Irene Peucker

When I stepped into Irene Peucker’s room for the first time, two things were immediately apparent. Irene likes to be kept busy, and she enjoys an enviably close connection to her family. A colourful crocheted rug is draped over an armchair and beside Irene is a bag of knitting. She has completed one scarf and is busy on the next. On one wall, a beautiful, quilted patchwork in pink and red tones says it all, “Welcome Friends”. I must remember to schedule my visits around her weekly Jacaranda Village activities… Tai Chi, Exercise Class and the Café amongst others. When Irene isn’t at activities or relaxing in one of Jacaranda’s common areas, she is enjoying time with family members who visit often. Staff pop in to collect her footy tipping, she’s doing very well this year, or to ask her opinion on the recently updated Jacaranda Handbook. (Her football tipping prowess might be attributed in part to her late husband Ron’s avid support of all things Essendon).