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GOC Care
Omonoia News
Aged & Community Care
Services
We have nearly come to the conclusion of the OMONOIA Project which is funded by the Department of Social Services (DSS).
The OMONOIA project has been funded by the federal Department of Social Services
(DSS) for the past , almost , 3 years from June 2012-June 2015 to fulfil a dual purpose.
Firstly, to provide Greek-specific information , tools and other resources to assist aged care
service providers in delivering culturally and linguistically appropriate care to Greek-speaking
older people and their families carers in Brisbane North, Brisbane South, The Gold Coast and
Townsville regions and secondly to provide community education and resources to the Greek
community and their families to improve access to local aged care and health care services
and useful information that supports and promotes healthy-ageing in the Greek community.
The recent aged care expos in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Townsville were a wonderful success with a total of almost 300 people attending the 3 events consisting of over 200 Greek speaking seniors and their family carers and over 70 aged care service providers including
organisations such as Alzheimer’s Australia, Centre-link, Ozcare, Diversicare, financial planners , local GP’s, Meals On Wheels, Carer’s Qld and many more.
The topics discussed at the expos included the concept of Consumer Directed Care (CDC)
and the New Aged Care Reforms that are soon to be fully implemented on the 1st July 2015
(Visit the My Aged Care website for updates) . CDC fits in well with the philosophy of
‘Wellness and Reablement’ which focusses on how we can help older people to re-gain their
independence and do things for themselves the way they choose to , rather than promote the
“sit down and I’ll do it for you” approach, which results in co-dependence or the loss of power
and control over one’s own life. GOC Care’s director , Angela Andronis delivered this information in the Greek language which was a delight especially for the older Greek and Cypriot
migrants at the Townsville Expo who rarely have the opportunity to listen to speakers deliver
talks in their ‘mother tongue’.
Through-out the 3 year period of the OMONOIA Project, 4 new multi-media Greek -specific
resources were developed , launched and promoted to support families and aged care service
providers who care for the rapidly ageing Greek Community.
Issue 6 April 2015
The Omonoia
Project
Is funded by The Australian
Government
Mission Statement
The Omonoia Project is
about promoting and sustaining ‘healthy, harmonious
and happy living’ for family
carers and Greek older people within the Greek community in Brisbane South,
Brisbane North, Gold Coast
and Townsville.
Inside this issue:
Introduction
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Photo Gallery
2
Calendar of Events
3
‘Flaounes’ Recipe
3
Useful Information
4
Alzheimer’s Australia 5
Click on the following link http://goccare.com.au/resources/ to view the following resources

Greek-specific Care Plan Guide (including question/answer sheet template)

‘Life-story’ Book Template - ‘Pages of My Life’- ΟΙ ΣΕΛΙΔΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΖΩΗΖ ΜΟΥ .
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Transition in Aged Care- My Aged Care- “My Life, My Family, My Way, My Kefi”

Video “Living with Dementia– Key Considerations for Family Carers” -
Dates to Remember
6th-12th April– HOLY WEEK
12th April-’Pascha’ Service
14th- ’Bribie Island Bus Trip’
Divine Liturgy and Lunch at
Church of the Panayia -Bribie
Island.
Please enjoy the photo gallery , Greek Independence Day article and maybe test your cooking skills and follow our yummy traditional Cypriot Easter recipe for FLAOUNES!
29th April- Feel Good-Age
Well’ Multicultural Seniors
Community Expo.
We welcome you and invite you to enjoy the 6th and last edition of OMONOIA NEWS–
Dimitria and Eleni :) :)
23rd-24th May– PANIYIRI
GREEK FESTIVAL
‘Greek Cultural and Linguistic Resources’ can
be found by clicking on the following link
http://www.gocstgeorge.com.au/resources/
or go to the GOC Care Website.
JOIN US ON FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/goccareomonoia
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UPCOMING EVENT
See over page for details
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Angela Andronis addressed the Greek
Community of Townsville at the Aged
Care Expo held on 18th March,2015.
Our New Logo
Local GP, Dr Peter Gianoulis
spoke about the importance of a
healthy mind, body and spirit at the
Townsville Aged Care Expo aided
by Greek translator, Eleni Samios.
Samples of Fasting Food prepared
by speaker, Irene Cayas who delivered Cultural Awareness training
for GOC Care Care-workers and
other organisations on the topic
of “Culturally Appropriate Meal
Provision for Greek Older People”
The ECCLI Rainbow Choir performed at the Townsville Aged Care
Expo and provided wonderful entertainment for guests.
GOC Care ‘Cultural Awareness’ Training Session
A favourite start to the day for
many older Greek people is Greek
coffee accompanied by a glass of
water and dried bread (paximathi)
or delectable Greek Kourabiethes
to share with friends for afternoon
tea as pictured below.
Guests of the Townsville Aged Care
Expo participating in exercises conducted by OZCARE. Guests were
up and off their seats!
Children from the Greek Community
Child Care Centre performing Greek
dances for our Day Respite clients during
Greek Independence Day celebrations on
the 25th March.
OMONOIA Project
Officer, Dimitria
Notaras and Administrative Assistant Eleni Notaras.
GOC Care The Omonoia Project
GOC Care Cultural Awareness
Training Presenter, Irene Cayas and
Case Manager, Malgosia preparing the
dough for ‘Kourabiethes’.
St George
GOC
ready for
Palm Sunday service.
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April 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Religious Calendar
St George Greek Orthodox Church Divine
Liturgy Services Edmonstone & Besant
St, South Brisbane Ph: 38443669
‘Dormition of the Theotokos’ GOC Divine Liturgy Services
269 Creek Rd, Mt Gravatt www.dormition.org.au Ph: 3343
7304
St Anna’s Greek Orthodox Church Divine Liturgy Services
31a Crombie Ave, Bundall www.gocstanna.org Ph: 5574
0777
St. Paraskevi’s Greek Orthodox Church Divine Liturgy Service 241 Church Rd, Taigum Ph: 3865 1218
Tuesdays 7, 14, 21, 28 Senior Citizens St Anna’s Greek Orthodox Church, 31a Crombie Ave, Bundall 10:30am-1:30pm
Ph: 5574 0434
Thursdays 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Senior Citizens and Circle of
Friends Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church
269 Creek Rd, Mt Gravatt 9:30am-12pm Irene Cayas
0407145000
Fridays 3, 10, 17, 24 Senior Greek Dance Class Dormition of
the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church
269 Creek Rd, Mt Gravatt 6:30-7:15pm Ph: 3343 7304
Sunday 5 ‘The Philoptochos Society of St George’ Palm Sunday Fish Luncheon The Greek Club Edmondstone Street,
South Brisbane Adults-$30 Children-$10 After Divine Liturgy
for bookings Ph: Angela-3844 9841 Eva-3398 9841 Tsampika-3844
2061
Tuesday 14 The Philoptochos Society of St George ‘Bribie
Island Bus Trip’ Divine Liturgy and Lunch at Church of the
Panayia Third Avenue, Woorim QLD 4507. Bus and Lunch$35 Lunch only-$25
RSVP ph: Angela-3844 9841 Eva-3398 9841 or Tsampika0407 413 252
Bus departs 7.30am from Dormition of the Theotokos 269
Creek Rd, Mt Gravatt and 8.00am from St George GO Church
Wednesday 29 ‘Feel Good-Age Well’ Multicultural Seniors
Community Expo South Sports Club Brandon Park, Mortimer
Road, Acacia Ridge Cost: FREE 10:00am-2:00pm
For More Information: Ljiljana Macura 07 3343 7499 or 0419
796 897
[email protected]
Monday 6TH- Sunday 12TH APRIL – GREEK ORTHODOX
HOLY WEEK
FLAOUNES
Ingredients
Dough:
Step by step instructions
on how to make dough
linked here
Filling:
- 500 grams of halloumi
cheese (or combination of
graviera, or kefalograviera
or ‘ladotyri’ cheese_
- 3 or 4 eggs (one more
for egg glaze)
- 3 tablespoons of dried
mint
Method
Preparation of filling:
1. Grate all cheeses
2. Mix the grated cheese, the mint and add eggs,
one by one until eggs have been absorbed by
cheese. Depending on the size of the egg you
might need another one.
Preparation of Flaounes
Preparation time: 30 minutes
1. Roll out phyllo with rolling pin or by machine .
2. Place a tea plate on rolled out phyllo and cut
around it to make circle shaped cut-outs. .
3. On a separate plate, place sesame seeds and
press upper side of dough onto sesame seeds.
4. Fill with one tablespoonful of the cheese mixture and fold three sides creating a triangle or four
if you like to make a square shape.
5. Seal Flaounes by pressing edges of pastry with a
fork.
6. Glaze each Flaouna with pastry brush dipped in
one beaten egg.
7. Place Flaounes on an oiled baking tin and bake
in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees C, until a nice
golden colour is achieved.
Serve hot or cold.
Flaounes are a traditional Easter savoury treat
in Cyprus.
Flaounes (Cypriot Easter cheese bread) are a special Easter food eaten in
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Greek Trivia and All Other Things Greek
Greek Independence Day
Independence Day is marked by a national holiday in Greece. It commemorates the
start of the war of Greek Independence which was declared on March 25 in 1821.This
date coincides with the church’s Annunciation to the Theotokos, when Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that she would bear the son of God. The revolution
ended after nine years in 1829 when an independent Greek state was established and
Crete and Greece were liberated from Turkish rule. Their motto had been ‘Freedom or
Death’.
Pascha (Easter) and the Significance of Red
Eggs
Orthodox Easter or PASCHA will be celebrated on Sunday April 12, 2015. It is observed later than most western
churches that will celebrate Easter , this year on Sunday
April 5, 2015. Easter is the most revered and notable
event on the Orthodox Calendar because its centre is the
Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
The following hymn of the resurrection, Christos Anesti,
is chanted on the Great and Holy Sabbath at midnight
(the Anastasi or resurrection service) while holding
candles lit by the sacred light :
Χριστός ανέστη εκ
νεκρών,
θανάτω θάνατον πατήσας,
και τοις εν τοις μνήμασι
ζωήν χαρισάμενος.
Christ is risen from the
dead,
trampling down death by
death,
and to those in the tombs,
granting life.
The Holy Saturday hymn is then chanted for the 40 days
following PASCHA.
Laying of wreaths for fallen soldiers, St George
GOC Church, 2013.
A Greek Independence Day
March.
The War song, THOURIOS by Greek writer Rigas Feraios, served as a rallying cry
for Greeks against Ottoman rule.
Lyrics to THOURIOS by Rigas Feraios - War song
Ως πότε παλληκάρια, θα ζούμε στα στενά,
μονάχοι σαν λιοντάρια, στες ράχες στα βουνά;
Κάλλιο είναι μιας ώρας ελεύθερη ζωή,
παρά σαράντα χρόνους, σκλαβιά και φυλακή.
Σπηλιές να κατοικούμε, να βλέπουμε κλαδιά,
να φεύγωμ’ απ’ τον κόσμο, για την πικρή σκλαβιά;
Κάλλιο είναι μιας ώρας ελεύθερη ζωή,
παρά σαράντα χρόνους, σκλαβιά και φυλακή.
Να χάνωμεν αδέλφια, πατρίδα και γονείς,
τους φίλους, τα παιδιά μας, κι όλους τους συγγενείς;
Κάλλιο είναι μιας ώρας ελεύθερη ζωή,
παρά σαράντα χρόνους, σκλαβιά και φυλακή.
Δουλεύεις όλη ημέρα, σε ό,τι κι αν σε πει,
κι αυτός πασχίζει πάλιν, το αίμα σου να πιει.
Ο Σούτζος, κι ο Μουρούζης, Πετράκης, Σκαναβής
Γκίκας και Μαυρογένης, καθρέπτης, είν’ να ιδείς.
Until when are we, oh brave young men, going to live in constraint,
lonely like lions, on the ridges of the mountains?
Better have an our of free life/freedom
than forty years of slavery and prison.
Shall we dwell in caves, just looking out at the branches,
leaving from the world into the bitter slavery?
Better live one hour in freedom
than forty years in slavery and prison.
Red Eggs
When cracking the eggs with each other and in greeting
each other after the Anastasi, Greeks say:
Χριστός ανέστη! (Hristós anésti) - Christ has Risen
Αληθώς ανέστη! (Alithós anésti) - Truly he has Risen
(reply)
Traditionally eggs are dyed red but there are many creative ways to personalise egg decoration for PASCHA. It
can be a fun activity to share with family and friends.
Do we lose* our brothers, homeland, and parents,
our friends, children, and all of our kin?
Better live one hour in freedom
than forty years in slavery and prison.
You work all day, and no matter what he tells you,
he strives again, only to drink your blood.
Soutzos, as well as Mourouzis, Petrakis, Skanavis
Grikas and Mavrogenis, mirror is for your reflection
Useful Websites
Find Aged Care Service Availability Register
http://www.mnbml.com.au/find-aged-care
GOC Care
www.goccare.com.au
Click here for instructions on how to dye red eggs to
be cracked on Easter Sunday!
Other Useful Contacts
GOC Care (Gold Coast )– Home Care Packages (HCP) Brisbane
P: 07 5574 3920
Click here for HCP Brochure
My Aged care
www.myagedcare.gov.au
GOC Care (Gold Coast )– Home and Community Care (HACC) Brisbane P: 07 5574 0296
Click here for HACC Brochure
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
www.greekorthodox.org.au
Greek Orthodox Parish of St Paraskevi
(Taigum) P: 07 3865 1218
Greek Orthodox Community of St George, Brisbane, Qld
www.gocstgeorge.com.au
Greek Orthodox Church of The Dormition of the Theotokos
(Mt Gravatt) P: 07 33437304
Greek Orthodox Church of St Anna, Bundall, Qld. www.gocstanna.org
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CARE
www.greekcare.org.au
Greek Orthodox Church of St Anna
(Bundall, Gold Coast) P: 07 5574 0777
Greek Orthodox Church of Sts Theodores
(Townsville) P: 07 4721 1625
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Alzheimer’s Australia—Programs and Services administered in Queensland
“Alzheimer's Australia administers leading edge national dementia programs and services.”
Mission:
To create a dementia-friendly nation consisting of dementia-friendly communities.
“A dementia-friendly community is a place where people living with dementia are supported to live a
high quality of life with meaning, purpose and value. For people with younger onset dementia, this also
means being given the opportunity and support to stay at work or volunteer. “
Programs and Services in Queensland Include:

National dementia helpline 1800 100 500

About Dementia- resource lists all services administered in Queensland

Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service 1800 699 799

Free Community Education

Living with memory loss –
small-group program

Training programs – for
industry workers

Support Groups

DMBAS ( Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service) – support for
carers

Living with Memory Loss
Program – people in early
stages of dementia share
their stories

Living with Younger Onset
Dementia – people in early
stages of dementia, under
65, share their stories

Memory Lane Café Post
Support Sessions

Counselling – free, for people affected by a diagnoses
of dementia (ie. The person
with dementia, their families and carers)

Information Sessions

Help Sheets - can be ordered online and are sent
free of charge to recipient
Go to
https://qld.fightdementia.org.au/ for
more information on Dementia and Living with Dementia Seminar conducted by Alzheimer's Australia 2014
Alzheimer’s Australia.
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