News Centre August 19 to 25 - West Parry Sound Health Centre

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weekly newsletter of West Parry Sound Health Centre
August 19 to 25 • 2013
Support
Gir s
Openings available in the
annual ladies’ golf tournament
Parry Sound Golf
& Country Club
Saturday • September 28
contact Cathy Knox,
Foundation Office ext. 3348
or cknox@wpshc.com
District EMS team... award winning riders!
Congratulations to Parry Sound District EMS team members Nicole
LeBoeuf, Luke Legault, Joe Cremer, Travis Stone, team captain Sean Elvy, and
Alex Needleman for being the 2013 Team Fund-raising Award recipi­ents in
the EMS/PAD (Public Access Defibrillator) Challenge during the recent Becel
Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart. The Team Fund-raising Award is presented to
the EMS/PAD Challenge team with the highest average fund­-raising dollars
per person. The Parry Sound District EMS team raised $12,096. Each Parry
Sound District EMS team member raised an average of $1,728.10.
The money raised will remain here to support the Parry Sound District’s
public access defibrillator program. In two years our team has raised over
$23,000 for this important program to purchase defibs and train people on
how to save lives using them.
Thank you and congratulations. We share pride in your success!
EMS/PAD Challenge Teams:
Show leadership
Use hand sanitizer every time you
enter and leave the health centre.
• Toronto EMS—Safe City, $3,919.50
• Peterborough Paramedics, $3,798
• Niagara Pedal Angels, $28,051.96
• Northumberland Paramed­, $2,753
• Parry Sound District EMS, $12,096.69 • Durham Medics, $2,560
• NBPPA/Nipissing EMS, $8,155
• Hastings Quinte EMS, $2,025
• Kawartha Lakes EMS, $6,200
• Hamilton Paramedic Services, $835
• WREMS Wheelers, $4,190
• The Simcoe Savers, $680
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OUR DAILY LUNCH MENU 
What’s cooking
this week...
Open for lunch service from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
MONDAY
Soup: Homemade chicken noodle soup • Heartland bean medley
Entree: Chicken caesar salad • Macaroni and meat sauce
TUESDAY
Soup: Spinach and meatball • Tomato
Entree: Chinese food plate • Corn beef on rye sandwich
WEDNESDAY
Soup: Chicken pasta • Low sodium vegetable
Entree: Shepherd’s pie with gravy • Salad bar
THURSDAY
Soup: Chicken cheddar broccoli chowder • Tomato with bell pepper
Entree: Steak melts • Chicken broccoli casserole
FRIDAY
Soup: Homemade beef noodle • Cream of asparagus
Entree: Fish & fries • Salad bar
SATURDAY
Soup: Tomato tortellini
Entree: Sausage rice casserole
SUNDAY
Soup: Homemade turkey noodle
Entree: Toasted bacon, tomato and cheddar cheese wraps
Delicious selection of made-to-order
sandwiches available at our Sandwich Bar
during lunch hours Monday to Friday
Meal Cards can be purchased in the Cafeteria, or from the Finance Department
during regular office hours - Monday to Friday - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
August 19 to 25 • 2013
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DINNER menu
Open for dinner service
from 5 to 7 p.m.
MONDAY
Swiss steak
Whipped potatoes
Honey glazed carrots
TUESDAY
Parmesan chicken
Mashed potatoes
Parslied cauliflower
WEDNESDAY
Beef goulash
with dinner roll
THURSDAY
Maple chicken
O’Brien potatoes
Mixed vegetables
FRIDAY
Turkey pot pie
Seasoned asparagus
SATURDAY
Salisbury steak
Roasted potatoes
Peas
SUNDAY
Turkey
Dressing casserole
Whipped potatoes
Herbed green beans
All weekly menus
can be subject to change
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Let’s Talk About
Advance Care Planning
Free information sessions for Volunteers and Seniors
(workbook included)
Thursday, September 26 • Thursday, October 16
Lakeland Long Term Care • Celebration Room • 1:30 p.m. to 3
Learn:
• What is Advance Care Planning
• How to get your end-of-life wishes heard
• How to start the conversation
To register call 705-746-4540 extension 1416
or contact hospice@wpshc.com
HR
notes
August 19 to 25 • 2013
News from our
Human Resources
Department
Benefit update
The Human Resources department is pleased
to announce a fantastic change to your extended
health benefits.
Effective September 1 you are now able to
submit for reimbursement treatments and/or
services ordered by a nurse practitioner. Please
note that our coverage has not changed, rather
those treatments/services (such as medical
aides, massage, etc.) that were always eligible
for reimbursement if ordered by a physician are
now also eligible for reimbursement if ordered
by a nurse practitioner.
•••••
If you have any questions or concerns please
contact the Human Resources Department.
Seeking enthusiastic
senior volunteers
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Make sure safety is on
the agenda at every
department meeting
Managers and supervisors should address health and safety issues
at their regular department meetings. This is beyond the monthly
JHSC inspections.
Health and safety should always be on the agenda.
We’re looking for enthusiastic senior
volunteers. The New Horizons for Seniors
Project is looking for senior volunteers to run
exercise sessions in various locations in and
around Parry Sound: Parry Sound, Rosseau,
McDougall/Nobel, and Carling.
Volunteers will attend a training session
on September 6 with the Rehab staff so they
can confidently lead the exercise classes two
to three times a week for 1.5-hour sessions,
starting in September.
Training will be held September 6 in the
Rehabilitation Department at WPSHC.
Please contact: Kristen Millett
kmillett@wpshc.com
or call 705.746.4540 ext. 1432
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August 19 to 25 • 2013
SAFETY & COMFORT
During your hospital stay
The West Parry Sound Health Centre
Auxiliary supports Patient Safety.
Purchases help to fund improved
health care for our community.
SWAT news
Sign up for an entertaining
trip to Medieval Times
We are looking to see if there is enough interest
to organize a dinner trip to Medieval Times (photo
above) in Toronto on Saturday, November 16.
The cost of the trip will be approximately $90 per
person (including dinner) as long as we have 55
people to fill the coach bus - $50 for the Medieval
Times ticket and $40 for the bus.
If you are interested please contact
Rachel Larocque at extension 4142
or rlarocque@wpshc.com by August 31.
Register for Craganmor cruise
Departing from Parry Sound Town Dock
3:30 p.m. • Saturday, September 14
$10 return fare for cruise only.
Special dinner menu available for pre-ordering.
Available for the first 28 people paid and registered
with Cathy Knox, Foundation Office, ext. 3348.
SWAT - Staff Welcoming and Activities Team
supporting Quality Worklife at WPSHC
NO-SLIP socks
available in our Gift Shop
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August 19 to 25 • 2013
N95 respirator
fit testing is a
provincial ministry
requirement
The Ministry of Labour requires
that fit testing is completed for
N95 respirators (masks) every two
years.
Has it been two years since
your last fit test? Has your weight
changed? Have you never been
fit tested? If you answer yes, then
you should be scheduling an
appointment.
Check the August Education
Calendar for upcoming fit testing
dates.
Review the new
acute stroke care
protocol
All patient care staff in the acute
settings (ER, ICU, Acute, OB-Acute)
need to familiarize themselves
with this new protocol. Please
visit the information board near
Hava Java to learn about this new
protocol and provide feedback.
To prepare for September
implementation, the information
board will be on display until
August 31.
Report reviews progress on LHIN strategic plan
An excerpt from the summer blog by NE LHIN CEO Louise Paquette... ... In my blog last summer, I asked
you to help us build a [strategic] plan.
And I was so impressed with how many
of you responded. In fact, some 4,000
Northerners told us what was missing,
what they valued, and how they want
health care partners to get better at
working together! This past February,
we shared the final plan and its four
priorities.
Six months has now passed, and I am
pleased to share our first progress report
with you – just like the good old days
when I would run home from school
eager to share my report card. Our
interim report card provides you with
updates on our actions that are helping
us meet our plan’s four priority goals:
• increase access to primary care,
• improve transitions of care,
particularly for our frail elderly as they
move from hospital back to community
or home,
• make mental health and addiction
services more accessible, and
• ensure special population groups such
as Francophones and First Nations
are receiving linguistic and culturally
appropriate care.
While there is still a lot of work to do,
I think that once you read the report,
you will agree that we are on the right
track. And just because we have a plan,
doesn’t mean we’ve stopped listening.
A few weeks ago several of my staff
met with 60 seniors in Parry Sound
at a Lunch and Learn. They talked
about some of their challenges they
have accessing care, and about some
of the things that are working well.
For instance, they talked about the
amazing care received from the staff at
Belvedere Heights’ Community Support
Services -- “the angel in the wings”....
Read the full blog and access the
six-month strategic plan update
at www.nelhin.on.ca
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Anyone boating past Sans Souci’s Deerhorn Lodge in the Chantler
era will be familiar with Dave Chantler’s hand-carved character channel
markers gracing the waters — Seagull and Osprey. The pair is being
auctioned in a sealed bid auction with proceeds split between the West
Parry Sound Health Centre Foundation and Toronto General Hospital
(Cardiac Care). The birds will go to the highest bidder as a pair. Reserve
bid is $5,000.
Visit the Foundation office for complete
auction details and see a schedule for where
the markers will be on display
August 19 to 25 • 2013
Concert promoter and Foundation
supporter Joe Bamford brought legendary
performer and Order of Canada Member
Bobby Curtola into the health centre last
Thursday afternoon. Curtola mingled with
patients, staff, and visitors, sang a few
songs, and told stories about his life and
career.
“I’ll be singing for all of you tonight,” he
said, just hours before his fund-raising
performance at the Charles W. Stockey
Centre.
weekly newsletter of West Parry Sound Health Centre
August 19 to 25 • 2013
weekly newsletter of West Parry Sound Health Centre
August 19 to 25 • 2013