Congratulations to Jenna Padilla, LPN at Menno Home, who is the lucky winner of the Wine Gums! As Jenna stated, “I love wine gums! I love most things sweet and I take this from my dad and grandma.”
Enjoy!
This WIN is part of the Love’em or Hate’em Contests:
It is exciting to welcome Feldi to the Menno Place Team! As the Manager of Care, she is responsible for collaborating with Kim and Smitha (Directors of Care) to ensure that long-term care, gerontological nursing, medication management, infection control, and human resources standards related to care services are maintained.
Feldi will provide operational leadership in the resident care programs at both Home and Hospital, applying quality improvement processes to ensure safe, resident and family-centered, efficient and appropriate care is delivered under the direction of the DOC’s.
You might recognize Feldi if you worked in Menno Hospital – she started there as a floor nurse in 2015. In 2016, she exercised the dual role of LPN/Human Resources Coordinator for SimpeQ Care until she attained this new role of Manager of Care.
In Feldi’s words, “I am excited and glad to continue working and being a part of Menno Place surrounded by wonderful residents, family and amazing staff.”
When she is not chasing her 3 kids, she loves to sing, go to church, go shopping and have food gatherings with family and friends. Feldi speaks fluent Tagalog. She played the coronet in a local brass band for 6 years in Scotland and competed around the country! Wow, Feldi!
We are excited to have you work in this new role in both Menno Home and Hospital – Welcome to the Menno Place Team!
Loveleen is here to help our staff and teams when there are questions policies, procedures or if you need to refresh your skills. She provides education on new equipment and much more. She will be involved in projects that will continuously help provide the residents with the best care possible while supporting our staff.
Previously, Loveleen worked at a long term care home as an LPN. She was given an opportunity to pursue her career as a Care Manager, and along the way, she has decided to join us at Menno Place! This was because of an AMAZING reference given to her by a Menno employee, so she decided to join the wonderful team here!
What excites Loveleen most is seeing that she is able to make a difference in the lives of the seniors, staff and families. She says, “My role as an educator allows me to support the staff, being able to support the staff will lead to better care for the seniors, which leads to families being happy that their loved ones are being well cared for.”
When she’s not working or studying, Loveleen likes to sit in her bed and relax while watching a movie. She enjoys swimming and completed her lifeguard course a few years ago. Her native language is Punjabi. She loves to travel with her family and always is grateful for the time they spend together.
She says, “I am very excited to be a part of the Menno Place team, they have been absolutely amazing!”
We are excited to have you here, too! Welcome to the TEAM!
It’s time to turn your badge around – back to the white side!
Welcome Sonia Singla, to Menno Place as the Menno Home and Hospital Physiotherapist! Sonia graduated with her Bachelors in Physical Therapy in 2007, and her Masters in Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy from University of Pittsburgh in 2011. Sonia has worked in a variety of settings including acute care, rehabilitation hospitals, residential care facilities and private physiotherapy clinics. Her passions are to help people achieve their goals by providing them with the skills and exercises that will allow them to function as independently as possible. When not at work, Sonia enjoys running, volleyball, yoga and spending time outdoors.
Sonia’s services are by referral in Menno Home and Hospital.
Cyber-criminals use phishing attacks to attempt to get you to provide them with passwords, accounts, data or money. Clicking on a link or replying to a phishing email can expose the Menno Place server to harm or ask you to provide money/gift cards that cannot be retrieved.
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All Menno Place employees are reminded to never interact with suspicious emails. If you receive a spam/phishing email, remember the following:
GUIDES, INFOSHEETS, AND RESOURCES (source: Government of BC website)
Sick Calls on the day of your shift must be PHONED into the Staffing Office – DO NOT EMAIL OR TEXT Staffing that you are sick.
Timelines for Sick Call-Ins must be done with advance notice to ensure we have safe staff coverage for the day.
Menno Hospital
Staffing Office Hours are 0600 – 1400 Daily
Phone Number 604-859-7631 Ext. 2270
Short Call Absence replacement should be made as follows:
| Start Time | Call-in By: |
| Day Shift: 0600 | 0600- Nursing – call RN @ ext. 233. All others leave msg with Staffing @ ext.270 |
| Day Shift: 0700 | 0600 the same day – Staffing ext. 2270 |
| Afternoon: 1400, 1500, 1600 | 1000 the same day – Staffing ext. 2270 |
| Night Shift: 2300 | 1300 the same day – Staffing ext. 2270 |
Menno Home & Apartments
Staffing Office Hours are 0600 – 1600
Phone Number 604 853-2411 Ext 2465
| Start Time | Call-in By: |
| Day Shift: 0600 (nursing) | 0530 the same day -call Clinical Lead @ ext. 2462 |
| Day Shift: 0700 | 0600 the same day – Staffing ext. 2465 |
| Afternoon: 1400, 1500, 1600 | 1100 the same day – Staffing ext. 2465. After 1400 call ext. 2472 and speak with Nurse Manager or ext. 2462 and speak with Clinical Lead |
| Night Shift: 2300 | 1330 the same day – Staffing ext. 2465. After 1400 call ext. 2472 and speak with Nurse Manager or ext. 2462 and speak with Clinical Lead |
Jeanette Lee,
Director, Human Resources
In preparation for ratification of the renewed Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) agreement, Menno Place is required to collect the personal emails of all staff represented by the Hospital Employee’s Union (HEU) as per Article 5.03 of the FBA and Labour Relations Board Policy. This information will support employee communication from the FBA regarding ratification, in the event a tentative agreement is reached for the renewal of the 2019-2022 FBA Collective Agreement.
Menno Place collects personal email addresses upon hire to send your paystub to you. If you use a mennoplace.ca email, please forward your personal email to HR. If your personal email has changed and you have not notified HR, please do so immediately.
Jeanette Lee
Director, Human Resources
Congratulations to Thy Daigneault, HCA at Menno Home on her upcoming retirement. This amazing woman is dedicated and loved by both her colleagues and the residents alike. Thy started with Menno Home on October 4, 1989 and has seen many changes over the years. We thank Thy for her many years of service. Her retirement date is August 31, 2022. Blessings from your team members at Menno!
Assurity is the Mark of Quality developed by the experts at EngAge BC (https://engageseniors.ca/assurity) to make it easier for seniors and their families to pick a home health or independent living organization that upholds industry standards for quality. It’s like a 5-star rating for Menno Apartments!
As an Assurity-certified independent living organization, Menno Place will have the Assurity logo on their Route 65 listing. Having the Assurity symbol means Menno Apartments has made it a priority to meet or exceed industry standards in areas such as privacy, safety, client/resident onboarding, infection prevention and control practices, emergency preparedness, employee safety and client satisfaction.
Assurity was developed from the ground up by collaborating with B.C.’s best home health and independent living professionals, and consultations with older adults and family members about things that were important to them when choosing a place to live with support!
Thank you to the staff at Menno Apartments for all you do!