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A Spring 17 Issue
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lifestyle magazine for 50+
THE secret to
Living +
Ageing
ACH GROUP IS well
65
years
YO U N G
Busting
stereotypes
Meet Irene, 101 year
old skydiver
In the garden
with Sophie Thomson
good food
with Callum
from Sprout
Welcome
from the
Publisher ACH Group
Editor Jani Baker
Production Manager Michelle Kelly
Graphic Design Algo Más Marketing
Writers Jo Dinnison & Anna Randell editor
Contributors
Jack Carter, Themis Chryssidis,
Kate Dobie, Callum Hann, Kathryn
Hawkins, Rebecca Mezzino, Teresa
Moran, Jane Mussared, Robyn
Sierp, Nicky Schulze, Sophie
Thomson, Tanya Watson
Welcome! This note would not be
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Lives magazine – a lifestyle grown to become one of
About ACH Group magazine for the over 50s! Australia’s leading aged
Founded in 1952, ACH Group
is a not-for-profi t organisation This magazine has evolved care organisations with
promoting opportunities and from another publication more than 1,700 staff and
services to support good lives for called ‘Turning the Page’ – 20,000 customers.
older people.
a play on the idea that gett ing 65 years is a huge milestone
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older is like turning a new for the organisation, and one
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or call 1300 22 44 77 to bust the stereotypes fi tt ing tribute to what makes
associated with ageing. We’ll ACH Group your partner in
continue to share those stories ageing and living well.
with you because they are
stories that must be told,
and we have augmented
them with lifestyle news and
information that will help you
to live well as you age.
22 Henley Beach Rd,
Mile End SA 5031 We’ve also introduced a
www.achgroup.org.au variety of experts in their
own fi eld, including our very
ACH Group own ACH Group experts.
We’re really excited to
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welcome Masterchef alumni
ACH_Group Callum Hann, ABC Gardening Jani Baker
Australia presenter Sophie Editor
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Thomson, and COTA SA CEO
ACH Group General Manager,
ACH-Group Jane Mussared. Together, they
Customer Innovation
will share their wisdom and
and Brand
useful tips on food, gardening,
and ageing well respectively.
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What’s On 4 Busting Stereotypes 22 Fringe Debut 39
The Good News 6 Good Food 24 Staff Profi le 40
Cover Feature 9 In The Garden 26 Book Review 41
ACH Group History 12 Cutt ing Clutt er 28 Exchange 42
Brain Flex 13 Brain Power 30 Love of Music 44
Catch Up with our CEO 14 Make Your Dollar Tech Tips 46
Go Further 32
On Track to Good Health 16 Real Estate 48
Veteran Remembers
Meet Jack 18 Kokoda 34 Job Seekers 50
Set Sail for the Art Scene 36 Out and About 51
Mediterranean 20
Gig Guide 38
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What’s On
From art exhibitions and
workshops to activities to enjoy
with grandchildren, here are
some great ideas to inspire you
to get out and about.
First Fridays
What: Hear talks from artists,
unwind and listen to music in
the Sculpture Courtyard, and
explore the latest exhibitions
with curators at the Art Gallery
of South Australia’s monthly
get-togethers.
When: First Friday of the
month, 5pm to 9pm
Where:
Art Gallery of South Australia,
North Terrace, Adelaide
More info:
www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
Life Drawing
Art Group
What: Learn from peers
at this drawing group
that meets weekly. A
model poses for up to 30
minutes. Ramsay Art Prize
When:
Fridays, 7pm to 9.30pm What: The $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize invites submissions
from Australian contemporary artists under 40 working in
Where: Adelaide South
any medium. View works from the 21 fi nalists selected from
West Community Centre,
around Australia.
171 Sturt Street, Adelaide
When: Until 27 August 2017
More info:
[phone] Where: Galleries 8 to 11, Art Gallery of South Australia,
North Terrace, Adelaide
More info: www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
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UniSA Nelson
Mandela
Lecture Series
What: The October lecture
The Royal OzAsia Festival will be delivered by the
Hon Michael Kirby in
Adelaide Show conversation with Geoff rey
What: This festival is
Robertson QC. The purpose
Australia’s premier
What: In its 178th year, the international arts festival of the lecture is to promote
10-day Royal Adelaide Show focusing on Asia and the fundamental rights and
brings the country to the city features performances, freedoms of individuals
with exhibits, competitions, a Moon Lantern parade and the value of truth and
rides and more. along the River Torrens, reconciliation in life and
public aff airs.
When: 1 to 10 September food, workshops and more.
When:
Where: When:
Wednesday
Adelaide Showgrounds, 21 September to 8 October
4 October, 6pm
Leader Street, Forestville Where:
Where: Adelaide Town Hall
More info: Adelaide
www.theshow.com.au Riverbank Precinct More info: www.unisa.edu.
au/Business-community/
More info:
Hawke-Centre/Nelson-
www.ozasiafestival.com.au
Mandela-Lecture
ZestFest
What: Presented by COTA SA and formerly
known as the Every Generation Festival, this
festival is a celebration of modern ageing and
features a series of curated events to celebrate,
challenge and connect older South Australians.
When: 7 to 27 October
Where: Various locations
More info: www.cotasa.org.au
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News and Views
THEgood news
ACH Group
takes out Global
Ageing Award
ACH Group’s ViTA – a state
of the art facility that
joins up health, aged care
and education in the one
location – has been named
joint winner of the Global
Ageing Network “Excellence
in Applied Research” award.
This particular award
recognises an ongoing
commitment to quality in
ageing services through
evidence-based research,
translation of research into
practice, and dissemination
of research fi ndings through
ACH Group leading Repat internal and external shared
learning opportunities.
redevelopment
The criteria for this award
included:
ACH Group has concluded contract negotiations with
• Demonstrated commitment
SA Health to take ownership of the Repatriation General
to ‘giving back’ to the fi eld
Hospital site at Daw Park and will develop a health,
by sharing research fi ndings
wellbeing and aff ordable residential precinct. ACH Group
and innovative practices
is expected to take ownership of the site by the end of
with peers.
the year.
• Research focused on
Community consultation to shape the precinct is underway,
challenges and needs in
which is likely to include a range of aged care, health,
provider sett ings or that
educational, retail and research facilities.
can infl uence services
ACH Group has a long history of serving Veterans and
and supporters.
has been engaged in ongoing talks with Veterans’ groups
• Research that can be
and their supporters. With their input, the organisation is
or has been translated
committ ed to preserving the spirit of the site and its unique
into practice.
place in the heart of South Australians.
ACH Group’s Kirsty Marles
For up to date information on the redevelopment, visit
will travel to Switzerland
www.achgroup.org.au/news
in September to att end
a conference and accept
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But ageism hurts and is
wasteful. A recent UK survey
found that older people
regularly report a sense of
marginalisation, exclusion
and negative stereotyping.
Two thirds of older people
surveyed believed they were
seen as a burden in their
proud community and more than half
reported being ignored.
of our
So our challenge instead is
Article by Jane Mussared, COTA CEO. ageing to harness the demographic
Pictured here at right, with ZestFest change we represent as
coordinator Jayne Boase older people and use it to
be as disruptive as digital
technology is, as ground
Not your average
breaking as women’s
suff rage has been and as
revolutionary as the civil rights
older life movement was.
To trumpet modern ageing,
COTA SA has introduced
ZestFest 2017, a new, uniquely
There is nothing average But to make the most of our
South Australian celebration
about a modern older life. modern ageing, we will need
of modern ageing. It will run
COTA SA, South Australia’s to overcome our ageism.
from 7 to 27 October 2017.
older people’s organisation,
We live in a community
We will collaborate with more
turns 60 this year. In 1957
that uses chronological age
than 250 event partners
when we were established,
as a prism to judge almost
across South Australia,
the life expectancy for men
everything, even though age
was 67 and for women was covering every czorner of the
has been proved over and
State with events that connect,
72. In the 60 years since, our
over again to be a lazy and a
challenge and celebrate our
lives have been extended by
lousy benchmark.
modern ageing.
(on average) 13 years.
• Age won’t tell you anything
In August we will celebrate
Six hundred thousand of us
about the value of a staff
modern ageing with our
who live in SA are now aged
member in a work place
now annual SALA exhibition,
over 50, and our number and
• Age doesn’t work as a where we feature older
proportion is growing.
proxy to judge ability to South Australian artists. The
And so is our diversity – in
drive safely arts have a marvellous way
terms of our income, our
• Age is an unreliable of building movements, of
culture, our health, our
standard to decide whether turning stereotypes on their
geography, our sexuality, our
or not to insure head, of provoking new
expectations, our values and
thinking, of imagining and
our aspirations. • Age is no help in choosing
aspiring and of disturbing the
between palliation and
Modern older lives bring status quo.
rehabilitation in health care
with them possibilities that
In SA we are proud of our
were not available to our • Age has not limited the
ageing. We look forward to
parents’ and grandparents’ creativity of some of our
it being a modern take on
generations – opportunities great South Aussie artists.
ageing, making the most
for new living patt erns, habits,
of the opportunities and
hobbies, work, creativity,
possibilities it brings.
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The secret to
Living +
Living +
Ageing WELL
Ageing WELL
Helen Vincent’s story
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Cover Feature
Helen
Vincent
“ Keep going. Keep doing.”
That’s what our ‘cover girl’ Helen
Vincent thinks is the secret to living
and ageing well.
And, judging from the cover This particular walk was a at ACH Group Residential
photo of her traversing veritable stroll compared to Care Home Highercombe,
Morialta Falls in South the worldwide walks she’s she designed a ‘Walking
Australia’s foothills, we think participated in since she Around Australia’ initiative
she’s on to something. turned 60 – she’s done parts with residents.
of Everest and Kilimanjaro,
the Inca Trail and treks in
Patagonia, just to name a few.
Helen’s passion for walking –
all sorts of walking in all sorts
of places – came in more than
handy when, as a volunteer
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