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Hillarys & Districts Branch
Branch meets at 10:00am on the first Wednesday of each month at the Flinders Park
Community Hall, 137 Broadbeach Boulevard, Hillarys.
Postal address: PO Box 141 Hillarys 6923
June 2021 Newsletter – Issue 186
This week several of our members and a few
A Heads up: members from Joondalup National Seniors
enjoyed an excursion through the Craigie
The AGM is approaching fast. I’ve been the Ground Water Treatment Plant. While we
newsletter editor now for two years and now didn’t get to see the process of converting our
it’s time that I passed the mantle on to new household waste water into pure water ready
blood. Please give taking on the responsibility to be pumped back into the aquifers it was still
of producing the newsletter your a very interesting and informative experience.
consideration.
As positions go, being the Newsletter Editor is After that the Hillary’s people headed to the
the easiest job. You can do it at your leisure, North Shore Tavern for lunch and a chat.
there is no time pressure, provided it’s out
about five days before the next General Key points of the Aged Care Reforms
Meeting. Addressed in the 2021 Budget that may
While you can generate content if you want to, be of significance to members.
generally all you have to do is edit the content
that is supplied to you. ▪ The $17.7 billion boost to aged care
The newsletter is written on microsoft word includes 80,000 new home care
and then saved as a PDF prior to being sent packages and staffing training
out to our members. You’ll have the word.doc
▪ Minimum staff time of 200 minutes
version of the previous newsletter and all you
per person per day will be enforced
need to do is use the existing format and
from 1 October 2023
delete old content and insert the new content.
What could be easier I say. ▪ Work test for non-concessional
contributions to super will be axed
Presidents Report: for 67 – 74 year olds and 60 – 64
year olds will now get to make extra
I was really delighted that so many people super contributions when
attended our 5th of May meeting. downsizing.
You may recall we had just come out of
another short lockdown, we had to wear 1. Home Care Packages
masks everywhere, distance the chairs and it
was expected that the weather on that day With its $17.7 billion package as response to
was going to be extremely inclement. So, a the aged care royal commission, the federal
big thank you to all of those members that government has made a significant down
made the effort to attend the meeting. payment to restore faith in the aged care
system.
National Seniors Australia – Hillarys & District Branch
A headline announcement was the $6.5 billion Facts on Aging
for new Home Care Packages.
1. As people grow older, their
2. Staff Training intelligence declines significantly
Aligned with this increase in home care False. Current research evidence suggests
funding, funding is allocated for new training that intellectual performance in healthy
places to meet new demand for home care individuals holds up well into old age.
Intellectual decline is typically small in the
services.
60s and 70s and is probably of little
There will be 33,800 subsidised Vocational
significance for competent behaviour, but
Education and Training places through with more average decline for the 80s.
JobTrainer to increase the number of care
staff. 2. It is very difficult for older adults to
The Budget also provides $216.7 million over learn new things
three years to grow and upskill the workforce
and enhance nurse leadership and clinical False. Although learning performance tends on
skills. average to decline with age, all age groups
3. Minimum staffing care time in can learn. Learning performances can be
residential care improved with instructions and practice, extra
A third important announcement is $3.9 billion time to learn information or skills, and
for minimum staffing time in residential care. relevance of the learning task,
The government has accepted the
recommendation for a minimum staff time of 3. As adults grow older, reaction
200 minutes per day (with 40 minutes of this time increases
from a registered nurse) and for a registered
True. When processing ordinary stimuli, adults
nurse to be on duty for a minimum of 16 hours
do show large increases in response time with
per day. increasing age. Reaction time when a traffic
light turns from red to green
4. Expanded eligibility for downsizing
contributions to super 4. Most older drivers are quite capable
of safely operating a motor vehicle
The existing “downsizing into super” scheme,
which allows people over the age of 65 to True. Some older adults do have visual,
downsize their home and put up to $300,000 motor, or cognitive impairments that make
in proceeds into super will have its eligibility them dangerous drivers. Many drive more
expanded so that people aged 60 to 64 can slowly and cautiously or avoid driving in
also participate in the scheme. conditions they consider threatening in
order to compensate for these changes.
5. Superannuation work test abolished “Facts on Aging” derived from Erdman
Palmore’s “Facts on Ageing Quiz” Revised and
updated: 2015:
In the 2021 Budget that one of the restrictions
on making contributions has been removed.
Currently, older Australians who make Stay Healthy Happy and Safe
contributions to superannuation between the Cheryle Medcalf
age of 67 – 74 must be working and meet a
work test to be eligible.
Membership Renewals
The change recognises that many retirees
have savings outside of super and need the One year – $45 single or $75 joint m’ship.
flexibility to be able to contribute, to maximise
their retirement income. Two years – $80 single, Save $10 or $125
joint m’ship, Save $25.
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Three Years - $99 single, Save $36 or $149 Wishing you all a very happy birthday filled
joint m’ship, Save $76. with love, laughter, pressies and cake.
Five years – $195 single, Save $30 or $295 Anyone wishing to add their birthday to the
joint m’ship, Save $80. birthday spread sheet, please let me know
Payable at branch Meetings or send to National
Seniors Australia, For Your Calendar
Reply Paid 1450, Brisbane QLD 4001.
Members who use internet banking, can use Next Meeting: Wednesday 2nd of June
Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) facility to pay Time: 10am.
for Membership Renewals, name badges, Followed by lunch at Mia Cucina at the Hillarys
events that require prepayment, etc. Boat Harbour.
Speaker: Mr Balbir Singh
Account Name: National Seniors Assoc Topic: Mr Balbir Singh is from the Southern
Hillarys. Districts Sikh Temple and will give a talk
regarding the temples.
BSB: 036-226 A/C No: 24-9794
Please include Surname and keyword in the Social Events
transfer.
Monthly Dinner – A time for members to
Do NOT combine payments for multiple celebrate a birthday, anniversary, or just
functions, only pay for one function at a time. “celebrate life” fellow members and friends.
When: Saturday 26th June
Name Badges: please contact our Treasurer
Joe Varischetti who will order these for you, Where: Kingsway Tavern, Darch
cost is $10. Time: 6pm
Please contact Nita (Mobile Ph 0400 063 143) if
you wish to attend.
Member’s Welfare
If you become aware of a member who is
dealing with illness or hear of a member who
has passed please contact one of the
Committee Members. Notification can then be
sent to other members who wish to visit or
pay their respects.
Monthly Morning Tea
Members Please join Judy Varischetti and other Branch
celebrating members in a pleasant morning of stimulating
birthdays for conversation. Please wear your name badge.
June Friends are also most welcome.
This is a great little social occasion to catch up
28 June : Warren Davis
th with other members for coffee, cake and a chat.
20th June : David Haimes A very pleasant time is always had by all.
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We continue our journey into the beautiful
When: Friday 18th June, 10am Chittering Valley stopping along the way to
sample and purchase tree-fresh fruit at the
Where: Shingle Inn at Whitford Shopping
Golden Grove Orchard.
Centre.
Next stop is the Stringy Bark Winery where
Behind the Scenes at His Majesties
we can relax, taste the latest vintage, and
Theatre
enjoy a hearty Christmas lunch. After a
When: 15th June delightful visit, we will slowly make our way
Time: TBC back to home with a stop in the Swan Valley
for wine or chocolate tastings.
Meeting Place: at the theatre door
Remember, to add your name to the lists at
Duration: 2 hours the meetings, or, contact Nita on 0400 063
Cost: Adults $25. Concessions $20 143 for Dinners or Robyn on 0427 478 681 for
lunches and Cheryle on 92064918 for outings.
Ivan King OAM, His Majesty’s Theatre’s
Theatre Historian, will be taking us on a
At April’s meeting we were lucky enough to
gossipy and anecdotal wander through ten have Belyssa Radzivanas who gave a
decades of colourful show-business history, fascinating talk about the Raqs Shari culture.
viewing front-of-house, auditorium, stage, As part of this she demonstrated a belly dance
and backstage spaces. and showed her beautiful costumes.
The tour commences in the ground floor
foyer and is only suitable for able walkers
as staircases need to be navigated.
At the end of the tour those interested can
head off to the Cheeky Sparrow in Wolf
Lane for pizza and beverage.
We have a tentative booking for the 14th
of July for a “Christmas in July Dinner.”
Kindly read below, if you would like to
attend, place your name on the booking
sheet which will be on the table at the
meeting. We need at least 20 participants
to make this outing viable.
If you can’t attend the meeting but would
like to put your name down, please contact
Cheryle on 0438996186
Christmas at Stringy Bark Winery $79
9.00am–3.30pm.
We head off for a traditional Club 55 picnic
morning at Whiteman Park where you will
have free time to visit the Craft village or
the Motor Museum.
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Did you know that on the
Canary Islands there is not
one canary?
And on the Virgin Isles;
same thing – not one canary
there either!
Joke Time
An elderly man was having hearing problems
and went to see a specialist.
The doctor fitted him with some hearing aids
that brought his hearing back to full strength.
After a few weeks the man came back to make
sure the new equipment was working properly,
which it was.
The hearing specialist said, “It allseems perfect.
Your family should be delighted you can hear
everythingnow.”
“Oh no,” the man responded. “I haven’t told any
of them. I just sitquietly, listening carefully. I’ve
changed my will four times.”
What did our parents do to kill boredom before
the Internet? I asked my 26 brothers and
sisters and they didn’t know either.
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Secretary
Danny Riddell 0428 935 715
(secretarynsahillarys@gmail.com)
Treasurer
Joe Varischetti 9447 2120
(jvarisch@yahoo.com.au)
Newsletter Editor
Lyn Massam(newsletternsahillarys@gmail.com)
Helpful Information
Elder Abuse Helpline WA:1300 724 679
Seniors Card (WA): 6551 8800
Centrelink (Retirement): 132 300
Employment Services: 132 850
Seniors Info Services: 6551 8800
Older People’s Rights Services: 9440 1663
Aged Care Complaints Commissioner:
1800 550 552
National Carer Gateway: 1800 422 737
Dept of Veterans Affairs: 133 254
Dementia Australia - 1800 100 500.
Justice of the Peace - Saturday Morning at
Joondalup Library. 10.00am – 12.30pm
Woodvale Library 9.30am – 11.30am
WA Scam Internet Site:-
www.scamnet.wa.gov.au
Newsletter Submissions:
All Submissions for the July Newsletter need to
be in by the 22nd of June
BRANCH CONTACTS
President
Cheryle Medcalf 92064918
(presidentnsahillarys@gmail.com)
Vice President
Michael Morland 93068668
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