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In 2015, we launched the Celebrate Life Bench Donation Program. Benches are placed throughout the Menno Place campus with bronze plaques honouring loved ones. The Celebrate Life Bench Donation Program has been extremely successful as residents and family members have enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to honour a loved one in this way. The donation covers the cost […]
Thursday, February 19th – 1:30 – 2:30 at the Menno Home Chapel – Click for Campus Map Come and join a group of people who are supporting each other as they are involved and caring for a resident at the Home or Hospital.
Take a look at some stories that share the experience of person centered care. 1. Czorny Alzheimer Center, Surrey, BC CBC Story: Person-Centered Care – Getting it Right for Dementia Patients CBC: Click to Listen – 21 minutes The Province: Unique Care Facility Looks More Like a Rural Retreat Vancouver Sun: Tragedy Creates Alzheimer Centre 2. […]
Person centered care is a philosophy of providing care for the elderly that puts the individual at the centre of their own care. In this philosophy the needs of those who care for the elder are considered as central to the care of each individual. Person centered practice has five primary focuses in order to […]
On January 6, 2015, Siegfried Bartel smiled with content surrounded by his family and friends who celebrated his 100th Birthday. Born in a time when the US House of Representatives was denying women the vote, neon tubes were patented and the first coast-to-coast long distance call was made, Siegfried has lived through the incredible and […]
Janelle Nadeau, Harp You’re invited to join a resident or tenant at Menno Place for this Concert in Care! Tuesday, January 6th, 2015 at 10:30am Menno Hospital Chapel (enter through the main entrance of Menno Hospital – 32945 Marshall Road) Harpist Janelle Nadeau’s performances showcase a range of musical genres from Celtic, Spanish, classical and popular […]
Published by Matthew’s House It looks like Christmas in Freda Teichroeb’s little apartment. She’s decorated her home with all the joy and flair of a true Christmas-lover: a festive wreath hangs on the door, another in the living room. Her table is covered in a pretty red and green tablecloth. At her window, a little […]
Quality of life: A ‘dementia village’ in the Netherlands is changing the way we think about care and aging Published in the Vancouver Sun, December 7th, 2014 Weesp is an idyllic Dutch town with narrow cobblestone streets, canals, windmills, stores selling wooden shoes, and cheese shops. But what has put Weesp on the map are […]
What an incredible opportunity for our residents at Menno Place to participate in the ballet therapy program that was featured on the Intergenerational Dance Project. This project was from the Centre for Education and Research on Aging at the University of the Fraser Valley. Lee Kwidzinski, Mission-based dance instructor is leading the children and our […]
Christmas is a magical time at Menno Place with all the lights, decorations and Christmas spirit! Thank you to another set of elves who donated their time and talents to decorate and make everything so beautiful at the Fireside Cafe.
Menno Place Campus is one of the largest senior's care campuses in British Columbia. There are 700 seniors living on 11 acres across from the Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Menno Place is governed by the Mennonite Benevolent Society which founded faith-based seniors care on this location in 1953.
Menno Place
32945 Marshall Road
Abbotsford, BC V2S 1K1
604.859.7631
info@mennoplace.ca
More Information: 604.851.4000
