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Meeting residents needs key to building a homeWillows Estate enhancing supportive measuresSeptember 10, 2009Whether it's spending one-to-one time with a resident during the afternoon or ensuring a resident receives their favourite snack, staff members at Willows Estate continually create a home by ensuring each and every residents' needs are met. "Home is where you actually relax and feel yourself, Read full story >> |
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Tough times often strengthens group: LECEnergy produced builds upon itself, resulting in a tight teamSeptember 10, 2009When one staff member at Forest Hill experiences a trying time everyone else comes together to support that person. This, says Craig Forrest, the Ottawa-area long-term care home's life enrichment co-ordinator (LEC), generates an energetic atmosphere chockablock with positive energy. This energy, Read full story >> |
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Alzheimer Society offers 'invaluable' services through partnerships: administratorStaff training and supports have been priceless assets to homeSeptember 9, 2009Alzheimer Society of Canada chapters offer a wide range of "invaluable" services to long-term care homes and Maureen Imamovic, the administrator at Springdale Country Manor, says staff members and families have benefited from the home's partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough & Read full story >> |
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Springdale residents treated to pool partyInviting people to your home is the ultimate show of respect, says administratorSeptember 9, 2009Six residents at Springdale Country Manor were recently treated to an annual tradition at the Peterborough long-term care home -- a summer visit to the swimming pool at the home of administrator Maureen Imamovic's parents. Imamovic says what makes this event most special is the fact residents ar Read full story >> |
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Workplace positive energy infectious when self-generating, says administratorAlmonte's Nurses Week activities top example of when affirmative power resonated throughout homeSeptember 8, 2009Positive energy in the workplace becomes infectious when it's self-generating, leading to positive outcomes for everyone connected to the organization, says Rick Gourlie, the administrator at Almonte Country Haven. Gourlie cites activities the Ottawa-area long-term care home hosted during Nationa Read full story >> |
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Forest Hill's first intergenerational day camp a successEvent engages children and residentsSeptember 8, 2009Read full story >> |
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Garden Terrace finds way to rekindle resident's passionTrip to aviation museum provides opportunity for resident to use his strengthsSeptember 4, 2009When a resident told Garden Terrace life enrichment co-ordinator Sylvia Monette that the only thing he was interested in was aviation, his suggestion sparked an idea that would help the home engage the resident. According to Monette, the resident formerly worked as a tour guide at the Canada Aviati Read full story >> |
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Springdale hosting event to raise money for local Alzheimer Society chapterHome participating in annual Coffee Break; LEC would like to see more homes engagedSeptember 4, 2009For the third straight year Springdale Country Manor is participating in the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough & Area's Coffee Break, a fundraiser running from coast to coast that raises money for the supports and programs offered by local chapters of the Alzheimer Society of Canada. Ann Dill Read full story >> |
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Supportive, truthful, listening, inspiring -- the words describing OMNI culture: administratorOMNI is an organization that stays true to its culture, says Rick GourlieSeptember 3, 2009Supportive, truthful, listening and inspiring. These are the words that best describe the culture at OMNI Health Care, says Rick Gourlie, the administrator at Almonte Country Haven. They are words that OMNI lives by, says Gourlie. And they are words that have stayed with him throughout his six year Read full story >> |
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Nintendo 'Wiily' catching on at Frost ManorMore residents taking interest in interactive video games: O'LearySeptember 3, 2009While sitting in a chair from the comfort of home, Frank Staples can play a round of golf or bowl a set. Swinging a 'club' or pushing 'a bowling ball' gives Staples a workout for his arms and hands. While Frost Manor, where he lives, doesn't have a putting green or bowling alley, residents can simu Read full story >> |
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