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Aged Care Sunshine Coast with St Marys
The sunset years is a very special stage in the journey of life. For many, it is time to savor the present and make the most out of what life has to offer.
With a proper aged care provider, older Australians should be free from worries and focus on ways to continue an active lifestyle despite physical limitations that manifest.
St Mary’s Aged Care Sunshine Coast is one of the best aged care facilities and medical services in Australia.
Live your best life either in Coolum Beach, Pelican Waters or right in your own home.
St Mary’s Aged Care provides the following support for the elderly:
- permanent care
- respite care
- dementia care
- palliative care
- as-needed home care
With a team of healthcare professionals on site and on immediate call, older Australians can focus on living their best life in a residential aged care facility that promotes an active lifestyle and overall wellbeing.
Aged care home provides healthcare support
There are health concerns that go beyond what a regular aged care home can offer. St Mary’s healthcare team is able to give special care to those needing more support.
What is permanent care?
This type of aged care pertains to long-term caring for the elderly.
This factors in their overall wellbeing such keeping active, mentally sharp and eating well.
Depending on the needs, this may also include assistance in showering, taking medications and mobility.
What is respite care?
This type of aged care is a temporary arrangement for when the primary caregiver is unable to attend to their duties for a period of time.
Medical services are properly turned over to the centre for the patient’s temporary home.
What is included in dementia care?
Dementia care is one of the most challenging jobs for aged care experts.
The patient is given daily routines and mental exercises to help keep the progression of memory loss.
Proper care includes regular conversations with the patient as well as patiently demonstrating and helping with daily activities such as dressing and eating.
In later stages, dementia care involves calming down and keeping the patient oriented.
Dementia can particularly be hard on the family. St Mary’s aged care home is able to ease the worries of loved ones and provide a dignified life for the patient.
What is palliative care?
This type of aged care refers to those who are suffering from a serious illness. Care involves medical treatment as well as personal care that a sick person may find challenging.
St Mary’s healthcare team is able to provide proper care for elderly patients who are suffering from serious illness.
The centre employs a registered nurse to administer needed medical services. The healthcare team do their best to help patients feel at home.
The family will be comforted with the thought that their loved one is receiving the best healthcare attention from a community that truly cares for their wellbeing.
Residents are part of the local community
Being part of a community has numerous health benefits for the elderly.
St Mary’s Aged Care Sunshine Coast retirement villages organize a regular schedule for games, events and activities to encourage socialization and a build a strong sense of community among the residents.
Residents find joy of a quality life surrounded by friends. The residents in each retirement village learn to build relationships.
They are encouraged to keep an active lifestyle with other residents who are part of the community.
The retirement villages offer regular events and activities within the facilities as well as public transport to join the local community for special occasions such as concerts and excursions to see regional attractions.
There is always something to look forward to.
With easy access to the local community as well as a busy schedule within the retirement village, residents enjoy independence and quality lives.
Timely medical services in aged care facilities
One of the biggest factors in choosing a residential aged care facility in Sunshine Coast is the quality of healthcare.
St Mary’s Aged Care provides all residents with easy access to medical services, rehab and all types of special care that an elderly could possible need.
Residents of this Sunshine Coast nursing home are properly looked after by a registered nurse.
Physiotherapists and physiotherapy aides are available for those in need of rehab support.
Doctors and pharmacy services are also available from the comfort of their residence.
Sunshine Coast aged care home – meal plans for residents
Meals provide more than nutrition, they are a source of joy for many residents.
At St. Mary’s Aged Care facilities, all meals are freshly prepared in the onsite kitchen and served in the dining areas located in every building.
Facilities include outdoor dining and barbecue areas where residents can enjoy an occasional change of scenery.
Depending on the aged care facility, there are plentiful amenities where delectable meals can be enjoyed indoor and outdoor.
For the elderly who opt for home care, aged care services include preparation of meals on a daily basis.
Rooms and amenities
Rooms and amenities vary depending on the aged care facility. All the rooms are tastefully designed and are spacious enough to allow provisions for medical equipment.
There are different room types to accommodate varying aged care needs. Provisions for mobility support are available to promote independence.
For maximum comfort, rooms feature either air-conditioning or fan options.
All rooms in each aged care facility are equipped with a nurse-call system. A registered nurse and a team of carers are ready to assist in any medical emergencies as well as non-medical support.
Each aged care site gives proper care that the elderly needs and deserves.
Meaningful family visits to aged care home
St. Mary’s Aged Care facility is conveniently located in areas of Sunshine Coast. Families are most welcome to visit their beloved residents.
While residents are busy attending to their community events and weekly schedules, there is nothing like a visit from family members to brighten their day.
There are restaurants and shops located in surrounding suburbs to take the residents for special occasions.
For the rest of the time, families have nothing to worry about – all the needs of the residents from meals to laundry and down to hair dresser, are all accessible within the aged care facility.
Residential aged care facility in Pelican Water Sunshine Coast
The retirement village located in Pelican Water Sunshine Coast provides complete aged care services.
There are 86 tastefully designed rooms surrounded by gardens and nature.
There are single rooms, rooms with ensuite and shared rooms available for couples.
This aged care facility has many wonderful features to make their residents comfortable
massive gardens
The Pelican Water retirement village is surrounded by lush gardens and the sound of nature. Seniors can enjoy long walks and endless time outdoor.
lounge areas
Family and friends are most welcome to visit their loved ones in the cozy lounge area.
Come every Friday or better yet, check which days work best for your loved one – the residents in St Mary’s can get pretty busy with their activities!
Residential aged care facility in Coolum Beach Sunshine Coast
The aged care facility on Coolum Beach Sunshine Coast provides a range of aged care facility from standard to luxury.
There are 130 rooms with single room with ensuite as well as joint suites for couples. This retirement village boasts of modern facilities such as air-conditioning units for all 130 rooms.
St Mary’s Coolum offers a luxury twist to aged care home. All luxury suites are spacious and many of them have access to an outdoor patio.
The rooms have luxury finishing with cottage furniture and timber accents.
The rooms have tasteful picture rails and shelving units to allow residents to adorn their own rooms with personal effects and create a personal touch to their surroundings.
The aged care facility in Coolum can suit the most discerning resident. It is one of the best designed nursing homes located in Sunshine Coast.
Facilities in Coolum site
Aside from a luxury finish, the Coolum site also boasts of extra special amenities for aged care support
clubhouse
There is a spacious clubhouse to be enjoyed for bigger gatherings and social events. Having fun has immeasurable health benefits and provides quality of life.
private lounge room
Residents can enjoy private visits with family and friends in the privacy of a lounge room.
lounge room
Residents can gather to hear music from the piano or have a range of activities in the lounge room.
hair salon
Residents can look good and feel good with a hairdresser to keep them looking their best. Self care includes a trip to the salon every week.
gazebo and aviary
The beautiful surroundings of Coolum Beach aged care facility can best be enjoyed outdoor.
A gazebo and aviary is available for the community to enjoy the music of birds chirping.
community garden
A lush vegetable garden is available for residents to pick and eat the items they want.
Residents with a green thumb enjoy growing their produce. In itself this is a therapeutic activity for everyone who participates. It also provides fresh vegetables for the community.
St Mary’s home care services
Sunshine Coast residents who prefer to live their sunset years in the comfort of their own homes, can opt for in-home aged care services.
Some people prefer to be surrounded by their own local community instead of moving to a retirement village.
A complete range of aged care services are provided to allow any Sunshine Coast community to support the elderly.
They have access to different care needs that an elderly could ever want.
Aged care services support the elderly in their local community
St Mary’s home care services enable the community to support their elderly residents by catering to their small and major needs.
The elderly are able to continue an active lifestyle with access to the care they need.
They are able to enjoy health, wellbeing and independence within the community they are used to.
Any address in Sunshine Coast can be a centre for aged care service with the help of St Mary’s home care program.
daily care needs
This refers to tasks that the elderly need to survive on a daily and regular basis.
A team of healthcare providers will take care of meal preparations and nutritional assistance as well as showering and personal hygiene needs.
Medical supervision and help with mobility is available depending on the level of home care needed.
transfers and transport to appointments
Carers are ready to transport and bring home the elderly to a centre for appointments.
Be it the bank, the doctor, the library, the dentist or any appointment they keep, home care team provides transportation and mobility assistance to their clients.
home maintenance
Chores become more and more tasking for the elderly. The home care team takes care of laundry and house cleaning needs for home care clients.
shopping
The home care team takes care of shopping for their elderly clients.
They ensure that supplies are complete and that the elderly need not stress out about trips to the supermarket.
Federal Government Provider or Private Home Care
St Mary’s home care services works as a federal government approved aged care home provider.
However, you will need an assessment by the Aged Care Assessment team. To qualify for an assessment, please coordinate with My Aged Care.
Once the process is complete, you may enjoy the home care services that is subsidized by the federal government. The only cost to you will be a minimal daily fee.
Alternately, you may opt fund your home care privately. This is a good option for those still waiting to complete their requirements but require an immediate need for aged care home.
Discuss your aged care preference with St Mary’s
Before deciding on an aged care arrangement you would want for you (and your partner), you may ask to take a tour of the retirement village communities of St Mary’s.
The main factors in choosing the best aged care for you are personal preference, location and budget.
The website shows a comprehensive description and photos of our aged care homes and home care package.
Of course, doing a personal visit to the centre gives the best idea on the care you will receive.
The rates are published to help you make an informed decision on the best aged care home for you.
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I Was Only 30
It’s the song that changed John Schumann’s life. But when the singer-songwriter sat down to write about the Vietnam War more than 30 years ago, he never dreamt the song would become a number one hit, or that its lyrics would one day be inscribed on a national memorial.
“It’s also a song that you can’t perform lightly. It means so much to other people … you have to concentrate and play it with sincerity and intensity every time you play it … [but] in lots of ways it doesn’t belong to me, it belongs to the people about whom it’s written.”
He decided to write a song for the veterans, but he didn’t want to base it on media reports and his imagination. When Cold Chisel recorded Don Walker’s Khe Sanh, he thought he’d missed his chance, but then he wrote I was only 19, based on the experiences of his brother-in-law, Mick Storen, who had served with 6 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) in Vietnam in 1969. “I was going out with Denny at the time, and I knew her brother had been in Vietnam, but she told me that he didn’t talk about it,” Schumann said. “She brought him along to hear the band play at the Oxford Theatre in Unley [shortly before Christmas in 1981], and we all went out for a drink and something to eat after the show … Notwithstanding the fact that I’d been warned that he didn’t talk about it, I asked him – very possibly on the wings of a six pack – if he would be prepared to talk to me.”
Much to Schumann’s surprise, Storen said yes. But there were two conditions, the first being that Schumann didn’t denigrate Storen’s mates. “That was not what I wanted to do, so that was easy,” Schumann said. “And the other condition was that he heard the song first, and if he didn’t like it, then the song was not to see the light of day.” Schumann agreed, and the pair met a few months later at Denny’s house in the Adelaide Hills. “He came up one night, and we had a long conversation, which I taped on cassettes, and I just listened to those cassettes over and over and over,” Schumann said.
When he sat down to write a few months later, the words just tumbled out. “It was like it’d already been written,” Schumann said.
He admits it was “pretty scary” playing the song to Storen for the first time. “He’s not very demonstrative at the best of times, but he did greet the song with silence, and not unreasonably, I thought that I’d really put my foot in it,” Schumann said. But no, he liked it, and I was so apprehensive about the whole thing, I just remember he said, ‘Mate, you’d better go see Frankie.’ And he said that a few times.”
In the original lyrics, Schumann wrote that Tommy “kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon”, but Storen didn’t know any Tommy’s and wanted the name changed. It was Storen’s platoon commander, Lieutenant Peter Hines, who stepped on the mine in July 1969, but Storen didn’t want his name used out of respect for his family. He told Schumann, “You can use Frankie, but you’d better go and see Frankie to ask him if it’s okay.”
Frankie was Frank Hunt. He had been badly wounded in the same incident that killed Hines, and in January 1983, Schumann went to visit Hunt at his home in Bega. “I knocked on the door, and I don’t think he was very impressed,” Schumann said. “I was this long haired, bearded, left-wing firebrand … but because I was a friend of Mick Storen’s, he let me in the house, and I played him the song, and he was knocked sideways too. He just wanted to hear it again and again, and I was sick of playing it by this point, so I asked him if could just record the song into his ghetto blaster.” Frankie agreed to share his story, and when the song was released in March 1983, the impact was immediate. “Everybody I played it to was knocked out by it,” Schumann said.
The song went to number one, and four years later 25,000 Vietnam veterans marched through the streets of Sydney in a belated welcome home parade. For the hundreds of thousands of Australians who bought the record, Schumann suspects it was a way of saying sorry.
“I think I was only 19 provides an ‘I get it’ moment,” Schumann said. “Australians are fundamentally fair and decent, and I think I was only 19 was a story … that made us stop and think, ‘Oh, shit, we didn’t do the right thing by those blokes.’ It gave us all a chance to look over the fence and look into the backyards of the Vietnam veterans who lived next door or down the street.
I think we’ve learned to separate our position on the war and our position on the men and women who are sent to fight it. And I think that’s a very important distinction.” Thirty-five years later, veterans still approach Schumann to thank him for telling their story and helping their families understand.
The Missing Tablets
By Sue Wighton- Accidental Writer…..Website and blog: suewightonaccidentalwriter.com
So, in January 2022 did you take stock of the year that was and resolve to do better this year? I’ve never been one for elaborate new year resolutions. And in these trying times, I reckon just scraping through in spite of modern abominations – COVID, the proliferation of rogue apostrophes in public life, G-strings, MyGov – is good enough.
And now we’ve endured a flood of ‘Biblical’ proportions. Thus, sayeth the mainstream media.
in our Western tradition, these rules first appeared on tablets. Of course, we take tablets for granted these days. Mainly the technological ones I mean. They’re so light and powerful and packed with information. And then there is the other kind – the ones we take for various ailments. My motto for life has ever been, ‘Just keep taking the tablets’! I seriously love a good tablet.
But once upon a time in a land far away, there was another heavier, more rustic kind of tablet, also very powerful and carrying important information. On a special two of these tablets were etched the ten commandments we all try to live by.
We can thank Moses for delivering the tablets with their inspiring messages to us as chronicled in the Old Testament.
What many people don’t realise is that Moses had four tablets when he started out. Wild hey? He stumbled on his way down the mountain. Well, you try carrying four stone tablets down a rocky mountain with no trolley. They’re bloody heavy. Awkward too. So, two of the tablets were smashed into smithereens, Moses very nearly broke a hip, and the commandments on the smashed tablets (another ten as it turns out) were lost to eternity.
Until now. Recently a team of archaeologists discovered the fragments in a hidden valley in the Holy Land and have painstakingly pieced them together. We’re all familiar with the first ten commandments – no idols, no swearing, adultery, don’t murder, yah da, yah da, blah, blah, blah. And I’m getting better every year at accommodating most (well, some) of these in my life. But it now gives me great pleasure to pass on to you the additional ten that Moses dropped – the ones you never knew existed. I give these to you in good faith secure in the belief that over this year, you will follow these injunctions wisely. Surely then your 2022 will be better than 2021.
Let’s pick up after the tenth commandment about coveting thy neighbours’ kerbside rubbish. (Well, it’s something like that.) Commandment Eleven: Men – thou shalt never wear a beard without an accompanying moustache. Thou willst look like a garden gnome. Unless you’re National Treasure, Thomas Kenneally. We love you, Tom. Women – beards are optional.
Twelve: Thou shalt neither talk nor text on thy mobile phone whilst perambulating in the fields. Misfortune in the form of marauding bulls or random serial killers willst befall you, as surely as night follows day. Thirteen: Thou shalt honour the mighty choc top ice cream. Always consume one of these delicacies in the moving picture theatre. Even though most will end up on thy shirt. Because the Lord made the choc top in all its divine and myriad flavours and, yea verily, it is good.
Fourteen: Thou shalt not check thy emails on thy mobile phone/ do thy make-up/ read the last chapter of thy book / whilst in a supermarket parking lot – knowing that someone is waiting, engine running, to snaffle your park. Fifteen: Thou shalt not wear sandals and socks. That way lies madness.
Sixteen: Thou shalt swim between the flags. Mostly. Seventeen: Thou shalt not bang on and on about thy grandchildren; neither willst thou post copious images of them on social media. Eighteen: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s air fryer. Get thine own.
Nineteen: Thou shalt not form a folk or rock band out of nostalgia or desire alone. Talent and musical skills are required. For God will smite thee for thy lack of musical ability and for inflicting it on the rest of us philistines. Twenty: Thou shalt eschew the packet gravy. Make it from scratch. Thus, saith the Lord. And Moses’ final word? Just keep taking the tablets.
A Brief History of 1940s Vintage Makeup
The 1940’s woman has a look all to her own. Confident up-do hairstyles, redder than red lipsticks and nails and prominent arched eyebrows.
LIPSTICKS in the 1940s were red all the way and while there were now countless shades to choose from, the final objective of any young 1940s woman was prominent red lips. Replacing the thin understated lip contours of the The 1930s was a deep luscious full mouth. Beauty guides encouraged women to use a pencil to outline ‘outside’ their natural lip line to enlarge their mouth. As most lipsticks were matte, Vaseline was used to add a little lustre and gloss. The 1940s lip was the most iconic and most loved makeup item amongst women of the time. If nothing else was applied, a bright red lip would be on a 1940s woman’s face. During the early to mid-40s, red was the favoured shade, everything from classic bright reds, blue-toned reds, pink, red, orange-red and cherry red. Lipsticks were nearly always matte, however, a little petroleum jelly would be applied for a glossy lip. Women were encouraged to keep buying lipstick and to send letters to the front covered in ‘lipstick kisses’ to boost the morale of the soldiers.”
Brows had taken a very different turn in the 1940s, gone were the days of plucking your brows to oblivion and drawing them back on pencil thin. The 1940’s brow was a lot softer than the 20s or 30s brow and women often had their natural hairs. Instead, they would be neatly groomed, and only stray hairs were tweezed. However, a fuller, arched, or rounded brow was the favoured shape and would be achieved with the aid of a brow or eyeliner pencil which would be one shade darker than the hair. Some women preferred to define the brows with just petroleum jelly, so you also could say that the 1940s saw the very first brow gel. In the 1940s, a flawless base was heavily sought after, however, unlike in the 1930s, a full-coverage matte face wasn’t the only option. Foundations were now being formulated to have a “sheen” to them in order to achieve a natural look. Pan Cake Foundation was incredibly popular throughout the 1940s due to its compact packaging and the ease of re-applying throughout the day. Powder compacts in the decade had now replaced the loose powders of the 1920s and 1930s due to their messiness and inconvenience. Now that women were working masculine jobs, makeup had to be on the go. A powdered base was still very popular and often came in pressed form in a compact. Women would often powder a shade or two lighter to help contour the face as well as bring some normality back to the skin, as foundation shades were often too dark.
Rouge was still very popular throughout the 1940s, however, it was applied very sparingly on the apples of the cheeks and blended up towards the cheekbones to further enhance a natural face, as well as define the bone structure, slightly different to the dramatic 30s rouge which covered most of the cheek. If a woman couldn’t find a blush, she’d use her lipstick as rouge as well as her contour. Lipstick was a very good option as it had far more staying power than an actual blush. However, if a woman could get a blusher, it was common to apply a moist rouge (cream blush) and set it with a powdered rouge.
Unlike the 1920s and 1930s, not much emphasis was placed on the eyes again, due to War Time shortages, eyeshadows were incredibly difficult to come by. However, a little eye definition was still desired and on a day-to-day basis all that would be used as mascara. Some preferred just a light coating of Vaseline on the lashes but by the 1940s, new mascara formulations had been produced. The classic mascara cake was still very much in use, but liquids and pastes were now available. Women would often mix these with either a drop of water or spit to create lots of lash definition. Eyeshadows were reserved for night-time and the colours would often be very neutral. Colours would match the eye colour so a blue-eyed girl would wear blue-grey shades and brown shades would be used on hazel, brown and black-eyed girls. If access to eyeshadow wasn’t possible, women would create their own out of ingredients such as burning a candle under a saucer which would create a soot-like mixture. This was mixed with petroleum jelly and would be used to create a soft Smokey eye, only for the night-time.
Despite war rationing, women began using makeup from their teens onward. Just twenty years before – this would have been unthinkable.
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Fishing Report – January 28, 2022
So far this summer has been fairly standard for fishing – we’ve seen a big variety of fish caught, lots of them just big enough to keep, and with a few impressive catches among them.
The weather bureau talked at the start of summer about the probable onset of La Nina, which brings frequent rains and stormy weather. Well, we’d have to say that they got that right, didn’t they? There are usually just a couple of sunny days, then another period of rain, strong winds and choppy water.
The rains have been regular, but not often heavy enough to flush out the creeks, so the flathead hasn’t been as steady as we’d like over January. We have still been getting the very occasional biggie but they’ve been hard to find lately, although there has been some luck using hard-bodied lures. The water being very warm, fishing for them on the sandflats is not always successful, although that’s where you’ll find them on the cloudy days. The best flathead spots over the past month have been the gutters, especially on a rising tide. That being said, Nev and his family were on the falling tide, using prawns for bait when they got a 45cm flathead near the Ningi Creek marker, as well as a big bream.
As usual, hanging out at the same spots as flathead over summer, are plenty of grunters and flounders. Squid is a versatile bait for the warmer months and is being favoured by grunter bream and tarwhine, especially the squid-head.
Ross used prawns to get himself some flounder, as well as garfish near the oyster leases in Ningi Creek. There should be a good supply of sand whiting, too, but they have been slow to get into the Passage so far. Simon and Rose were targeting them during a recent run-in tide, with live yabbies and a running sinker – a general whiting rig- but no luck. They did catch 13 keepers all up, starting with trevally and bream at the bridge, Moses perch at Banksia Beach and some good dartfish caught while trolling, but what they really wanted was some nice sand whiting…
A few bream are being picked up all through the Passage, most of them are only just legal size, but good enough. Near the oyster leases just north of Ningi Creek, you should be able to get some good bream, you could also try north of Toorbul – the mouth of Elimbah Creek has been a good spot. Craig had a good time there and brought in a few bream. He said that prawns were the only bait that the bream were going for. Greg also thought the same when he used prawns to catch three bream, near Shag Island.
These weather conditions are likely to make snapper and sweetlip a bit restless and not so inclined to chase a bait or lure, but we’ve certainly been getting a good share of them in the past few weeks. After the December rains, there were reports of really big snapper in odd places – up at Toorbul and out at Skirmish Point, but you don’t have to go as far as that – from the ripples to White Patch has been doing just as well.
A reminder here: there is a stretch of beach just north of Pacific Harbour – it’s signposted “Kakadu Beach” and is an internationally protected summer resting area for thousands of migratory wading birds. Just off that beach is the location of some specially built oyster-shell cages, which are the basis of a so-far quite successful oyster regeneration project. Please don’t pull up at the beach or anchor close to the oyster project – the migratory birds need space and peace and the oyster cages can be easily damaged by your anchor. Drifting is usually the better way to go, anyway, because it takes you over a lot of underwater structures, which the fish love to hang around!
Crabbing has been pretty good right up in the creeks – Connor, Jack and mates have been getting huge muddies up at Elimbah Creek, using mullet and squid some really big bucks!