Visits to Menno Home and Menno Hospital – What changes January 1, 2022?

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January 1 – 18 (date of reassessment) – Essential Visitors Only in long-term care – Menno Home and Menno Hospital

Only Essential visitors may enter long-term care homes effective January 1, 2022. This order from Dr. Bonnie Henry will be reassessed on January 18th.

Essential visitors are only set up with the nursing team in conjunction with the resident’s care plan. Essential visitors are being contacted by our nursing team – these visitors are based on the current resident care plan. Screening and rapid testing (2x per week) will be required for all essential visitors.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-bringing-back-visitor…
Assisted Living: Social visits permitted with negative rapid test
Independent Living: Self-Screening for visitors. Rapid tests not available at this time due to limited inventory.
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What is an essential visit? (Fraser Health definition): Essential visits are necessarily linked with an essential need identified in the care plan that could not be met in the absence of the essential visit. Essential visits are those that include, but are not limited to2:
• Visits for compassionate care, including critical illness, palliative care, hospice care, end of life
• Visits paramount to the resident’s physical care and mental well-being, including:
o Assistance with feeding
o Assistance with mobility
o Assistance with personal care
o Communication assistance for persons with hearing, visual, speech, cognitive, intellectual or memory impairments
o Assistance by designated representatives for persons with disabilities, including provision of emotional support
• Visits for supported decision making
• Visits required to move belongings in or out of resident’s room
• Police, correctional officers and peace officers accompanying a resident for security reasons

It’s Time to Get Your Flu Shot

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It’s that time of year again. Flu season runs from Dec 1 – April 1, 2021. All staff are encouraged to get a flu shot. Shots will be available at flu clinics on campus on the following days:

Menno Home Staff Flu Clinic
Dec 9 14:15 – 16: 15 in the E2 Ed room.

Menno Hospital and Apartments Flu Clinic
Dec 10 14:15 – 16:15 in the Hospital Chapel.

Please bring your care card number with you! Don’t forget to wear short sleeves.

Please don’t walk through any units that are not the unit you work in.

Menno Place Staff and the Flood/Mudslides

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Menno Place Staff and the Flood/Mudslides

Email Jeanette.Lee@MennoPlace.ca to share your story or the story of someone you work alongside. We want to hear from you.

Between November 13th and 15th, we experienced torrential rain in the Abbotsford region that damaged infrastructure and isolated communities. This was the product of an atmospheric river that added more moisture than the already saturated soil could handle.

November 14th broke numerous rainfall records and was the beginning of what will be known as the Great Flood in the Sumas Prairie with water rushing north as the Nooksack River broke its banks. For some of you, the flooding kept you from coming to work and upset your regular routines bringing a financial hardship. Schools were closed and some of you had to scramble for childcare. For others, the waters consumed your homes, your farms, your treasured possessions and memories. Your lives are forever changed.

As leaders, we have been listening to your experiences and seeking ways to make work and life better for you as you’ve been impacted. We’d like to hear from more of you. Many staff from Chilliwack have been provided housing to work for five days in a row without having to navigate Highway 7 for 2-5 hours each way (depending on the state of traffic). Others have the ear and heart of the leadership as we listen to how you’ve taken in other families or been taken in by those who care for you. The unknown is still ahead for many as you rebuild your homes and your lives. There are staff who are raising funds and supplies for their co-workers. We would like to help with that as you navigate these next weeks and months.

Would you make sure that we know what you or your family are going through so that we can extend our care, prayers and practical help?

With more than 700 staff here at Menno Place, we know that people lives are impacted – and we want to show we care.

Please let us know what has happened and is happening with you and the ones you love.

Please let us know about a co-worker’s situation so that we can show we care.

Email: Jeanette.Lee@Mennoplace.ca , Director, Human Resources to let us know your experience or the experience of a co-worker.

Thank you, as always, for wanting to be here at work – and for coming to work even when your home and lives are in limbo.

Thank you to all who have worked extra hours to care for our residents as those who wish to be here are stranded on the other side of the flood.

You are truly the Heart of Menno Place.

 

Are you wondering how you can help with the flood recovery?

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Menno Place was founded in 1953 by a group of people from the Mennonite faith. During the first half of the 20th century, the Mennonite people were very actively starting new endeavours. One of these was founded 100 years ago (1921) to help Mennonite people escape the horrors of the Russian Revolution. The organization is called Mennonite Central Committee. It is dedicated to helping people by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. For many, the word “relief” is a good description of the work that MCC does in communities around the globe.

At this time, we need “relief” – right here in Abbotsford, BC.

If you would like to donate to a trusted organization who provides 93% of every dollar to the cause, please check out MCC’s support efforts for the people impacted by this catastrophic flood: CLICK HERE

Click here for the Charity Intelligence Canada Star Rating for Mennonite Central Committee (5 stars/5)

Keep Watch: Highway 1 expected to open sometime on Thursday, Nov. 25

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Staff who are commuting between Chilliwack and Abbotsford

The Ministry of Transportation issued a statement that Highway #1 will re-open on Thursday, November 25th. The time of opening is not determined.

If you do this commute, please watch the news carefully so that you know when you are able to resume your commute on Highway 1. This will enable you to come to work without organizing overnight accommodations.

Once you plan to return to work, please notify staffing so that they can adjust the schedule accordingly.

Read more at CBC News: CLICK HERE

Love? Hate? Who will win the delicious prize?

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Love It or Hate It?

Thanksgiving is coming!

If you love STOVE TOP STUFFING, let us know!

Send an email to Jeanette.Lee@Mennoplace.ca with STOVE TOP in the subject line and let me know what you love about it.

Draw deadline October 8 @10am

Brought to you by the Wellness Committee at Menno Place

Staff, residents, family members and visitors encouraged to wear orange May 31 – June 4

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Menno Place is calling on all staff, residents and visitors to wear orange from May 31 – June 4 as a form of recognition and reconciliation with Indigenous people. The Canadian flag will be flying at half-mast at the front of Menno Place.

The remains of 215 children were found buried at a former residential school in Kamloops, BC. See News Story. Menno Place acknowledges that there are those who live and serve at Menno Place who will be in mourning this week and whose families will feel the intergenerational trauma once again. We wish to recognize and honour those in all generations who have experienced this trauma and its ongoing impact, especially in light of the news of this recent discovery.

The Mennonite Central Committee, Canada, responded to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action #48 and #49, acknowledging the long, complex history and current relationships between MCC, as an institution and its workers, and the Indigenous people of what we now call Canada – Click Here to Read the MCC Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action.

 

KEEP BEING VIGILANT! PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS CONTINUE – STAY STRONG!

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KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK – BE VIGILANT AND STAY STRONG!

This has been a challenging year and we have done amazing as a team!

The vaccinations have given us a lot of hope that things can be better – and different.

STILL…We’re all in this together – and it’s still not safe:

  • The possibility of being a spreader of the coronavirus remains, even if you are vaccinated.
  • The residents and staff who are not vaccinated are vulnerable to becoming infected – these are the ones you love and the ones you work with.
  • The coronavirus variant is present in British Columbia.
  • The rate of community prevalence remains high with the highest daily rate in the Fraser Health region.

We need to stick to our protocols – at WORK and at HOME!

Remember, these are the current Public Health Orders (Feb. 8, 2021)

  • No social gatherings of ANY SIZE at your residence with anyone other than your household
  • No gathering in backyards, patios, driveways or anywhere else on your property
  • Do not host playdates for children
  • Drive-In and Drop-Off events are allowed, but not getting out and visiting
  • Funerals, weddings and baptisms for maximum 10 people following COVID protocols
  • Restaurants, pubs, bars with ONLY your household (unless you live alone)
  • Mask wearing in all public indoor settings – face shields are not a substitute
  • No travel for vacation or to visit friends or family
  • Essential travel only (medical appointments and hospital visits)

We can do this – TOGETHER!

Remember that we remain in a state of emergency in British Columbia and this means that the Public Health Officer can make and enforce orders.

There’s a light at the end of the tunnel (with vaccination), but we aren’t there yet… keep going!

And keep on doing what you do every day:

  • Wash your hands frequently
  • Use hand sanitizer
  • Wear a mask
  • Stay 6 feet apart from others
  • Monitor your symptoms and stay home if you have any symptoms

We’ve got this, team!