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North’s Park’s
The newsletter of Parkinson’s Northland
AUGUST 2015
Activities update:
Support Groups in Northland
Kerikeri- 3rd Thursday monthly
WHAT’S ON IN THE NORTH
4 September 11am – 1pm
th
Whangarei Luncheon to be held at The Kamo Club
Rooms, Meldrum Street, Kamo
Guest Speaker; Christopher Hutchinson
NDHB
Kaitaia – 3rd Tuesday every 2nd month
Whangarei – 1st Friday monthly
Dargaville – 1st Thursday every 2nd month
Waipu – 3rd Friday monthly
Walking Group
Every Monday @ 9.30am contact Margaret
09 435 6239
Physio – Every Tuesday 2 – 3pm @
Kensington Gym
17th September 11am – 1pm
Keri Keri Luncheon – St Johns Ambulance Station
Guest Speaker; To be advised
Hydrotherapy - Water Based Exercises
Whangarei- Every Thursday 2.15pm to
3p.m @ Whangarei Aquatic Centre.
Kerikeri-Every Wednesday 11.30pm to
12.00pm @ Little Dippers Pool
18th September 10am - Noon
Waipu Morning Tea to be held at Waipu Presbyterian
Church Hall (Gold coin donation & morning tea will be
provided)
Susie Abraham (Committee Member) & Elizabeth Swift
(Care Support) will attend this meeting due to Barbara
being away on leave at this time
Te Hana – Every Wednesday – Karen’s
Aqua & Fitness Centre 11am to 12 noon, $8
per session.
Pilates – Every Wednesday @ New Hope
Church, cnr Princes & Nixon Streets
Intro Class 12.30pm. 1.30pm start for other
classes
Tai Chi Classes –
Coopers Beach - Every Thursday
First Tulip in bloom in
Judy Allen’s garden.
Don’t forget to send me
11.00am @ Physiotherapy Clinic Coopers
Beach
Kerikeri – Every Tuesday 3.30-4pm @
Kingston House, Hone Heke Road
photo’s of your tulips in
bloom, email me @
All members and intending members are
[email protected]
encouraged and welcome to join in these
activities.
Trisha’s News
Into August already.
It w It will be Xmas before
we k we know it!!
Another month bites the dust, and what a busy
month it has been.
I visited the Whitton’s Garden with Judy Allen, Elizabeth
Staats and Jillian Comer to get a feel of the place for our
FUTURE DATES TO NOTE IN YOUR DIARIES
2nd October –Whangarei support meeting
20th October - Kaitaia support meeting
22nd October - Kerikeri support meeting
8th October – Dargaville support meeting
16th October –Waipu support meeting.
Garden Ramble in November. What an amazing garden,
so don’t forget to mark November 21st in your dairies. I
have been busy designing posters and flyers for this event
Thank you to Morris & Morris who are kindly printing
them for us.
Disability Swimwear
Vicki, Barbara and I had a rushed training session in
A lady called Sarah Selkirk has been in touch with Tiaho
about some new products for disabilityswimwear. I thought
I’d forward you the link so you can check it out in case it is
handy
for any of you involved in any water sports/activities.
Point
Following is a link to her website with more information on
Rakaia.
the swim shorts currently available, with further items to be
Please bring a small plate.
added in the near future.
Auckland to learn our new fundraising system. Have been
spending time finding our way around the new system.
I have ordered two teardrop flags for our use at Expos etc.
Have also order pens to be printed with our Name, Phone
Number and email on it. Parkinson’s will sell these @ $2.00
a pen during our Awareness Week and at Expos etc.
Have started receiving confirmations from various venues
re our street appeal on 6th November.
For Car Pooling ring
http://www.swimspiration.co.nz/disability
-swimElizabeth Swift;
wear.
htm 0691.
06 436
www.swimspiration.co.nz
I have my pink & white
tulips in bloom. Eagerly
waiting for the rest to bloom
Hope everyone else is
having success with
their bulbs.
Until next month take care
Trisha Ryan
Coordinator
Please feel free to contact me with any feedback or any
articles you may wish to include in the newsletter by the
20th of each month – email
[email protected]
Phone 09 437 6878
Best contact time; Mon to Fri 8.30am to 4.30pm
GARDEN RAMBLE – 21st November 2015
Whitt’s End Garden
(Garden of Dr Alistair & Nadine Whitton)
149 Te Rongo Road, Parua Bay
(turn off opposite Parua Bay
Tavern
Saturday 21st November 2015
10am to 3pm
Singing Group
Due to low attendance as from 11th August
2015 the Singing Group has been cancelled
until further notice.
Birthday Shout Outs for August
Mary Artfield, Judy Blake, Annie Draffin, Nob Grinder,
Leo Hill, Graeme Thompson, Sydney Thompson, Raewyn
Ackers, Shirley Bedggood, Josephine Hayes, Phillip
Hingston, Noreen McInnes, Gordon McIntyre, Jocelyn
O’Connor, George Payne, John Robson, Jacqui Seymour,
Bev Simmonds, Don Vicars,
Trevor Webster.
Please let me know if you are
not on the list and I can add
you to our Birthday diary
Trisha Ryan
Coordinator 09 437 6878
UPBEAT
This group is for newly diagnosed and under
65 Parkinson Sufferers.
This is a group who meet together from to time to time
throughout the year for fun and fellowship.
The following events have been organised for the coming
months. Anyone is welcome to attend. (For inquiries
please phone Lorraine Kokich @ 09 4346874 or
0211353919.
Sunday 20th September Table Tennis at Kensington Table
Tennis Centre:
THANK YOU – JANE MANDER VILLAGE
Date and time confirmed. It is proposed that we meet here
at 10 am. Play table tennis and have a coffee at the Refuel
Cafe afterwards. Wear light non marking shoes and $5 for
racket hire.
Please let me know if you intend to come.
Sunday 8th November Morning tea at The Cafe Helena Bay
at 11am.
Please let me know if you intend to come so I can confirm
numbers on or before 25 of October.
Looking forward to seeing you all at these
events. Lorraine Kokich.
Parkinson’s Northland would like to thank the staff and
residents for the lovely lunch and time that was put on for
our members and staff on the
7th August 2015. Everyone who
attended had a wonderful time.
A Warm Welcome to all
New Members
who have joined
Vicki , Barbara and Wilma at the “Getting Out There”
Parkinson’s recently
(Doesn’t our new Tear drop Flag look great)
Expo held at Forum North 14-15th August.
VICKI’S CORNER
A warm hello to everyone
and welcome to the new
members.
Barbara and I attended the Annual Community Educator’s
Conference in Wellington the last week of July. This year it was for 2
& ½ days-pretty full on 9am-5pm. I would like to thank the
committee for funding this trip. It was great to network with all the
Community Educators from around New Zealand, find out what
happens in other areas. I do think we are quite fortunate in the north
with the variety of groups on offer.
Due to space constraints I thought I would talk about 4 of the
presentations. Dr Louise Parr-Brownlee a Neurophysiologist from
the Otago Brain Health Research Centre in Dunedin on her research
on Optogenetics. This is a type of brain science of combining fibre
optics and genetics. The research is currently been done on rats
which was very interesting. Louise has been researching connections
between the Basal Ganglia, Motor Thalmus and Motor Cortex for
approximately 14yrs.
We all did a Poster Presentation of which there were some great
topics and really good presentations of which some will eventually
be available as a resource for us all. I did support groups that are
available in Northland for our clients highlighting the subsidized
exercise groups available to all clients in Northland.
Mark Simpson a Neurologist from Auckland Hospital spoke about
the Apomine Treatment in conjunction with Pip Acock the
Pharmacuetical Rep. This tends to help clients whose oral
medications no longer manage their symptons, particularly on/off
periods. Pip may attend one of our Whangarei Support Meetings
later this year. It is good to learn about other treatments that could
benefit people with Parkinson’s.
Rachel Horwell a Physiotherapist from Wellington did a very
interactive presentation on Dance for Parkinson’s Disease. She
attended a 2 day workshop in New York and decided to set it up in
Wellington. We did this while sitting so most people with
Parkinson’s are able to do it. It was mainly based around big
movements but done to music was quite entertaining and fun.
Don’t forget to contact me for any advice or support. I am available
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Regards
Vicki Sadgrove
Community Educator Northland
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Life Members of Parkinson’s Northland
Elizabeth Swift
June Grove
Merle Armiger
WHEATBAG HELPERS
This is a photo of my grandsons helping with the making of the
wheatbags. They are very good at measuring the wheat and filling
the bags. At the moment I have about 120 bags and linings cut out
Speakers for Whangarei Support
meetings
October – Mary-Clare Tafts
ready to sew. For this I am most grateful to my good friend Chris
Health & Disability Advocate
Cook who has helped from the beginning, teaching me how to
November -To be advised
make them. Chris now cuts out the bags and linings for me and
Speaker for Waipu
helps sew when I get overwhelmed.
Group
My sister Liz, who lives in Canada but spends 3-4 months of the
year here to avoid the Canadian winter has also been involved
October – Nola McCullough
from the beginning and has kindly lent me her sewing machine to
retired physio and long
use. I am also grateful to Jeanette who spends most Monday's with
term supporter.
me and I put her to work filling and pinning and wrapping which
makes it a lot easier with two people working. Patricia who is only
a phone call away, helps when I get urgent orders.
I would like to thank all the businesses who support us by selling
our Wheatbags. They help us raise funds for the great work our
Parkinson Group does.
Judy Allen
“Recipe Corner”
Barbara’s Bits and
Pieces
Kia Ora,
This year’s Parkinson’s Conference was 21 hours of Education and the
Karla’s Cheating Brownie’s
150g butter
¾ cup cocoa
1 ¼ cup castor sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp Vanilla essence
topics ranged over a broad spectrum .I will be discussing matters of
½ cup gluten free flour or wheat flour
interest
at support
as time
allows. Dr
Louise Hotel
Parr-Brownlie
Marigold
HotelMeetings
Marigold
Hotel
Marigold
Heat oven to 160c fan bake
2015
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2015
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2015
- Poster.pdf
spoke
about
her research
on optogenetics;
team
have been using
Line a 20cm by 20cm tin.
blue light to stimulate dopamine in rats hoping that in the future this
In a pot melt butter, sugar and cocoa
could be used in humans. This could lead to another treatment option
yearsMarigold
to come. Hotel
We also had Dr Mark Simpson talk about apomine
2015 - Poster.pdf
together till melted but not boiling.
infusions , another way of treating some people for whom oral drugs
When cool slightly add eggs, one at the time
may not be working well. On a less academic topic Rachel Horwell
and mix well,add vanilla. Then add flour.
demonstrated how dance could be a great form of exercise for our
Bake for 20-25 min
clients .She had a bubbly personality and I’m sure the classes she
takes in North Wellington would be a hit .As you are aware
Should still be slightly soft to touch when
appropriate exercise is a great way to help maintain fitness and
cooked as will firm up, as it cools, should be
balance and have fun. Some of the presenters used case studies to
nice and moist.
aid our learning using a story to get us thinking about possible
When cooled, sift icing sugar over the brownie.
solutions to problems. It certainly made subjects such as medication
Enjoy!!
in PD thought provoking. Thank you to the committee for your
support in funding us to attend.
supplied by Elizabeth Staats
The Sept Waipu Support Meeting will be hosted by Susie Abraham
This corner is going to be a regular feature in
[from our committee] and Elizabeth Swift [carer support]. In October
the newsletter from now on, so if you have any
Nola McCullough will be the guest speaker. She is a retired physio
old tried and true family recipes please email
and long term supporter.
them to me @ [email protected]
The October Dargaville Support Meeting will be held on Oct
Trisha Ryan
8th,would usually be Oct 1st.
I have a client who now has no need of her car, if you are interested in
Pilates
a Suzuki Swift I can pass on the contact info.
Finally I now have 7 brand new books about PD available for you to
read .More about this next time.
There are places available at present on Wednesdays
Bye for now
if you are interested in joining please phone Vicki
Barbara
Sadgrove our Community Educator on 09 437 6876
or,
contact; Sarah at 021 262 0079, or by email
New Library Book
Life in the Balance -
[email protected]
These classes are held every Wednesday @ the New Hope
Church, cnr of Princes & Nixon Streets. 10 sessions for
$45.00
by Thomas Graboys M.D.
Intro Classes @ 12.30pm
A powerful and poignant portrayal
Pilate Classes @ 1.30pm
of a physician who refuses to
Anyone is welcome to come
along to see if this form of
have illness rob him of his
dignity and joy.
exercise will suit you.
Walking Group Photos
-
Supplied by Sue Vercoe
From Whareora Road to the Whangarei Falls. 3rd August 2015
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Contacts
Chairman
Wilma Davies-Colley
09 435 2625
Our Condolences to the families who have
lost loved ones over the past months.
Community Educator Northland North
Shirley Price - Kerikeri
09 437 6876
Vicki Sadgrove
[email protected]
Community Educator Northland South
Barbara Leslie
09 437 6881
[email protected]
Coordinator
Trisha Ryan
09 437 6878
Bequests
Many families have requested that donations be made
to the Northland Division of the Society in lieu of
[email protected]
Mailing Address
P O Box 641
WHANGAREI 0140
flowers when one of our members pass away. We
offer our thanks to all those who have made such
CURRENT COMMITTEE
contributions as a symbol of their friendship and
Susie Abraham
09 438-9445
support.
Judy Allen
09 437-5291
If any or you or someone you know would like to
Joyce Armstrong
09 437-0374
make a bequest to the Northland Division in
Marilyn Edwards
09 435-1341
your/their Will we now have , thanks to help received
Elizabeth Staats
09 436 0819
from our Honorary Solicitor a brochure to help you
Lorraine Kokich
09 434-6874
with your decision.
Peter Garelja
09 430 8019
Please contact the Coordinator to request one.
Jillian Comer
09 437 3577
THANK YOU
Charities Commission Registration
Parkinson’s Northland are extremely grateful for the
Number: CC27392
valuable support they have received from
organisations and the many donations received from
members, friends and businesses.
Sir John Logan Campbell Trust, , Oxford Trust,
Tiaho Trust, Whangarei Croquet Club, IRD Book
Club, Morris & Morris, COGs Whangarei, Lions &
Rotary Clubs, LW Nelson Trust, a list of a few of
our many sponsors and donators
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do not interpret anything in this newsletter as medical advice – Always check with your doctor.