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2008 Archives:

April


Therapeutic touch helps residents in palliative care


Recruitment program successfully targets registered staff


Staff celebrate more than 30 years of service


College program encourages residents to dream


Exhibit challenges perception of long-term care


Christie Gardens turns off the lights, contributes to Earth Hour cause


Resident runs financial seminars for staff


Photography and text exhibit celebrates long-term care


Resident’s quilts help keep in the heat


Haileybury home introduces natural approach to promote regularity


Campaign places emphasis on resident safety


Balance in life needed for long-term care staff


Staff member’s poetry helps others cope with loss            

March


Workshops bring out the best in long-term care


OLTCA pleased with provincial budget's long-term care allotment


Government commits millions for more nurses and PSWs


Resident-run programs show leadership, boost esteem


Animals effective at engaging residents


New research will provide a more equitable funding model: Hirdes


Manual an excellent information source for family councils: LEC


Video games the latest rage in long-term care


Communication, creativity makes mealtime a happy time


A cure for the winter blues


Membership homes work diligently to get postcards signed

February


Postcard campaign engaging residents, families, staff members


Cooking up an appetite


Evacuation drill engages students, creates volunteering interest


MDS funding model unknown


Life enrichment: more than just games


MDS tool revolutionizes resident care


Some more susceptible to falls than others

Different dietary needs can be challenging for nutritional staff


New Leisureworld home, corporate office, look forward to future


Antiques Roadshow comes to Huntsville home


Construction offers opportunity for an artwork display


PSW work challenging, but also rewarding

January


Understanding change is the key to helping residents adapt


PSW reflects on career of helping others


Caregivers told they need to love themselves, too


Falls prevention reduces injuries, improves quality of life


Volunteers at Ukrainian Canadian Care Centre win awards


PSWs make a difference in long-term care


Collaborative to focus on reducing falls in long-term care homes


Assessment, exercise vital to falls prevention


Preventative measures reduce falls


Long-term care improves lives


Assessments, preventative measures curb falls


Frost Manor’s new family council gaining momentum


Montessori-based programming effective for residents with dementia

 

 

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