Communicating with people with dementia: Avoiding mistakes
This article is taken from Canadian-Nurse.com Q: I’m looking for some tips I can share with families on communicating with people who have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. A: Communicating clearly with another person requires that one has both good semantic memory (to pick the right words when speaking) and good working memory (to understand […]
What is a CONCERT in CARE?
Since 2006 www.HealthArts.org has organized 11,000 high-quality professional Concerts in Care. They have partnered with provincial Health Ministers, corporate sponsors and long-term care providers to bring the rich experience of performance arts to people in residential care. Today, we heard the most amazing Lisa Tahara, concert pianist at the Menno Hospital Chapel. This is an incredible way […]
Leadership Team Organizational Chart
Menno Place Leadership Team – Organizational Chart – Click for PDF
Bright Lights – You are making a difference!
Karen Baillie, CEO, recently received a wonderful appreciation letter from a family member whose mother passed away in Menno Home E2. This family member is the Professional Practice Leader (RN, MSN) in a hospital in Ontario. She is very familiar with person-centered and family-centered care. She said, There are “bright lights” in most organizations – […]
Goldcare Outage Wednesday
Goldcare Outage is on ** Wednesday August 3 from 3 pm to 5 pm **
Retirement Tea for Evelyn Davison
Retirement Tea for Evelyn is *Wednesday August 3 2:00pm at the TERRACE EAST DINING ROOM.
Have you seen THIS on Menno Place social media?!!!
Some of the best updates happen on Menno Place’s social media…. for example… this YUMMY picture first appeared on www.Instagram.com/MennoPlace Have you discovered www.Facebook.com/HumansOfMennoPlace ? This post reached 27,906 people! Incredible!
Happy BC Day! What are you doing with your day? CONTEST…read more…
British Columbia Day is August 1st! This long weekend is a perfect time to make short trips out of town and enjoy the beautiful scenery in this province. Some go camping, others walk, hike or plan canoe trips. There are often fireworks, parades and cultural festivals to enjoy. What are you doing this weekend? Send a […]
Congratulations and Best Wishes to Dorothy Grant on her retirement!
She joined the staff of Menno Place in 1994 and served seniors with heart and passion! Congratulations, Dorothy on your retirement with best wishes for your future! Dorothy initially served in Recreation and then as a Care Aid at Menno Place. Dorothy chose a beautiful painting of a Canada Goose as her retirement gift from […]
Get Inspired! Watch this… “Yes, I Can!”
Have you seen this amazing ad for the Rio Paralympics? Enjoy!
Grandparents Day Fair – Coming Saturday, September 10th – 11am – 2pm
Do you remember how GREAT the fair was last September?!!! Over 600 people came and enjoyed the party! Photo booth, bouncy castles, hot dogs, popcorn and cotton candy! Booths for facepainting, crafts and library time! It’s happening again – Save the Date – Saturday, September 10th. If you are working… ask your supervisor is you […]
Retirement Tea for Dorothy Grant July 29
Please join us for a Retirement Tea for Dorothy Grant Friday July 29th at 2:00 pm at the Fireside Cafe
Volunteer at BC Summer Games in Abbotsford
The BC Games will be held in Abbotsford, BC this year from July 21 – 24th. Organizers are busy building excitement around the event and are encouraging the community to show their support. Menno Place is a proud sponsor of the Abbotsford 2016 BC Summer Games. There may still be time left to volunteer – […]
Gold Care Shutdown Wednesday July 13
Gold Care Shut down July 13th @ **4pm to 5:30 pm** for maintenance
The Benefits of Holidays – from FSEAP
There is no denying the fast pace of life today and the challenge of balancing the demands of work and family. Vacations are a time when we should be de-stressing, slowing our pace, and recharging. Yet there is an ethos of busyness and accomplishment that can overtake us,even during our vacations. You may find that […]
To Menno Hospital Nursing Staff
Menno Hospital nursing staff encouraged to complete their reprocessing quizzes for the upcoming Fraser Health Audit on Reprocessing this year. They may complete in Surge learning or go to the binders on the units. Please forward to Kim Cantwell, Infection Control Lead.
Marks Work Wearhouse Discount Card
On behalf of the Wellness Committee, we have some Marks Work Wearhouse Discount Cards. These cards entitle the card-bearer to a 10% discount at Marks Work Wearhouse. This is a preferred shopper card that has an expiry date but still reusable. Cards are available at Hospital, Home & Apartment Receptions for all staff to enjoy.
Hymn Stories – May 2024
/in Important Update, NewsFew hymns paint such a vivd picture of God’s love as this one by Samuel Trevor Francis. Find out more about the hymn, O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus, and how its author experienced the mercy of God.
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Hymn Stories – April 2024
/in Important Update, NewsThis poem, written by an Irish woman named Jean Sophia Pigott, became the favorite hymn of J. Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China. Find out how the hymn Jesus, I am Resting, Resting helped strengthen the faith of an overwhelmed man near breakdown.
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Hymn Stories – March 2024
/in Important Update, NewsThe authors of the this month’s modern hymn are committed to creating a more timeless musical style that every generation can sing. Find out more about In Christ Alone by Keith & Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townsend.
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Hymn Stories – February 2024
/in Important Update, NewsThis month’s hymn is Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty penned by English minister, Reginald Heber, in the early 19th century. Heber was a gifted poet and hymnist who faithfully served his small congregation. After his death, his widow discovered he had written over 50 hymns. She succeeded in publishing his work and brought them to the forefront of the Christian community.
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Hymn Stories – January 2024
/in Important Update, NewsJanuary’s hymn is Trusting Jesus. This textually and musically simple expression of child-like trust in Jesus has met the daily spiritual needs of many of God’s people to the present time.
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Nominate a Team Member! Team Appreciation!
/in Important Update, NewsJanuary 25th will be a celebration of Service Awards and three categories of awards for staff members who are nominated for three awards recognizing Outstanding Contribution – click here to find out more
Hymn Stories – December 2023
/in Important Update, NewsJoy is the keynote of the entire Advent season, especially for the Christian, who realizes its spiritual significance – God Himself invading this world and providing a means whereby sinful man might live eternally. Joy to the World is generally considered to be one of the most joyous Christmas hymns in existence, not in the sense of merry-making, but in the deep and solemn realization of what Christ’s birth has meant to mankind. Find out more about this hymn by Isaac Watts.
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Hymn Stories – November 2023
/in Important Update, NewsI am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus is one of the child-like, but beautiful expressions from the soul of the esteemed English poetess, Frances Ridley Havergal, often referred to as “the Sweetest Voice of Hymnody.” Find out more about this hymn!
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Time Change Sunday November 5
/in Apartments, Events, HOME, HOSPITAL, Important Update, NewsDaylight Savings ENDS on Sunday November 5 at 2am.
Hymn Stories – October 2023
/in Important Update, NewsThe writer of Count Your Blessings, Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr., was one of the important and prolific gospel song writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Find out more about this gospel song!
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Hymn Stories – September 2023
/in Important Update, NewsThe Love of God, written and composed by Frederick M. Lehman by 1919, has its roots in a Jewish poem, written in Germany in the eleventh century. The Jewish poem, Hadamut, in the Aramaic language, has ninety couplets. Find out more about this gospel song!
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Hymn Stories – August 2023
/in Important Update, NewsThe beloved gospel hymn, All The Way My Savior Leads Me, written by Franny Crosby was the expression of gratitude to God after a direct and peculiar answer to prayer. Find out more about this hymn!
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Hymn Stories – July 2023
/in Important Update, NewsWritten and published in 1833, O Worship the King, is considered one of the finest hymns from the early nineteenth century Romantic Era. It has often been called a model hymn for worship. Find out more about this hymn and its author, Robert Grant.
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Hymn Stories – June 2023
/in Important Update, NewsIt was in 1912 that C. Austin Miles was asked to write a hymn text that would be “sympathetic in tone, breathing tenderness in every line; one that would bring hope to the hopeless, rest for the weary, and downy pillows to dying beds.” Find out more about In The Garden.
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Hymn Stories – May 2023
/in Important Update, NewsJoyful, Joyful We Adore Thee, which is sung to the music of Beethoven’s “Hymn of Joy”, is generally considered by hymnologists to be one of the most joyous expressions of hymn lyrics in the English language. Find out more about this hymn inspired by the Berkshire mountains!
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COR Audit starts Monday!
/in COR, Important Update, NewsAre you ready if the auditor speaks to you? Review the Health & Safety Audit questions and answers! The audit takes place May 1 – 3, 2023.
Stop and Think – Managing Your Mood
/in News, Not Myself TodayCORky’s Back! – The COR Questions & Answers
/in COR, Important Update, NewsOn May 1 – 3, 2023, Menno Place will be having our annual COR Health & Safety Audit. You may be asked to meet with the auditor. Let’s all be ready! Watch your email over the coming weeks for review questions and answers to strengthen your COR knowledge.
SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT – THE COR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
/in COR, News“You’re going to fly through this!” – CORky, the SAFETY HERO May 1-3, 2023 If you don’t know the answer, say, “I would ask my supervisor” Review the key COR questions: RESPONSIBLILTY Can you describe your health and safety responsibilities? Protect my health and safety and the health and safety of others Follow established safe work […]
Hymn Stories – April 2023
/in Important Update, NewsChrist the Lord is Risen Today was written by Charles Wesley in 1739 for the first chapel service held in a deserted iron foundry in London, England, which later became known as the Foundry Meeting House. Find out more about this hymn!
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