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Culture

When you step in to Pennwood it is hard not to be moved by the culture. Examples of community harmony and inclusiveness include

The Australian and Serbian flag.

A slogan over the door “Quality Care with European Flair

The European Architecture and furnishings compliment the harmonious environment.

Mission Statements in the office area reflect the commitment from management and staff.

Pictures of Saints and past scholars who have contributed to the Serbian Culture.

Better Practice principles in regard to culturally appropriate clinical aged care practices such as interpreters, GP’s with language skills.

Policies and practices of staff to meet individualised care needs of care recipients from various European backgrounds such as Serbia, Poland and Australia.

Photograph Board with names of multilingual staff.

Food

Food is a very important part of our culture. Meat is consumed often twice a day – bread is served with all meals . Soup and salad is served at least once a day. Pork, home made bread and cheese compliments most meals.

Religious feast days – are catered for. On Serbian Religious feasts a special menu is provided a typical example would be:

Home made bread, walnuts and wheat paste, home made chicken soup with home made noodles, sauerkraut, cabbage rolls (salma) or stuffed capsicum , pork on a spit, cheese pie (pita), and large selection of small home made cakes with Serbian black coffee. A shot of Sljivovica (plum brandy)or a red wine is popular with the meal.

A favorite food at Pennwood is Pasulj which is bean soup with speck (smoky bacon) and home made bread.

Media – Slava Day

Throughout the year the family head takes great care to set aside time and make the necessary preparations to celebrate Krsna Slava. On the eve of Slava Day, it is the practise of community centres to invite their friends.

When guests arrive they are greeted with the words: God Help You, May you have a Happy Slava! “ Pomozi Bog, Srecna vam Slava!” care recipients, guests and community members derive much pleasure from the Saint’s Day.

Slava Day is a beautiful expression of the orthodox faith and one that is deep-seated in the Serbian spirit and is especially characteristic of its national being.

Other activities on the day will include Serbian music, dance groups and the provision of Serbian cuisine.

A 30 minute movie / DVD depicting Slava Day Celebration is available.

As well the movie is available to download from this site

Arts

Russian artist in residence from 2006 till 2011 the late  Nina Pawlik wrote poetry and painted some Russian landscapes of her birth place. These masterpieces take pride and place in the Dining Room of House four (4) and the lounges of the facility.

Education

Staff mainly from CALD background some of whom are refugees from war torn Serbia have been assisted to train at Certificate IV in Aged Care and Frontline Management and  to complete EN and accounting training..

Business

As part as our core business philosophy we develop CALD staff to work in partnership with the community – the Chief Executive (CE) Anne Brown is on the MAC board and networks with a number of ethic agencies to  provide learning and training opportunities for all staff. The Board and management facilitates communication and information exchange between government and CALD communities to strengthens the CALD community capacity to develop and support older people. They also advise government and peak bodies on the aged care needs of older people from CALD communities.

Staff have participated in Cultural Awareness training and receive a certificates. care recipients who are unable to speak English are supported in Serbian and Polish activities of their choice which has had a marked improvement in self esteem.

Youth
Pennwood delivers intergenerational programs with the local Primary and Secondary schools / the New Arrivals program. Serbian children dancing groups attend and recite Serbian poetry and sing.

Recreation and Sport
care recipients and Staff members share banter around the Port Adelaide and Crows football teams. care recipients share stories of staff  children who have excelled in the sporting arena. One boy in Aussie Rules received the Grasshopper Award, a 2nd boy in soccer and the 3rd is an A-league tennis player. Staff invite the children to share their achievements and celebrate with the care recipients.

Regional
care recipients are encouraged to attend church and pensioner groups for lunch, free transport is provided.

Aged Care
European Satellite TV, Books, newspapers and music in various languages, traditional artefacts, Serbian radio messages, requests and literature is obtained from Internet to keep non english speaking (NESB ) care recipients in touch.

Multicultural aged care have worked with Leisure & Lifestyle staff  to put together activity resource kits which have been sourced from Alzheimer’s Australia, the care resource centre, ethic link service, asthma foundation , IRAS, Department of Health and Ageing; palliative care re consent to medical treatment issues, cancer care – these kits come in different languages .

Settlement
There were three waves of migration between 1949 and 1954. Most came as displaced persons The second wave occurred during the 1960s and the most recent wave in 1990s to escape conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Several staff from Pennwood were part of this wave. This enables them to share common experiences.

 

Hungarian Community

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Thank you to Ann Pinzel for assisting Pennwood with their cultural display units in the Memory Support Area and these can now be seen in all houses.

The largest group of Hungarians arrived in South Australia after the Second World War.

They came as so called “Displaced Persons” between 1948 and 1955, due to the Russian occupation of their country.

The 1956 Hungarian Revolt against Russian occupation triggered another flow of migrants from Hungary. Over fourteen thousand arrived in Australia between 1956 and 1957. People defecting from Hungary between 1951 and 1981 added another 30,000 people to the Australian-Hungarian population.

The Hungarians are a small community and are very proud of their culture, traditions, and language. Their community also consists of Hungarians born in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania. Hungarian-Australians have been particularly active in the fields of business, academia and politics.

The Hungarian born population is a significant part of Australia’s rapidly growing ageing ethnic population. Through social patterns established in their earlier migration waves, a substantial proportion of the older members of the Hungarian community have limited experience in English language usage.

 RELIGION

At the 2001 Census the major religions amongst Hungarian-born were Catholicism (12,900 persons), Judaism (1,730 persons), Uniting Church (formerly Presbyterian) and the Hungarian Reformed Church (1,460 persons).

The Hungarian Catholic Church is located in Torrens Street, College Park. Also, services for the Hungarian Reformed Church are held at the Uniting Church in Unley, on the corner of Unley Road and Edmund Avenue.

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

The main language is Hungarian, which belongs to the Finno-Ugrec family.

A weekly national newspaper, Hungarian Life (Magyar Elet) is available at the Hungarian Club.

HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS

Easter
The day before Easter, families with children paint Easter-eggs of all styles and colour. Children find small gifts beside their beds early Sunday morning. A traditional breakfast is partaken of Easter-eggs, ham, braided cake bread, horse-radish and hot chocolate. Many families go to church this morning to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Christmas
The traditional family Christmas celebration, dinner and exchange of gifts take place on the eve of December 24th. Christmas Day is a family affair.

1848 Revolution Day – 15 March
This day celebrates the Hungarian uprising against the Austrian Habsburg Dynasty. Hungarian South Australians hold an anniversary concert to commemorate the event.

Saint Stephens Day – 20 August
This is both a secular and religious celebration because Saint Stephen founded The Kingdom of Hungary and established Catholicism as the state religion. Special religious services and cultural performances mark the day.

1956 Uprising Remembrance Day – 23 October
October 23 is the beginning of the Hungarian revolt against the Russian occupation. In South Australia, this date is celebrated with cultural performances and communal meals.

Santa Claus (St. Nicholas’) Day/Mikulas- 6 December
During the night, Saint Nicholas leaves gifts in the children’s shoes which are left on windowsills.

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FOOD AND DIET

Some typical Hungarian dishes include:

Pörkölt, a veal, chicken or beef stew that is sometimes called goulash

Gulyás, a thickish beef soup

Halászlé, a spicy fish soup cooked with paprika

Jokai bableves, bean soup

Hideg gyumolcsleves, cold fruit soup made from sour cherry

Palacsinta, stuffed crepes

ATTITUDES TO CARE

Traditionally, if an older person owns a home and has a child or children, one of the children will care for the elderly person and in so doing will get a bigger share of the inheritance. Hungarian people who have lived in Australia for a number of years may generally not have an expectation of family involvement in care. Many of them may not have extended family. Nursing homes are acceptable for most Hungarians.

DEATH AND BURIAL RITES

A Viigil is held by the bed, and some like to have the last rites. Families usually request viewing before burial, but some do not accept cremation.

Serbian Community

Serbians may be from Serbia, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Montenegro, Croatia or elsewhere in former Yugoslavia. There were three waves of migration, the first migration wave occurred after the 2nd World War between 1949 and 1954. Most came as displaced persons due to the Nazi occupation of former Yugoslavia. Some Serbians fled the communist’s occupation by Marshall Toto. The second wave occurred during the 1960s and the most recent wave in 1990s to escape conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

Serb Community Organisations include: Serbian community of SA, Draza Mihailovic Yugoslav Ex-service Association, Ravna Gora Serbian Chetniks Association, Serbian Benevolent Fund, Saint Sava Serbian Cultural Community Welfare Association and the Serbian Social Club. For older Serbs the church is important in their religious, social and cultural life. In SA Serbians strongly support their culture and regularly hold cultural events to maintain it.

The Serbian Community Welfare Association of SA Inc was formed and Incorporated in 1979. The Board on behalf of the association has the responsibility to plan the development of further services for the Serbian Community of SA.

Since its establishment it has given support to the elderly on Pension Day Thursdays at the Hindmarsh and Kilkenny Community Centres.

Parish Orthodox priests support both centres.

A beautiful Serbian Orthodox Church is on site along side the Community Centres. The Circle of Serbian Sisters Women Support Group is run from here. This amazing group of women do the catering for the Serbian cultural functions eg weddings, christening birthdays. It is a vibrant Church and Centre with weddings and Feast Day celebrations. Serbian Dances and Serbian music activities are organised regularly at the centres. Traditional Serbian food and a licensed bar is available on site.

With a mission to be a primary provider of quality accommodation for the elderly people across Adelaide and interstate, the board is committed to providing quality care and services in a manner that maintains and respects their privacy, safety, independence, individuality and dignity.

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Pennington  SA  5013
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