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Keeping On
THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF AGE CONCERN CANTERBURY Vol 103: Spring 2019
Artist Rhonda
Campbell - Page 11
Phone (03) 366-0903, Fax: (03) 365-0639, Email: team@ageconcerncan.org.nz, www.ageconcerncan.org.nz
Charities Commission Number: CCC29446
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FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT
Age Concern – ask yourselves what you can do It will be spring available again now and it is not too
Canterbury’s to make the life of an older person when you are late to get protection. Keep away from
mission is to better. reading this. I hope anyone who is not well, coughing or
achieve wellbeing, Winter warmth is very important this you are all thawing sneezing and if you are make sure
rights, respect time of year. While we see the days out after the winter. you cover your mouth with a tissue or
and dignity for getting longer there is no shortage of It hasn’t been too handkerchief or practise coughing into
older people. One cold and wet days. The government’s cold or wet but we your elbow. If you do get a cold or flu,
of the greatest winter heating payments will be in still need to keep having lots of drinks, tea, water, juice
hurdles to this is each of your bank accounts (if you warm and hydrated. or coffee, will help wash the bugs out
discrimination due to age - ageism. are over 65) and we encourage you The days are already noticeably and speed your recovery. Go lightly
Discrimination for any reason – age, to use the funds directly on keeping slightly longer, with colourful sunrises on coffee as it might dehydrate you
disability, gender is never OK. We warm. and sunsets. Make the most of the even more.
have a newly rebuilt (rebuilding) city. September the 30th is a day to mark warmth of the sun during the day Look out for any of your neighbours
It is a shame to see some places and in your calendar - The Age Concern after a frosty start. who live alone. Take time to have a
spaces not disability or age friendly. A Canterbury Positive Ageing Expo. We Scams are getting more frequent cup of tea with them. Sadly, far too
case in point is the newly renovated will again be partnering with Papanui and persistent. The scams are many lonely elderly die alone and are
town hall. Whilst aesthetically High School, a relationship that has coming on your land-line phone, cell not found for some time.
beautiful – it has been built back developed over many years, and phone and in email. Be very careful There have been some very
exactly as it was in the 1960s – with where we see the strengths, benefits that you do not get tricked. Don’t give interesting presentations at Age
all its non-age-friendly design. An and outcomes from intergenerational them any information, that is address, Concern Canterbury lately. Keep an
opportunity lost to future proof a well- working that delivers a fantastic day pin numbers or any bank that you eye out for those coming up. The staff
used building by the largest growing for older people. It is more than a have business with. Most of all do are very good at getting speakers
demographic! Another example of day out – it is a smorgasbord of not give them any money because with topics of interest, relevant to our
people not considering the needs information relating to every aspect the scammers will come back asking needs.
of older people (and the disability of an older person’s life. Come along for more. Regards to you all
community). and see what is available – the things I hope you all had your flu vaccine. Trish Adams
We need to do more to promote you learn could be useful now - or in If you didn’t then there are a few President
positive ageing, and to value the the future. Bring family and friends.
Keeping On
contribution older people make Ngā mihi nui
to society. That is our vision and Simon Templeton
mission, and my challenge to you Chief Executive
CONTENTS OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF AGE CONCERN CANTERBURY (INC)
AGE CONCERN CANTERBURY Keeping On is distributed by Age Concern Canterbury to Christchurch
POSITIVE AGEING EXPO Malls, Senior Citizen Clubs and Groups, Libraries, Medical Centres, Rest
Homes, Hospitals and Institutions, Housing Complexes and Agencies
Monday, 30th September 2019 working with older people and individuals. Keeping On is published
9.00am - 2.30pm quarterly in February, May, August and November each year. Written
Papanui High School, Langdons Road, Papanui contributions for consideration can be emailed to the Editor at
dmcgrath@ageconcerncan.org.nz or contact Deirdre on
Ph: (03)366-0903 or Fax: (03)365-0639.
The Keeping On Team: Deirdre McGrath - Editor, Mike Crean - Journalist,
Anna-Marie Hunter - Advertising Representative/Desktop Publisher.
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Views and opinions expressed in Keeping On are not necessarily those
of the Editor or Age Concern Canterbury. Neither does publication of an
Page 9, My Book Club advertisement imply endorsement by Age Concern Canterbury.
Page 3, Missionaires in Tanzania recommends
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Africa to Rangiora ... by Mike Crean
Attending church with a friend diocese had grown so much that his
to prove he did not need religion support was no longer needed. So,
backfired on Peter Akester. Instead for their third term in Tanzania, he and
of being confirmed in his disbelief, he Christine moved to Msalato where
was converted to Christianity. they worked at an Anglican school.
That was half a century ago. Now By this time their two daughters
Peter enjoys retirement in Rangiora were nearing intermediate school age.
with his wife, Christine, surrounded
Peter and Christine thought it wise to
by mementoes of Tanzania. The
couple served at Anglican missions bring them to New Zealand so they
in the African country for most of their could become familiar with customs
working lives. here before starting high school. In
England-born (Akester is an old 1998 they re-settled in Christchurch.
Yorkshire name), Peter studied Peter found a pharmacy in Barrington
pharmacy at Nottingham University. that was prepared to take him
After graduating he worked as a on, though almost as an intern as
trainee pharmacy manager with there had been many advances in
world-wide firm Boots. Then he was pharmaceuticals, medical legislation
offered the opportunity to manage and computer use.
a shop in New Zealand. Boots then This was not the end of their
had 11 shops in this country. Peter Tanzanian venture, though. As the
Christine and Peter Akester enjoying retirement in Rangiora.
became manager of the Wanganui daughters grew older, Peter and
shop in 1973. Tanzania’s war with Idi Amin’s established at Dodoma, following first Christine took them back to visit old
There he met teacher Christine Uganda had just ended when the the German colonisation and then the friends and to let them decide which
Brown, a committed Anglican, formerly Akesters arrived. Poverty and British. Home for the Akesters was a country they would like to live in. They
of Christchurch. They married the signs of recent bombing struck the simple house built by the Germans chose New Zealand.
following year. Soon after, they shifted newcomers. They were based at before World War I.
More trips to Tanzania followed. In
to Auckland for study courses at Bible the Anglican mission in Dodoma, The community was peaceful but
2011 the Akesters went back for the
College. Then, newly qualified, they a central Tanzanian town that was poor, Peter says. Shops were almost
50th anniversary of the Bible College.
came to Christchurch in 1978. Peter being developed to become the bare of goods. People brought their
country’s new capital. Peter ran the produce to sell in the town market. In 2013 Peter went again as aide to
worked at a Merivale pharmacy while
pharmacy while Christine taught at The government had good intentions the visiting National Director of the
Christine retrained as a teacher.
Opportunity knocked again when the Anglican school. Both joined in but lacked money to implement Church Mission Society. In 2014 he
the Church Missionary Society asked church activities, with Peter becoming policies. was off again, to work on a short term
for workers to go to war-torn Tanzania. a lay-reader. Peter often faced the heartbreak mission at Kondoa. In 2015 he went
The Akesters answered the call. Christine says Peter had a gift for of people needing medication but back to help with the financial running
They knew nothing about Tanzania languages. Following a further course lacking the means to pay. “I will of the Bible College at Kondoa and
but soon became impatient with in Swahili, at Nairobi in Kenya, he was have to kill a goat,” was a common do some teaching there. In his final
the volume of advice, some of it able to converse with native speakers. response from penniless purchasers. term at Kondoa Peter was ordained a
contradictory, that came from an Children were taught English at the Many items were sold below priest of the Anglican Church. He had
orientation course, a Swahili language school so Christine managed with a commercial price. Sometimes no fee come a long way from Nottingham
course and returned missionaries. mix of both languages. was charged, though Peter had to
University where he had tried to
“Just let’s get there”, was their The local population was roughly keep that “undercover” or his shop
disprove his need of religion.
feeling, Peter says. This urge was one third Muslim, one third Christian, would have been swamped.
not shared by his mother. She was while the other third, including “Our role was to support the local
opposed to her son and daughter-
in-law following such a hazardous
a significant number of Indians,
followed their traditional religions. A
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Is the gym any place for me? by Dr Doug Wilson
I’ve been going to a gym for two of exercise to consider: aerobic education was a terrifying prospect to push them all into the distance.
years. I joined when I was 80 which exercise where you run and jump, get for an old fellow. “I’ll catch you”, she Get away, it’s not time yet. So the
suggests I’m slow to make decisions. your heart pounding and your lungs says confidently. I glanced nervously gym becomes more than a place to
I was very concerned at what I might struggling for breath. Multiple studies at her slight build. “Don’t worry, I’ve exercise, and more and more my
meet: finely tuned young bodies, around the world have confirmed been a sheep shearer.” Now I’m the physical, mental, and social partner
massive weights lifted by young 20 minutes a day, or 150 minutes a ageing Merino ram being tugged on the positive journey over the next
giants and Brunhildes, and young week of serious exercise can reduce on to the shearing floor for the final few years.
mothers dancing to loud rock music. your risk of premature death by up time. When I succeed in going up a It’s never too late, and the words
My chaotic ignorance, bigotry, and to 30%, and particularly benefit risks stage in some task performance she ‘better late than never’ carry serious
fantasy was demolished at the door. of stroke, and heart attacks. But says kindly ‘good boy’, like I’m the implications as we age. Put down the
Many of the participants were in their also cognition, a measure of mental sheepdog. Wuff, wuff. remote, get exercising, find a trainer,
40s, 50s and above. Recovering function, is improved, and recent Recently I’ve extended my but not mine as she’s busy.
individuals after strokes and information suggests that the risks of interaction by joining a group of fit,
accidents were fighting to get back to dementia may be reduced. The other bouncy, 60 and 70-year-olds who
fitness. Most appeared to be serious form of exercise engages your fading leap about like new born lambs to the
About the author
individuals anxious to improve their muscles, to improve their strength, sound of music, a transplanted 1980’s
health. So I joined in, carefully. improve your balance, to reduce Jane Fonda class. I began to leap
I have long had a scientific interest the risk of falls, which are far more and clap my hands above my head,
in ageing. I’ve also been intimately common as we age, with serious try hopscotch, and running through a
involved in the development of drugs consequences such as breaking of zigzag as if I was in a sheepdog trial
for the treatment of diseases of ageing, hips, and serious brain injury. and toss basket balls at pace. Very
such as stroke, heart attacks, high For the long-term health benefit, fit women in leotards sometimes call
blood pressure, chronic bronchitis, at any age, a proper exercise at me, ‘get a move on man’, with no
and hypertrophy of the prostate. I’ve programme is like a godfather deal, consideration that I’m 82 years old.
also been on teams that failed to find and you win anyway. But surprise, I’m beginning to enjoy
a drug for Alzheimer’s disease. So I have a personal trainer, a fine it, and feel much better after.
Dr Doug Wilson has been
anything that helps delay the ageing 60-year-old, slight woman, who The gym gives me motivation,
an academic physician, a
process is of both scientific and deep combines empathy with tough guidance, and periods of guilt when
personal interest to me. persuasion to follow a plan. Phrases I don’t attend. But as I read the
pharmaceutical industry research
As part of my campaign to improve like ‘you’re rolling your eyes’ indicate scientific literature it is clear, avoiding executive and a medical scientist as
my personal longer, healthy living, a serious disdain for any lack of my exercise, now termed the ‘sitting well as a writer.
exercise is the top player, almost commitment. My stability was wobbly, disease’, carries higher risks of heart For the past 30 years he has
an elixir of life so powerful is its so getting me to walk backwards attacks, diabetes, stroke, obesity and monitored the scientific literature as
positive impact. There are two forms downstairs as part of my mobility re- dementia. As I look at that list I want it relates to ageing and the conditions
that may interrupt your enjoyment
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AUGUST 2019 KEEPING ON 5
Myra and her daughter Brenda
Experience the Ryman difference
you and your family can trust
Ryman Healthcare has been named the When Myra started looking at retirement
Most Trusted Brand as voted by New options, Brenda and her family knew it
Zealanders in the retirement and aged had to be the best. Myra is a very special
care sector for the fifth time. We are Mum, so Brenda needed somewhere she
humbled to receive this accolade again could trust for her to move into.
for 2019.
Brenda says she has noticed a massive
change in her Mum Myra since she has
“She is in a lovely been living in Ryman’s Evelyn Page village
place, is healthy and in Orewa. “She knows everyone, has
become really social and tries new things
enjoying life” like table tennis. She is in a lovely place, is
healthy and enjoying life.”
When Ryman was founded more than 30
years ago, our co-founder Kevin Hickman Ryman delight residents through resthome and, in most villages, hospital
set one simple standard: it’s got to be experience, by providing Delicious and specialist dementia care – all within
good enough for Mum – or Dad. meals made fresh on-site, by employing one village community.
staff who really care, and by creating
Today, Ryman’s belief in this standard communities where friendships grow. Winning the Most Trusted Brand for the
hasn’t changed. We put our residents first, fifth time is an achievement that everyone
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A new and extremely popular and workmanship. There’s also no
service has arrived in the form of
Waimak Dentures. While business
extra charge for the mobile facility.
Bernard encourages his patients
diaphragmatic breathing
owner, Bernard Kramer, has only to participate in the choice of Breathing happens automatically lungs (like bellows) and as it relaxes,
recently moved to the district, he is teeth (shade, size, shape) and is like other bodily functions, such as: it rises up and forces air out of the
certainly no recent convert to the comprehensive in his explanation of • digestion lungs.
mobile denture business. Bernard the detail and process - all in simple •metabolic process affecting Learning diaphragmatic breathing
operated a successful mobile weight
terms enabling his clients to remain
denture service in the North Island • body temperature
fully informed.
since 2002. He was popular and well • blood pressure
Since 1986 Bernard has studied and
liked and known for his excellent These functions are controlled
workmanship, attention to detail and worked in Europe and Africa, before
by our autonomic nervous system,
his caring manner toward patients moving to New Zealand in 2001. As a
which also controls our fight-or-flight
in hospitals, resthomes, retirement registered Clinical Dental Technician,
response.
villages and private homes. Bernard he can provide dentures direct to
Despite being automatic, we can
gained a reputation for being honest, the public. He does everything from
regulate them, with diaphragmatic
reliable, genuinely caring and down- start to finish and also completes
breathing. This has many benefits
to-earth humble. after-care appointments. He has
— our heart rate and blood pressure
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are old, cracked, worn, or loose; made to suit each customer, Bernard hormone) being released into your
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Volunteers have a big Driving Miss Daisy - we
social impact with Enliven are not just for seniors
Enliven day programmes address
the problem of loneliness and Over the years Driving Miss Daisy their lectures and social occasions,
social isolation in older people. And has built up a reputation for providing ensuring they are where they need to
volunteers play a vital part in the a high-quality service to senior be in plenty of time.
solution. citizens who no longer drive. They They treat every client as an
For her 80th birthday, Lisbet Smith* are a regular at retirement villages individual, no matter what their
treated herself to the gift of a lifetime— and rest homes across the country personal circumstance. Every client
skydiving. That’s the kind of person and senior citizen clients form the has different needs, and they make
Lisbet is: outgoing and adventurous. largest proportion of their client base. sure they discuss this with their clients
But despite her vivacious But did you know that they also so that they fully understand them
personality, until recently Lisbet was provide services to younger people and provide them with the absolute
enjoy activities such as topical
lonely. A newcomer in the area, she who don’t drive? best support and service.
discussions and guest speakers,
spent long days at home alone while Some clients have a disability or For Driving Miss Daisy, it’s
games, exercise, walking groups,
her family worked and attended medical condition which means they imperative that all their clients are
and outings.
school. She couldn’t find a way to can’t drive. However this doesn’t treated with dignity and respect.
At Lisbet’s Tōtara Club, volunteers
make friends. “I wanted to get out stop them from being very active They are committed to helping their
provide the “special sauce” that
of the house and meet people,” she in other areas of their life; they clients get out and about, so they can
makes the programmes a fun day
said. work in a professional capacity, run live life to the full and enjoy every
out, not just day care.
It wasn’t until Lisbet encountered businesses, attend school or tertiary moment.
The volunteers assist qualified
an Enliven brochure at her doctor’s education and enjoy socialising with If you have an activity you would
staff by serving meals and setting up
office that she discovered a possible friends. Driving Miss Daisy drives like them to help with please call them
activities. But most importantly they
solution for her loneliness—Tōtara these clients to their place of work or today to discuss – they look forward
support and encourage members—
Club, an Enliven day activity business meetings, assists them to to seeing you soon!
chatting and laughing together.
programme for older people. Volunteering at an Enliven day
Following a referral from her GP,
Lisbet joined a local group comprising
programme is an easy and satisfying
way to positively impact the Driving Miss Daisy
six women and one (delighted) man.
“I love my Tōtara Club,” she says.
community. To learn more, visit www.
enlivenuppersouth.org.nz/volunteer – we’ve got Canterbury covered!
“The others are like family to me and or call 0800 477 874. Enliven is
I always look forward to coming.” It a service group of Presbyterian
meets every Wednesday from 10am Support.
till 3pm; each member is provided with *Lisbet’s name has been changed
a hot meal and transport. Members to protect her identity.
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Family dynamics and contact with grandchildren
At a time when we are living longer In a Rotorua case in 2008 Judge through a process known as FDR predicament then you should contact
and healthier lives it is also the case Mackenzie noted that grandparents (Family Dispute Resolution). That your lawyer to discuss what can be
that the glue that formerly kept families can “offer benefits to children requires the parties to mediate with done. At Harmans we have a team
together and in communication with different from parents, often because the parents of the child with a view of five lawyers in the Family Team
one another has been stretched to of life experiences and also because to reaching a satisfactory outcome. who understand the application of
breaking point. of greater availability of time”. In the That process can take up to 6 weeks
the legislation and how to provide
The Care of the Children Act 2004 Nelson Family Court Judge Russell and does have a cost.
a pathway for you to either obtain
recognised this evolving family commented, “As I have said in a If the matter is unable to be resolved contact or obtain a resumption of
dynamic and the Act ensures that number of cases, it takes ‘a village to at the FDR stage then an application contact with your grandchild.
children have a way to maintain raise a child,’ and good grandparents can be made to the Court for contact You can give either Harriet Daley or
and develop a relationship with all can teach children much about life and at the same time an application Charlie Robson a call on 352-2293 to
wider family members including which the children’s own parents for leave. arrange an appointment to discuss
grandparents. cannot. They come from a different
If you find yourself in this your situation.
A frequent issue arising for generation, and can teach children
grandparents can be contact with matters from a different perspective
their grandchildren in circumstances than can the children’s own parents.” Contact with Grandchildren Seminar
where either their child or their child’s This brief commentary is directed
partner becomes disenchanted with to contact as distinct from day to Hear Harmans’ Lawyers discuss the issue
them and/or their partner and as day care (or what used to be called here at Age Concern Canterbury,
a consequence stops contact with “custody”). In the case of contact
grandparents. Alternately it may be then, grandparents have a right 24 Main North Road, Papanui on
that one of the grandparents’ children to apply to Court, subject to leave Tuesday, 24th September at 1.30pm
is a disinterested parent and that being granted. It would be unusual Light refreshments will follow the discussion.
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phrase is a saying-phrase that makes Apparently, Winston Churchill quite
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They told me I had type-A blood, a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a
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My Book Club recommends
When I moved to It tells the story again. Her current therapists reluctantly agree to
Christchurch four years of Psychotherapist let Theo treat the heavily drugged Alicia to get her
ago, a friend asked me to Theo Faber who to speak.
join her Book Club. I feel takes up a job at the The boundary between doctor and patient blurs
extremely privileged to have been invited to join this Grove, a “secure as Theo tries to cure his own emotional problems
group of friendly women who have been meeting forensic unit” in while treating Alicia.
monthly for 16 years. The original group had got North London. This book is a real psychological page turner,
together when their children attended the same Noted artist Alicia with a twist at the end that none of us saw coming,
primary school. Over the years they have been Berenson has I hope you enjoy it too.
through a lot together: children’s ups and downs, been held at the My Book Club
travel stories, the birth of grandchildren, the death Grove for six recommends will be a
of parents and siblings, new homes, 40th, 50th and years since she new regular column in
60th birthdays. There have been new additions to was convicted Keeping On, which I
the group (like me) and sadly the loss of a beloved of murdering hope you will contribute
member to cancer. Of the current eight members, her fashion to.
five have been there for the entire 16 years. photographer If you are in a Book
Each month we gather at a member’s home to husband, Gabriel. Club, have recently
read something you all
discuss the book that was chosen by the host. The evidence
enjoyed and want to
There is four weeks of news to catch up on, lots of against Alicia is clear—Gabriel was tied to a chair share it with us, we would love to hear from you.
laughter, a glass of wine, supper and sometimes and shot several times in the face with a gun that Please email me a brief review of the book you
we even talk about the book! had only her fingerprints. Since the day of her arrest, recommend and maybe a little about your book
“Silent Patient” by Alex Michelaides is a book we Alicia has never said a word. Theo is intrigued by club too. dmcgrath@ageconcerncan.org.nz
have recently read that we all found captivating. Alicia’s case and believes he can help her to talk or contact me on 3660903.
Try something new this spring at the WEA
As we edge into spring the days the fee is a donation to cover the costs councils set rates and manage rubbish way in which we express our cultural
are getting longer and our gardens and includes a seat at a post film but what else is affected by our vote? values and beliefs.
are slowly surfacing from their winter discussion as well as hot chocolate, Join previous Mayor of Christchurch KIDS AND THEIR GROWNUPS:
slumber. Perhaps it is time for us also cookies and popcorn! About the Garry Moore for an insider’s look at FUN WITH WATERCOLOURS -
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scientific study we have something - Local Elections: what are you This collection of ancient artefacts can draw and paint! Whether you are
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Goodbye from Tots Toggery and June
In August 2016, Keeping On staff, 24/7 care and fantastic meals.
featured an article on June Cox. At It was like being on a country
nearly 90 June had spent 77 years holiday with people who treated
in retail and was still running her own you like family. If you are looking
business Tot’s Toggery in Opawa. for a place to get back on your
Sadly June had to close her store feet after surgery, illness or injury,
suddenly last year and did not have I would highly recommend a stay
the opportunity to say goodbye to her at Ohoka with Lucy and the girls.
many loyal customers. After great food, care and daily
She has asked Keeping On to massages I didn’t want to leave.
share this message: However, the bones eventually
“Hi Tot’s Toggery Customers healed and I am now residing in
Since Tot’s Toggery featured in Auckland with my family for the
Keeping On four years ago, my winter.
90th birthday has come and gone, To my customers of many
and I am about to hit 94. years, thank you for your faithful
Some of you may now realise patronage. For the last 80 years
that Tots Toggery is no more and I have woken every weekday
wonder why I had to take an early morning and gone to work. Retail
June, from Tots Toggery, says goodbye to her clients.
retirement. Unfortunately, I did not is a part of my DNA and I miss it. I
have a chance to say “goodbye” decided that rest was the order of Canterbury Rehabilitation Centre. have had a wonderful time helping
due to two falls which resulted in the day. My favourite – if one can ever have you to “look good”. Thank you for
a broken shoulder, right wrist and Several weeks were spent in a favourite place to nurse broken being part of my 80 years of fun
fractured hip. The mind and heart hospital. I am now a frequent flyer bones – was the Rehab Centre and fashion. All the best.”
were willing to keep going in the at Christchurch Hospital, Burwood at Ohoka. This facility is set in June Cox
shop, but the bones and flesh and more recently the North beautiful grounds with a caring Jacox142@gmail.com
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Christchurch artist, Rhonda Campbell by June Peka
With true dramatic ‘artist’s people. They bought paintings for
temperament’ (AT), Rhonda Campbell their famous relative Bill, who later
talks of retirement in one breath, wrote personally to thank me. At his
and then in the next, of “curling up request more paintings have since
and dying” if she ever has to. Poor made their way to the White House,
Rhonda has a double-whammy of and there have been three more
AT, being not just a noted artist of letters. I painted one of him playing
vibrantly bold and colourful works, into the saxophone.”
which she blends like a chameleon Losing the Arts Centre venue post-
(especially at exhibition time) but a earthquakes had a “huge impact”
singer of soulful bluesy notes as well. on Rhonda’s career, but since then
Embracing the principals of gratitude she has carried on painting from
and mindfulness; having lived and her garage/studio in Richmond. Her
made a living from the creative life for paintings now sell mainly through
the past 27 years, she acknowledges word of mouth . She cherishes the
hers has been a special career. chance to meet or chat on the phone
“I have been so fortunate with my to people who buy her work.
natural gifts. Being an artist and a “I’ve come to realise my painting
singer can sound a bit glamorous, but isn’t complete until someone else
they’ve both been real jobs. Not like loves it too. There’s huge satisfaction
working on a factory floor, or fetching Rhonda, a noted artist of vibrantly bold and colourful works.
in that. I was very sad recently when
and lifting perhaps, but there have my cat Angel died. She’d been with
been many times I’ve felt exhaustion. me for more than five years and I was
Giving of yourself, creating, and having trouble getting over that when
connecting with people does take a I spotted a large canvas that I’d given
lot of energy. I can be so intent on up on a long time ago, on the floor
getting things just right, either singing of the studio. I had an urge to paint
in front of a crowd or preparing for an
something for Angel. There were
exhibition that I’ll get quite severe
people and a seat in the painting,
physical aches and pains from being
but I covered them over and painted
so tense and focused. I can zone out,
a cat walking on the golden path to
and sleep for hours and hours after
heaven. Within hours a woman had
either. It’s a very focused energy.”
heard about it and bought it. It was
Rhonda was born in Ashburton 67
years ago. A touch of Maori ancestry meant to be. Talking with her about
and the single life belie those years the painting and what it symbolised
– there’s hardly a line on her face. was very special. She was a cat
Her blue eyes twinkle with laughter lover too. I have similar connections
a lot, even as she talks about a not- with people all around the world.
so-perfect early life, growing up a girl It’s that connection that makes it all
bigger than her contemporaries, and The eighties and nineties were “I was taking a rare day off once, worthwhile.”
always seeming to be the “odd one Rhonda’s heydays, when she and heading up to Hanmer for the day Since the earthquakes Rhonda has
out”. established a world-wide reputation with a friend, when I got a call to say exhibited once a year at The Classic
“I did feel like a fish out of water in from her own gallery inside the Arts there was a group of 14 Americans Villa in Worcester St.
that small town. I had a few of those Centre. Inspiration was everywhere, in the studio who had bought almost And if you want to hear that soulful
mother-daughter issues, being the and being a person who thrives on every painting, and were wanting to velvet voice in person, you might just
only girl in a family of boys too. I think connecting with others, her work was meet me. Of course we raced back find her doing the cocktail hour on
I was always a creative kid, but when prolific. Her income and standing in and that was my first dealings with the a Friday or Saturday at The Garden
I left school I went to work in an office, the art community accelerated. wider Clinton family – lovely friendly Restaurant in Shirley.
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The impact of environment on people living with dementia
by Lee Andrews, Educator, Dementia Canterbury
A study reported on in Medical in the life of someone with dementia. their everyday tasks and activities. ongoing noise at a social occasion,
Xpress.com on March 14 found When it comes to supporting people Focused, or “task lighting” can help or a busy shopping mall.
that people are happier in beautiful to live well it is key to ensure that people pay attention to a specific If a person’s ability to problem-solve
surroundings. This may not sound the environments in which people activity, for example a light over the is compromised, then temperature
like rocket science to most of us live, work and play are conducive to dinner table may assist the person also needs to be considered. Getting
who have intuitively experienced wellbeing. What does this mean? in maintaining attention to their too hot or too cold creates difficulties
the relationship that exists between As Dr. Seresinhe’s quote meal. Lighting for way-finding is also for the body which can then affect
environment and mood. However, a suggests, environments that are important, a person who wakes in the mood and behaviour. If a person
rationale offered for this finding by one taxing on our sensory faculties and night may need clear lighting signals doesn’t respond to the cues of their
of the study’s authors does provide nervous systems are not generally to show them the way to the toilet. own body temperature, they may
an interesting point to reflect on, conducive to wellbeing. For people It’s equally important to be aware remain either over or under dressed,
especially when we consider those of with dementia who have reduced of glare as this can be an unpleasant requiring prompting by someone else
us living with dementia. Dr. Chanuki processing and problem-solving stimulus that can be the cause of to remedy this.
Seresinhe reports: ‘According to skills it is important to consider all agitation for people with dementia, as Colour is an element which can be
Attention Restoration Theory, scenes aspects of an environment; the noise the eyes struggle with the intensity of creatively used to assist a person’s
requiring less demand on our attention levels, the temperature, the lighting, light from a particular source. Older ability to navigate well in their
allow us to become less fatigued, colours, smells and layout. All these eyes also take more time transitioning environment. Colour can be used
more able to concentrate, and thus elements need to be considered from between light and dark so glare can successfully to highlight specific
perhaps even less irritable… settings the perspective of the person with also accentuate shadows which can features of the environment, or to
more beautiful may also hold our dementia. in turn be troublesome for people with disguise them. The use of colour
interest for longer, thereby blocking Lighting plays a crucial way in dementia to negotiate. Exposure to to provide contrast can help people
negative thoughts.’ how we relate to an environment, natural light is important in regulating attend to important elements of the
For people living with dementia especially where age and dementia our 24-hour circadian rhythms which environment. A white toilet seat in
the world is becoming a less stable, are concerned. If a room is not are vulnerable to disruption in people a white bathroom can be hard to
less knowable place. As neurons lit brightly enough this can be an with dementia. Natural light can also see but replacing the toilet seat with
in the brain are damaged and die, additional burden on an already improve one’s mood and is a source a colour that stands out will greatly
knowledge and skills that were once overtaxed brain, as the brain is forced of Vitamin D. help a person to see it. Likewise
taken for granted can not be so easily to work even harder to make sense of Being sensitive to noise levels is replacing a white plate with a red or
relied on. Because of this, people what it is seeing. Dull lighting creates another element to consider. As blue one will mean that the food on
with dementia are increasingly likely ambiguities as to what objects are – we age it gets harder to filter out the plate will stand out better than
to take cues from the environment is that a person over there or a coat extraneous sounds, which again puts on a white plate. Colour can also
to help orientate and make sense on a rack? As we age, the amount more load on the brain. Therefore, act in a negative way, for example a
of the world. If I’ve forgotten where of light required to see well increases minimizing competing or excessive black or dark-coloured bath mat on
I am then I can look around me dramatically. In late afternoon and noise can aid in concentration and the bathroom floor may appear like a
and work it out by what I see, smell on cloudy days rooms may easily reduce irritation. For someone with hole in the ground to a person with
and hear in my surroundings. It is fall into sub-optimal lighting ranges. dementia this may mean being dementia, and consequently be very
therefore likely that the environment Good lighting can help to reduce mindful of a person’s capacity to cope unproductive placed at the entrance
becomes more important than ever falls and assist people to perform with rumbustious children, or the to the shower. (Contd...Page 24).
Winter warmer at ‘Winter Blast’ by Hon. Ruth Dyson, MP
We all know what our winter is like just great! There was entertainment candidates – we all have different the afternoon tea looked delicious.
– dark mornings, dark evenings and of a very high quality, a huge priorities. And of course, everyone is People who attended were asked
cold nights – often cold days!! The afternoon tea served by the Friends keen to see their rates bill stay at an for either a gold coin donation or a
combination means that we are less of Edmonds Factory Garden and affordable level. tin of food which was then donated to
likely to be out and about. It’s the then a lucky draw with the winners I will be asking all our candidates a local organisation which would put
time of year when more people just winning beautiful flowering pot plants what they are going to do if elected, it to best use. The rest was funded
stay home and keep warm. donated by Portstone. So a real in relation to supporting activities by the Community Board through our
Well that wasn’t the case for several community event!! such as this “Winter Blast” in their rates.
hundred “Senior Citizens” recently. I It’s the time of our 3 year election communities. For many of the people I think that putting a smile on
joined a very lively afternoon hosted cycle when people are looking at at this event, it was the highlight of people’s faces and getting them out
by the Woolston Club and organised candidates standing for Community their winter. There was an absolute of their house and having fun is a
by the Linwood-Central-Heathcote Boards, Council, Mayor, Ecan and buzz of conversation, people were great use of our rates – what do you
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