Streamway Villa residents treated to event-filled Easter weekend

Streamway Villa nutritional care aide Sadie Mininni is seen here on Good Friday with a tray of cupcakes she made for residents and staff members.

Streamway Villa nutritional care aide Sadie Mininni is seen here on Good Friday with a tray of cupcakes she made for residents and staff members.

Many of the home’s residents attended in-home and community activities

Streamway Villa residents were treated to an event-filled Easter weekend that included a myriad of activities inside and outside of the Cobourg long-term care home. Read more

Pleasant Meadow gentlemen’s club engaging male residents

Pleasant Meadow

Pleasant Meadow

‘They’re coming, they’re enjoying it, and they’re looking forward to the next time’

A program launched in January is proving to be a successful tool for engaging the men living at Pleasant Meadow Manor.

Finding meaningful programming for male residents is often a challenge for long-term care home life enrichment departments. The gentlemen’s club, which is the brainchild of life enrichment aide Leslie Rogers, is solving that challenge.

Prior to the gentleman’s club, Rogers led a woodworking program. However, many of the men involved with the woodworking program are no longer at the home and there was a lack of interest among others to join, so she had to come up with a new idea.

Between six and 10 men living at the Norwood long-term care home have attended the past three sessions. Getting the guys to come has been easy, Rogers says. Before each session she posts a notice in front of the activity room that reads, “Welcome to the gentlemen’s club.”

Each 30-minute session begins with a meet-and-greet where everyone introduces themselves. Rogers then hosts a trivia game focused on areas of interest for the men. The sessions also have a discussion component. Rogers will initiate the discussions by bringing something to the program that interests the men, such as a toolkit.

The March session featured a guest speaker. The gentleman had lived in Norwood all his life, and he spoke about his experiences living in the town, following up with a question-and-answer session.

“They’re coming, they’re enjoying it, and they’re looking forward to the next time,” Rogers tells The OMNIway, adding the program is suitable for residents of all cognitive abilities. “I’m trying to make each program as interesting as possible to keep them hyped up about it.”

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Rosebridge Manor residents getting ready for the gardening season

Rosebridge Manor volunteer Gillian Organ, seen standing, is helping residents plant flowers that will soon be placed in the home's gardens.

Rosebridge Manor volunteer Gillian Organ, seen standing, is helping residents plant flowers that will soon be placed in the home’s gardens.

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An illustrated scene from Kathryn Harrison's book, Weeds in Nana's Garden.

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Burnbrae Gardens

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Frost Manor team members got into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day by dressing in green.

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‘There is an opportunity for sharing and scaling best practices across the country’

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