What`s Inside - Cypress Health Region

INSIDER
Staff Newsletter
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Public Tours of the new Southwest Integrated
Healthcare Facility, Maple Creek
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What’s Inside
SIHF PUBLIC TOURS
MARC HABSCHEID VISIT
SASKATCHEWAN CHANGE DAY
STAFF TOURS, SWIFT CURRENT LTC
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EMPLOYEE LOTTERY
TRAIN THE TRAINER, TLR
LINEN IN MAPLE CREEK
NOBLE IRWIN GOLF
Come see the future of health care in southwest Saskatchewan by attending:
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of the new
Southwest Integrated
Healthcare Facility
Public tours will take place from June 7-10, 2015.
Morning, afternoon, and evening time slots
are available on each day.
Pre-registration is required to attend a tour, as a maximum number of participant spots have been
allotted for each tour. This will ensure the tour experience is positive and inclusive for everyone.
Please call the Cypress Health Region at 306-661-9061 or
email sihf@cypressrha.ca to book your spot.
Building Excellence in Rural Health
Southwest Integrated Healthcare Facility
www.cypresshealth.ca/sihf
CY P R E S S H E A LT H R E G ION CA P IT A L P R OJE CT S
This poster valid up to June 11, 2015.
Marc Habscheid
Visits Care Centre
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arc Habscheid and Tim Vanstone
of the Western Hockey League’s
Prince Albert Raiders recently
took time out of their busy schedules to
visit residents and hockey fans living in
the Swift Current Care Centre and Palliser
Regional Care Centre.
The SCCC Activities Department hosts
men’s gatherings every second month and
the idea of a hockey theme was mentioned.
Tim Vanstone, son of Health Services
Manager Jackie Vanstone, asked coach
Marc Habscheid if he would be able to participate and the two were the honoured guests of the day.
Marc Habscheid was a member of Team Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary and enjoyed
a successful career in the National Hockey League. He scored 72 goals and 91 assists in 345 career
games with the Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota North Stars, and Detroit Red Wings. Since retiring as
a player he has coached the Kamloops Blazers, Kelowna Rockets, Chilliwack Bruins/Victoria Royals,
and the Prince Albert Raiders. Marc coached the Kelowna Rockets to a national championship
Memorial Cup in 2003-04 and even brought his championship ring for the residents to see and touch.
Tim Vanstone is from Swift Current and will be entering his 4th season with the Prince Albert Raiders
this fall. Tim has scored 15 goals and 23 assists in 159 career WHL games. Tim is a former Swift
Current Legionnaire where he scored 14 goals and 19 assists in 38 games in 2011-12.
Staff at the facility brought in various items of sports memorabilia and Sports Trader in Swift Current
lent some old equipment to the event including skates, sticks, and hockey gloves.
Travis Kelln, a former player in the Western Hockey League, was also recognized as his father, Wayne,
is a resident of the Swift Current Care Centre. Travis is now the principal at Fairview School in Swift
Current.
A huge thank you and appreciation is extended to Marc and Tim for stopping by for a visit!
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Swift Current Long Term Care Facility
HAVE YOU BOOKED
YOUR TOUR YET?
You are invited to attend a one hour tour through exact replica mock-up rooms
of the new long term care facility in Swift Current
The mock-ups come with all of the finishing touches that the actual resident rooms will feature including
lighting, bathroom amenities, ceiling lifts, windows, paint, flooring, and pieces of furniture and equipment.
Morning, afternoon, and evening time slots will be available.
outlet to ask any questions you have about the project.
Please call the Cypress Health Region at 306-741-1885 or
email sc-ltcpublictours@cypressrha.ca to book your spot.
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Public Tours are now taking place.
ALL STAFF
ARE ENCOURAGED
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Building Excellence in Rural Health
Swift Current Long Term Care Project
CY P R E S S H E A LT H R E G ION CA P IT A L P R OJE CT S
May 2015. This poster valid up to July 31, 2015.
Employee
Lottery
T
he following is a list of employees who have won a draw for $1,000 in the 2015 Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation staff lottery.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Employee Lottery (as of May 13, 2015)
KRISTA OLSON
CLAUDIA MUNOZ
MICHELLE ALDAG
PAULINE HOLLIDAY
CINDY MOREY
ELAINE GARIES
INEZ MARCUS
RUTH EIDSNESS
ERIN BOLTON
LAURIE REDEKOP
Community Health Services
Cypress Regional Hospital
Regional Health Office
Prairie Pioneers Lodge
Shaunavon
Palliser Regional Care Centre
Cypress Regional Hospital
Cypress Regional Hospital
Cypress Regional Hospital
Herbert
Interested in participating?
The Employee Lottery is your chance to win $1,000 every pay day!
To participate please contact Payroll for an enrollment form.
If you’ve participated in previous years and want to continue,
you must complete a new form each year.
Ideas? I
f you have a tip of the hat, a
news story, or anything else
you’d like to share in the next
edition of the Cypress Insider
we’d love to hear from you!
Send us an email at
insider@cypressrha.ca.
Train the
Trainer, TLR
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he region will be offering a Train the Trainer course to equip individuals with the knowledge
and resources needed to deliver the TLR (Transferring, Lifting, Respositioning) program to coworkers.
You are a trainer candidate if you:
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are an employee of the region/agency
support the standards of the TLR program
have the ability to disseminate TLR material
have the physical ability to demonstrate the moves
are comfortable and confident with training co-workers
show good communication and motivational skills
have job duties that allow for the flexibility to provide TLR training sessions
show interest in promoting a safe work place
have a strong background in healthcare environment preferred
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Upon successfully completing this course, participants will be provided with a Certificate of
Completion. Certification is valid for three years, and trainers must be re-certified in order to retain
their active status. TLR certified trainers are not authorized to provide general participant training in
agencies that are not authorized to use the TLR program.
Training
Dates: June 9-11, 2015
Location: Palliser Regional Care Centre, Swift Current
Times: 9:00am to 4:30pm
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
If you have questions, concerns, or want to join please call Tracey Gerbrandt, OH&S Safety Assistant at
306-778-5143.
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Linen Transition
in Maple Creek
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he provincial linen service strategy
for Saskatchewan health care was
announced nearly two years ago.
Since that time, there has been a great
deal of planning completed by 3sHealth
and the provincial health regions/
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency to prepare
for the transition to the new service
which will begin province-wide in the
fall of 2015.
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In Maple Creek where plans are
continuing towards the transition
into the new Southwest Integrated
Healthcare Facility, an interim strategy
K-Bro Institutional Linen Plant
for linen is in place. K-Bro Linen
Systems, the new provincial linen
solution, is now working with the Cypress Lodge Nursing Home and the temporary acute
care services location to provide linen services in the community.
Switching to K-Bro in advance of the move into the new facility is allowing the staff and
facilities to develop standard work and consistent processes for the delivery of clean linen
and the transfer of soiled linen. The end goal is to have the institutional linen process
in place and familiar prior to moving into the new facility so that focus can be solely on
the transition of services without needing to be concerned with a new linen process. All
personal clothing will continue to be laundered in the facility via washer/dryer machines
located in each of the three long term care houses.
Prior to the implementation of the K-Bro linen
solution all institutional linens and residents’
personal clothing were being processed
at Cypress Lodge using domestic laundry
equipment. The industrial machines on-site
were experiencing mechanical challenges and
were not replaced due to the impending move
to the new facility.
Staff at the Cypress Lodge Nursing Home are
commended for their efforts and ideas on the
implementation of the new linen system.
The first shipment of K-Bro linen took place in Maple Creek on April 8, 2015.
Dr. Noble Irwin
Golf Tournament
The Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation and
Swift Current Emergency Services
9th ANNUAL
CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC
Friday June 5th, 2015
Chinook Golf Course
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Shotgun start at 1PM
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Heritage
Sponsor
TO REGISTER CALL THE FOUNDATION
OFFICE: 306-778-3314
Each $130 player registration includes Golf, Cart rental, Supper, Prizes
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