Moments Thatmatter

Moments that MATTER JUNE 2018

SHOPPING FOR TREASURE

Your generous donations have helped us achieve many incredible things. They are not all big new buildings but rather very important incremental changes that support the resident’s quality of life in our centres. CapitalCare Foundation raises funds on behalf As donors you have provided funding for items like at CapitalCare Strathcona centre where they transferred of all CapitalCare centres in the Edmonton area? a lonely feeling visiting room into the Old Fashioned Moments that MATTERCountry Store you see here. Many volunteer hours and donated items made it all come together - Time, Talent, and Treasure. You have created a space that has so much to talk about. Families and residents go in and ‘poke through’ the store reminiscing about their shopping experiences of the past. They compare prices from days gone by and talk about new technologies that seemed out of this world long ago. The impact of shopping goes even further than this with our Centre Auxiliaries like those at Dickinsfield, Lynnwood and Grandview. They have been running the ‘Hospital Tuck Shops’ for more than 30 years, Help us go green! some even as long as 40 years. That is a lot of volunteer time and talent. The treasure comes from the proceeds they have contributed to the centres- unbelievable! All together the Auxiliaries have Call 780.448.2413 or email supported the centres with more than $500 thousand [email protected] dollars , countless hours, and some pretty wonderful to update your subscription fundraising ideas. Your support, your time, your talent – all of it matters – information or change your all of it has impact! delivery preference to electronic mail! Comfort and Care at Norwood Palliative Each year as spring comes around, there is new life breathed into nature around us. There are many stories and fables about this exciting season and one such story is about our Norwood’s Palliative care. The family of Helen, one of the patients there, observed the bunnies sitting right outside their mom’s window. Commenting on it, their mom who was no longer able to get out of bed nodded saying “I see them every day. They remind me of spring”. After their mom had passed away, they were at her home sorting through some items when Linda took a break and sat down outside on the sidewalk, a rabbit all of a sudden came right up beside her and just sat there. It was as if Helen was sending a message to them. It seemed that rabbits were a part of their mom. A symbol of comfort. Something many moms would do. Their mom loved the gardens and outdoors and so they very kindly donated a wonderful sundial so that the patients and families at Norwood Palliative could enjoy the nature, as their mom would have wanted. “We can’t thank you enough for caring for our dear mother and treating her with the upmost of dignity throughout her time with you. You all have such a stressful and critical role both with the patient and the family, we admire everyone’s commitment, empathy and professionalism. It was so comforting to see your staff treating all the patients as if they were their own family, they were ‘real people’ and not just medical professionals. Thank you for enabling our family to be her sons and daughters rather than caregivers as in the past months. It was so important for us to have quality time with her.”

Our thanks to the Tomlinson familyMONDAY for allowing JUNE us to 4TH, 2018 - THE LINKS AT SPRUCE GROVE share their mom, Helen Tomlinson’s story.

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MONDAY JUNE 4TH, 2018 - THE LINKS AT SPRUCE GROVE Enjoy YARDS & YARDS of food prepared by ND local chefs Steve Buzak, David Omar, Matt Phillips, SAVE with Early 22 ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC Andrew Cowan & Serge Belair at Bird Tickets until June 25th! Presented by Edmonton’s dining event of the summer! 19TH ANNUAL THANK YOU SPONSORS!CHARITY GOLF Proceeds support seniors living in care. CLASSIC ESC Automation | Wilmax Construction | The Links | Ernst & Young | Alberta Blue Cross | Sysco feastonthefield.com Behrends Group | Associated Communications | K-Bro Linen Systems | Handicare | NorQuest College TD Insurance | The Comic Strip | Investors Group | Allwest Commercial Furnishings | Sun Life Financial #feastonthefield Veritiv | Belfor Property Restorations | Craving Candy | Espresso Catering by Kirby | Interstate Batteries Something is missing from your local CapitalCare Centre. Your generous donation will help provide the comforts of home to our residents. DONATE ONL�NE TODAY. cap�talcareFOUNDAT�ON.net Help us PROV�DE THE COMFORTS OF home. Imagine the Experience The weather is warm and you are craving a coffee and Place West building is being created into a private good conversation. Where do good Canadians go? To oasis for coffee lovers. It’s the place to go for families the closest coffee café. Imagine that first sip as you who want to create the experience of a coffee on the enjoy the ambiance of an outdoor patio with a warm patio with their mom or dad who is now living with cup of ‘jo’ in your hand. Yes this is a good day. dementia. You have helped ensure those moments of reminiscing can happen in a very traditional Canadian For our residents living with dementia the sights way. and sounds of an outdoor café are often too much stimulation. They can enjoy a coffee and conversation Not only will the families experience the look of an but it is not always possible for them to be in one of outdoor café through the installation of a café mural the community locations – the noise, the hustle and (photo on right), but there is also the new bistro bustle – it’s all just too much. So how do we make it furnishings for them to sit near the windows and look happen for them? Well, you have made it happen. onto the streetscape gardens west of the centre which Your support for McConnell Place West has helped us is home to 36 residents living with Alzheimer’s and raise a total of $8000 which has meant the new “Café dementia. In addition a coffee bar has been set up for Corner” located within the walls of the McConnell a self-serve style beverage service.

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It’s Open June 10th, Outdoor gardening McConnell Place West opens happening at Lynnwood its Café Corner - Thank you and Dickinsfield. for making it happen! Originally planned for next fall, your incredible support has made it happen even sooner than expected! The next time you sit down to enjoy some coffee and conversation, take a moment to breathe it in, knowing that you helped make a ‘Moment that Matters’ happen for someone who is right now enjoying a reminiscing conversation with their loved one, a loved one living with dementia.

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More Project Progress • Laurier House Lynnwood is halfway to goal. They have ordered half the dining room chairs needed so that residents in the first of two dining rooms will be sitting on new seats by this summer. • Norwood residents have jumped into help with fundraising efforts. They had a successful Mother’s Day chocolate sale, raising $500. Next, they are focused on Father’s day – Can anyone say Dad’s cookies? Mmm Mmm • Strathcona continues on fundraising for their bathing area renovations, raising dollars through a spring Gardening Gift Card sale in collaboration with Salisbury Greenhouse. • Grandview design work is now happening for the hallway beautification. This “Wayfinding” project is going to create a look and feel of a local neighborhood that residents and families will be proud of.

Goal Goal Spring 2018 Winter 2019 Spring 2018Fall 2019 Winter 2019 Goal Fall 2019 Fall 2018 $500,000Winter 2018 $500,000 $500,000 New chairs for dining room First phase of hallway at Laurier House Lynnwood beautification at expected to arrive. Grandview begins!

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3rd Annual FEB. 10, 2018 7:30PM Ladies’ 6215 124 Street THANK YOU GUESTS, SPONSORS, DONORS & LOL VOLUNTEERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!! COMEDY NIGHT Together, we raised over $6,000 for A Busting a Gut for a Great Cause! CapitalCare Grandview’s women & aging! The building rocked of aging and being a woman. Women of all ages (and a “Something’s Missing” Hallway with laughter on March few brave men), hit the hysterics sound bar as Dr. Best 15th when over 250 highlighted everything from the challenges of panty Beautification Project. ladies came together hose to the love for shopping. A hilarious evening of laughter to celebrate for an evening of comedy at Central Thank you to all of you who attended. Your support Lions Recreation means that the Something’s Missing projects which women & aging! Centre. All the include an indoor café at McConnell Place West, a proceeds supported year round horticulture program at Lynnwood and Al & Lorna Drunken Gentlemen Hidden Treasures dining room chairs at Laurier House Lynnwood are Dredge special projects at the CapitalCare Lynnwood that much closer to reaching the target funds needed. campus. It was the first CapitalCare trifecta event Watch for our next ladies’ night in Spring 2019. You with three centres – Lynnwood, Laurier House and don’t want to miss it! McConnell Place West – joining together to put on one amazing event! Every attendee was treated to a “Hot Flash Remedy” CapitalCare Foundation raises funds on behalf drink, appetizers, and a colourful candy bar. Once of all CapitalCare centres in the Edmonton area? entering the auditorium, guests perused the silent auction, enjoyed a hot beverage at the coffee bar and relaxed with a hand massage. All of this before the famous advocate for effective aging and hilarious stress management expert, Dr. Shirley Best, had guests in stitches as she made light of the many sides Thank you sponsors! Help us go green!

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