We hope you are enjoying the Winter season and taking the opportunity to indulge in, or catch up on, indoor activities. Perhaps some of you are taking advantage of the fantastic winter service our Garden Maintenance Team is currently delivering to get your yard ready for Summer.

The new financial year has brought about some changes to our programs. In particular, the new Aged Care Quality Standards are now in effect, which relate to our Commonwealth Home Support Program and our Home Care Packages services. There is now a single quality framework overarching all aged care programs to provide consistency.

The focus of the new standards is consumer choice and helping you to achieve your health and wellness goals. It also brings together Quality Assessment

Welcomeand complaints under the one organisation, being the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

The changes to Home Care Packages took effect on 1 July as a result of the Aged Care Commission. The most significant change is around pricing with all providers now having to record their prices in the same format on the provider portal. This makes it easier for you to compare different providers.

Providers are also no longer able to have any prices as a percentage, the dollar amount must be shown on all pricing as well as on clients’ statements, again to make it easier for you to know what you are paying and what it covers.

Please contact us if you would like further information about these changes. We look forward to working with you to ensure you

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receive the services you need to live the life you want.

Best wishes,

MARIA SLOANE General Manager, Home Services

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Our Banter events are fun, social and interesting.

Get your friends together and join us for bowls and morning tea at Toowoomba City Bowls Club on Friday 18 October. This is a FREE event but places are limited so book today.

FRIDAY 18 OCTOBERBook your spot by 11 October. RSVP to

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Seniors Movie MorningMovie: A Dog’s JourneyWednesday 21 AugustStrand Cinema, ToowoombaFree morning tea by YellowBridge from 10am

Toowoomba Seniors Week ExpoThursday 22 AugustBerghofer Recreation Centre, Baker Street

Over that time, Graham has shot thousands of photos, many of them of people and places that capture a time and place that flood him with memories when he flicks through them now.

He was just 17 when he was introduced to photography by his younger brother who had joined the Toowoomba Grammar School’s camera club.

It began a lifelong passion for the artform and a commitment to its promotion through the photographic society movement, which would earn him an Order of Australia Medal for Services to Photography in Australia in 2004.

“I was about 20 years old when I entered four of my prints in an international competition. One of the prints won the Sun Trophy, which is a top print award. That changed my whole life,” Graham said.

I like people and I like photographing people.

He was one of six prominent Queensland photographers chosen by the Queensland Art Gallery to document aspects of Queensland life for a major exhibition, Journeys North, as part of the bicentenary celebrations in 1988.

His prints have been acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery, the State Library of Queensland and the National Library of Australia for their permanent collections.

He has shared his favourite works in a number of books, Touch Me (1998), Sometimes a Light (2002), and Flesh (2016).

Graham credits his fondness for people as one of the reasons he continues to enjoy the artform.

“I’ve got a little bit of a sense of humour and a lot of my pictures have a humorous twist to them. I like people and I like photographing people,” he said.

“I’ve been growled at a few times but nothing more than that. You have to know when it is right to move into someone’s private space or not.”

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A CAREER THROUGH THE LENSGraham Burstow’s first camera was a Russian Mockba and he still has it today, over 70 years later.

Graham’s wife was an accomplished commercial artist and they would enjoy excursions into the Gold Coast hinterland every Christmas with their three children.

“We would get up early every morning, swim, photograph, have lunch and fossick for semi-precious stones. I very rarely went photographing on my own. I made my kids come with me but we only went where they wanted to go so we really enjoyed ourselves and they looked forward to it,” he said.

“I have so many photographs of my kids in the mist in Queens Park. We don’t get the mist like that anymore.”

Graham is a Life Member and Patron of the Toowoomba Photographic Society and a Foundation Member of the Australian Photographic Society.

Graham receives Home Services from YellowBridge QLD

Graham Burstow

We often talk about trying to achieve a healthy balance in life. It applies to all aspects of our lives including our physical health. Improving your balance as you age can have significant benefits to your general health and safety like helping to reduce your risk of falls. Fortunately, you don’t have to be an exercise fanatic or yoga guru to improve your balance. Try these three easy exercises from the comfort of your own home and watch your balance improve.

SIT-TO-STANDSit in a chair with your feet flat on the ground, knees about hip width apart. Use your legs (only use your hands to stabilise if necessary) to lift your body out of the chair to a standing position, then sit down again for one repetition. Repeat this 10 times.

FLAMINGO STANDStand with your feet slightly apart. With all your weight on your left leg, slowly lift your right leg off the floor and hold for ten seconds. Repeat with the other leg. You can stand beside a wall and use your hand to stabilise if necessary, but as your balance improves, try doing it without touching the wall. Repeat 10 times for each leg.

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3 EASY EXERCISES TO IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE

Tony Rose has been working with the YellowBridge Home Services team for more than five years as one of its trusted building contractors.

He helps our clients in the Goondiwindi area with bathroom modifications, grab rails and wheelchair access ramps.

Tony was born and bred in Goondiwindi and has been working as a carpenter for nearly 32 years.

His parents and grandparents live locally too so he has a strong connection to the community. He likes having

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a chat with his clients, many of whom know someone in his extended family.

Tony enjoys his work and likes the satisfaction of a finished job. Working in Goondiwindi means he is never a long drive from the job site and it is easy to get around.

When he’s not on the tools, he used to visit the local water ski park but these days spends more time practising his swing at the golf club.

“It’s a great community with a lot of diversity. Everyone helps and supports each other in good and tough times.”

Tony Rose Constructions

TIGHTROPE WALKStand with one hand against the wall for balance (again, as you progress, try doing this without touching the wall). Slowly walk forward, moving your feet heel to toe as though you’re on a tightrope, and make sure to look directly ahead as you walk in a straight line.

My secret skill is… I know all the words and moves to many of The Wiggles songs (thanks to my granddaughters)People don’t know this about me… I am stronger than I presentIf I could go anywhere, I’d go… Stratford-upon-Avon The person I most admire is… Magda SzubanskiMy earliest memory is… Being a toddler standing up on the front

seat of mum and dad’s car at the drive-in moviesMy first job was… packing shelves and shopping bags for customers in our family grocery store My favourite pastime is… reading, travel, quilting and my amazing familyMy philosophy on life is… life changes, people change. Treasure the good they added to your life and move on

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Supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Queensland Government Departments of Communities, Disabilities and Seniors, and Housing and Public Works. Although funding for some of these services has been provided by the Australian Government, the material contained herein does not necessarily represent the view or policies of the Australian Government.

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Tired of groping for the light switch in the dark? A dab of glow-in-the-dark paint on your light switches means you will never have trouble finding them again. Glow-in-the-dark paint is available at all hardware stores and can be easily applied with a paint brush or cotton bud.

HOME HINT

Keep your mind sharp by working something new into each day. You don’t have to work elaborate crosswords or puzzles either. It can be something as simple as taking a different route to the grocery store, brushing your teeth with a different hand, exploring a computer program or cooking a new recipe.

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