PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Diane Rainbird has been working at Springdale Country Manor for 21 years, but she’s been interested in long-term care even before she earned her registered practical nurse (RPN) qualifications. Read more
Almonte Country Haven resident Pat Taylor gets ready to go on a limo ride with Tom Toomey of TIP Limousine Service.
Since moving into Almonte Country Haven in 2009, Pat Taylor has ridden in an 18-wheeler, a Cessna plane and now a limousine through the home’s Never Too Late to Realize Your Dreams initiative. Read more
Christina Verleysen has organized the past five Christmas bazaars at Streamway Villa, but the one held on Saturday (Nov. 22) was the “best one ever,” she says. Read more
The key to improving locomotion for long-term care residents is persistence, says Country Terrace physiotherapist Burton Moon. Read more
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – It was the summer of 1985 when Sarah Roote took a job at Springdale Country Manor, thinking it would just be a temporary position. Read more
Country Terrace CCC Kimberley Noftle (centre) is seen here performing with her band Blue Mojo during a fundraiser for the Alzheimer Society.
Country Terrace clinical care co-ordinator (CCC) Kimberley Noftle jokes that her band, Blue Mojo, is on the fast track to becoming known as a charity fundraising group — and that’s OK with her. Read more
An earlier OMNIway series revisited to discuss British charity’s claim
The U.K.’s Alzheimer’s Society has a message for long-term care home staff members when they see romantic relationships developing between residents with dementia: don’t interfere. Read more
Wildwood Care Centre and Country Terrace recently partnered to bring residents an animal therapy program that successfully engaged residents. Read more
Continuous quality improvement is important to caregivers at West Lake Terrace, and this focus is helping the Prince Edward County long-term care home in its mission to reduce restraints. Read more
With 93 per cent of staff members having received a flu shot, Country Terrace is hoping to surpass last year’s number of employees who were vaccinated, says registered practical nurse (RPN) and infection control lead Brenna Slota. Read more