Entries by Danielle Kinvig

UPDATE: Isolation Period for Primrose Gardens, Terrace West & Terrace East

Menno Place Memo To: All Residents, Staff & Families of Menno Place Re: UPDATE: COVID-19 Exposure in Primrose Gardens & Terrace West Independent Living Apartments Date: Monday, August 24th, 2020 1:30pm  On Friday, August 21st, Menno Place notified residents, family, and friends of a COVID-19 exposure in Primrose Gardens and Terrace West Independent Living Apartments. […]

MEMO: Fraser Health Home Support Worker Tests Positive for COVID-19

Menno Place Memo To: All Residents, Staff & Families of Menno Place Re: Use an Abundance of Caution on Campus — Fraser Health Home Support Worker Tests Positive for COVID-19 Date: Friday, August 21, 2020 6:30pm On Friday, August 21st, 2020 Menno Place was notified that a Fraser Health Home Support Worker tested positive for COVID-19. The […]

Visits – Menno Home and Menno Hospital

We are pleased to share that visits for residents in long-term care and their loved ones are going very well. Our Visitation Hosts received Orientation Training to ensure that they are well trained in: transporting residents, infection control protocol, educating and screening visitors on infection control protocol, dementia behaviours that may arise during transport or […]

Visits to Menno Home, Menno Hospital and Long-Term Care – June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020 Today, Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that, in the near future, one designated visitor will be allowed to visit safely with residents in long term care homes and assisted living apartments. She asked long term care homes to exercise caution and thoughtfulness to minimize risk to the residents and staff as they develop […]

Sharon Simpson, Director, Community Enrichment on the Simi Sara show, CKNW

Sharon Simpson, Director of Community Enrichment was interviewed on Thursday, June 4th on CKNW – the Simi Sara Show, along with Jennifer Lyle, CEO of SafeCare BC. The topic was opening up long-term care for visitors. Take a listen: https://www.safecarebc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/visitsLTC_060520.mp3

Zoom Calls are making all the difference for seniors and their families

On April 22, we launched a Zoom booking system in Menno Home and Hospital to connect families with their loved ones. We’ve asked those who are “Zooming” to fill in a Satisfaction Survey at the end of each call. This has been EXTREMELY helpful as we continually try to improve this experience. Here’s what the […]

Donate a Mask

Menno Place is receiving donations of masks – medical for staff and non-medical for 350 Apartments residents. Accepting donations at 32945 Marshall Rd. Menno Hospital Main Entrance – patterns for sewing: https://tinyurl.com/yxyt383h | https://tinyurl.com/ttt45hd Two patterns – Below Center for Disease Control Pattern: Sew and No-Sew Mask Pattern: CLICK HERE SUAY Mask – 2x to […]