Join us in some light-hearted fun and dress up on October 29th, 2021!
Dress up with a retro theme, team colours, a favourite team jersey or t-shirt, use your imagination! Prizes awarded for best individual costume & best team costumes. Please dress appropriate to our seniors’ environment. PPE must continue to be worn as required.
Let’s have fun showing our Menno Team Spirit on October 29th!!
October 18th is HealthCare Aide Day!
Menno Place will be doing a draw for prizes and sharing the winners here on the staff website!
On behalf of Men
no Place leadership, we would like to acknowledge all Health Care Assistants and Health Career Access Program (HCAP) participants whether you have graduated, are attending post secondary school, or working as a health care support worker (HCSW). Today we celebrate you!
Congratulations to the HCAs and HCSWs who have embarked on their journey to become care aides. We appreciate your hard work and dedication as students and as health care support workers. Your decision to become a health care assistant will have a positive impact on the health care team, residents and families. We value you!
The BC Care Aide & Community Health Care Registry, is offering a FREE online conference for health care assistants which runs from October 18-22, 2021. There are many prizes to be won including a scholarship valued at $3,500.
Thank you for your dedication to your role as a health care assistant!
On Thursday, October 21 at 10:21am, Menno Place will be participating in the annual Great British Columbia ShakeOut.
This will be a 10 minute Code Orange Earthquake Drill.
A 2 min audio/video announcement will broadcast via the overhead PA system, desk speaker phones and live streamed on Ch59 (Home/Hospital MennoTV) and Ch10 (PG/TE/TW)
Instructions for Staff:
When you hear the Drill announcement (2min):
• Drop, Cover and Hold On where ever you are.
• Here’s a how-to video if there’s a desk or table nearby.
• Here’s a how-to video if there’s NO table or desk nearby.
After the drill (5min):
• Sign Attendance sheet at the nearest nurse station or with the Leadership Observers in your area.
Debrief
• Look around and think about what could fall or move in the event of an earthquake.
• What utilities/services could fail?
• What to do if you a caring for a resident?
• Are you prepared? Your family? More resources can be found attached or at The Great British Columbia ShakeOut
Instructions for Leadership Team:
Leadership Team will be assigned to various locations as Observers and document participation of staff. All documentation should be forwarded to David Janzen.
Resources:
For information about any of the Menno Place Code policies log into Surge Learning and search for “Code” in Courses Library.
Earthquake actions for Healthcare Providers and Patients
Earthquake actions for People with Disabilities
Register for the sixth annual Hearts and Hands Conference – www.heartsandhands.ca
This is a virtual event and you can watch it anytime between Oct. 18 – 22!
We had so much fun last Friday at the Staff BBQ! Here’s some pictures from the day!
Click here to find pictures of Fancy the Horse!
Mary and Marvin Wiebe live at Menno Place, and as a community we are partnering together with the Wiebe family to participate in the Walk for ALS on June 9th.
