A scene from the April 15 volunteer appreciation dinner hosted at Garden Terrace.
Garden Terrace hosted a volunteer appreciation night April 15 to honour those who give their time to help residents and staff members at the Ottawa-area long-term care home. Read more
Riverview Manor environmental services manager Faye Hetherington (left) is seen here with the home’s administrator, Mary Anne Greco. Hetherington retired April 24 after 32 years at the Peterborough long-term care home.
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – About 40 of Faye Hetherington’s co-workers, family and friends were on hand to wish the 32-year Riverview Manor employee a happy retirement during a surprise event at the Peterborough long-term care home April 24. Read more
Rosebridge Manor’s bulletin board is showcasing a photo of resident Hazel O’Shea along with her recipe for lemon squares.
When nutritional care manager (NCM) Alex Achillini contacted The OMNIway in February to share a story about how Country Terrace was incorporating residents’ recipes into meal plans, he hoped other long-term care homes would read the article and follow suit. Read more
Clinical care co-ordinator Kimberley Noftle says she and her colleagues at Country Terrace are touched by a letter a former resident’s daughter wrote to the London Free Press, praising the care staff members provided her father. Read more
Mary Lee Turcotte first worked at Village Green 20 years ago. She left 15 years ago to pursue a career in acute care, but returned to the Greater Napanee long-term care home in December to find that many of the people she’d worked with in the 1990s were still there. Read more
Maplewood fills pots and buckets of water to weather the shut-off of Brighton’s water supply.
BRIGHTON, Ont. – The call came in on Friday afternoon, notifying Maplewood there would be a boil-water advisory in effect and to begin conserving water. Read more
Willows Estate volunteer Jayne Philip (left) is seen here with resident Sybil Bellmore during a knitting program at the Aurora long-term care home.
AURORA, Ont. – Jayne Philip began volunteering at Willows Estate about seven years ago when she and a friend made a quilt for the Aurora long-term care home. Read more
Mary Lee Turcotte returned to Village Green in December to serve as clinical care co-ordinator (CCC), 15 years after she left the Greater Napanee long-term care home to pursue a career in acute care. Read more
Breaking news: Maplewood is using TV journalism to highlight the importance of ladder safety. Read more
Rosebridge Manor’s bulletin board is showcasing a photo of resident Hazel O’Shea along with her recipe for lemon squares.
Rosebridge Manor chalked up a win Friday when the home’s nutritional care department launched its Recipes from Home program. Read more