BSO experience has helped PSW enhance resident-centred care

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Pictured from left to right, Riverview Manor BSO team lead Becky Dennie, PSW Nicole Munro and RPN Carly Kenny.

Learning about each resident’s individual history can help team members prevent agitation in residents with dementia

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Since joining the Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO) team at Riverview Manor, personal support worker (PSW) Nicole Munro says the most important thing she has learned is how to better provide resident-centred care. Read more

Country Terrace becomes first home in South West LHIN approved to provide peritoneal dialysis

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Country Terrace administrator Karen Dann is pictured here with resident Sharon Hanneman.

Providing in-home peritoneal dialysis will help improve quality of life for residents with renal failure while easing burden on the health-care system, says administrator

Country Terrace has been approved by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to provide in-home peritoneal dialysis to residents at the Komoka long-term care home who are living with renal failure in an effort to relieve stress on the health-care system and improve quality of life for people by avoiding hospital transfers. Read more

Helene Waddell is a ‘natural volunteer’ at Frost Manor

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Volunteer Helene Waddell (left) and life enrichment co-ordinator Lyndsay Burton are pictured here during Frost Manor’s annual volunteer appreciation luncheon April 5.

‘When she first came here, she burst in with energy and she just started helping – it was something she just didn’t think anything of’

When her father moved into Frost Manor in July, Helene Waddell says she immediately sensed the warmth and love that staff members at the Lindsay long-term care home have for residents. She also felt the need to help, so Helene quickly began visiting with other residents when she was at Frost to see her dad. Read more

Therapy dog Vezna is putting smiles on faces, one resident at a time

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Forest Hill resident Shirley Grant pets Vezna, a schnauzer mix, who visits residents with her owner, Sharon MacDonald. Sharon and Vezna volunteer at Forest Hill through Ottawa Therapy Dogs.

For three years, Vezna and her owner, Sharon MacDonald, who are with Ottawa Therapy Dogs, have been volunteering at Forest Hill

For three years, a miniature schnauzer mix named Vezna has been volunteering at Forest Hill with her owner, Sharon MacDonald. Sharon and Vezna, who are with Ottawa Therapy Dogs, leave residents smiling after each visit. Read more

National Volunteer Week 2019 runs April 7-13

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‘The Volunteer Factor – Lifting Communities’ this year’s theme

Look up, way up to discover the big impact volunteers have in Canada. Read more

Karen Coulter will be remembered for her sense of humour, passion for her work

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We have lost a much-loved, valuable member of the OMNI Health Care family. Read more

VIDEO: A look at how Almonte Country Haven prepares from-scratch cooking for residents

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Preparing nearly every menu item from scratch is what Almonte Country Haven’s residents expect from the Lanark County long-term care home’s nutritional care team, so that’s what they get each and every day. Read more

Weighted blankets providing comfort to Riverview residents

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Riverview Manor

Since being introduced by the BSO team in 2018, these special blankets have helped relieve anxiety in residents

Riverview Manor’s Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO) team lead says weighted blankets have helped calm residents affected by dementia and other conditions that create anxiety since they were introduced to the Peterborough long-term care home a little more than a year ago. Read more

‘Food has the potential to enhance lives’

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OMNI homes embrace home-cooking, nutrition month

While national Nutrition and Hydration Month has wound down, serving up nutritious, homemade meals remains a daily priority in OMNI Health Care’s long-term care homes, nutritional care managers (NCMs) say. Read more

Village Green’s new menu gets thumbs-up from residents and their families

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Pictured above, the Village Green nutritional care team.

Following new Canada’s Food Guide has helped introduce new flavours and ideas, says NCM

Village Green residents and their families were invited to sample items from the Greater Napanee long-term care home’s latest menu March 19, and the main courses, salads and desserts were well-received, says nutritional care manager (NCM) Miranda Ray. Read more