Two OMNI homes win prizes for videos highlighting the Residents’ Bill of Rights
Burnbrae Gardens and Village Green will receive $50 Tim Hortons gift cards from the OARC
Two OMNI Health Care long-term care homes have won prize draws for videos they created highlighting the 27 rights listed in the Residents’ Bill of Rights as part of a contest organized by the Ontario Association of Residents’ Councils (OARC).
Burnbrae Gardens and Village Green will be receiving $50 Tim Hortons gift cards which both homes will be using to host doughnut parties for residents.
A third OMNI home, West Lake Terrace, received an honourable mention on the OARC website for the video residents and team members submitted.
The OARC challenged Ontario long-term care homes to work with residents to create videos to teach others about the Residents’ Bill of Rights during Residents’ Council Week, which ran Sept. 13-19.
In the video submitted by Burnbrae Gardens, residents are wearing T-shirts listing the 27 rights. Each T-shirt is embossed with two residents’ rights – one on the front and one on the back. Residents had their photos taken wearing the T-shirts, and the photos were made into a slideshow accompanied by music.
Resident Jeannine LeClerc, who is fluent in French, provided a translation in the video for every resident right.
“Residents were super excited to know that they will receive a Tim Hortons recognition party for all their hard work in putting this video together,” Burnbrae Gardens administrator and life enrichment co-ordinator (LEC) April Faux tells The OMNIway.
April says the prize is a bonus for a project everyone found rewarding to create.
“To be honest, we had so much fun as a group making this video that the gift card we received was just an extra little reward on top of the fun and laughter we had putting it all together,” she says.
The video created by Village Green features the Greater Napanee long-term care home’s residents and team members reading the residents’ rights.
In some segments, Village Green residents and staff members act out residents’ rights so viewers can see examples of residents’ rights in action.
Village Green LEC Ulana Orrick says residents were overjoyed when they learned they would be having a doughnut party thanks to their work on the video.
Ulana says when she asked residents how they felt about being recognized for their work, the most common reply was “I feel proud.”
“Our residents were thrilled to be one of the winning homes, and we will be having a party soon to celebrate with our Tim Hortons Gift card,” she says.
“This was such a great way for residents to express themselves and to feel some ownership of their home.”
The video created by West Lake Terrace, called Through Our Eyes Bringing the Residents’ Bill of Rights Alive, features a slideshow of residents and team members holding cards with each residents’ right explained as a rendition of the Beatles’ In My Life plays.
Click here to watch the Burnbrae Gardens video.
Click here to watch the Village Green video.
Click here to watch the West Lake Terrace video.
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