Monday 16th April
Stroke Identification
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and that she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6.00pm, Ingrid passed away). She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
- S * Ask the individual to SMILE
- T * Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (COHERENTLY) (i.e. It is sunny out today)
- R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS
NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this:
Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 000 and ask for an ambulance immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SENIOR CITIZENS' BUILDING
Help celebrate this event!
You are all invited to our Birthday Party.
A morning of entertainment and morning tea
at the
Senior Citizens' Centre, 333 Alice Street
9.15 am Monday April 16th
For catering purposes phone Barbara on 4123 1554
Cow 1 - Are you worried about getting Mad Cow Disease?
Cow 2 - No. I'm a helicopter.
Q. What's the difference between an angry audience and a mad cow?
A. One boos madly and the other moos badly.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
Health Behaviours
The Health of Queenslanders 2006
Overweight:
There is an epidemic of overweight and obesity in children and adults. One quarter of children aged 7 – 16 years are overweight or obese. For boys the rate of increase in overweight is speeding up, while for girls the rate of increase is steady or slowing. For adults, 58 per cent of men and 42 per cent of women report being overweight or obese. Since 1998 there has been about 60 per cent increase in obesity in men and 25 per cent in women.
Fruit and vegetables:
Only 15 - 25 per cent of children, nine per cent of men and 15 per cent of women eat sufficient vegetables each day. About half (53 per cent) of adults and 12 - 18 per cent of children eat sufficient fruit each day.
Physical activity:
Less than half the adult population (48 per cent) do enough physical activity to achieve a health benefit; levels of inactivity in Queensland are about 15 per cent higher than national levels. Activity levels have increased in recent years but are still lower than in 1997.
Water fluoridation:
Five per cent of Queenslanders live in areas with satisfactory water fluoridation levels, compared with 69 per cent of Australians. Queensland children have about 30 per cent more decayed permanent and deciduous teeth than Australian children.
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes happiness.
An old farmer turned 90. The local cops sent him a letter saying that he'd have to hand in his driver's licence. That is, unless he could pass a written test and a medical, as well as demonstrate his driving skill to the local sergeant.
Well, he passed the medical with flying colours and got all the answers right in the written test. So he started driving the sergeant around town in his Land Cruiser. And to the sergeant's surprise, he did very well indeed. Outside the station the sergeant said, "Oh, by the way, can you make a U-turn?"
The framer sat quietly for a moment and then, with a sly, sidelong glance at the copper said, "Nah, but I can sure make their eyes water!"
It is a legend not of sweeping military victories so much as triumphs against the odds, of courage and ingenuity in adversity. It is a legend of free and independent spirits whose discipline derived less from military formalities and customs than from the bonds of mateship and the demands of necessity.
Earth Hour
Did you watch the news programme on Saturday night that showed the lights of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House being turned off?
Global warming has got us all thinking. Here are some facts-
- The climate is changing! The 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1990. In fact 2005 was the hottest year since record keeping began. (Australian Bureau of Meteorology)
- Almost 70% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions come from energy production. (ABS)
- More than 95% of the Great Barrier Reef will have been destroyed by 2050 if carbon dioxide emissions aren't reduced. (WWF- International)
- One million species worldwide are facing extinction due to climate change.
We can all do our bit to help -
Most of us use unnecessary electricity. Appliances on standby, old style light bulbs, lights left on when we're not using them. If we start to use our electricity as carefully as we do our water, great savings could be made.
Tuesday 17th April - 1.30pm -
Senior Citizens Centre, 333 Alice Street, Maryborough
$3.00 Entry Fee
Entertainment - Afternoon Tea
ALL WELCOME
Patient: Doctor, I lead a double life. At home, I'm the ideal husband, a loving father, I'm patient and kind. As soon as I go out of the house to go to work I become mean and dishonest.
Doctor: The cure is simple - give up your job in politics.
Rise in Deeming Rates
The deeming rates have increased from 3 to 3.5 per cent for the first $38,400 of total financial investments held by a single pensioner; for a pensioner couple, that rate applies to the first $63,800. For financial investments in excess of these amounts, the deeming rate has increased from 5 to 5.5 per cent.
The deeming rates are used by Centrelink to assess income from financial investments for pension and allowance purposes. The social security deeming rates do not set the returns from actual investments and savings accounts in the public sector. If pensioners earn more than the deeming rates, the extra income is not assessed.
This increase - announced by the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon. Mal Brough MP - is the first change to deeming rates since March 2004.
Further information is available from Centrelink by calling 13 2300.
AVOCADO SALSA
1 avocado, peeled and finely diced
1 red onion, peeled and finely diced
½ cup roughly chopped parsley
½ lemon, juiced
1 tblsp olive oil
To make avocado salsa: combine all ingredients
The human race has one really effective weapon - laughter.
The Maryborough & District Committee on the Ageing Inc.
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