We Welcome Margaret to Glengarry
We are thrilled to introduce you to Margaret Smithson, our new Facilities Manager at Glengarry, Mosman.
Margaret has many years experience as a nurse, with extensive experience in General Nursing and Mental Health. Margaret has also held the position of Auditor within the Aged Care sector in the late nineties and moved into aged care management in 2002.
Retirement Village Living
Throughout summer, the retirement living residents have enjoyed their monthly bus trip to bushland areas or to the seaside. This month they have been joined for the first time by a couple of residents from our residential care home.
We hope new friendships and interactions will come out of this and future shared activities.
Recipes from the Twilight Kitchen
As we head towards the end of daylight savings, the change of season and the glorious Autumn weather, our tastebuds are looking for a nice tasty little treat to enjoy with our afternoon tea.
The Twilight Kitchen has a couple of favourites for you to try your hand at over the long weekend.
Memory Walk & Jog for Dementia Australia
On Sunday 6 May 2018, a team of Twilight Aged Care supporters will be taking part in the Sydney Memory Walk & Jog.
The staff at Twilight Aged Care know only too well how common this disease is as they deal with it every day within their jobs, so they wished to actively support the work of Dementia Australia.
WHS Update March 2018
At Twilight Aged Care we are committed to ensuring a safe and healthy workplace (and home for our residents).
Susan Ambrose has recently commenced as WHS Coordinator and has been visiting each of the homes, completing risk assessments and following up actions on identified hazards.
Life at Horton House
2018 saw the return of Zumba, Tai-Chi and Art Therapy to our homes.
Horton House has had some lovely visits from the schools in our local areas, providing entertainment for the ladies as well as having students volunteering and helping out with activities. The students from Ravenswood Girls have been visiting our residents at Horton House in Gordon on a regular basis after school much to the delight of the residents, with some lovely friendships forming between residents and students.
Joan Celebrates her 101st Birthday
Twilight Aged Care resident for over 10 years, Joan McKimm, celebrated her 101st birthday on Friday 9 March at her Hunters Hill Village home surrounded by family, fellow residents and staff. Hunter’s Hill Mayor, Mark Bennett also dropped by to congratulate Joan and help celebrate this auspicious occasion.
On celebrating her centenary last year Joan received a letter of congratulations from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Governor-General, the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), and was very humbled by all of the fuss
Influenza
Here we are in March and a quarter of the way through the year. 2018 appears to be fast slipping away and Flu season is on the horizon.
Each year here at Twilight, we take this season very seriously as it can have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of our residents and staff.