Walk for Alzheimer’s 2020
Join the Menno Place team for the 2018 Walk for Alzheimer’s. Together, we make memories matter.
Jewelry – Have you lost any?
From time to time, jewelry is found on the Menno Place campus. Despite our attempts to connect with the rightful owner, we have not always been successful. Jewelry is kept in a safe waiting for its owner to claim it. If you have lost a piece of jewelry, please call 604-851-4004 to describe it. Please call us before April 30th. After that date, we will dispose of any jewelry that is unclaimed.
Cheryl Dawes, Manager, Community Enrichment
We are pleased to announce that Cheryl Dawes has accepted the position of Manager, Community Enrichment in the Apartments. She will oversee both the Assisted Living and Independent Living needs in our Apartments – 350 residents. Cheryl reports to Sharon Simpson, Director of Community Enrichment.
Cheryl has most recently worked as the Resident Experience Partner at Sienna Senior Living, developing the strategy and overseeing the implementation of Policy and Procedure for 8 residential care communities in Fraser Health and Interior Health. Prior to that role, Cheryl was the General Manager of Cascade Lodge, Campus of Care (including Hospice) in Chilliwack, BC. Cheryl brings years of experience in both managing Assisted Living and Hospice Care. Cheryl is an LPN.
We look forward to her wealth of experience and leadership as she helps us to meet and exceed the needs of seniors living in Independent / Supportive Living as well as Private-Pay Assisted Living and Fraser Health subsidized Assisted Living.
Cheryl starts on February 24th with an orientation week. Please give her a warm welcome as she orients herself to the campus, the seniors who live here and the staff who are the Heart of Menno Place!
Flu Season: Don’t Forget to Wear Your Flu Season Visitor Badge!
During Flu Season (December through March), all visitors at Menno Home, Hospital, and Terrace East must wear a mask or have the flu vaccination.
At all sign-in areas, you will find a badge to wear. For one-time visits, there are stick-on badges for you to indicate that you’ve had a flu shot or that you are choosing to wear a mask. Masks are also available at the sign-in area.
For frequent visitors, you can choose a clip-on badge which you can keep. A pink badge indicates that you have had a flu shot. A green badge indicates that you have not had a flu shot and are electing to wear a mask.
Thank you for protecting your family and friends at Menno Home from the spread of influenza!
Influenza Policy in Effect – All Visitors Must Have Flu Vaccine or Wear Mask
As of today, Wednesday, December 4, the Fraser Health Influenza Control Program Policy is in effect at Menno Home, Menno Hospital and Terrace East, Assisted Living.
Influenza causes the most deaths among vaccine-preventable diseases, outpacing all others combined. Each year in Canada approximately 3,500 people die from the flu and its complications. Hospitalized patients and seniors in residential care are usually more vulnerable than healthy adults.
To help protect this vulnerable population and the people who care for them, in 2012 Fraser Health implemented the Influenza Control Program Policy, which required health care workers and visitors to get the flu vaccine or to wear a mask in all patient care areas during flu season.
Fraser Health is implementing its Influenza Control Program Policy, effective Wednesday, December 4th, 2019. This policy requires that all staff and visitors, who have not received a flu shot, are required to wear a surgical mask when they are in the “resident care areas” (which means any area within Menno Home, Hospital and Assisted Living that is accessible to the residents who live here).
Masks will be available at the Nursing desks on each unit and the front entrances at Menno Home and Hospital. For Assisted Living, masks will be available at the front entrance.
Your participation for the health and safety of our residents will be required and greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
The Infection Prevention and Control Committee at Menno Place
