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Newsletter February 2016 Page 1 Dementia is Everyone’s Business ALZHEIMER’S AUSTRALIA NT NEWSLETTER February 2016 Dementia Helpline 1800 100 500 The Art Group is “GOING POTTY” What a wonderful way to spend Tuesday mornings. The Art Social Group meets fortnightly at the Joy Anderson Centre for art, morning tea, great conversation and laughs. Recently the group were involved in making a terracotta Pot Man which led us to investigate other terracotta pot crafts. We put our heads together and came up with our first terracotta pot bird bath which we entered into the Rights on Show Art Exhibition and it now has pride of place in our beautiful garden at Joy Anderson Centre. We didn’t win but from that one bird bath and Pot Man we now have people interested in ordering their own unique art pieces. Val Cowan, who tirelessly volunteers her time at Art Social Group, introduced to us the art of making flowers from old, damaged vinyl records and they too have pride of place in our garden. Each one is unique and has the groups’ personal touches. The participants are getting so much satisfaction from seeing their small ideas develop and come to fruition and when we have visitors to Joy Anderson Centre they can proudly show off their art pieces. Alzheimer’s Australia NT Welcome Australian Defence Families to the NT Come Join us ... Are you a Carer, Person Living with Dementia or do you just LOVE singing, come join our Choir… Where: Joy Anderson Centre at 25 Dillion Crt Gray Commencing: Wednesday the 9 th of March Time: 2pm to 4pm Please phone: 8948 5228 to put your name down as there are limited spaces
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Newsletter February 2016 Page 1 Dementia is Everyone’s Business
ALZHEIMER’S AUSTRALIA NT NEWSLETTER February 2016
Dementia Helpline 1800 100 500
The Art Group is “GOING POTTY”
What a wonderful way to spend
Tuesday mornings. The Art Social
Group meets fortnightly at the Joy
Anderson Centre for art, morning
tea, great conversation and laughs.
Recently the group were involved in
making a terracotta Pot Man which
led us to investigate other terracotta
pot crafts. We put our heads
together and came up with our first
terracotta pot bird bath which we entered into the Rights
on Show Art Exhibition and it now
has pride of place in our beautiful
garden at Joy Anderson Centre.
We didn’t win but from that one
bird bath and Pot Man we now
have people interested in
ordering their own unique art
pieces.
Val Cowan, who tirelessly volunteers her time at Art
Social Group, introduced to us the art of making flowers
from old, damaged vinyl records and they too have
pride of place in our garden. Each one is unique and
has the groups’ personal touches.
The participants are getting so
much satisfaction from seeing
their small ideas develop and
come to fruition and when we
have visitors to Joy Anderson
Centre they can proudly show
off their art pieces.
Alzheimer’s Australia NT Welcome Australian Defence Families to the NT
Come Join us ...
Are you a Carer,
Person Living
with Dementia or
do you just LOVE
singing, come
join our Choir…
Where: Joy Anderson Centre at 25 Dillion Crt
Gray
Commencing: Wednesday the 9th of March
Time: 2pm to 4pm
Please phone: 8948 5228 to put your name
down as there are limited spaces
Newsletter February 2016 Page 2 Dementia is Everyone’s Business
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
We are seeking volunteers from culturally diverse
backgrounds to assist in educating your community
members about dementia and support available.
To become involved in Alzheimer’s Australia NT’s cultural
diversity project, please contact Susan Williams, Cultural
Diversity Project Officer.
89485228 or [email protected]
Building a Dementia Friendly
Community! You may be
interested in one of our
sessions.
Alzheimer’s Australia NT Education and
Training services
Community Education is delivered direct to various
community groups.
Carer Education Program is designed to support
family carers in their caring role.
Dementia Care Essentials designed for Aged Care
Workers in residential, community and flexible
Aged Care Services.
Service Access liaison Officer (SALO) delivers
dementia information and risk reduction strategies
to people within rehabilitation or correctional
facilities within the NT.
Please call us to discuss any other training needs
you may have.
Newsletter February 2016 Page 3 Dementia is Everyone’s Business
How Can you Support us … All donations go
towards supporting our local services .
Merry Christmas Alzheimer’s Australia NT from Halikos . The staff at Halikos have their own initiative called the ‘Helping Hand Committee’ and in December last year at the Halikos Christmas Party they presented Alzheimer’s Australia NT a cheque for $3,000 that they had collected in donations.
Darwin International Airport chose Alzheimer’s Australia NT as their nominated charity to receive funds raised from selling Christmas cards through their Corporate giving program.
Laura Shipp is an incredible Local artist and Jeweller , Laura has supported us by donating beautiful pieces for our raffles and gift vouchers. Her pieces are a fabulous gift idea and showcases the NT superbly. Please have a look on her facebook page or for more information email her on : [email protected]
Newsletter February 2016 Page 4 Dementia is Everyone’s Business
Message from Iones Dance Group of the NT
The Iones Dance Group of the NT (Iones for short) is a
new and upcoming, not-for-profit dance group,
established locally in Darwin in 2015. We held a
fundraising event for Alzheimer’s NT on the 1st of
February, and are planning on having a second on
Monday 22nd
February at Leanyer Primary School at
7pm. All proceeds from this day will go to Alzheimer’s
NT!
We would like to thank support of our group and look
forward to many more fundraising events!
For more information, please visit our Facebook page,
send us an email at [email protected] or contact
Eleni on 0415582794. We look forward to see you at
one of our classes!
Your Brain Matters … QUIZ TIME !
Logic brain teasers....have a go….
1) Jeremy is older than Kimberley and Kimberley is older than Sydney. Sydney is younger than Jeremy
and Ruth is older than Jeremy. Put the names of these children in order from oldest to youngest.
2) Sally read 38 pages of a book on Thursday afternoon. She read 27 more pages on Friday than she read
on Thursday. But she still has 216 more pages left. How many pages are there in the book?
3) I have 90 apples. I give 10 apples to my friend and the rest I divide equally among 10 children. Each
child gives one of their apples to my friend. How many apples does my friend have?
4) Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat, everyone ate one burger, yet only three burgers were
eaten in all. How is this possible?
Answers
(1) Ruth, Jeremy, Kimberley and Sydney (2) 319 pages (3) 20 apples (4)They were a grandmother, mother and daughter
Continued support from: City of Palmerston,
Curby’s, MacDonalds, Durack Pharmacy,
Strawberry Fields, Bendigo Bank Nightcliff
Branch, Colins Blinds, Roller Door Services,
Tropiculture Australia, Carers NT, Territory FM
104.4, Programmed Property Services, Allora
Gardens nursery , Finlays Stonemasonary Pty
Ltd, Avanti Landscaping Suppies.
Key Sponsors: J.T (Foxy) Robinson •
Thrifty • Halikos Group • Scriven Exploration
Pty Ltd • Colliers International • Cazalys
THANK YOU!! Alzheimer’s Australia NT grate-
fully acknowledges the donations made by the following peo-
ple and organisations from late January to February:
Jayne Hinton, Jacqueline Dowling, Norma Sutcliffe, Leigh
Grant, Patricia Rasmussen, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers,
Dianne Maley, Eastarm Civil, Kennelly Constructions Pty
Ltd, Trepang Pty Ltd, Dr Mahajani, Elizabeth Moore, Country
Wellness—Hibiscus Chemart Pharmacy.
A big thank you to all of those who have made anony-
mous donations and supported Alzheimer’s Australia
NT.
