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2007 Archives:

December


Pet therapy helps residents with cognitive impairment


One-to-one programming essential for residents with cognitive impairment


Home finds music therapy, fishing game to be effective programming


Reminiscing helps residents with cognitive impairment


Educational partnerships set pace for recruitment


Resident-child programming successful in homes


London home reaches out to student volunteers


Community partnerships with long-term care homes are ‘win-win’


Home's bazaar engages residents and community

November


Newspapers get everyone talkin’


Carpentry, video games engage men at Sudbury home


Creating programs for men isn’t always a challenge


Men’s clubs get men to programming


Resident charts trip home to Slovenia


Breakfast clubs get men eating and chatting

Monthly program successful at engaging men


Residents honour veterans in poignant ceremony


Tool puts medication practices under the microscope


Men in long-term care enjoy work-related activities


Home’s partnership is ‘win-win’


Providing comfort the focus of pain management


Long-term care engages residents in worthy causes

October


Smitherman to lead Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care


Long-term care changed lives, say residents


Seminar focuses on identifying and managing pain


Long-term care homes grant wishes of residents


Long-term care improving outlook for resident


Long-term care home helps with fundraiser


Residents raise money for Parkinson's research


Former resident attests to success of long-term care


‘Open Doors’ a success at Chatham long-term care home


Resident walking again after entering long-term care


Card-making program maintaining residents’ cognitive, motor skills


Home’s staff invents program for residents with dementia


Physiotherapy improves mobility for two Almonte residents

September


Meadow Park residents participate in Terry Fox Roll & Stroll event



Montessori techniques help residents with dementia


Home aims to improve residents’ oral health


Resident mobile after two months of OMNI care


Manitoulin Lodge hosts Red Hat meeting

Residents cycle, trek across the world at Roberta Place
Important to run activities that twig memories: restorative care co-ordinator


Osteoporosis education sparks resident interest


Manitoulin Lodge staff gives back each month


Seniors get a preview of fall fashions, a chance to interact with kids


Volunteers make big difference in long-term care

August


Health system has to adapt to meet needs of aging population: CMA


Resident council raises $7,000 for garden project


Southampton seniors enjoy antique car show


Raw food allowances to be increased for long-term care residents

July


End of days for multi-bed wards


Falls prevention saves human, economic costs


Patient safety campaign enters long-term care


Wedding bells ring at Muskoka Landing



Volunteering a ‘win-win’ experience


Resident, fiancé tie the knot at Temiskaming Lodge



Bikers visit with residents on Father’s Day

June


Resident volunteers priest duties in long-term care home


Touch therapy a hit at Muskoka Landing


'I wouldn’t trade it for anything'


Springdale resident reaches for the stars


Partnership between college, nursing home a dream come true


Volunteering remains a part of life for these seniors


Not just any old fishing trip


Kiss me I’m a Go-Getter

Residents showcase s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g abilities



Baby nursery in long-term care home helps residents with advanced dementia

Home meets agile resident’s needs through personal schedule


May


Resident calls Leisureworld Richmond Hill ‘home’
Long-term care picks up where hospital leaves off
Province adds 1,200 RPNs to long-term care

Long-term care home recognizes nurses


Recognition week gives exposure to nursing


OLTCA director makes post-budget presentation


‘I didn’t think mom would go home’

April


Staff at long term care home close an 'incurable wound'


OLTCA honours Village Green volunteer



Resident with ‘incurable’ wound now leading active life

Staff from across home involved in palliative care

Convalescent care helps dying man return home


Long-term care centres offers on-site dialysis program



Facility enhances skin care program through ongoing education


Legacy Project brings youth and seniors together



Christie Gardens invites nurses to lunch

March


Sewing program aims to help palliative care residents



Avalon residents enjoy Hockey Day


Provincial budget’s LTC allocation ‘shocking’


Library network helps formal caregivers


The beginning of a beautiful friendship


Alexander Place residents having a mountain of fun


Long-term care community pulls together to help grant birthday wish of boy with cancer


Scrapbooking promotes creativity, reminiscing for Sunnycrest residents


Huntsville long-term care home recognizes resident with rich volunteer background


Royal Oak resident paints tribute to veterans


Computing a new way to dine at the proper level


Artificial intelligence coming to aid those with dementia

February


Sprucedale opens doors for travellers stranded by storm


Temiskaming Lodge hosts young and old


Avalon’s ‘Mr. Canada’ meets Mountie

Temiskaming Lodge supports Jamaican children in need


‘We are not a pretty environment
or sight but we are the best care there is’


Long-term care funding levels ‘simply not acceptable’: daughter


Aurora home ‘living example’ of ‘double standard’ for Ontario long-term care residents


Government will 'do the right thing' and amend proposed Bill, says care coordinator


Harriston nursing home opens doors to stranded travelers


Psycho-social aspects of long term care unaddressed in Act, argues administrator


Four-bed wards missing that home atmosphere

January


Bill has alienated whole sector, says administrator


Bill could make homes more institutional, says Orillia-based administrator


Funding needed for improved bedside care


New standardized approaches, customer service orientation focus for Jarlette in 2007


Government must be more accountable to province’s long term care residents, says Jarlette president

Fund homes to truly meet residents’ needs: OLTCA


Funding has not kept up with needs: administrator


Shift in thinking required about long-term care role


Family tradition in long term care threatened

Baby boomers will be more demanding: administrator

96-year-old Muskoka Landing volunteer wins Ontario Senior Achievement Award


Expand long term care role: administrator

 

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