THIS
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06 CLICK TO CONNECT
Seniors are getting online
Retire on
12 WITH WILL AND
WONDERMENT
Author Keith Stevenson
your own 16 EAT FOR HEALTH
Nutrition for chronic illness
terms 20 THE T WO OF US
Amy and Beth
22 LE T TER TO CARERS
Your letters to Home
Care Workers
Live life to the fullest in our Wellbeing Communities 24 INDIGENOUS
CONNECTIONS
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Celebrating Aboriginal
We believe that growing older shouldn’t have to mean sitting on the sidelines. People who join our
10
Home Care Workers
Wellbeing Communities want to live life to the fullest. That’s why we can help you take care of the
everyday things, like home maintenance and security, so that you can focus on the big things. 28 ADVISORY SERVICE
My Aged Care assistance
Plan ahead with confidence, knowing that if your needs change in the future, we can meet them in the one
community. You’ll enjoy priority access to onsite health care, support and personalised advice from our team. 12 30
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A COLOURFUL LIFE
Merle Lester
SLEEP FOR SENIORS
Tips for better bed rest
Find your nearest Australian Unity 36 FESTIVE TRADITIONS
Port Macquarie
Wellbeing Community All-inclusive Wellbeing Communities
International customs
Retirement Communities Bateau Bay
Our wellbeing communities are open for COVID-safe 44 HEALTHCARE
PROFESSION AL
inspections. Cromer
Remedy Healthcare’s
Northmead Hunters Hill
30 36
Retirement communities: A range of retirement living exercise physiologist
Penshurst Bondi
options, architecturally-designed for healthy ageing: from
three-bedroom villas on the NSW coastline, to luxury Bowral
03 COMMUNIT Y NEWS
apartments in the heart of Melbourne–all with services
40 GARDENING
and support available, whether you need it now or in the
46 PROPERT Y
future. Having trouble reading Flourish?
All-inclusive Wellbeing Communities: A range of Albert Park Croydon
Kilsyth
Call 1300 160 170 to speak to a member of our 50 PUZZLES
retirement living options, care apartments and small- Carlton
Vermont South friendly team about receiving an audio version. 54 RECIPES
scale aged care in one location, so that you don’t need Geelong
Glen Waverley 56 SEASON AL FOOD
to move if your needs change. Mornington
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W E LC O M E COMMUNITY NEWS
Well wishes Customer birthdays
We want
to hear
AS WE APPROACH the end of 2020, experience in our communities and
Happy 100th birthday to Joyce
Evans, who celebrated this
from you
I think we can safely say this year
hasn’t turned out how any of us
among our employees. They have flourish milestone during the Melbourne
made the most of this pandemic restrictions in May. Although she
would have expected. In fact, the by creating some amazing artwork. wasn’t able to celebrate with a
The strength
COVID-19 pandemic has changed
Festive
We have collated their work into large event, Joyce’s family
of Indigenous
connections traditions
Cooking with Customs from
around the world
our lives in many ways and no doubt
avocado
a gift calendar for you. Tender love
and aged care Green thumb
Ken’s garden
members drove by with balloons.
this coming festive season and
flourish
Advisory
What a year it has been! So much service
Care Worker Eva Raue and
SUMMER 2020
end-of-year celebrations will be
My Aged Care
assistance
change and so much uncertainty Service Coordinator Annette
very different.
for so many people. If you are Write O’Sullivan helped Daphne Fittler
In these uncertain times it can be feeling overwhelmed, that’s on time
Author Keith Stevenson
celebrate her 98th birthday with
comforting to reflect upon and understandable – please make a delicious cake and a bunch of
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ISSUE 14
S U M M E R 2 02 0 You may receive a phone call in
embrace our cultural traditions. sure you reach out for some flowers personally delivered. December from the Australian
assistance if you feel you Daphne, who lives in Armidale, Unity team for our annual
We include an interview with
need it. has been with Australian Unity customer survey. We want to
Gambirra Illume from our Aboriginal
since it first began in the home care business and know how your year with us
Home Care Team, who discusses I would like to thank you for receives domestic assistance and shopping services. has been and if you have any
some of the amazing work Australian your support in a challenging feedback you’d like to share.
Unity is doing in regional and and difficult year and wish you Barham local Australian Unity If you’d prefer to complete the
remote communities and how we are and your families an enjoyable HomeCcare customer, Hazel survey online, please follow
expanding services to Indigenous and restful holiday break Holden, was recently featured these instructions:
communities, including new mental over the summer. in the Koondrook Barham Bridge
health services. Newspaper in an article about • Open your camera on
PICTURED
her 102nd birthday and positive your phone or ipad
In keeping with the theme of (Cover) Keith Stevenson
outlook on life. Hazel celebrated
celebration, this edition of Flourish (Above) Kevin McCoy presenting via video
during Mental Health Week in October. her birthday on 21 September • Hover the phone over
looks back at festive traditions and with a cake and a visit from her daughter. She was the QR code
where they came from. quoted in the article as saying, “I have faith and
feel very grateful for my friends, family and garden.
• Click the link that pops
Luckily, strange and unusual
Kevin McCoy I think I’m just a very happy person.” up on your screen
times provide great inspiration for CEO, Independent & Assisted Living,
our artists and this has been the Australian Unity
Pauline Cole, who lives by
herself with the assistance of
Australian Unity in her home
by the beach at Hawkes Nest,
Flourish magazine is published by Managing Director Contributors (editorial)
Hardie Grant Media for Australian Unity. Nick Hardie-Grant Alegria Alano, Beth Wallace, Emma turned 100 on 24 August. She
Publisher Scott Elmslie Castle, Georgia Lejeune, Jane
Australian Unity enquiries
Editor Jo Davy Canaway, Jo Davy, Leanne Tolra,
enjoyed her birthday with a
1300 160 170
flourish@australianunity.com.au Managing Editor Louise Maskell, Narelle Harris, constant wave of visitors all
australianunity.com.au/flourish Georgia Lejeune Maria Triaca, Margaret Barca
Art Director Dallas Budde Contributors (photography) scheduled in one-hour blocks –
Design Natalie LaChina, Michael Amendolia, Matt Beaver
Kate Slattery (illustration) Sara Hingle,
to ensure social distancing was followed. Pauline was
The information contained in this magazine about Australian Unity’s products or services is correct
as at the time of printing. Please visit the Australian Unity website (australianunity.com.au/assisted-
Hardie Grant Media Print Blue Star Print Clementine grateful to receive so many visitors throughout her
Private Bag 1600,
living) or phone us on 1300 160 170 to obtain further information about which of our products or
services may be available to you. Such information is of a general nature only. Australian Unity South Yarra, Victoria, birthday and feels very blessed to be 100 years old.
strongly recommends that anyone thinking about obtaining services from us first seek independent Australia 3141 No responsibility is accepted by Hardie Grant Media for the accuracy We’re looking forward
professional advice that takes your particular circumstances into consideration. You may also wish Ph: (03) 8520 6444 of any statement or advice contained in the text or advertisements.
to contact the Department of Health on 1800 200 422 or visit myagedcare.gov.au hardiegrant.com All material appearing in Flourish magazine is copyright. ©2020 to hearing from you.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Convenience Prepare for wild weather
for our It’s time to get ready for another unpredictable summer of weather events –
customers heatwaves, bushfires and floods. The Bureau of Meteorology has declared that
we are expecting a very wet summer, and emergency authorities reiterate we
With the recent launch of our meal still face the ongoing threat of bushfires. Here’s how you can get prepared and
delivery services, over 900 customers stay safe:
have already enjoyed heavily
subsidised meals from Thr1ve and
Lite n’ Easy. Visit australianunity.com.
au/mealdelivery for more information
PICTURED COVIDSafe · Stay clear of fallen trees,
power lines, damaged
· Listen to your local ABC
radio station
(left to right)
· Victorian
and to see if you’re eligible. Continue to follow all buildings, drains
Sue, Phyllis Amos COVIDSafe guidelines and Check local fire services:
and waterways.
· Ifuntilevacuated,
(customer), Leslie Country Fire
don’t forget use hand sanitiser.
New Home
Williams, Narelle. do not return Authority cfa.vic.gov.au;
Visit australia.gov.au for up to
authorities advise it is NSW Rural Fire Service
date information.
safe to do so.
Care Services
rfs.nsw.gov.au; Queensland
Poetry Flooding Heatwave Rural Fire Service
competition
ruralfire.qld.gov.au
Branch – Floodwater is a powerful force
with many unseen dangers. and bushfires · Look for signs of heat stress
winner
Port Macquarie
Roads can be washed away, Heatwave conditions mean in yourself. If you experience
bridges can be damaged hot and dry weather, which severe symptoms, seek
During the initial COVID-19 and floodwater may contain increases the likelihood of urgent medical advice and,
restrictions, Residential sewage and debris. uncontrolled bushfires. in an emergency, call 000.
A ribbon cutting ceremony on 5 November was
Communities introduced a
Better Together Poetry and
the kick-off to the opening of the newly
refurbished Port Macquarie Australian Unity
· through
Never drive, ride or walk
floodwater – it takes
· Monitor local weather
conditions on the Bureau
· For more information about
effects of extreme heat, visit
Short Story Competition for Home Care Branch. The ribbon was cut by state just 15cm of floodwater to of Meteorology website the Better Health Channel at
residents and family members. member for Port Macquarie, Leslie Williams, with float a small car. bom.gov.au betterhealth.vic.gov.au
The theme was “The Courage members of the business community, Australian
Within”. One of the winners of Unity staff and customers present.
the competition was Peggy The event was an opportunity for clients,
from Peninsula Grange. staff and local business partners to come
together and celebrate over a light lunch.
The newly expanded branch will service
Tell us your story
Are you an Australian Unity customer with an interesting life story? Have you picked up new
customers in Port Macquarie, Kempsey,
skills or an activity in retirement? Or, are you a Home Care Worker with an interesting customer?
Wauchope, Taree, Forster and the Tuncurry
Flourish is all about celebrating the interesting and diverse community that makes up
local surrounding areas. The branch supports
Australian Unity’s customers. We’re looking for people to share their story, for the chance to
a team of 20 admin staff (including Aboriginal
be featured in an upcoming editions of the magazine.
Home Care), 100 care workers and more than
If you would like to be considered for inclusion in the magazine, please email and tell us
1800 customers.
your name, phone number and a little about yourself. We will be in touch if we’d like to
The newly refurbished branch will allow
interview you or your customer for a feature in Flourish magazine.
Australian Unity staff to better serve the
growing community. Email us: flourish@australianunity.com.au
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INSIGHT
A
A brave new world
Click to
s business and government
organisations digest the lifestyle effects Christine David, founder of IT 4 Retirees, says older
CONNECT
of the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic, people find that as they develop computer skills,
many changes are occurring in the way the best teachers are patient, kind and willing to
we conduct our lives online. The good let them learn at their own pace.
news is that accessing the internet is becoming
The former IT professional founded her technology
easier for people of all ages.
training and support business, which operates in
A survey by the Global Centre for Modern Ageing four states, six years ago after a conversation with
(GCMA) in July found older Australians were her parents, who live interstate.
Online skills will become more important in a increasingly adopting technology in response
“They wanted to go on the internet to access
to pandemic restrictions; they acknowledged its
Images: iStockphoto.com
post-pandemic world – and a growing number necessity and appreciated its convenience. Thirty-
services or connect with family and friends, but
they needed someone to help them,” Christine says.
of older people are eager to join in four per cent of respondents aged over 60 said they
were more confident with technology than before Research has shown that increasing numbers of
WORDS Leanne Tolra the COVID-19 outbreak. older people are eager and willing to become
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INSIGHT
Get social
Useful links to help you Sign up to social media platforms and
connect with family and friends.
get online and stay safe
National Seniors Australia FACEBOOK
nationalseniors.com.au;
1300 76 50 50 Share photos, thoughts, online
discoveries and ideas within
No Australian Left Offline your own selected circle.
accan.org.au
Australian Digital Inclusion Alliance MESSENGER
digitalinclusion.org.au
A contact medium for
Australian Seniors Computer your Facebook and other
Clubs Association connections.
ascca.org.au
eSafety Commissioner WHATSAPP
Online may become esafety.gov.au A messaging platform that can
the new normal for be shared by connected groups.
everyone, so it’s really
YOUTUBE
important we make sure
older Australians don’t A video platform that allows
you to watch and learn just
computer savvy, says Janet Maccora, a researcher get left behind.” required interaction with technology. about anything for free.
at National Seniors Australia and author of the 2019 JANET MACCORA, She has had customers aged between 50 and 99
report Senior Surfers: Diverse levels of digital literacy R E S E A R C H E R AT N AT I O N A L
who, with a bit of help and support, are able to INSTAGRAM
among older Australians. SENIORS AUSTRALIA
learn to use a device and access the internet. Once
Share photos and videos
Prior to the outbreak of the pandemic, the report they are online, they quickly discover practical
and discover new hobbies,
found 75 per cent of people aged 60 to 69 already and social services that suit their abilities and products and interests.
used the internet daily, as did 54 per cent of their budgets.
respondents aged over 80. SKYPE, FACETIME
The Australian Digital Inclusion Alliance, which
remote or a medical alert device, you can learn to AND ZOOM
But, Janet says, studies have also revealed a group of includes more than 400 business, government,
use a computer,” she says.
seniors who don’t appear to want to use technology. academic and community organisations, and By downloading one of these
“They say they can’t afford it, prefer face to face and No Australian Left Offline, which advocates for apps on your device, you can
Access to care
don’t like the idea of being forced online.”
The Senior Surfers report studied a focus group of
affordable home broadband, are working to enable make real-time video calls
greater social and economic participation across with family and friends.
Christine, whose business offers group sessions 5446 people aged 50 or over from within National
the nation.
for older people and one-on-one classes, either on Seniors Australia’s membership base of 47,280.
GAMES
the phone or in person, says she encourages them The Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association
Janet, who is also a PhD candidate at the
by explaining that it’s no harder than learning to
University of New South Wales and Neuroscience
and Be Connected, an initiative of the national Download apps such as Words
drive a car. eSafety Commissioner, offer hints and advice to give with Friends, Scrabble, Ludo
Research Australia, says the report was part of a
seniors greater confidence when they are online. King or Draw Something onto
“You have lessons and you need to practise regularly broader investigation into aged care literacy and your device and challenge
to develop confidence. I tell older people that if you recognised that access to health and government “We know there are definitely mental and physical friends to match your wit
can operate a microwave, a washing machine, a TV services, such as My Aged Care, increasingly benefits to using technology,” Janet says. “It can and skill.
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INSIGHT
increase social connectedness, stimulate cognitive
activity and offers convenience and improved Top three cyber
Tech tools lifestyle opportunities for people who are isolated.”
safety tips
Learn more about gadgets
A new normal
and websites that can boost A GCMA survey in June, after the worst of the 1
your health, online learning pandemic in some states, revealed a growing Check before you click
and daily essentials. number of seniors were embracing telehealth Hover your mouse over a link in an email to
Using a search engine such services such as medical appointments accessed check the domain name. If the domain name
as Google to learn about any of by phone or online. looks suspicious (it has spelling mistakes or is
these products will instruct you Janet says anecdotal evidence of new interactions sending you to the wrong place) don’t click.
on their use, purpose and how to with technology since March has shown increased
download them onto your tablet access to online services such as shopping, 2
or smart phone. exercising, ordering meals and learning. Beware of scams
“One thing that is relevant now in terms of If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
COVID-19 is that older people are at higher risk,
3
so being able to shop online and access services
HEALTH or phone to securely conduct financial online provides greater physical safety,” Janet says. Look for spelling mistakes
Lifecard: A personal health record that transactions. Phone your bank to ask for Consider repeated errors and poor language
Technology such as Skype, Facebook and YouTube
allows you to record vitals such as blood help setting up an online account. as a warning all may not be right.
remained popular as communication and learning
pressure and blood glucose and store tools, but seniors were increasingly becoming
information about medications, allergies Go to esafety.gov.au for hints and advice
MENTAL STIMULATION confident with apps such as Zoom, Messenger, on how to get online safely.
and your medical history. Available via a
web browser or through the App Store and Learning: Online courses are available for FaceTime and WhatsApp.
Google Play. just about anything. Learn a new language,
“The benefits of online social technology became
take a certificate course in a subject you’ve
iHealth Wireless Activity and Sleep Tracker: always wanted to learn, or even get a degree apparent for people of all ages during the COVID-19
Inexpensive wearable device that monitors outbreak,” Janet says.
sleep patterns and daily exercise.
online.
Competition
Doing: Sign up for a gardening course, “Online may become the new normal for everyone,
a cooking class, or discover photography. so it’s really important we make sure older time!
INDEPENDENCE Take a yoga, karate or dance class. Australians don’t get left behind.” ●
Shopping: Supermarkets and most Enter to win one of two free
Research: Create family trees, research 1-hour lessons with IT 4 Retirees,
department stores and retail outlets have historical events or learn about your
online platforms on their websites that allow valued at $120 (including GST).
ancestors.
you to order everything, from your weekly Simply send an email to flourish@
groceries to takeaway meals, homewares, Australian Unity is excited to help connect australianunity.com.au and tell us what
medical devices, fashion items, sports SECURITY AND PEACE OF MIND our customers virtually and engage online. it is that you are most interested in
products and more. Phone the company if Wearable indoor/outdoor medical alert
Find out how you can use your Home Care doing online, but need assistance with.
you need help. systems for active older adults and many in-
Package or Commonwealth Home Support
Programme funding to access a device, get Terms and conditions: Competition closes 1 February
Banking: Australian banks of all sizes allow home emergency call systems are available 2021. Winners will be notified within two weeks of the
connected and become familiar with new
you to use your computer, laptop, tablet to keep you safe. competition closing. This prize is not transferable or
technology. Visit australianunity.com.au redeemable for cash.
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TOGETHER
With will
and wonderment
An adventurous attitude and zest for life are keeping this
newly published author busy in (so called) retirement
I’m a bloke who WORDS Alegria Alano PHOTOS Matt Beaver
believes if you think
something, do it.”
K
KEITH STEVENSON,
AUSTRALIAN UNITY HOME
CARE CUSTOMER
eith Stevenson describes himself as many ‘I’ve got more talent than a Swiss Army knife’,”
things: writer, documentary producer, Keith recalls. A little while later, he got a call
illustrator, nature lover – but one thing back from the agency.
he isn’t is a “nearly”. The bold letter may have given Keith his start,
“I’m a bloke who believes if you think something, but what sent his ideas to great heights was his
do it. You can be a nearly – ‘I nearly did a trip ability to recognise the wonderment in all things,
overseas’, ‘I nearly wrote a book’, ‘I nearly started a characteristic instilled from a young age.
a garden’ – I’m of the philosophy of don’t be a “My grandfather used to walk with me and point
nearly, do it. Have a go,” Keith says. out the wonderment that surrounded me… birds,
Keith, 87, an Australian Unity Home Care customer moths, spiders, butterflies. I think I’ve always lived
who lives in Temora in the Riverina area of New in wonderment, but was not acutely aware of it,”
South Wales, says this approach has taken him he says.
from working in a Campbell’s chicken farm to Keith’s keen eye led him to spot opportunities
starting his own award-winning film company. It that many others overlooked.
all started with a good hook, and the gusto to try it.
He recalls riding the elevator with the branch
As a young art school graduate, Keith had his manager of the Institution of Engineers who
sights set on a career in advertising. But with little he’d become friendly with. They spoke about
experience, he knew he needed to do something the television shows based around professions
different. “I was looking for an opportunity, and I – doctors, lawyers and architects – but never
wrote a letter [to a prospective employer] that said, engineers. After a look at how engineering
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TOGETHER
with the help of his children and his local library in
Temora. Although he admits that self-publishing
came with unique challenges, the freedom has been
worth it, particularly choosing who he works with. PICTURED
“I try to keep it among Riverina people… I found a Keith Stevenson at his
local editor… a person to design the inside of the home in Temora where
he receives cleaning
book… my son did the cover… suddenly the creative
services through
person controls the medium,” Keith says. Australian Unity.
Keith, who still lives in his own home, has received
help with cleaning from an Australian Unity Home
Care Worker for the past three years. He says this
support has given him the gift of time to pursue his
creative projects and enjoy his surrounds.
“It does help me. I lead a wonderful life. I didn’t
know all these lovely [services] existed, so I’m
doing my best to take advantage of them,” he says.
Far from resting on his laurels, Keith is using
My grandfather the extra time to write a column for the Temora
Independent, which is often accompanied by his
used to walk with illustrations. And he continues to learn, explore
me and point out the and enjoy – something that he hopes more of his
peers will seek out.
was presented in the media, Keith noted that
wonderment that
they weren’t trying to showcase the beauty “I see people who seem to think that you have to
of engineering. surrounded me.” play some sort of role when you’re old. You have
Keith created the award-winning SBS series The KEITH STEVENSON, to become stodgy, afraid, careful, cautious, but I
AUSTRALIAN UNITY HOME think maybe it’s the time to live the other way. It’s
Elegant Solution, the first documentary by Thought CARE CUSTOMER
Films, a film production company he founded with a time to be curious, ambitious and fun-loving,”
a business partner in 1995. It was the beginning Keith says.
of a career as a producer that would take Keith all When asked about where he gets the courage to
over the world. go against the cage of age, Keith responds with,
It was during a stint in South Africa in the early “You’ve got to be taught to be afraid,” quoting
Clear The Way explores this history through a line from the South Pacific song, You’ve got to
2000s that the seed of the story of his new book,
the eyes of two families torn apart by British be carefully taught. “I guess I missed out on the
Clear The Way, was planted. Keith was at the Boer
repressions in South Africa and the Irish evictions. ‘being afraid’ lessons; I was too involved
War Museum of Johannesburg and learned that
It took Keith two and a half years to write, but he’s in the wonderful.” ●
many Americans involved in the war were of Irish
been immersed in the story for more than 20 years.
descent and eager to oppose the British.
When the time came to publish, unsurprisingly, he
The complex history of South Africa and his own
decided to do it his way.
Irish heritage prompted him to learn more about Clear The Way is available in print or
British colonial history, Irish evictions and the Rather than submit the manuscript to a traditional eBook format from online retailers such
Irish diaspora of the 1800s. publishing house, Keith self-published the novel as Amazon, Booktopia and Fishpond.
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DISCOVER
Good health is not all about
Eat for health
what is on your plate either.
It’s important to be out,
active and social.”
Reap the rewards of eating with intention and tailoring
nutrition to ageing and specific health needs
WORDS Leanne Tolra W hat are good fats? What are bad
fats? How do I increase my calcium
intake if I don’t eat dairy foods?
How much meat is too much?
The questions around diet for good health are
endless, particularly when it comes to some of the
health complications associated with ageing. And
the answers can often be confusing.
Shannon Young, a nutritionist at Thr1ve and
SumoSalad, says the principles behind a good diet
are simpler than you might think.
“Whether you have heart disease, high blood
pressure, diabetes or osteoporosis, there are many
good diet principles that will help you benefit –
and most of them will improve your overall health
and wellbeing,” Shannon says.
The Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend
maintaining a healthy body weight, eating a
wide variety of nutritious foods – that includes
vegetables of different types and colours, legumes/
beans, fruit, grains, lean meats, dairy or dairy
alternatives – and drinking plenty of water.
“Good health is not all about what is on your plate
either,” Shannon says. “It’s important to be out,
active and social – getting some moderate exercise,
such as going for a walk for at least 20 minutes
a day and absorbing some morning or afternoon
sunshine to increase your intake of vitamin D.”
Image: iStockphoto.com
The adage of everything in moderation still holds
true, too.
“I find that older people don’t want to be told what
to eat; they would prefer to have a conversation
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Recipe for
success
The principles
of good health What are goods are best and you
are really quite whole foods?
can reduce the sugar in
most recipes. Answer
simple.” Unprocessed meats, cravings for sugar with
fruit, vegetables, a piece of fruit.
SHANNON YOUNG,
NUTRITIONIST grains, pulses, nuts,
seeds and eggs. What seeds and
nuts should I add
What foods to my diet?
Osteoporosis Diabetes contain good fats?
Sprinkle seeds such as
Osteoporosis causes bones to lose minerals, Diabetes reduces the body’s ability to Avocado, eggs, nuts, sesame, linseed and
which makes them brittle and increases the maintain healthy levels of glucose in the seeds and oily fish. chia onto cereals or into
risk of breaks and fractures. blood. This can lead to long and short-term salads. Nuts such as
health complications, including heart about their health and wellbeing and how they What are almonds, walnuts and
Health check: Bone density scans, vitamin D check.
disease, kidney damage and blindness. can contribute to that,” Shannon says. bad fats? hazelnuts are a source
TOP TIPS: Health check: Blood sugar levels, Fried foods, fatty of good fat and will
“Once they understand that the principles of
• Eat calcium-rich foods such as dairy products blood pressure. meats, some oils help to balance your
good health are really quite simple, they are cholesterol. Snack on
(or calcium-fortified dairy alternatives), nuts, and margarine.
seeds, leafy greens, oily fish (sardines etc),
TOP TIPS: willing and able to make simple changes to a small handful.
bread with calcium-fortified flour. • Maintain a healthy body weight their diets that can improve their long-term Are meat and
health outlook.” Why should I eat
• Maintain a healthy body weight and exercise and increase regular exercise. dairy OK?
more pulses?
regularly – brisk walking, dancing, resistance • Follow healthy eating guidelines, Shannon says some of the previous health Eat whole dairy foods
training or exercises such as squats. limit alcohol and avoid smoking. messages around low-fat products and general such as full-cream milk, Pulses are a source
yoghurt and cheese in of protein and contain
advice about lowering cholesterol have left some
moderation, red meat nutrient-dense fibre.
people feeling confused.
one to two times a week. Add chickpeas or lentils
“It is correct that too much cholesterol can and different types of
Heart disease High blood pressure lead to health problems, but your body needs a How much salt dried or canned beans
(red kidney beans,
balance of cholesterol (good fats and bad fats) to should I eat?
A condition that involves narrowed This occurs when the pressure of the blood black beans, cannellini
work properly, as it helps to build cell walls and No more than five
or blocked arteries, which can lead to a against the walls of the blood vessels is beans) to your soups,
heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke. elevated. It affects the delivery of blood produce some hormones,” she explains. grams each day. Look casseroles and salads.
to the organs, increasing the risk of stroke. “Don’t eliminate meat, eggs and dairy altogether, for sea salt flakes and
Health check: Blood tests, blood pressure mineral salts rather than How do I get
monitoring, monitor cholesterol. Health check: Regular blood pressure but be conscious that you need good cholesterol
checks, monitor cholesterol. in a much higher proportion. Foods such as nuts,
processed salts that more calcium?
TOP TIPS: have had the nutrients
legumes, cereal, fruit and vegetables can help stripped from them. Increase your intake of
• Reduce trans (bad) fats by eating meat and TOP TIPS: leafy green vegetables
balance your cholesterol levels.” ●
dairy products in moderation and avoiding • Use herbs and spices to flavour food, Can I have and add nuts and seeds
deep-fried food, cakes, biscuits and alcohol. rather than relying on large amounts a bit of sugar? to your cereal, snacks
and salads. Look for
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of salt.
• Increase your activity by walking for at least Enjoy sweet treats breads containing
20 minutes daily. Consider new activities • Add wholegrains, fruit and vegetables Looking for easy and nutritious
once or twice a week. calcium-fortified flour
such as swimming, cycling, bowling, rowing to your diet and reduce trans (bad) fats. food? Turn over to the back page
Homemade baked and added seeds.
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THE TWO OF US
Beth & Amy
Amy Avery doesn’t have wings or a halo, but to Australian Unity Home
Care customer Beth Rudd, she is an angel. For Amy, the connection
is mutual. She loves her weekly visits to Beth and husband Aubrey at
their home in Wallsend, New South Wales
WORDS Maria Harris ILLUSTRATION Sara Hingle
BETH: “I wrote in about Amy because Flourish AMY: “I took over from the previous carer. Beth’s
asked us to and I thought it was a good thing to do. always kept a very good house and she takes
She’s just a gem. So lovely. I call her my angel. She pride in her home so it’s just a matter of me doing
comes for two hours every Wednesday and nothing what she wants. The most important thing is
is too much trouble for her. One week she vacuums maximising what she can do herself. We do the
the house, the next week she dusts, but every week bed together. Beth likes to do the corners first.
she cleans the laundry, kitchen and bathroom.
“It’s person-centred care. You get your care
“Amy’s been coming to us for three years. She usually plan, but I’m always striving to help them be as
Q&A
arrives at 8am. By 11am the clothesline would be independent as possible in their own home. Beth
in shade in winter so she puts the clothes out first and her husband like the view out to the garden,
thing. I’ve had two knee replacements and my legs so with a little bit of Windex I can clean the door
aren’t too good, but I get around OK with a stick. and make it nicer for them.
“She always does any little extra thing I ask of her. “I have a motto in life from the time I was an aged What is your memories of how Beth
After we had a very bad storm here the water came care nurse and that’s never leave anyone without and her husband met.
favourite thing
into the back of our place and the sliding doors them feeling better or happier. I’m a big believer about each other? Tea or coffee?
were filthy and Amy was quite happy to clean them in ‘laughter is the best medicine’. We have a giggle
for me. BETH: Amy is so good BETH: We have coffee,
or a laugh and it makes their day. Beth’s husband
and she makes us smile. Amy brings her own drink.
has a great sense of humour.
“While she is working, my husband and I have AMY: Her desire to be as AMY: Diet cola.
coffee, but Amy brings her own drink and puts it in “I always encourage them to do as much as they independent as possible.
the fridge. I always have a piece of fruit cake, plain can, but not to take unnecessary risks. I bring
Conversation topic Biscuit or snack
cake or ginger kisses and offer her one. in the mail because the ground’s uneven out
to share
“In my message to Australian Unity I said, ‘Thank the front. BETH: Anything really.
BETH: Cake/Ginger kisses.
you for adding our names to Amy’s list of “I’m pretty lucky. I’ve come across hundreds AMY: The weather,
customers, we couldn’t wish for a more caring of wonderful people in my work and Beth is sometimes shared AMY: Cake
carer. God bless Amy.’ And I meant every word.” another one.” ●
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Thank you notes Susan made us feel so comfortable having
her in our home. It is hard to get her to slow
down and she is so thorough and sensitive to
TO
our needs. The best thing is that Susan talks
Care Workers to us and listens, which is most important in
this unusual pandemic time. Susan deserves
a special thanks.”
JIM HOUSDEN
To celebrate Aged Care Employee Day, we asked you
to tell us why your carer deserved a special thanks. Priyanka has been working with me for so long, and she
Here are some of the messages we received has been such a help. She is always punctual and brings
brightness into my home. Priyanka completes all her tasks
in my home with great care, making my life much easier!
When she comes, she wastes no time, and always knows exactly
what she needs to do. She truly cares for me and is a very
hardworking person! I wish the best for her in her near future.”
I would like to praise MANJIT KAUR
Julie Priestly on her
cheerful and friendly I would Iike to give special I do appreciate my Home Care Worker, Janine brings the outside
community into my life
manner when delivering thanks to three of your Leanne, who was a great help and faithful
especially when we were in
friend for some years before I moved into
the meals. It is always a PICTURED
Home Care Workers. lockdown and my contact
Susan, who cleans my my retirement village, plus the six years with others was minimal.
pleasure to see her.” (Above) Joy Chaffey; house every two weeks since I came here. We discovered we are Janine is a fantastic worker
J OY C H A F F E Y, (right) Manjit Kaur; – she is personable, fast, distantly related, which adds an extra who never stops and is
MAROUBRA, NSW (top right) Jim & Lucy always willing to help
very thorough and always warmth to our relationship.”
Housden. with my needs. Janine is
has a little yarn first. Then BESSIE JENNINGS
interested in what I do day
Dianne, who has been by day and often makes
coming to me since I first suggestions about how
engaged Australian Unity’s Dianne stands out for the skill with which I can cope better both
Junko is my Home Care Worker Since Leasa has been coming to clean our help about 13 years ago. she balances the professional demands physically and mentally.
home we have been very impressed by her And recently, Cassandra, of working in aged care with genuine She is friendly and treats
Extraordinaire. Always arriving with a me with respect. When
work ethic, efficiency and willingness to who says she loves taking friendliness. She is conscientious and simply
smile, and then putting in 110 per cent on perform any task we ask of her. All this is very helpful, no matter what the required task Janine leaves, my house is
me shopping as she learns immaculate, my spirits are
the household chores that I can no longer carried out in a cheerful, pleasant manner, is. Dianne is reassuring when I forget things,
so much from me.” and she is alert, noticing when I am tiring. lifted and my depression
manage. At the end of her visit, the house and we really look forward to her visits.
FA E P O W E R Dianne is intelligent, capable, efficient and reduced and I have a
She is a lovely, caring lady and a credit more positive attitude
is evident that Junko is the Boss of Clean & to Australian Unity.”
effective in her work ... and she is very kind,
with lots of empathy as well. ” in general.”
Shine – long may she reign.”
B A R RY PA L M E R
D R M A RY D AY PAT M C K AY
M. BERGSTROM
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The strength
of Indigenous
connections
Keeping cultural connections strong is fundamental
to these three Australian Unity team members,
who discuss how their Indigenous heritage
has shaped their approach to care
WORDS Beth Wallace
ILLUSTRATIONS Sara Hingle
W
hen you’re raised according to
a well-defined set of customs
and beliefs, they often stay with
you throughout adulthood –
influencing the way you live, the
relationships you have and your place within the
community. Such is the case for Gambirra Illume,
a Yolngu woman of the Gumatj clan in north-
Caring for country and east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, who
caring for its people is a PICTURED
works as an Indigenous mental health coach at
Australian Unity.
cultural obligation and (From left to right) Kelly “Yolngu people are taught about relationships and
has shaped who I am.” Bashford, Gambirra Illume
and Louise Heydon.
connections to country and other living beings at a
GAMBIRRA ILLUME, very young age,” Gambirra says. “Caring for country
I N D I G E N O U S M E N TA L H E A LT H C O A C H and caring for its people is a cultural obligation and
has shaped who I am.”
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Celebrating NAIDOC Week
Each year, NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and
achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Despite the date change of this year’s event from July to November
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures Building trust
due to COVID-19-related restrictions, a series of community events
have adapted dramatically to accommodate all Healing Minds is one of many Indigenous
that has been introduced into Australia since
was held across the country, with the theme Always Was, Always
programs that Australian Unity delivers. The
colonisation. Consequently, Gambirra says organisation’s Indigenous Services Team, which
Will Be. The theme recognised that First Nations people have
adaptation, understanding and being aware of includes 300 Aboriginal staff members, also occupied and cared for this continent for more than 65,000 years.
complex needs is another significant component of provides home and community services, such as To find out more, visit naidoc.org.au
her cultural obligations. cleaning and gardening, transportation, nursing
Now based on New South Wales’ Central Coast, and wellbeing support.
Gambirra is passionate about creating Louise Heydon has been part of the
tailored care services for First Indigenous Services Team since
Nations people, who she explains 2016, working out of the they’re accustomed to family and community One of the most positive aspects of her work
have a holistic view of health. Coonabarabran branch assistance, or because they’re wary of mainstream has been her involvement in a centre-based day
“Our mob connect to health There has to be a in New South Wales as organisations due to past negative experiences. care program, which brings community Elders
and wellbeing spiritually,
culturally, socially,
lot of respect for a quality assessor for
Independent and Assisted
“Sometimes it can take a couple of visits to get to
together for arts and crafts classes, bingo or a
shared meal.
physically and our customers and Living. Originally from
know a person and form a relationship with them,”
Louise says. “There has to be a lot of respect for our “Sharing is very important in our culture,” she
emotionally. Mental
their culture, and Sydney, Louise is a
customers and their culture, and mindfulness of says. “We share food and sit around and talk
health issues can Dunghutti woman,
arise when there is an mindfulness of what whose traditional lands
what their people have gone through.” about things that are happening in our lives.”
imbalance or problem in their people have are in the state’s New Positive interactions with culturally sensitive Each Indigenous Services branch offers different
any of these areas.”
gone through.” England region. care can have a flow-on effect throughout the
community. Louise highlights the case of several
opportunities for community members to
connect in this way – everything from fishing
She works with Healing When she was growing
LO U I S E H E Y D O N , local Elders whose wellbeing has significantly trips to yarn ups. During the COVID-19 pandemic,
Minds, a new program QUALITY ASSESSOR FOR up, Louise’s Aboriginal
from Australian Unity’s INDEPENDENT cultural heritage wasn’t improved since they received support services. “That some branches have initiated online events, such
Indigenous Services. Healing AND ASSISTED LIVING then filters down to the younger ones in the family, as social activities and wellbeing checks, while
acknowledged; at the time,
Minds offers confidential phone- who can see there’s been a change,” she adds. others have launched food delivery services to
it was considered shameful
based coaching for mental and temporarily replace communal meals.
and something to be suppressed. Community connections
emotional wellbeing. It’s designed for – Reconnecting with her mob as an adult “Whatever the needs are in the community,
Like Gambirra and Louise, Sydney-based
and delivered by – Indigenous people. and working with Indigenous customers have we work out how we can meet them,”
Indigenous Services Coordinator Kelly Bashford
“We listen and talk with our customers about highlighted the vulnerabilities of her people. is dedicated to helping Indigenous communities. Kelly says. ●
their main worry; they learn more about how “It allows me to see the disparities between A Yuin woman of the south coast of New South
anxiety and depression can impact on their lives,” non-Indigenous and Indigenous people in our Wales, where her people are the traditional owners
Gambirra says. communities,” she says. “It’s made me really of land known as Wallaga Lake, Kelly’s approach
appreciate and sit and listen and learn and to care starts with asking customers about their Contact the Healing Minds team on
“We assist in self-care, independence, discovery 1800 810 255 (Mon to Fri 8:30am–
understand why there are differences and what mob’s background and where they’re from.
and empowerment towards their mental 4:30pm). Find out more about Australian
wellbeing needs. We can also assist in accessing those differences are.” Kelly draws inspiration from her grandmother, Unity’s Indigenous Services by visiting
local services and agencies that can be used for Louise has found some Indigenous customers who was instrumental in fighting for the rights australianunity.com.au
additional support.” are reluctant to seek support, either because of Aboriginal people to access support services.
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confusing world of My Aged Care – the portal for
accessing government-funded aged care services.
WITH YOU
every step of
Donna says that older people and their families
can be confused by the communication process or
daunted by the application criteria.
the way
“My Aged Care rings a customer twice.
Unfortunately, if they don’t answer, the file is
closed,” Donna warns.
Mobility or hearing issues can prevent older people
from getting to the phone, which can result in a
closed file with no explanation.
Donna and the Australian Unity Advisory Service
Team serve as the intermediaries between
customers and My Aged Care – following up on
phone calls and paperwork and acting as the
sounding board for any questions.
...a Home Care Package
Australian Unity’s advisory service can support people to navigate She says elderly couples often don’t realise that they
is designed for each
the intricacies of the My Aged Care system and access more services could each be entitled to a Home Care Package. “They individual person”
think, ‘we’re not eligible because our household
D O N N A L AV E RT Y,
WORDS Georgia Lejeune is getting this help’,” she says. “But a Home Care A U S T R A L I A N U N I T Y LO C A L PA RT N E R S H I P S P E C I A L I S T
U
Package is designed for each individual person.
“In Joy and Barry’s case, Joy was getting some
ntil recently, Australian Unity Home for about five minutes and I’m exhausted.” domestic assistance, but Barry wasn’t getting (ACAT) assessment – which is how the government
Care customers Elaine “Joy” Rapp and anything at all.” assesses an individual’s level of required care. The
The presentation was delivered by Donna Laverty,
her husband Barry thought they were process can sometimes require patience as there
Local Partnership Specialist at Australian Unity, Barry, who is deaf, was eligible for a level two
making the most of her Commonwealth are varied wait times for an ACAT assessment,
who is part of Australian Unity’s new advisory Home Care Package in his own right. This means
Home Support Programme (CHSP). and then another wait for final approval.
service, launched in February 2019. The service that, together, the couple can receive domestic
But when the couple, both in their 70s, attended
assists older Australians to understand what level of assistance, help with shopping, social support and Donna encourages anyone who might need more
a presentation at their retirement community in
care they could be eligible for through My Aged Care. some home modifications – such as handrails. support to get in touch. Members of the advisory
Goonellabah in New South Wales, they discovered
Joy contacted Donna after the presentation and team regularly present at retirement villages
more support was available. Joy and Barry have both received approval for their
they organised a meeting. “She was very good and and community events to explain the process
level two Home Care Packages – although they are
Joy, who suffered a bad bout of pneumonia three – including organisations not affiliated with
outlined everything that was available to people waiting to be assigned – but Joy says she wouldn’t
years ago and sought Australian Unity’s support Australian Unity. ●
when they get older,” Joy says. have been able to navigate the application process
for fortnightly subsidised cleaning through a
During non-COVID times, Donna regularly presents without Donna’s assistance.
CHSP, discovered that she and Barry might be
eligible for a Home Care Package, which offered at retirement villages and community events in “I think she makes it all easier because she’s dealing
additional services. northern New South Wales. “We run an interactive with older people so much that she knows what to To organise a presentation at your retirement
Images: istockphoto.com
session and explain how people can access My Aged say. I think she’s quite good at it really,” Joy says. village or community event call 1300 605 411.
“I used to be able to do everything and since I had Alternatively, if you or your friends would
Care to get more help in their home,” Donna says.
this pneumonia, I can’t breathe properly,” Joy says. Once customers have contacted My Aged Care, like to talk to someone over the phone, call
“I’m on three puffers a day and I also have a heart To be eligible for aged care assistance at any level, Donna and the advisory team can provide support 1300 160 170.
condition. I can do things, but I can only do them older Australians must first traverse the often- in organising an Aged Care Assessment Team
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A colourful life
Talent and creativity have shaped the life of this Estonian-born
artist since her family’s escape from Europe in World War II
WORDS Leanne Tolra ILLUSTRATION Sara Hingle
M erle Lester draws every day. “It’s part
hobby and part therapy. I’ve been
doing it since I was seven,” she says
from her home in Kurrajong Heights
near the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.
The artist, retired secondary school art teacher and
“Their first choice was to go to Sweden, but gold
was required as payment, so my mother, Vaike,
decided to travel on a Red Cross ship to Germany.
“The ship was bombed, my mother spent three
hours and my father spent 14 hours in the icy Baltic
Sea. Very, very few people survived this ordeal.”
Australian Unity Home Care customer has inspired
The Wiitpom family spent three years in a refugee
students since she began teaching at Narrabri High
camp in Germany, where Merle was born in 1945.
School in the state’s north west in 1969. She retired
They emigrated to Sydney by ship in 1949.
in 2000 after 16 years at Hawkesbury High School.
“When we first arrived, we lived in refugee camps.
Gardening has been another lifelong passion and,
though it’s getting harder now, Merle, 75, and
My mother became a housekeeper for a manager It was the most
Barry, 78, her husband of 51 years, still take pride
at Colgate-Palmolive and we lived in a flat in
Balmain. We later moved to Strathfield before my
wonderful experience
in their 1.6-hectare garden.
father built our house in Rydalmere. to see young people
A lucky escape “My parents intended to return to their own flourish and be able to
Merle’s life story, starting with her family’s country, but this was not to be as the Russians give them a lifelong
wartime escape from Europe during World War II, took occupation of Estonia after the war.”
is almost as colourful as her vibrant artwork and appreciation of art.”
her bountiful garden. Growing up “different”
MERLE LESTER,
“The family stories of war upset me greatly as a AUSTRALIAN UNITY HOME CARE
Her parents fled Estonia in 1944 as the Russians
child, as did being different. People had no idea C U S T O M E R A N D F O R M E R S E C O N D A RY
were invading the country. Her mother was 21 and S C H O O L A RT T E A C H E R
where Estonia was and our surname was difficult
her father was 33.
because of the double ‘i’,” Merle says. Merle
“They never saw their parents or relatives again,” attended Strathfield Girls High School from
Merle says. the age of 12 and was awarded a scholarship to
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The ship was bombed, my mother spent three hours
and my father spent 14 hours in the icy Baltic Sea.”
MERLE LESTER,
A U S T R A L I A N U N I T Y H O M E C A R E C U S T O M E R A N D F O R M E R S E C O N D A RY S C H O O L A RT T E A C H E R
become an art teacher in 1963. “In 1964 my family flower arranging and have worked in a local
moved to Beecroft, where my father again built restaurant creating small flower arrangements
our home. I only lived there for three years before in vases for the past four years,” she says.
meeting Barry Lester.”
Barry and Merle designed their own home on
Barry and Merle bought their four-hectare their Kurrajong Heights property in 1978 and
property, which they named The Grove, at spent many years creating their garden, which
Kurrajong Heights in 1969, intending to create a was awarded grand champion prize in the 2009
flower farm. Barry worked in the printing industry Hawkesbury Spring Garden Competition.
PICTURED and, at the time, Merle was teaching at Enmore
Boys High School.
A special friendship
(Left) Merle and her
Two years after she retired, Merle suffered a
parents emigrate to Of her long teaching career, she says: “It was
Sydney in 1949; (right) stroke and doctors discovered a hole in her heart.
a secondary school
the most wonderful experience to see young She also contracted a virus a few years ago,
art teacher. people flourish and be able to give them a lifelong which has affected her balance.
appreciation of art.”
Jeanine Smith has been Merle’s Australian Unity
A family of her own Home Care Worker for four years and says she
In 1974 Merle and Barry sold a 1.6-hectare admires her independent and creative spirit.
section of their property and headed overseas as
“Jeanine is a caring and wonderful human
backpackers. “Backpacking was a new concept
being,” Merle says in return. “She comes to our
then,” she says.
home fortnightly to clean the bathroom and
“We travelled overland to Darwin, then East Timor, wash and vacuum the floors. She is a wonderful
Bali and through Asia to Thailand. We intended to listener and communicator and I have told
travel to India, but I discovered I was pregnant, so her she would make an excellent counsellor or
we went to London, made a quick bus tour around psychologist.”
Europe and headed home.”
Merle and Barry have two children, Isabel and
Merle has no knowledge of any relatives on her Leon. Isabel is an interior and landscape designer
mother’s side, though there is “a huge tribe” on her who lives in nearby Bilpin with her children
father’s side. “Barry and I visited Tallinn in 2005 Oskar, 12, and Annika, 10, while Leon is an actor
and I saw where my mother lived and where her and artist who lives in Sydney.
parents had owned a wholesale flower shop in the
“Barry, who now has slight memory loss, was a
heart of the Estonian capital.
keen photographer,” Merle says. “We were both
“My grandmother made wreaths and I believe a bit artistic, so I guess some of their talent must
this is where my love of flowers comes from. I love have come from us.” ●
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