Menno Place welcomes three new chaplains this summer!
Menno Place hires three chaplains to replace our current team. Click to find out who they are!
Staff Appreciation BBQ – July 14th
Staff Appreciation BBQ – Thursday, July 14
We want to celebrate you! Join us in the Menno Home courtyard on Thursday July 14th at 1030 to 1430 for our annual staff BBQ. We will be serving hamburgers, smokies and veggie burgers.
We appreciation you for your dedication, commitment, hard work, and the love you provide to our residents. Thank you!
Resident and Family-Centred Care (RFCC) + Tagline Contest
RESIDENT AND FAMILY-CENTRED CARE (RFCC)
As we have come out of the pressure of the pandemic on our residents, families and staff, we recognize that it is an opportune time to put the spotlight onto RESIDENT AND FAMILY-CENTRED CARE!
A steering committee was formed that comprised of residents, family members, staff, physicians and executive leaders. Our goal was to put the focus onto what matters most to each resident who lives and is cared for at Menno Place.
The steering committee describes Resident and Family-Centred Care (RFCC) this way:
Resident and family-centred care at Menno Place starts with asking our residents and their families, “What matters to you?”
We focus on respectful engagement, collaboration and communication so we can help each resident achieve their best days possible.
As you read this definition, here are some ways to think about how it applies at Menno Place:
- The definition starts with and ends with our residents. Without residents at Menno Place, there is no reason to exist. They are the centre. It is for our residents that we do all that we do – from maintenance to administration and all that comes between.
- The definition begins with our action and initiative. It is the responsibility of the staff and leadership of Menno Place to ensure that we keep the spotlight on providing RFCC.
- The definition shares the easily remembered, simple question that will initiate an RFCC focus with a resident or family member – “What matters to you?”
- The definition includes the 3 primary ways we engage in RFCC: respectful engagement, collaboration and communication.
For generations, Menno Place has provided trusted, compassionate care for the elderly in the Abbotsford community. As the philosophy of caring for the elderly has transitioned from a medical/institutional model to an individual/homelike model, it is appropriate for Menno Place to, once again, put the spotlight on our fundamental value of caring deeply and specifically for EACH individual resident while including their family.
We are excited to include you, the residents and families as the center of our spotlight.
- Does the definition (above) do a good job of describing how we aspire to connect with all residents and their families here at Menno Place?
- Are you the type of person who can condense this definition even further into a tagline? We are running a tagline contest between July 11th and July 20th. Enter your tagline and you could win a $150 gift certificate for a local Abbotsford restaurant!
The COVID pandemic has been difficult on residents, their families and our staff. We are only now getting some time to “breathe” and reflect on all that happened during this time. One thing that was VERY CLEAR to us is that our residents are WELL LOVED. This became apparent through the many, many ways you advocated for your loved ones. This knowledge of the love and advocacy for elders gives us both opportunity to reflect and to listen.
Thank you, once again, for all the ways you LOVE the people who call Menno Place their home. Blessings to you.
CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE TAGLINE CONTEST:
https://mennoplacelife.com/rfcc-tagline-contest-entry-form/#form
Hearts and Hands Conference – Ticket Winners!
Congratulations to the winners! Menno Place will be sending the following staff to the Hearts and Hands conference:
- Rapinder Benipal
- Jody Fitzgerald
- Jeffrey Reyes
- Michelle La Liberte
- Danielle Wall
- Mikhail Nisenboym
- Elzbieta Michaud
- Lisa Wiens
- Virpal Grewal
- Jeevanjot Deol
Thank you to everyone for entering the contest. The Hearts and Hands Conference will take place at the Langley Conference Centre, October 26, 2022.
Car Show and Canada Day Celebration
All staff are welcome to join our Canada Day Celebration on June 30, 2022!
Car Show from 10:30am – 1:00pm
Entertainment and Lunch from 11:30 – 1:00
It’s time to celebrate!
Showing Appreciation
On June 24th Jon Chescoe from Ascension Benefits presented the staff on Menno Home E1 with a beautiful massage chair! Jon wanted to show the staff at Menno Home his appreciation for the hard work they do each day.
Thank you to Jon for his generous gift to the team at Menno Home. This gift will be enjoyed by many and is very appreciated!
Watch Memorial Livestream & Butterfly Release 2022
Join Menno Place in honouring the precious lives of those who’ve passed away between September 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022.
June 10th, 2022
Memorial Livestream | Watch Recording
Menno Place honours the lives of those who have passed away between September 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022.
Butterfly Release Livestream | Watch Recording
Menno Place releases butterflies to remember our loved ones who have passed – or to enjoy the beauty of the butterfly.
All 3 Chaplains are retiring in the summer of 2022
Click to fill out a form where you can share your encouragement, gratitude and blessing for these 3 amazing chaplains.
Accreditation Bulletin #1 – The 5 “Ws” – BEE Prepared!
BULLETIN #1 – ACCREDITATION – THE 5 ‘Ws’
WHY
We want to BEE the best! Being accredited allows Menno Place to be measured against world class evidenced based health care standards. The goal is to provide the best healthcare and services to our residents so we can do what we do best: care for and improve lives.
WHEN
Save the Date: Oct 17th to Oct 21st, 2022
These are the dates the Accreditation surveyors will be on site. Preparation is already underway and will continue until then. Stay connected by attending your team huddles, reading the https://mennoplacestaff.com/ updates, and participating in the fun events to come.
WHERE
Onsite at Menno Home and Menno Hospital in all areas of care, services, and support.
Will you BEE prepared?
WHO
Accreditation Canada (AC) is an independent, non-government, not-for-profit organization affiliated with Health Standards Organization (HSO), located in Ottawa, Ontario. AC is committed to inspiring people to make positive change that improves the quality of health and social services in Canada and around the world. HSO develops world-class and evidence-based standards, assessment programs, and quality improvement solutions. AC and HSO use a People-centered care philosophy and approach to setting its standards and guiding the accreditation process.
WHAT
The Accreditation Tool is organized into six chapters:
Chapter 1: Governance and Leadership
Addresses criteria assessed by governing bodies and/or leadership teams and defines the standards under which the organization or LTC home’s management operates.
Chapter 2: Delivery of Care Models
Addresses thematic areas related to team management, talent development, work-life, information management, quality improvement and delivery of virtual health services.
Chapter 3: Emergency Disaster Management
Addresses emergency, disaster, and outbreak management, focusing on reducing risk and being prepared to respond to and recover from an emergency, disaster or outbreak that occurs inside or outside of the organization.
Chapter 4: Infection Prevention and Control
Addresses organizational infection prevention and control (IPC) practices that promote a collaborative approach in providing safe and reliable services and preventing transmission of pathogens and health care-associated infections.
Chapter 5: Medication Management
Addresses organizational medication management practices that promote a collaborative approach in providing safe and reliable services.
Chapter 6: Residents’ Care Experience
Focuses on ensuring the needs of LTC home residents are met by providing safe and quality individualized care from competent teams.
These chapters are further broken down into eight quality dimensions that all play a part in providing safe, high-quality care.
- Population focus: Work with my community to anticipate and meet our needs
- Accessibility: Give me timely and equitable services
- Safety: Keep me sage
- Work-life: Take care of those who take care of me
- Client-centred services: Partner with me and my family in our care
- Continuity of services: Coordinate my care across the continuum
- Appropriateness: Do the right think to achieve the best results
- Efficiency: Make the best use of resources
Watch for these themes to come in future bulletins.
Draw to Win one of 10 Registration Tickets for the Hearts and Hands Conference (SafeCareBC) for HCA’s
SCROLL DOWN TO ENTER THE DRAW
HEARTS AND HANDS CONFERENCE – WIN A TICKET TO ATTEND!
The 7th annual Hearts and Hands conference held October 26, 2022 (7:30am – 3:30pm) is the premier event for healthcare assistants in BC, with the goal to CELEBRATE, EDUCATE AND INSPIRE.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE – CLICK HERE
SCROLL DOWN TO ENTER – YOU COULD WIN A TICKET TO THE CONFERENCE!
Menno Place has purchased 10 registration tickets to be distributed across campus! If you are interested in attending this event, fill out the form below!
Deadline for draw is June 30, 2022 at midnight.
Be sure to act fast! The conference is held in Langley on October 26. Included is a delicious breakfast, lunch, fantastic speakers and loads of fun and prizes to be won. And your day at the conference is paid!
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