Health Care Aides: The eyes and ears of care
Health Care Aides (HCAs) play a vital role in our health care system, overseeing the daily living of residents in acute, community, and long-term care settings. It’s a job that requires flexibili...
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Local artist completes mural at Vanderhoof’s Stuart Nechako Manor long-term care home
Annerose Georgeson, a Vanderhoof-based artist, recently completed a mural for residents in the courtyard at the Stuart Nechako Manor long-term care home. The mural is in recognition of her mother’s ...
Improving quality of life for dementia patients in long-term care
There are many forms of dementia. It’s a term that refers to diseases and conditions that impact memory, language, problem-solving, and other thinking skills that affect a person's ability to perfor...
DementiAbility: Improving quality of care for patients with Dementia
On June 2, 2020, Northern Health (NH) launched a three-day DementiAbility Methods workshop to certify 11 new instructors to provide expertise, mentoring, and follow-up with local long-term care homes,...
Learning to care for an aging population with dementia
As the population ages, dementia with older adults is becoming more common. At Northern Health, staff are taking a proactive approach by taking education to learn more about caring for those with mode...
The St. John Hospital acute care garden: Improving quality of life for people waiting for long-term care
This spring, the residents and staff at St. John Hospital (Vanderhoof) came together to start a garden for acute care patients who are on long-term care waitlists. Acute patients who are waiting for a...
“DementiAbility” approach helps make Terraceview Lodge feel like home
How do you define “home”? One definition was suggested by Northern Health Occupational Therapist Cheryl Block: “It’s the place where you make a genuine contribution, where you’re a part of w...
