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PPEOPLE & ROGRESS www.capitalcare.net & Spring/Summer 2004 Launch of new home for $250,000 donated Northern Alberta Veterans for centre entry Ground-breaking for new $22 million centre expansion CAPITAL CARE Grandview recently received a The CAPITAL CARE Group kicked- cheque for $250,000 from the Rotary Club of off the public launch for the new Edmonton West to build a new front entry at Dianne and Irving Kipnes Centre the centre. Construction of the addition, for Veterans on April 19. The new which will include a new visiting area for centre, which will replace the aging residents and their guests, as well as a new Mewburn Veterans Centre, is being gift shop, is expected to begin this August built on the northwest corner of and be completed by Christmas. the former Griesbach military base in Edmonton. It will be the new The donation from the Rotary Club included home for Canadian veterans living money from a Community Facilities in Northern Alberta who need Enhancement Program (CFEB) grant. The continuing (long term) care. $125,000 cheque was presented to the Rotary Construction began in June and Club by Hon. Dave Hancock, who is the MLA is expected to be complete in for the riding that includes CAPITAL CARE Fall 2005. See EXPANSION / 4 The design and layout of the new centre will reflect the latest in continuing care ideas and research, CAPITAL CARE from the grouping of resident rooms into “houses” with separate kitchens to a special unit for in partnership residents suffering with Alzheimer disease and related dementia. The announcement centre will provide care for 120 NorQuest College revealed its plans this spring veterans in private rooms that are to increase its Downtown Edmonton Campus divided into eight houses on two Dr. Dianne and Irving Kipnes, who donated $2 million with a major expansion project and a floors. There will also be enough for the new centre from a series of Valentine’s Day partnership with The CAPITAL CARE Group that space for staff to assist the many dinners and their family foundation, stand next to will enable the two organizations to develop a residents who need a wheelchair. Corporal Mike Lemoine of 1 Combat Engineer “Teaching Continuing Care Centre” in one of the Regiment. Corp. Lemoine drove the Badger Armoured expansion plan’s proposed buildings. The rooms on the first floor will be Engineering Vehicle that broke ground for the Dianne part of the special care unit that The partnership means CAPITAL CARE could and Irving Kipnes Centre for Veterans. cares for residents suffering from offer its experience and expertise to people Alzheimer disease and related needing continuing care in downtown dementia. These residents will have access to that residents and their guests and family Edmonton. “It also means we can be more gardens in a secure area. Residents on the members can use, such as restaurants, involved in the training and education of upper floor will be able to use a patio or a banks, a variety of shops, and a large city bus students who may likely work as caregivers garden on the main floor. terminal. As well, by locating the centre on in the future,” said Phyllis Hempel, chief the former Griesbach military base, the executive officer of CAPITAL CARE. “Our veterans are looking forward to the new centre and its residents will continue the Currently, about 70% of the organization’s centre,” says Phyllis Hempel, chief executive military heritage of the site. officer of The CAPITAL CARE Group. “In care staff are graduates of programs from particular, we are sure that residents at Studies and experience indicate Mewburn institutions like NorQuest. “And from our Mewburn Veterans Centre will enjoy moving Veterans Centre, which opened in 1966, is no experience,” says Hempel, “NorQuest from their shared rooms to private rooms — longer cost effective to repair and maintain. graduates have been of stellar quality.” with their own bathrooms — at the new As well, the lease for the site and building centre.” The new location is close to services See NEW HOME FOR VETERANS / 2 See PARTNERSHIP / 4

NSIDE THIS ISSUE Ask a physician ...... 7 I Centreís 25th anniversary ...... 9 Support the new centre ...... 2 40th anniversary ...... 12,13 CEO column ...... 3 Manulife Financial Golf Classic ..... 14 Residents go online ...... 4 Summer storm of 2004 ...... 15 Kudos ...... 5 Donor names ...... 15

Postmaster: Please return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Recognizing exceptional staff ...... 6 Volunteers ...... 24

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About The CAPITAL CARE Group “Our veterans are looking forward to the new centre . . . ” The CAPITAL CARE Group provides full and part-time continuing care in Edmonton and Sherwood Park. Located in Albertaís Capital Health region, The CAPITAL CARE Group is the largest public continuing care organization in Canada. Caring for people since 1964, The CAPITAL CARE Group provides continuing care services to more than 1,400 residents and provides community services to over 300 people. Facilities ï CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services This elevation drawing of the Dianne and Irving Kipnes Centre for Veterans shows the front exterior of (780) 448-2400 the new centre. It is designed to visually complement the residential feel of the centre and reflect the ï CAPITAL CARE CHOICE Program and Community Programs appearance of the residential neighbourhood being developed to the east and south. (780) 944-8662 ï CHOICE Dickinsfield programming at the new centre, and the ï CHOICE Norwood NEW HOME FOR VETERANS balance — up to $3 million — will come ï CHOICE Mental Health Continued from page 1 ï Young Adult Duplexes from a mortgage to be taken out by ï CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Campus expires in 2008. The Alberta Cancer Board, which is CAPITAL CARE. (780) 496-3300 leasing the site and building to CAPITAL CARE, has ï CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield More than 200 guests attended the ground- ï McConnell Place North indicated the lease will not be renewed because the Board breaking ceremonies, including veterans from ï CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood Campus needs the land. the Mewburn Veterans Centre, representatives of (780) 496-2500 all three levels of government, the military, ï CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood A seniors’ housing complex with about 210 suites will be ï Laurier House Lynnwood built next to the new centre by a private developer Capital Health, Northern Alberta branches of the ï McConnell Place West partner. Rosedale Estates was chosen by The CAPITAL Royal Canadian Legion and many of the ï CAPITAL CARE Grandview corporate and individual donors to the project. (780) 496-7100 CARE Group through a competitive process to partner as ï CAPITAL CARE Norwood the owner/operator of the seniors’ housing complex. This Speakers at the ceremony included (780) 496-3200 complex will give spouses of veterans at the new centre, Lieutenant Governor Lois Hole, Senator ï CAPITAL CARE Strathcona Campus (780) 467-3366 as well as those not affiliated with veterans, the option of Tommy Banks, Alberta Minister of ï CAPITAL CARE Strathcona living next door. Infrastructure Ty Lund, Mayor Bill Smith, ï Strathcona Alzheimer Care Capital Health chair Neil Wilkinson, Capital Centre The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Centre for Veterans will be ï Laurier House Strathcona a 5,700 sq. metre, two-storey building. The name Health president and CEO Sheila Weatherill, ï Mewburn Veterans Centre Canada Lands Corporation board member (780) 496-7160 recognizes Dr. Dianne and Irving Kipnes for their lead support of the project, including a generous $2 million Stephanie Felesky, and Dr. Dianne and Also available are subacute, transition Irving Kipnes. and palliative care; specialized contribution through their annual Valentine’s Day Dinners programs for persons with dementia and their family foundation. At the ceremony, Dr. Dianne Generous assistance for the ceremony was and mental illness, young physically disabled adults and elderly alcoholics; Kipnes, who is also the chair of The CAPITAL CARE provided by the Edmonton Garrison which and community linking programs such Foundation, unveiled a plaque that announced the name of supplied the band, tents, catering equipment as adult day programs and respite care. the new centre. and military personnel. Web site www.capitalcare.net During the unveiling, Dr. Kipnes said that it was a great Dan Laville, Corporate Communication Coordinator, CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services E-mail day for Irving and herself, and their many corporate and [email protected] personal friends who have supported the annual People and Progress is published Valentine’s Day Dinners for the purpose of giving back to quarterly by CAPITAL CARE Group Inc., How to support a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital the community by helping raise funds for this project. Health. The CAPITAL CARE Group is “Our veterans have done so much for Canada, and with the trade name for CAPITAL CARE this project we can now ensure that Northern Alberta’s the new centre Group Inc. The CAPITAL CARE Foundation veterans have an appropriate and dignified quality of life Submissions has committed to raising at least Submissions to this newsletter are in their old age,” says Dr. Kipnes. $7 million for the new centre. welcomed and encouraged. Please note The ceremony also marked the launch of the public To date, about $4.8 million have that submissions may be edited and that been raised. the submission deadlines may change. fundraising portion of the campaign for the new centre. Due to the combining of the Spring and The CAPITAL CARE Foundation has set a minimum target You can make a donation to help Summer issue, please send in your submission for the next newsletter of raising $7 million for the new centre. To date, over $4.8 build the Dianne and Irving Kipnes (Fall) by September 30. Tentative million have been raised. Support for the centre is coming Centre for Veterans by: deadlines for the Winter, Spring, and from across Alberta and several regions in Canada. Summer newsletters are December 31, •Phone: 1-866-THE VETS (843-8387) April 30, and July 31. “CAPITAL CARE staff should also be proud of their efforts or (780) 448-2414 Editor to support this centre,” says Barry Runnalls, director of •Fax: (780) 496-7148 Dan Laville (780) 448-2425 fund development for The Foundation. “To date, more Attention: Barry Runnalls Editorial Committee than $43,000 has been donated by staff.” Phyllis Hempel, Sherie Hough, •Mail: The CAPITAL CARE Foundation Shawna†Serben and Grace Webster The cost for the centre will be about $22 million. In #500, 9925 – 109 Street Contributors this issue addition to the money being raised by The Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2J8 CAPITAL CARE Ethics Committee, Alberta Infrastructure has provided CAPITAL CARE, Phyllis†Hempel, Jesse Jahrig, Dan •E-mail: [email protected] Laville, Andrea LeBlanc, Dr. Chris Lord, through Capital Health, with $7 million. Veterans Affairs More information: www.thevets.org Shirley McDonald, Dr. Doris Milke, Agnes Canada will be providing support for enhanced Mitchell, Shannon Pollard, Bonnie Roberts, Linda Ruggles, Sherry Schaefer, Corinne Schalm, Carrie Schmidt, Roswitha Schmidt-Blouin, Darlene Sime, Martin Tailleur, Sandra Troughton, Jackie Verkland, Rod Vidal, Cindy Wilson, and Sasha Yusufali. Chief Executive Officer Phyllis Hempel CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services #500, 9925 ñ 109 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2J8 (780) 448-2422

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P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 3 Safety a big part of resident well-being Where has the time gone? It’s now summer — CEO/Employee Committee and halfway through the year in recognition of The CAPITAL CARE Group’s 40th anniversary. Another initiative concerned with safety is the newly formed Forty years can seem like an eternity to a CEO/Employee Committee. This committee, with staff representatives young child, or just a blip in time to a geologist. from across CAPITAL CARE and from a variety of disciplines, first met To this organization, it reflects four decades of in June and is identifying safety concerns that could put residents at determination and persistence in providing the risk of injury. Several issues were discussed by the participants, such care that we feel is so important and deserving as security and equipment. to our residents. The organization, as with our Committee members will take the list of safety concerns back to their residents, family members, volunteers and centres and each ask at least 10 other staff for feedback. If you are staff, has been through many changes and one of the people being consulted, you will be asked if you think there will likely be through many more over the should be any additions to the list and if you have any ideas for Phyllis Hempel next 40 years. solutions. The next step will be prioritizing the items on the list and CEO COLUMN I believe that we will remain successful if we deciding which safety concerns should be tackled first. continue to ensure that the focus is on This committee also fits in well with the best practice model for care residents and understand that staff are our greatest resource in caring that the organization has adopted. This model means that the for residents. This may seem simple, but it requires long range organization will continuously examine how care and services are planning and daily actions to make it a reality. delivered and how to ensure the latest methods and ideas are used. Everyone’s contributions from the past four decades have put us The emphasis on resident safety also helps us to maintain resident where we are today. Let’s make sure that the organization can look well-being. As well, it is becoming a bigger part of the accreditation back 40 years from now and know that we have worked hard to make process when CAPITAL CARE is being audited to ensure we are a positive difference in the lives of residents. providing quality care. One of the ways we will make a difference is by focusing on resident Enjoy the rest of the summer! safety. Capital Health is hosting a conference this fall on patient safety in their facilities. Similarly, in association with the annual People and Progress conference, we will be hosting a Resident Safety Symposium Share your thoughts with the CEO with support from Capital Health and Central Park Lodges in February. I invite you to pass on any ideas you have on making CAPITAL Resident Safety Symposium CARE a better place to live, work, visit, or volunteer. You can share your ideas with a manager, administrator, director, or the The symposium will take place on February 2nd in Edmonton. Executive Office by e-mail, snail mail or voice mail. Or, you can Presentations will focus on research and practice in continuing care as send them directly to me, Phyllis Hempel, by e-mail at it relates to resident safety. It is intended to educate conference [email protected], by phone at 448-2435, or by fax at delegates on current issues of concern and ideas on improving safety 496-7148. while maintaining resident quality of life. More information will be I look forward to receiving your suggestions. available on CAPITAL CARE’s website (www.capitalcare.net and click on News and Events) as the conference approaches. Resident veterans have poetry published Oilers visit residents Reflecting the many interests of residents at The CAPITAL CARE Group are the range of resident activities. From cutting and sanding wood, to painting nature scenes, making crafts, and visiting local coffee shops and sites of interest, almost everyday you can find residents participating in activities of their choice. One of the activities that several Mewburn Veterans Centre residents enjoy is writing poetry. The poem below, one of many written by the poetry club, was recently published in the book “Songs on the Wind”: The Poetry Club What is a Poetry Club? We also go on outings, — Well you may ask, (the Victorian tea house was a blast) — To explain what we do, Our next trip’s MacKay School Museum — Will be my pleasant task! — Which has a ghostly past! We’re just a bunch of readers We do however, Great Admirers of books — Have a special brag to share, Adventure, history, fiction, poems, We’re proud of our own published poet Even stories about spooks! You’ll agree that’s pretty rare! Three Edmonton Oilers visited CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield during their annual Hospital Visit Day. Oilers forward Eric Brewer (left) Yes! We enjoy the written word Poetry is about expression, posed for pictures and gave his autograph to many residents and (Nice change from T.V.) Imagination, dreams, their family members, including resident Neil Whitford (above). But we’re quite ordinary folks, A passion for words and ideas About 125 residents, family members and staff waited patiently to Drop by and you’ll see! Where it may lead, what it means. get pictures and autographs of Brewer, Cory Cross and Brad Isbister. Residents felt honoured to have the Oilers visit and are — Mewburn Veterans Centre Poetry Club hoping they make a return visit again sometime. Linda Ruggles, Recreation Therapist, CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Sherry Schaefer, Community Liaison, Mewburn Veterans Centre

This conference is in association with the esident afety ymposium 19th Annual People and Progress Conference RSS on February 3 & 4, 2005, at the Fantasyland Hotel at Focus on Research and Practice in Continuing Care West Edmonton Mall February 2, 2005 Edmonton, AB For more information, visit www.capitalcare.net and click on News and Events or phone (780) 448-2421

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 4 Residents go online E-mail, surf web at Mewburn Veterans Centre Bill MacLean, a resident at Mewburn Veterans Centre, watches highlights of an Edmonton Oilers’ game from the Oilers’ website. MacLean, who used to attend Oilers games on centre outtrips, uses the Internet to keep up with the team. Minister David Hancock (fourth from left) presented a $125,000 Residents at Mewburn Veterans Centre are now able to access the Internet grant from the Community Facilities Enhancement Program (CFEB) and e-mail through a wireless computer system, thanks to enhancement to the Rotary Club of Edmonton West. Rotary Club president John funding from Veterans Affairs Canada. This new system provides Blimke (far right) accepted the cheque and in turn presented a interested residents with the chance to surf the web and keep in touch cheque for $250,000 to Phyllis Hempel (fourth from right) for a with friends and relatives at both their bedsides and at the computer new entry at CAPITAL CARE Grandview. At the presentation were station using e-mail. (l – r) Linda Balt, administrator of the centre, Rotary Club members Brian Thompson and David Turne, Hon. David Hancock, While there are existing computer-use programs for residents in other Phyllis Hempel, and Rotary Club members Douglas Sollows centres at The CAPITAL CARE Group, the wireless setup eliminates the (architect for the project), Frank Boodram, and John Blimke. requirement for residents to use a computer only where there is an Internet plug-in. This enables residents, especially those with limited mobility, the chance to use Internet-based programs and services by using EXPANSION a laptop computer in their rooms. Continued from page 1 To date, residents have designed birthday cards for fellow residents and Grandview. During the cheque presentation, president John Blimke researched websites on areas of interest. E-mail has also been very popular explained that Rotary Club of Edmonton West members raised the — imagine the excitement of a resident when he matching $125,000 plus an additional $17,500 not included in this cheque. receives a reply within a day; far different than the traditional postage letter mail. The club’s donation is a continuation of their 30-year financial and volunteer support for residents at the centre, which began in 1973, the Both self-directed residents and those suffering from dementia are same year that CAPITAL CARE Grandview opened. The donation also enjoying the availability of the wireless computers. With more than 30 serves to reflect the Rotary International’s celebration of 100 years of residents now interested in using the computers, the centre’s leisure service in February 2005. services staff are in the process of fine tuning their skills so that they can assist residents in using e-mail and other Internet-based applications. “Having the support and drive of such dedicated people from the Rotary Club of West Edmonton and members of the provincial Sherry Schaefer, Community Liaison, Mewburn Veterans Centre government like Hon. Dave Hancock makes a wonderful, measurable impact on the lives of our residents,” says Phyllis Hempel, chief ‘..desire to set gold standard for staff training . . . ’ executive officer of The CAPITAL CARE Group. PARTNERSHIP Located immediately west of the University of Alberta’s farm in Continued from page 1 Edmonton, CAPITAL CARE Grandview is home to 145 residents who require continuing care and a 32-bed sub-acute program. The addition The partnership is also an opportunity to help the organization meet will update the appearance of the entry and provide residents and their the expected continued demand for health care staff. “With more than guests with a new, comfortable place to visit. a quarter of our staff being more than 50 years old, it is vital to build relationships that will provide us with not only the number of care The total cost of the project is expected to be $282,000. In addition to staff we need, but also the quality of staff we demand,” says Hempel. the CFEB cheque and the money raised by the Rotary Club of West Edmonton, The CAPITAL CARE Foundation and the CAPITAL CARE Staff quality is important because CAPITAL CARE believes staff are the Grandview Auxiliary have committed to providing $14,500 to help greatest resource in caring for residents. The partnership fits well furnish the addition’s new spaces. with the organization’s desire to set the gold standard for staff training and care in the industry. As well, the teaching component of the proposed teaching continuing care centre could offer care aides, LPNs, and other disciplines, such as RNs, rehabilitation staff and physicians, a chance to combine their academic knowledge with hands-on experience. NorQuest students in health-related programs would get practical, hands-on experience in a health care environment at the same location where they are attending classes. NorQuest College President Dr. Wayne Shillington says the high points are the opportunities this partnership will create for becoming a resource centre for continuing care. “Students, staff and residents will all come together to support and reflect the value of healthy aging. Applied research will be an active and contributing component of the initiative.” As well, says Shillington, “Best practice and excellence in This preliminary drawing of the expansion to CAPITAL CARE health care will be common goals and education is the conduit to Grandview’s entry indicates how the project will look when achieving these goals.” completed. Rotary Club of Edmonton West members actively involved in the project include former president John Blimke, “Most importantly,” says Hempel, “the main beneficiaries of this incoming president Ralph Playdon, Dr. Ben Doz, Brian Thompson partnership would be continuing care residents and the students who and Douglas Sollows, who is the architect for the project. will learn how best to take care of them.” Ideas that could result from the partnership include an aging-in-place concept where people can Dan Laville, Corporate Communication Coordinator, stay living in the same location as their needs change, a wellness clinic CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services that would support people living in the community, and a supportive housing environment with 24-hour emergency support and continuing care services. Although funding has yet to be secured for the expansion, the college To residents, families, staff, volunteers, ELCOME! is requesting capital funding for education from the provincial and donors who have joined The CAPITAL CARE Group government with additional funding coming from the private sector W and through fundraising initiatives. The total value of the expansion is since the last People and Progress issue was published! expected to be $100 million. Dan Laville, Corporate Communication Coordinator, CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 5 Kudos To the staff at Strathcona To The CAPITAL CARE To the staff of 3AB at Alzheimer Care Centre Foundation, on behalf of the CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Please express our thanks to each of your Palliative Hospice at CAPITAL Every so often one has the pleasure of staff for being open and welcoming to the CARE Norwood meeting someone extraordinary. I have been NorQuest College Health Care Aid students. blessed to have been able to know an entire I think it takes a special kind of person to They have been mentored in dementia care staff of exceptionally kind and work in palliative care. Some of your and will be able to take these skills with them compassionate individuals. I never had to caregivers are good, some very good and a into future endeavours. worry about the care Dad was receiving. very few excellent. After giving kind and Thank you also to the residents who were tender care for a few weeks or few months The understanding and concern given not very patient with the students and the (in the case of my wife — two and a half only to Dad but also to me each and every learning process. months), when your staff lose a person it time I visited is second to none. You are a L.K., Health Care Aide instructor must cause some feeling of stress. I think it wonderful group of people that help make NorQuest College was the long weekend in May when the care this world a better place. manager, close to tears, told me that she had I’ll miss the visits but I will think of you To recently retired Gwenne lost four of her residents. often, always spreading the word about the Tweddle, former manager of While courses to educate and enhance incredible people that spend their days and McConnell Place West promotion are good, I think that staff need to nights taking care of our loved ones. Thank you for the gift of knowing you. know that they are needed and very much B.K. and B.M. Thank you for the treasure appreciated. A.N. To the staff at McConnell of working with you. Place North Thank you to the people To the staff at CAPITAL CARE who brought us all together. Thank you all so much for taking such good Strathcona care of our Aunt during her stay with you. May you find as much joy and On behalf of our family I want to sincerely L. and H. S. happiness in every one of thank you all for your most kind and tender your future days as you have given us. care of my Mom. All to us includes To the staff at the Strathcona With our tremendous admiration housekeeping, kitchen staff, volunteers, Alzheimer Care Centre administrators, Dr. Cahill, RNs, LPNs, hair and respect to a lady who is clearly Thank you for the wonderful, loving care and a one of a kind jewel. stylists, the dog and cats and I am sure others that I can’t even think to mention. concern you gave to our Mother. The To know compassion is to know Gwenne. dedication to your work and the residents of Your caring smiles, hugs and words to both L.B. and D.R. the centre is evident in all that you do. Mom and us were always appreciated. You To the staff at Laurier House can never measure the personal touch but I We greatly appreciate all that you did for Lynnwood can assure you that we knew it was heartfelt. Mom and all that you did for our family. The end is always difficult but Pam your R. R. and family There are not enough words to thank you for sincere care was special and appreciated. P. J. and family the loving care you all have given to mom. Your kindness, respect, and genuine love did You are all angels. Your special care, words To the staff at CAPITAL CARE not go unnoticed and has been very much and deeds will never be forgotten. We knew Grandview appreciated by all her family. then Mom was in great care. We will always be forever grateful and thankful. A very special thank you to all for your kind and compassionate care. You made me feel I To trust that she was always in your constant C.N. care has been a blessing for all of us. could come home and carry on the proper Her Family To the staff of Main A at way and I am. To the staff at the Mewburn CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Fran, keep up with your humour. Thank you Veterans Centre Thank you for the wonderful care Sharon and your physiotherapy staff. administered to the residents of Main A. Thanks again. You people are doing a great job making the V. M. A.F. Mewburn comfortable and attractive for the residents and families. Thanks so much. To Linda Balt and the staff at To Esther Ma at CAPITAL J.D. CAPITAL CARE Grandview CARE Lynnwood To the staff at CAPITAL CARE I would like to take this opportunity to tell I want you to know how much we appreciate Norwood you what a wonderful time my family and I the help extended to us by Esther Ma. Esther had with my husband at one of the “Diners” talked to my family member about the This is a letter of commendation regarding evenings. Chef Don puts these meals on a few positive effect of being able to get out of her Iris Fendelet. I regularly visit my mother and times a year and we just want you to know room and move about more and suggested have been immensely impressed with the how much we appreciate what they do for us. trying an electric chair. manner and demeanour with which Iris acts. It is astonishing the way she joyfully treats The meal was outstanding and we were She arranged for one, on a trial basis, and residents, regardless whether the concern is waited on, which was a real treat. Don, spent considerable time on this project, minor or major. Katsoe, Gloria and the staff are so friendly measuring and fitting the chair and showing and put a lot of effort into the dinner. her how to drive, etc. Esther was most kind, Last year, my mother had cancerous tissue careful and sensitive. removed. Given that her brother and three Carrie and Leanna and the volunteers worked sisters died from cancer you can imagine the so hard to make the evening so special for We would like to recognize this and want to profound fear that my mother has regarding the residents and their families. The food make you and your seniors aware of the the disease. I observed so many acts of services people and the recreation positive attitude and follow-up actions in kindness as Iris comforted my mother. department do such a good job in making us getting “mobile.” Three cheers for Esther happy to have our family members as from our whole family. The purpose of this letter is to give you residents at CAPITAL CARE Grandview. F.B. feedback on a person who I believe is a role J.J. model for caregivers. Thank you. To the staff at CAPITAL CARE L.Y. To the staff at CAPITAL CARE Norwood CHOICE To the staff at Mewburn We all want to thank you again for your Veterans Centre I will always treasure the kindness that you kindness and excellent care to Dad during his showed for our family member while she was time there. Thanks to the staff who attended I just wanted to express to all of you my a member of the CHOICE family. I too felt the his funeral service. We appreciated the time heartfelt thanks for the excellent care that same closeness and will forever hold and effort. not only my father received while he lived memories of all the times she spent with you. with you but also for all your kindness and We thank you for making sure that Dad knew compassion for us as well. It meant the world I also want you to know that I too felt the he was loved and valued. That’s what to us. same kindness in your dealings with me and mattered most. my family in these recent days. K.B. B.V. J., K. and P. H.

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 6 Recognizing the invaluable contributions of staff More than 110 employees recognized for long service, attendance and going the extra mile Staff from across The CAPITAL CARE Group are recognized every May during an evening event that celebrates staff accomplishments and contributions. The categories of recognition this year included long service, which celebrates staff who have worked at CAPITAL CARE in five year intervals; 100% Club,which reflects perfect attendance; and, Going the Extra Mile (GEM), which recognizes staff who exemplify the organization’s values, such as customer service, innovation, leadership, and teamwork. A CEO Award of Appreciation was given to John Young for his contributions to CAPITAL CARE over the past 20 years. His support has included serving The Edenization Implementation Team was the Carol Morris was as a board member for multiple terms and initiating recipient in the Project Team category. Team recognized for 35 years of the LPN Scholarship Program. members (l – r) are Lucille Faragini, Shelley Warnock, service. She is an LPN at Tanya Hostyn, Liz Orenstein, Colleen Meagher, CAPITAL CARE CHOICE Congratulations to all award recipients. You are and Terri Jones. Dickinsfield. making a difference! Congratulations to all 2004 award recipients! Ten Year 100% Club Janet Southerton Barbara Castro Dante Sarmiento Enid Hibbert Evelyn Braithwaite Sherry Schaefer Darlene Johnman Mavis Fadden Kay Thomas Grace Johnston Rose Fodchuk Jim Thomson Susan McKenna Oswald Jaipaul Margaret Turner Shirley Van Mechelen This year’s Going the Extra Kamla Mankasingh Angela Francis, who works Colleen Ulch Karen Molloy Mile (GEM) recipient for Marie McInnis at CAPITAL CARE Leadership Management is Gloria Ureta Marlene Murtha Grandview, is this year’s Liz Orenstein Bonnie Roberts. Roberts Emmanuel Villaruel Darlene Smith recipient of the corporate- Linda Slobodian works at CAPITAL CARE level Customer Service Marianne Willett Maureen Warring Dickinsfield. She is the Glorification Tenorio category. Else Woller Cindy Wilson centre’s manager of Support Maureen Warring Services. 20 Year Awards 30 Year Awards 15 Year Awards Sandra Butler John Calder Wilma Alqueza Myrna Butt Felicidad Dimailig Mercedes Araya Melanie Castro Anita Escalona Aida Asuncion Susan Corlett Jerry Hayduk Isaac Azmera Elizabeth Csernyanszki Kye Jung Kaye Barnett Rose Davis Emily Meneses Karen Barrault Fe Delera Jeanette Stern Alice Christiansen Helen Girard Mariel Dalusong 35 Year Award Elda Glover Katherine Driedger Carol Morris Laurie Grant Fatma Ghebremusse Alice Hui Customer Service Sharon Roulston (left), Lorelle Gillis Angela Francis CAPITAL CARE’s director of John Young received the Lisette Husereau CEO’s Award of Appreciation Cam Ha Human Resources, stands Rosmond Lee-Walters Leadership for 20 years of support for Cynthia Johnson next to Marilyn Hallet, from Mary Beth Masse Non-Management CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood, CAPITAL CARE. He was the Rosalina Jumawan first presiding officer of the Olga Mirkovich Marilyn Hallett who is this year’s corporate Susan Jurczak Leadership Non-Management annual People and Progress Tracy Passey conference. Kim Kalen Leadership recipient. Shirley Montgomery Lucyna Lachacz Management Jane Morrow Bonnie Roberts For the GEM category of Carol MacDonald Rosemary Novak Innovation, Richard Caig Maria Manalo Outstanding Valerie Ottley (below) was recognized for a Tracey Mann Physician lighting upgrade project. He Klazina Peeters Darlene McDonald Dr. Paul Grewal designed and built reflectors Surinder Rai that increased the amount of Wella McLeod Project Team Glorification Tenorio light coming from CAPITAL Pat Miller Edenization CARE Grandview’s lights. Marion Tesche Diana Moore Implementation Team Lynnette Thompson Lesa Mullen Innovation Lorraine Untereiner Judy Munchua Shirley Wallet Lighting Upgrade Susan Newman Marcella Ward Dr. Chris Lord, director of Liz Orenstein CEO Award Medical Services at CAPITAL Mona Ward of Appreciation CARE, congratulates Dr. Eddy Picardal Joy Williams John Young Grewal (right) on his Ray Poon receiving the Outstanding Larissa Pope 25 Year Awards Physician award. Dr. Grewal Maria Revolone Loretta Bowen cares for residents at Mewburn Veterans Centre. Sophie Rooyakkers Ervin Bredenfeld

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 7 Ethel Ethics article Caring for your skin CAPITAL CARE Ethics Committee Dear Ethel EthicsEthics, I’ve been a senior for nearly two decades now, and I’m noticing that my skin is not as ETHEL ETHICS REPLIES Mrs. Z and Mr. T have developed a resilient as it once was. Is there anything close relationship while living in a continuing care centre. They both that I can do to improve the condition of have spouses that visit frequently, are both diagnosed with a dementia Dr. Chris Lord my skin? and both do not remember that they are married. This friendship is demonstrated with holding hands, kissing, dancing together and ASK A PHYSICIAN Skin changes start to show in our 20s, with spending most of their free time in each other’s company. later development of “character lines” that can progress to blotchy, wrinkled and leathery changes on the face and hands. The staff and spouses are uncomfortable with this relationship because they believe it is moving towards an intimate physical The initial changes are genetically determined and relate to relationship. They want it to end. Should we, the staff, discourage this biochemical alterations in collagen and elastin. Cigarette smoking friendship? speeds up the biochemical changes. Add to these changes photo-aging (which hastens the normal chronological changes) from chronic and Signed, excessive sun exposure. Uncomfortable The biochemical changes result in loss of elasticity which leads to Dear UncomfortableUncomfortable, drier skin, loss of fat padding which results in sagging, and less suppleness which produces wrinkles. Intimacy, sexuality and sexual behaviours remain some of the most sensitive and controversial health care issues that arise in long term From the photo-aging, we acquire mottled pigmented areas, skin care facilities. As persons with dementia experience changes in roughness, fine wrinkles, liver spots on the hands, and dilated blood cognition and judgment, the expression of their sexuality may result in vessels. Blotchiness and spider veins are often seen on the chest and behaviours that make other people uncomfortable. neck. As well, the loss of elasticity and atrophy causes white areas to appear. There is a belief in society that “sex is for the cognitively intact” or “sex is for the young”. Consequently, it is often difficult for both staff So what can a person do to delay or stop these changes? The simplest and families to accept that all people including those with cognitive thing to do is use a skin moisturizer for dry skin and a sun block to impairment retain their adult feelings with a need to express their limit further sunlight damage. sexuality and sexual behavior. Dermatologists can provide a variety of more aggressive treatments, So what does this mean for these two residents and their relationship? such as using lasers that target cells under the skin surface to treat If we believe that sexuality is integral to the experience of all people, freckles and pigments. Lasers can also treat leg spider veins. then we must accept sexual expression as part of our residents’ lives. Skin surfaces can be smoothed out by using botulinum toxin to relax How will we then help our residents to achieve the sense of well-being, muscles. Brown spots on the back of hands can sometimes be value and respect that comes from intimacy with others? removed with bleaching creams. Chemical peels and liquid nitrogen The issues of sexual expression and disinhibition as part of dementia can diminish “age spots,” as can laser treatments. Fat transplantation care should be discussed with families during the admission process. and silicone can be used to fill in atrophied areas. And then as relationships are formed each one must be discussed on Unfortunately, many of these treatments are not permanent, are not an individual basis. Fundamental to this discussion is the belief that covered by health care insurance and have to be repeated, sometimes sexual behavior and interest is a normal part of an individual’s day to within a year. day life. So, remember to take care of your dry skin and use common sense in The family should be involved in identifying the meaning of sexual avoiding excessive and damaging sunlight exposure. expression and help the staff determine a living plan for their relative. Some of the questions that may need to be addressed are what is Dr. Chris Lord, Director, Medical Services, CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services appropriate for this person, is there an unmet need, is there any harm, and do both involved persons consent? Consent when cognitively impaired also needs to be thoughtfully 22 th considered. One assumption that can be made is that if neither Oct. 27 Annual resident protests — for example, if holding hands and kissing are activities that occur regularly and if there are no adverse behaviours Jack Milner Memorial Workshop with other things like personal care — then consent is assumed. We also recognize that some sexual expression may not be welcome and monitoring and redirection may be required. Work Life Balance All members of the care delivery team have personal values and beliefs about sexuality and sexual expression. At times these values The Growth Shop’s Wendy Bodnar and beliefs may conflict with those of the organization. However, intimacy and sexual expression, touch, tenderness and warmth were will present two sessions that are and are a part of our residents’ lives. both included in the registration fee: As human beings we all require love, touch, tenderness and warmth. Stress Bytes: 6 Proven Strategies They are a natural part of daily living and quality of life. To that end, we offer our staff opportunities to develop knowledge and skill to to Manage Stress assist them during these situations and to respond appropriately. & There are some very good written and video resources available to help families and staff understand the issue of intimacy and sexuality Building Energy in a Low Energy World as it relates to persons with dementia. To register and for more information, contact Liz Tanti: Some of the information for this response comes from work done at Shalom Village in Ontario. If you would like more information, please Phone: 496-7140 E-mail: [email protected] contact a member of The CAPITAL CARE Group Ethics Committee. Web: www.capitalcare.net and click on News & Events CAPITAL CARE Ethics Committee Guiding principles at The CAPITAL CARE Group Our Mission Our Values Ethics Trust and Teamwork We strive to do what is right. We work as a team. Delivering quality continuing care in Vision partnership with our community. We are guided by a vision of the Communication Training and Development future. We communicate honestly and We improve our staff through Our Vision openly. effective recruitment, development Customer We are leaders in innovative Leadership and retention. continuing care, recognized for We regard our residents as our central focus. We achieve our mission through Technology and Innovation enhancing quality of life for those leaders who inspire, support and We improve our methods, Quality we†serve. provide guidance. systems and equipment. We are committed to quality and excellence.

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 8 A visiting program for persons with Alzheimer disease Program integrates day program with residential program The Friends and Visitors Club is a day program for adults with Families of day program participants also thought that the program Alzheimer disease or related dementia. The program opened in did well at integrating their participants with the residents at the Sherwood Park at the Strathcona Alzheimer Care Centre in 2002. The centre. The families were overwhelmingly satisfied with the program. centre provides 24-hour care to 36 residents. “These findings suggest this is a potential model for future day programs for this population group,” says Dr. Doris Milke, research The day program, which typically has 9 clients per week day come coordinator at The CAPITAL CARE Group. from the community to the club, has two unique features that distinguish it from traditional adult day care programs: it was Research tools and methods used in the evaluation included caregiver developed around the concept of a friendship/visiting theme, and it is questionnaires, satisfaction surveys, observation, videos of centre integrated into the daily life of a residential Alzheimer care centre. residents and program participants, interviews, focus groups, functional assessment measures, chart reviews, and utilization To learn if the program met the objectives established for the statistics. The final evaluation results were presented at the program and answered the questions posed by stakeholders, an Gerontological Society of America’s 56th Annual Scientific Meeting. evaluation study was designed to determine its success and its impact on residents of the Alzheimer Care Centre. Evaluation results More information on the program is on the web at www.capitalcare.net indicated that the friendship/visiting theme program permeated Click on Programs and then on Friends and Visitors Club. interactions between visitors and residents. The Friends and Visitors Staff at The CAPITAL CARE Group involved in developing and Club (FVC) served the clientele for whom it was intended and did so evaluating the program included Dr. Doris Milke, research coordinator, very cost-effectively. Research Unit; Corinne Schalm, director, Corporate Planning; Shelley The evaluation concluded that the (FVC) was a success because it met Warnock, manager, Strathcona Alzheimer Care Centre; Connie Wark, the program’s goals as well as the goals of several groups who manager, Project Planning; Tiana Rust, research assistant, Research supported the program. The program helped residents welcome the Unit: and, from the University of Alberta, Dr. Sheree Kwong See, visitors from the community, even on the rare occasion when Associate Chair, Department of Psychology, and Barbara Waldie, who residents’ initial reaction to “strangers in their kitchen” was concern was Dr. Kwong See’s master’s student at the time of the evaluation. about having more people to feed. Staff achievements Assessing personalities One of the ways that The CAPITAL CARE Group strives to continually Defining personality types can shed light on improve the experiences of residents in the organization is through communication styles staff development. The following points illustrate the variety of staff CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield was the scene of the 13th annual Edith activities that reflect the organization’s emphasis on developing the Drury Memorial Education Day in May. The session “What Colour is skills of staff to learn improved methods of providing care residents: Your Umbrella; It’s All About Communication” was well attended by •Tiana Rust, a research assistant with CAPITAL CARE’s Research staff and focused on how people with different personality traits Unit, has received two scholarships. She received a $17,500 Canada communicate with one another. Graduate Scholarship (CGS) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Using the True Colors theory, guest speaker Dianne Pearce helped Research Council of Canada. As a result of the CGS scholarship, she participants understand their own personality type before guiding was also automatically awarded a Walter H. Johns Graduate them through a variety of exercises. The exercises demonstrated how Fellowship scholarship funded by the University of Alberta, where people within the four colour groups interpret and communicate she is completing her master’s degree. differently in the same situations. Rust’s thesis title is “Caregiver beliefs about aging and disease: Effects on independence of persons with Alzheimer disease.” Her Everyone had the opportunity to use their own True Colors umbrella thesis complements her research interest in health and the elderly. to demonstrate how they act under stress. They played an amnesia game and even created pictures that represented a highly functioning •Corinne Schalm, director of Corporate Planning at CAPITAL CARE, team that included all four colour types of personalities. is one of just 24 participants selected for a new national fellowship program — Executive Training for Research Application (EXTRA). The laughter heard coming from the auditorium revealed how much the 71 participants from across The CAPITAL CARE Group were The EXTRA fellowship is designed to train health services leaders to enjoying the presentation. Evaluation results indicate that the colour become even better decision makers by using and applying evidence theory was very well received and that they will use the information in from research in their day-to-day work. The two-year program their personal and professional lives. combines residency seminars, e-learning, mentorship and Shirley McDonald, Centre Educator, CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Campus networking components with intervention projects undertaken in fellows’ home institutions. A key element of the program is an The CAPITAL CARE Group is intervention project through which fellows will apply their fortunate to receive support classroom learning to solving issues in their home organization. from many people, including Schalm will develop a balanced scorecard approach to measure the Betty Drury (left). Through performance of an organization which links measurement to Drury’s continued financial strategy. This framework is now used by over half of Fortune 1000 support via the Edith Drury companies, but relatively few health care organizations, and almost Memorial Fund, staff get an no continuing care organizations. opportunity to attend a day long presentation designed Dr. Tammy Hopper, assistant professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation • to help staff improve Medicine in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, will aspects of their professional be a research associate with The CAPITAL CARE Group. The joint and personal lives, which in appointment is for the next three years. turn helps to provide resi- •Gerontology is one of the 14 speciality certification exams that dents with rejuvenated staff. registered nurses (RNs) can voluntarily write. One of the exams is for the Canadian Gerontology Nursing Certification, which RNs can obtain by demonstrating current specialized knowledge and skill in gerontology. The certification is valid for five years. People and Progress Conference This year, CAPITAL CARE had four RNs who successfully passed the exam: Linda Murray, care manager, CAPITAL CARE Grandview; Elizabeth Tanti, educator/best practice leader, CAPITAL CARE

Annual Seeking a Balance: Grandview; and, Agnes Mitchell, clinical specialist, CAPITAL CARE Shirley McDonald, Centre Educator, CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Dickinsfield. Rita Gratton, a care manager at CAPITAL CARE th

Norwood successfully recertified this year. 19 Safety, Risk, & Quality Compiled from various sources A reason for giving Feb. 3 - 4, 2005, in Edmonton, Alberta light n. 1.spiritual or intellectual comprehension To learn more about this continuing care conference: or awareness; enlightenment Web: www.capitalcare.net and click on News & Events E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (780) 448-2421 2. Public attention; general knowledge With information from The Houghton Mifflin Canadian Dictionary of the English Language Fantasyland Hotel, West Edmonton Mall

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 9 Looking back at CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Centre celebrates 25th anniversary this year with current and past staff What were you doing on April 16, 1979? Were commitment shown by staff has made the you watching Kramer vs. Kramer or Star Trek centre and The CAPITAL CARE Group known at the movies? Or maybe you were watching as leaders in continuing care for quality, M.A.S.H or the Dukes of Hazard on customer service, innovation and a high level television? of expertise in the care of residents. If not, you could have been listening to This year’s 25th anniversary is being marked “YMCA” by the Village People or “Too Much by several special events that have included a Heaven” by the Bee Gees. resident and family tea, a Silver Celebration dance, and a dinner and silent auction to Or, you could have been welcoming the first raise funds for a renovation to the centre’s residents to CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield. The Young Adult Unit. A celebration in late May centre first opened its doors on April 16, honoured many guests, including past and 1979, a week before its official opening. Ten present staff and the CAPITAL CARE residents were admitted that first day and Dickinsfield Ladies Auxiliary. The celebration everyday thereafter until the centre reached highlighted the dedication of 37 staff its capacity of 300 residents. Residents and members who have worked at the centre family members loved the centre’s design, since 1979. Many former CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield the centre’s bright colours, and all of the staff attended the centre’s 25th open spaces. Bonnie Roberts, Manager, Support Services, CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield anniversary celebration. Susan Paul (above The ground-breaking for CAPITAL CARE left), the centre’s third administrator, Dickinsfield happened two and a half years planted a silver birch tree with the centre’s second administrator, Delores earlier on a very cold day in January 1977. An administrator’s note Sam Rao was the centre’s first administrator, Eberly. Not only is silver the traditional and three of the original residents are still The excerpt below is from a note sent to gift to mark 25 years, but a tree is used by living at the centre. CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield’s current the centre to symbolise how past and administrator, Betty Thompson, and her current residents, volunteers, and staff In 1995, CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield staff from the centre’s second have built a strong foundation for the expanded with the opening of McConnell administrator, Dolores Eberly: centre to continue growing within the Place North. McConnell Place North was Dear Betty and staff, community. Canada’s first residential family style living th The photo below shows most of the 36 environment for people with Alzheimer Thank you for inviting me to the 25 staff who have worked at CAPITAL CARE disease, and resulted in the Dickinsfield site anniversary of CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield. It is Dickinsfield since it opened in 1979. becoming a Campus. an honour to be part of the history of such an outstanding centre. Events from CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield’s 25 year history could be compared to the It was wonderful to storyline of a good novel, complete with recognize so many of floods, a lightning strike, bats, and a marriage the staff members. in the chapel. The most important memories The original staff are the ones shared between staff, residents, members, as well as and volunteers — memories that reflect care those who joined and concern shared through smiles, tears, later, are of course special events, and daily care routines. the reason that CAPITAL CARE In her speaking notes, Susan Paul, the Dickinsfield has such centre’s third administrator, said, “ You work a good reputation for in a very special field where commitment is the care it provides. felt first hand by residents and their families . . . and where you do make a difference in Delores Eberly people’s lives.” She also emphasized how the Tech-based projects help staff deliver quality care The CAPITAL CARE Group’s Information Systems department is online charting manual has been completed on two units at CAPITAL working on several initiatives aimed at improving resident care by CARE Norwood and will soon be expanded throughout the centre. assisting staff in designing, implementing and learning how to use The plan to provide access to the online manual for the rest of the computer-related technologies for the benefit of residents. organization will be developed as the pilot project proceeds. Currently, the department’s primary project is the Clinical Information •StaffRight upgrade: The StaffRight scheduling system, which is System (CIS). The goal is to select and implement a tool that will used to schedule staff, is being upgraded. The upgrade will allow assist the organization in managing resident information and in Information Systems to implement other modules required to implementing a new set of resident assessments called Minimum Data support position control, ad hoc reporting and the automation of Set (MDS) 2.0. some data entry tasks. Since this project will involve a large percentage of the organization’s •Evergreening 20042004: The evergreening process, used to replace staff, Information Systems will be asking staff to provide feedback or a portion of the organization’s computing hardware every year, is an to participate in focus groups to clarify what is needed to make CIS as important part of CAPITAL CARE’s ongoing computer-related effective and efficient as possible. The selected tool should meet the maintenance. needs of the broadest group of staff possible. It is designed to minimize problems related to hardware failure and software communication between different computers. This year’s Other initiatives that the department is involved with include: evergreening will be completed by the end of November 2004. Kiosk deployment: Kiosks have been set up at CAPITAL CARE • Pharmacy System replacementreplacement: The department is Dickinsfield, CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood, CAPITAL CARE Norwood •Pharmacy System replacement investigating options to replace the pharmacy system. An initial and McConnell Place North. Discussions with other centre request for information has been sent to various vendors and the administrators are continuing, with the goal of having a minimum of responses are being assessed. one kiosk per centre. A review of one of the systems in use at Capital Health will be It is important to realize the strategic importance of these kiosks in completed as part of the investigation. using them to help communicate and share information with all staff, particularly those who do not have access to a computer at •Inter-centre connections upgrade to Alberta SuperNet: The work. Alberta Super Net is being installed at CAPITAL CARE Norwood, with construction for it beginning this summer. A plan is in place for As the organization develops its web technologies (web servers and installing the SuperNet at the remainder of the centres. Internet browsers), these kiosks will become the primary method of access to information for staff without their own computers. These projects are examples of the increasing number of computer- •Charting Manual on Intranet (formerly known as eForms): related tools available to help staff more effectively capture and use The charting manual is being updated before it is completely resident-related data to provide care for residents. published on CAPITAL CARE’s intranet. A pilot project using an Martin Tailleur, Manager, Information Systems, CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 10 Photo Page PHOTOS FROM ACROSS The CAPITAL CARE Group

Celebrating 105 years Etta Mayo, a resident at CAPITAL CARE Norwood, celebrated her 105th Retirement tea birthday on July 3. Born With The CAPITAL CARE Group staff Residents Viola Huculak (left) and Louise in Neepawa, Manitoba, team numbering about 2,500, it is Westman were two of many residents and she married Edwin Wiley inevitable that there will be some staff families who enjoyed the festivities to in 1920 and had five turnover. Recently, residents, family mark Robbie Burns Day. children. After her members, volunteers and staff said husband passed away, goodbye to several people who will soon Robbie Burns Day she moved to Edmonton be or have retired, including Gwenne Residents and families at CAPITAL CARE in 1968. She started Tweddle (above, holding her grandchild), Grandview celebrated Robbie Burns Day bowling in her 60s, and manager of McConnell Place West, and with a night of entertainment. The evening it was through this Maureen Warring, who was the program began with a lively Scotsman playing the interest that she met clerk and receptionist at McConnell bagpipes, followed by a wonderful team of her second husband Place West. Frank Mayo at the Plaza Bowling Lanes, whom she Highland dancers of all ages dancing to To everyone who has recently retired: married in 1968. Etta’s smile continues to brighten the music. To cap off the evening, special Thank you for your contributions and days of those around her. Happy birthday Etta! guest Ms. Fiona did a great job of take good care! addressing the haggis. Shannon Pollard, Recreation Therapist, CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood Carrie Schmidt, Occupational Therapy Assistant, CAPITAL CARE Grandview Residents go for hole-in-one McConnell Place West is pleased to announce the opening of the new “hole in one” course. With the help of the McSporran family, a portion of the centre’s backyard has been turned into a beautiful chipping course. McConnell Place West has four devoted golfers who enjoy this new treasure for hours on end. In fact, many more of the centre’s residents who have not golfed in years are Residents at McConnell Place showing interest in getting out to hit a few balls. West now have their own green Rod Vidal, Activities Convenor, McConnell Place West Tasty rhubarb After three staff and a volunteer donated rhubarb in June, residents at Laurier House Strathcona helped wash and chop it up before Resident Mary Nestrasnsky (right) deciding what should be baked. and activities convenor Andrea After learning some interesting LeBlanc pose with some of the facts from a rhubarb cookbook rhubarb used to make the and scouring several recipes that delectable rhubarb treats. staff and volunteers brought in, it was decided to bake strawberry- rhubarb crisp, rhubarb crumble, rhubarb coffee cake, and stewed strawberry and rhubarb. That afternoon, generous samples of the baked treats and vanilla ice cream were served to the delight of many! Donations were accepted for the treats, and just short of $40 were raised for the resident committee recreation fund. Andrea LeBlanc, Activities Convenor, Laurier House Strathcona At her 100th birthday celebration, McConnell Place North resident Vi Harrington (second from right) makes a thank you speech before her birthday cake is cut. Her son Stuart (right) Tele-Learning for staff and daughter Joan are seated beside her. Theresa Chowaniec After sharing their final report results with their colleagues in the Third (far left), a volunteer at the centre, helped pass out pieces of Millennium Tele-Learning for Staff in Dementia Care program last fall, cake after the speech. participating CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Campus members received a certificate from Dr. Peter McCracken and Carol E. Wilson. Celebrating 100 years It was like a dream come true for staff and volunteers to see Vi Harrington surrounded by family and friends at McConnell Place North for her 100th birthday. Along with her son and daughter and their spouses, her grandchildren and great grandchildren helped make the birthday a wonderful event. Her great grandsons helped her blow out the birthday cake’s 100 candles! At the celebration, her son and daughter read many letters to her from dignitaries in Ottawa, as well as a letter from the Queen of England and birthday greetings from The CAPITAL CARE Group. Residents at the centre were also invited to the party, and they felt honoured to be part of the event. They enjoyed nibbling on dainty sandwiches and sipping on sparkling birthday punch. In the front row next to Dr. McCracken (far left) is Muna Wayrah, Maria Wight, Gilda Bancoro, Kathy Conway, and Roswitha Vi has lived at the centre for six years, and residents, Schmitt-Blouin. Standing to the right of Carol Wilson (second volunteers, and staff have become members of her extended from left, back row) are staff members Emily Meneses, Kerry family — and all appreciated joining in the birthday cheer. Kilback, Bonnie Harding, Sandra Podloski, and Nat Mitchell. Roswitha Schmidt-Blouin, Leisure and Volunteer Coordinator, McConnell Place North

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 11 Donation in honour Scholarship recipients of current resident LPN Scholarship supporters, recipients recognized The Long Term Care Unit at CAPITAL CARE Helen Douglas (left) Strathcona Campus recently received a has supported the donation of $13,000 from the Ionic Club in Licensed Practical honour of resident Alfred Wong, who was a (LPN) Nurse member of the club. Scholarship program The money will be used to take the first for several years. major step in creating a “Human Habitat,” a She is standing next term that describes an environment that is to Shelley Walker, comfortable and inviting. one of this year’s LPN scholarship The renovation will include removal of the recipients. Walker nursing desk and an expansion of the was working at conference room. CAPITAL CARE Strathcona Campus as the activities convenor for Laurier House Strathcona when she applied to the program.

Developing and delivering leading-edge care for the Licensed Practical Nurse Program at is very important to everyone at The NorQuest College. CAPITAL CARE Group. How this care is “The scholarships have had many benefits,” provided is revealed in the organization’s says Barry Runnalls, director of Fund mission statement: Delivering quality care in Development for The Foundation. “It has partnership with our community. attracted job seekers to CAPITAL CARE, it An example of this mission statement in has helped retain staff, and most importantly, action was a reception in May that recognized it has affected residents in a good way.” the five recipients of this year’s Licensed The program gives caregivers the opportunity Practical Nurse Scholarship program and the to increase their knowledge and develop their donors who helped make the program careers. At the same time, it helps to provide possible. The scholarship program is also in Marie McInnis, administrator of CAPITAL CAPITAL CARE with increasingly skilled staff partnership with NorQuest College, which CARE Strathcona Campus, holds the who are familiar with the organization’s saves spaces in its Licensed Practical Nurse $13,000 cheque with Alfie Wong. Ionic residents, expectations, and processes. program for scholarship recipients. club members Leroy Reirson and Lloyd If you would like to support this program and Goulden (far right) made the The program was John Young’s idea. As a help it continue to make a difference in the presentation. Absent from the photo is board member on The CAPITAL CARE lives of residents and staff, please call Barry club member George Burton. Foundation’s volunteer board, he came up Runnalls, director of Fund Development, at with the idea of encouraging the professional Darlene Sime, Administrative Assistant, (780) 448-2414. CAPITAL CARE Strathcona Campus growth of staff through a scholarship program that would give eligible employees a He can also be faxed at (780) 496-7148 or e- chance to upgrade their education and mailed at [email protected] Residents smile become licensed practical nurses. The Dan Laville, Corporate Communication with $37,500 raised scholarships pay for the tuition and books Coordinator, CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services Residents at The CAPITAL CARE Group have $300,000 in funds raised many reasons to smile. One of the things that Still time to helps them smile is the support received by The CAPITAL CARE Foundation through the show support by Ladies Auxiliary Share a Smile campaign. Anyone interested in supporting research that investigates leading The campaign, which wrapped up in late May, methods of providing care to received $37,500 in donations for projects residents at The CAPITAL CARE and items that will improve the quality of life Group can make a donation to for residents. The money raised will fund the Research for Care campaign. equipment purchases, pastoral care, finishing touches, and resident activities. The campaign, which has raised several thousand dollars to date “With The Foundation involved in several this year, will be finished later campaigns, one with a goal in the millions of this summer. To show your dollars, it’s great to continue receiving support for this campaign or for support for the smaller campaigns that still any of the other projects and make such a difference in the lives of our programs at CAPITAL CARE, residents,” says Barry Runnalls, director of please call Cindy Wilson at The Fund Development for The CAPITAL CARE CAPITAL CARE Foundation at Foundation. (780) 448-2424. The Ladies Auxiliary at CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield FUN IN THE SUN were recognized this spring for their fund-raising efforts that have raised more than $300,000 over the at the Devon Golf Course past 25 years. Ladies Auxiliary President Myrna Bridges th 18 Annual Staff Golf Tournament (left) accepted the plaque that recognizes the Entry fee includes 18 holes of golf Texas auxiliary’s work from Phyllis Hempel (far right), chief executive officer for The CAPITAL CARE Group, and scramble-style and a steak barbecue. Sandra Troughton, coordinator of Volunteer Services at

29 the centre. Today, there are still eight charter members

Entry forms are available from CAPITAL actively involved in the auxiliary which formed in 1979 CARE Centre General Offices or when CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield opened. go to www.capitalcare.net • Golf only: $35

August • Barbecue only: $24 & click News & Events • Golf and barbecue: $59 New gifts! The registration deadline is August 15 and limited to 48 • Aromatherapy • Picture Frames & Figurines • golfers. No refunds after August 23, 2004. For more • Garden Accessories • Angelic Wishes • information, please call Pat Ferguson at 448-2436.

Sunday, Proceeds support The CAPITAL CARE Foundation. CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood Gift Shop Open Mon. – Sat. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 12 13 Celebrating 40 years of caring A t T h e C A P I T A L C A R E G r o u p

February 1968: Staff preparing to celebrate 2002: Laurier House Strathcona resident Veronica Valentine’s Day with residents at CAPITAL CARE decorates an Easter egg. Lynnwood.

“The actions of our donors, through their gifts to support residents, show that true concern and care is revealed April 1994: Brian Mills, a resident and artist at Late 1980s: Rick Hansen visited residents at CAPITAL CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield, works on a painting CARE Norwood. by what we share of what we have.” during a centre art class. 1995: Residents and staff members at CAPITAL Barry Runnalls, Director, Fund Development, CARE Strathcona celebrate Mexico Day. The CAPITAL CARE Foundation The CAPITAL CARE Group is Dr. Donald R. Easton was the first celebrating 40 years of executive director of Hospital District caring this year. One way this 24 and foresaw “ . . . the need for long milestone is being recognized is term care facilities to be reasonably well scattered throughout the city.” through the display of From the book People and Progress, page 68 Circa late 1970s/early 1980s: Staff at CAPITAL CARE Grandview formed a baseball team they photos, captions, and notes named the “Grandview Gophers”. gleaned from four decades of “Though there have been many service to those in our care. changes over the years, the driving force of the people who make up Thank you residents, The CAPITAL CARE Group Early 1990s: Sheila Weatherill at a CAPITAL CARE remains the same: Lynnwood centre event when she was president of volunteers, donors, families, CAPITAL CARE. Weatherill is now president and Ensuring we enable staff, who are our chief executive officer of Capital Health. supporters, and staff for 40 years greatest resource, to provide the best of wonderful memories! care possible to residents, whom we are “ . . . the bond between resident and privileged to care for.” November 2000: The Mewburn Veterans Centre Arts Phyllis Hempel, CEO, The CAPITAL CARE Group and Crafts team pose in front of arts and crafts staff member is far greater in nursing made by residents at the centre. [continuing care] homes . . . for the 1967: Mrs. Burns, Dr. Easton, and Mrs. Kettleson very simple reason that there is usually mark National Hospital Day with speeches and a greater time period for the presentations. relationship to grow and develop.” From the book People and Progress, page 60 From its beginning as Hospital District 24 in the old Royal Alexandra Hospital Annex, The CAPITAL CARE Group has grown to become an interdisciplinary team of 2,500 people caring for more than 1,400 residents and over 300 community clients in facilities throughout Edmonton and Sherwood Park: •CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services •CAPITAL CARE Grandview •CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Campus •CAPITAL CARE Norwood •CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield CAPITAL CARE Strathcona •McConnell Place North • Campus CAPITAL CARE Strathcona CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood Campus • 2002: Dr. Sidhu talks with a CHOICE participant at • •Strathcona Alzheimer Care Staff member Shawn McCreight is recognized at a CAPITAL CARE CHOICE Norwood. •CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood Centre centre event at CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood. Laurier House Lynnwood Laurier House Strathcona • • 2004: Vi 2003: Phyllis McConnell Place West Hempel (left) is Late 1960s: A staff member at Mewburn Veterans • •Mewburn Veterans Centre Harrington, a the chief executive Centre pours refreshments for residents at a special resident of officer for The event. Though hard to identify in this photo, •CAPITAL CARE CHOICE Program and Community Programs McConnell CAPITAL CARE members of the Canadian Armed Forces can be seen CAPITAL CARE CHOICE Dickinsfield Place North, visiting and helping residents in the background. • celebrated her Group. She started 2001: Staff member Kim CAPITAL CARE CHOICE Norwood Residents and staff remain grateful for the military’s • 100th birthday with CAPITAL Ashmore (behind) poses with continued support over the years, including their CAPITAL CARE CHOICE Mental Health this spring CARE in 1990 and Pauline Gladue (right) and • enthusiasm for the new centre being built that will with a centre- became CEO in Sheldon Cope, residents of a Young Adult Duplexes replace Mewburn Veterans Centre. • wide birthday January 2002. CAPITAL CARE Duplex. party .

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 14 2004 Manulife Financial Charity Golf Classic Supporters contribute $26,250 to Alzheimer care at The CAPITAL CARE Group In recent years, media sources have Title Sponsor described Canada’s aging population and the implications of having such a large group of Canadians who will soon be entering their retirement years. The growth in this “Baby Boomers” segment is mirroring the Exclusive Hole Sponsors increasing number of people suffering from Action Business Coaching Alzheimer and related dementias (ADRD) and who will require care services, such as are Allwest Commercial Furnishings provided by The CAPITAL CARE Group. Fantasyland Hotel This is one of the reasons proceeds from the Fidelity Investments Canada Ltd. Manulife Financial Charity Golf Classic go towards Alzheimer care at CAPITAL CARE. Members of this year’s winning team were K-Bro Linen Systems With about 70 per cent of the organization’s (l – r) Kevin McGuigan of K-Bro-Linen The Edmonton Journal residents suffering from ADRD, the money Systems, Darryl Diletzoy of The CAPITAL raised will benefit many people. CARE Group, David Ross of TD Commercial VitalAire “With the title sponsorship from Manulife Bank, and Ken Baker of TD Commercial Bank. Quality Color Financial and the support of many other big Hole Co-Sponsors and small organizations and individuals, we raised more than $26,000 this year,” says Alberta Blue Cross Cindy Wilson, the tournament’s organizer Beaubien Glover Maskell and the fund development officer for The Engineering CAPITAL CARE Foundation. Delnor Construction Ltd. EPCOR Franklin Templeton Investments Like last year, the tournament was a success Lorac Construction through the support of existing and new supporters. Also like last year, a strong wind Manulife Bank challenged golfers during their long shots. Manulife Investments “Nonetheless,” says Wilson, “our wonderful Other golfer’s enjoying the day were (l – r) Marie McInnis of CAPITAL CARE Strathcona NorQuest College supporters stuck it out and played through, reflecting their commitment to all of those Campus, Manulife Financial’s mascot Peridot Group assisted through The Foundation.” Barnaby the Owl, Ken Harrison, Neil Dan Laville, Corporate Communication MacGillivary and Lew Warke. SCA Hygiene Products Coordinator, CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services Source Medical Corporation SYSCO Edmonton Tempo Electrical Contractors Unisouce Canada Inc. Whitson Contracting Ltd. Thank-you Gift to Golfers The CAPITAL CARE Foundation Golf Cart Fleet Rental Sponsor McCallum Printing Group Inc. Bob Morden, vice-president of the Western Breakfast Sponsor Staff member Mercy Nickel (left) from Sales Area for Manulife Financial, presents Liquor Depot Mewburn Veterans Centre and Corporal a cheque for $24,000 to Phyllis Hempel, Victor Kassey were volunteer monitors for chief executive officer of The CAPITAL Putting Competition Sponsor a hole-in-one prize. CARE Group. The final tally was $26,250. Varscona and Met Hotels Lead Prize Sponsors General Prize Sponsors Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Printing Impressions & Graphics Inc. ACME Emily Wright Art Beat Gallery After Eight Flooring Edmonton Petroleum Club Raimond Fung Architects Ltd. Firetec Health & Safety Ltd. Ramada Hotel Burnstade Consulting Ltd. AGF Mutual Funds & Conference Centre Airgas Canada Fort Edmonton Historical Society Fantasyland Hotel Glenda Wyatt Richard Brost Alberta Envirofuels Richard Gil Professional Joan Healey Allegro Restaurant Hemisphere Engineering Corporation Hukalo Engineering Limited Sharps Audio Visual Limited Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc. Scholastic Duplicators Arctic Chiller Inter – Hospital Ambulance Service Scotiabank The Edmonton Journal ATB Financial J. R. Golf Course Sharps Ken Farrer The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge ATCO Gas Blue Flame Kitchen Shippers Supply Inc. Awards Unlimited Konica Minolta Business Solutions Something Special Deli The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald Bacardi Canada Inc. KPMG Source Medical Corporation Kraft Canada Hole in One Prize Sponsors Behrends Bronze Inc. Sturgeon Valley golf Bell Mobility McCallum Printing & Country Club AMA Travel Bindery Overload Microserve Tazu Hair Mirabelle Restaurant Kentwood Ford Capital City Savings TD Commercial Banking Capital Packers Nevada Bobs The Coloniale Golf Morgex Insurance Group Casey Skakun Newman Theological College & Country Club Normands Restaurant The Creperie Weber Motors Chicago Joes Restaurant CI Funds O.C. Tanner The Edmonton Art Gallery Volunteer Sponsor City of Edmonton, Pat Deputate The Keg Community Services Department PCL Construction Management Inc. The Nut man The Sign Cellar Creative Door Peace Hills Insurance The Sign Cellar Marketing Sponsor Delta Edmonton Centre Suite Hotel Pencil Point Inc. The Suit Ranch Delta Edmonton South Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Tim Horton’s Konica Minolta Business Solutions Ducks Unlimited Infantry Regimental Headquarters Topline Signs (Canada) Ltd. Dynamic Mutual Funds VitalAire Healthcare

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 15 Team effort responds to summer storm of 2004 Efforts at flooded centres reflect dedication, strength of people at CAPITAL CARE In what some Edmontonians are calling the summer storm of 2004, CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services and Stores at CAPITAL CARE two centres belonging to The CAPITAL CARE Group received Dickinsfield also went onsite to provide assistance. significant flood damage. The centres, like many parts of Edmonton, Iris Neumann, administrator of CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood, is also were deluged with rain and hail in an afternoon storm on Sunday, grateful for the dedication shown by her staff during the flooding. July 11. “Staff pitched in and did what needed to be done — including The entire first floor of CAPITAL CARE Grandview was under several working many hours of overtime with little notice — to protect the inches of water, as was the main floor of the Lynnwood Pavilion at centre from further damage and to get rid of the flood waters as CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood. quickly as possible.” “The depth of the flood water was as much as five or more feet deep That Sunday night, after the rain had stopped and a preliminary in certain areas such as the bottom of elevator shafts, and portions of damage assessment had begun, staff noticed that several cars were in the rear parking lot,” says Pat Hubman, manager of building a huge pool of water in the rear parking lot. “It’s amazing how much maintenance services at CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood. Fortunately, water collected in some areas,” says Neumann. Judging from the water resident rooms at both centres were not directly affected because marks on a car with water still up to its headlights, it appeared that they are not on the floors that were flooded. The organization’s other the water went as high as the base of the windshield. This car centres fared much better, but there were reports of minor water (pictured below) was written-off by owner’s insurance company. damage. Several other staff had damage to their cars and homes, with damage Though the storm caused significant disruption at the two centres, the in the thousands of dollars. Fortunately, no residents, staff or memory that stands out for many will be the teamwork and volunteers at either centre were injured as a result of the rain and camaraderie shown by everyone who helped out. hail storm. “I’m very proud of all of my staff. Staff who were working the day of Both administrators believe that the rapid response to the flooding the flood demonstrated tremendous commitment to the residents, was the result of many people working well together, from staff to persevering to manage as best as possible in an impossible situation volunteers and auxiliary and family members. “We always see the and showing great leadership in responding to the emergency with very best in everyone when responding to an emergency like this,” cool heads and good decision making,” says Linda Balt, administrator says Balt. of CAPITAL CARE Grandview. “Staff from across the organization have once again risen to the “When the flood was at its worst,” says Balt, “staff were working in occasion and demonstrated why CAPITAL CARE is such a great group cold and dirty water up to their ankles.” The next day, after most of of people,” said Phyllis Hempel, CAPITAL CARE’s chief executive the water had been drained from the floor, maintenance staff from officer, when asked to sum up the efforts of everyone who responded CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield, CAPITAL CARE Strathcona, and CAPITAL to the flood. CARE Norwood came to help drain the remaining water, assess Dan Laville, Corporate Communication Coordinator, damage, move furniture and tear out water logged carpets. Staff from CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services

Portions of CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood’s rear parking Elevator shafts at both CAPITAL CARE After the flood waters receded, lot were under several feet of water. At the height Grandview and CAPITAL CARE a layer of dirt and leaves of the flood, water almost touched the base of Lynnwood were flooded. covered the first floor at the windshield. CAPITAL CARE Grandview. Donors We are very grateful to the following donors who thought of The CAPITAL CARE Group and the needs of residents from October 1, 2003 to July 1, 2004 To ensure your gift is appropriately recognized, please contact Cindy Wilson at The CAPITAL CARE Foundation with any corrections to your name as listed below or changes to your mailing address by: Phone: (780) 448-2424 Mail: The CAPITAL CARE Foundation Fax: (780) 496-7148 500, 9925-109 Street E-mail: [email protected] Edmonton, Alberta T6V 1T4

12 Buck Club Adamson, Silvia Alexander, Roy Alexander, Grace Anderson, Margaret L. 15 Service Battalion Casino Adroit Investment Management Ltd. Allan, John Allan, Penny Anderson, Myrtle 20/20 Seed Labs Inc. Adzich, Donald Allen, Jean H. Allen, Lloyd W. Anderson, Ruth 7th Avenue Liquors Afaganis, Ernest Afaganis, Alkmine Allen, Rae C. Allen, Carol Anderson, Shirley 934623 Alberta Ltd. (Magna IV Ahmer, Heinz U. Allwest Commercial Furnishings Andexser, Madge Engineering Ltd.) Aker, Mel Aker, Ellen Alsager, Marie Andreou, Antonakis Andreou, Achtymichuk, Frances Akers, George Akers, Jeanette Al-Terra Engineering Ltd. Chrysso Acres, Roy Acres, Carol Al Shamal Temple Alton, Ronald Andres Wines Ltd. Action Business Coaching Alber, Vera Alber, Frederick Ambrock, Shirley Andrew, Vera Andrew, Ronald Adamic, Dorothy Alberta Blue Cross Ambrose, Marilyn I. Ambrose, Don W. Andrews, Ann Adams, Glen Adams, Glenda Alberta Envirofuels Inc. Amyotte, Lorette Andrews, Eileen Andrews, Doug Adams, Kenneth and Family Alberta Long Term Care Association Amyotte, Raymond Amyotte, Maria Andruchow, Sophie Adams, Mary Albert’s Group of Restaurants Anderson, Alice B. Anderson, Andrusiak, Earl Adams, Roy and Family Albright, Maxine Kenneth Antoski, Anne Adams, Sharon Adams, Andrew Alexander, Jerry Anderson, Estelle M. Apotex Inc. Anderson, John C. Anderson, Grace Y. Ardrossan Senior Citizens Club

P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 16 Donors Arlette, Philip Arlette, Elizabeth Beaton, John D. Beaton, Joyce E. Bowe, Audrey M. Campbell, Alec Campbell, Kathy Armor Machines & Manufacturing Beattie, Lois Beattie, Steuart Bowen, George H. Bowen, Armida T. Campbell, Fannie Ltd. Beaubien Glover Maskell Engineering Bowers Medical Campbell, Gordon Campbell, Jessie L. Armstrong, Arnold Armstrong, Doris Beaudry, Normand Beaudry, Priscilla Bowman, Barbara Campbell, Hilda M. Armstrong, Dorothy Armstrong, Beaumont, Selwyn Boyd, Evelyn Campbell, Malcolm B. Campbell, Gordon Beaupre, Phil Beaupre, Victoria Boyd, Mildred Pauline L. Armstrong, Ernest Armstrong, Mavis Beaver, Marie Clark, Claire Boyle, Harris J. Boyle, Florence Campbell, Pamela Armstrong, F. W. Dr. Beaverbrook Carlton Ltd. Bracuk, Erna N. Campbell, Patricia Campbell, Dale Armstrong, Leona Beaverbrook Homes Windermere Ltd. Bradbeer, Julie Bradbeer, Ross Campbell, Phyllis M. Armstrong, W.D. Dr. Beaverbrook Hudson Ltd. Bradford, Evelin I. Bradford, Samuel A. Campbell, Wayne Army, Navy & Airforce Veterans Becker, Dennis E. Becker, Jean E. Bradley, Edwin H. Bradley, Regina I. Canadian Peace Keeping Veterans Association #3 Association Bedry, Shirley A. Brady, Margaret Arndt Tkalcic Architecture Cancilla, Edward C. Beedle, John Brandly, Max Brandly, Jean Arnold, Leslie Arnold, Annette Cantin, John Cantin, Brenda Behiels, Glen Behiels, Louise Branter, Christina Branter, Kathleen Arnold, Olive H. Caouette, Remi Caouette, Debra Behiels. Valerie Braun, Andrea Arnold, William CAPITAL CARE Corporate Services — Arrison, Ralph Arrison, Mary Behm, George Bredewater, Arnold Bredewater, Lois R. Staff Art Beat Gallery & Frame Behm, Jean Brennan, Doris CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield 2AB Unit Ash, S. Gordon Ash, Margaret A.J. Behrends Bronze Inc. Brian J. Alexander Professional Staff Corporation Ashton, Elwood Behrens, Fred Behrens, Sigrid CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Resident Briggs, Don Briggs, Pat Council Ashton, Garda M. Bell, Ethel E. Bright, Gillian Bright, Brenda CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield Staff Astle, William J. Bell, Frank E. Bell, Shirley Bristow, James Bristow, Edith Association ATCO Electric — Staff Bell, W. Alan Bell, Alice Brix, Eric Brix, Joanne CAPITAL CARE Grandview — Staff ATCO Gas — Employee Community Bell-Rabko, Kathy Broemeling, Ambrose and Family CAPITAL CARE Grandview Auxiliary Service Fund Belous, Barbara Belous, William Association Broemeling, Orville and Family Atkinson, Dolores Belsom, Sid Belsom, June CAPITAL CARE Grandview Rehab. — Attenhofer, Cathy Attenhofer, Paul Berg, Cora E. Berg, Gordon Brooking, Barrie Brooking, Dorothy Staff Babich, Alec Berg, Lillian Brooks, Bruce Brooks, Cindy CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood — Staff Bacardi-Martini Canada Inc. Berger, Irene A. Brooks, Douglas CAPITAL CARE Lynnwood Resident Family Council Bacchus Agents (1981) Ltd. Berger, Kathleen Brost, Richard Brost, Betty L. CAPITAL CARE Norwood — Staff Bachinsky, Jean A. Berndt, Donald Berndt, Joan Broten, Louis J. Broten, Vera CAPITAL CARE Norwood Auxiliary Bachmann, Ignaz Bernicki, Elaine Brown, Ethel CAPITAL CARE Norwood Volunteers Bachor, Joan Berry, Richard Berry, Carole Brown, Evelyn Bacon, Carol Brown, Irma CAPITAL CARE Strathcona — Berry, Wallace T. Management Bacon, Diana M. Brown, Margaret O. Berteau, Geoffrey E. CAPITAL CARE Strathcona Campus Bacovsky, Rosemary Berton, Donald Nordlund, Linda Brown, R. J. Auxiliary Badiuk, Morris Badiuk, Marie Berube, Bert Brownlee, Karen CAPITAL CARE Strathcona — Staff Bagby, Margaret Berube, Martial Berube, Lorraine Bruce, Jean M. Capital City Savings Bailey, Barbara Betts, Tannis Bruce, Joyce May Myers, Stanley M. Capital Health Bailey, Jean Bezo, Clarence Bezo, Violet Brunner, Alf Brunner, Joan Capital Packers Inc. Bailey, Joan M. Biamonte, Tony Biamonte, Dorothy Bryant, Arnie Bryant, Audrey Carbert, Patricia Bailie, Dale Bailie, Stuart Bice, Helen Bryant, Ken Cardinal, Lillian Bajer, Valerie Bajer, Terry Big Rock Brewery Bryenton, Ted Bryenton, Sylvia Carma Developers Ltd. Baker, Arthur D. Baker, Doreen Bigam, Larry Bigam, Bev Buchignani, Norman L. Dr. Indra, Carmichael, Leah A. Doreen Dr. Baker, E.C. Bilak, Virginia Carmichael, W.R. Carmichael, Irene R. Budynski, Ken Budynski, Sharon Baker, Judy Lee Bilyk, Anne Carrol, Cecil Carrol, Vera Buerger, Wayne Buerger, Linda Balanko, Alvin Balanko, Bonnie Bince, A.E. Bince, Lorraine Carrol, S. Buffone, Antonia Balanko, Pearl Binder Construction Limited Carson, Earl Carson, Verna Bull, Thomas W. Balay, Robert Balay, Cheryl Bingham, Adelaide Carter, Gerald Carter, Betty-Ann Bulmer, Kay E. Ball, James Ball, Nancy Binns, Florence Carver, Margaret G. Burden, Muriel McGregor, Arlene Ball, Olga Bishop & McKenzie Case, Brent A. Case, Darlene S. Burgess, William R. Burgess, Pamela Ball, Raymond H. Ball, Violet D. BJ’s Electrical Installations Ltd. Cassidy, George Cassidy, Judy Burkatsky, Lena Ball, Ronald Ball, Ruth Blackford, Ann Cassidy, John F. Burke, Howard L. Burke, Doreen A. Ballantyne, Vera M. Blank, Lois Blank, Werner Cassidy, Teras Cassidy, Christine Burlingham, Margaret Balt, Linda Blazer Insurance Ltd. Cavaliere, Rita Cavaliere, Ernest Burn, Margaret Bamber, Noreen Bliss, Carman Bliss, Mary Celsior Developments Ltd. Burnash, Cheryl Bamford, Olive Bamford, Thomas Blum, Laura Cetinski, Nadine Burrows, Dorothy Banick, Eilleen Blumes, Gina Chahley, Steve Burt, Mel Burt, Karen Bannister, W.S. Boddez, Marcel Boddez, Janet Chalifoux, Jacqueline E. Burton, A. George Burton, Patricia Barber, Gerald T. Barber, Helen Bogda, Daniel Bogda, Shirley Chamberlin, Jeff Chamberlin, Lorrie Burton, Al Burton, Ruth Barby, E.L. Barby, Helen Bokenfohr, Eric Bokenfohr, Anna Chanasyk, D. 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Barthelemy, Johanna Borle, Eloise Chartier, Jeannette Byrne, Paul Bartley, Dorothy Bossio, Rosario Bossio, Mary Chateau Louis Cabush, Merlan Cabush, Maxine Barzeele, Richard Barzeele, Bothwell Botton, Joan Chateau, Henry Chateau, Shirley Caccia, Denise Laurianne Bott, Jim Bott, Anne Chatel, Ken Chatel, Chris Cadogan, Gladys P. Basaraba, William Bott, Niel Bott, Patricia Chatterson, Betty A. Cairo, Guiseppe Cairo, Triestina Bateman Equities Ltd. Boucher, Gerard Boucher, Angela Chatwin, Forrest Calder Seniors Drop-In-Society Bateman, Rose Bateman, James Bouillon, Walter Bouillon, Carol Chaytors, Vera Callaghan, James L. Callaghan, Judy Bateman, Sheila W. Boulanger, Lynn Cheng, Jim I. Dr. Callender, Rosalind Batog, Wanda Bourgoin, Maurice E. Chepil, Jane Calmont Leasing Ltd. Batoni, Barbara Boutin, Gregory L. Boutin, Linda L. Cherkas, Stanley Calvert, Robert Bator, Edward Bouwmeester, Barbara Cherney, William Cameron, Agnes Baulk, Pearl Bouwmeester, Jacob Bouwmeester, Cherry, Richard R. Dr. Cherry, Baumgartner, Rose Baumgartner, Fern Cameron, Elizabeth Margaret Peter

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P & P Spring/Summer 2004 www.capitalcare.net 24 Volunteers — part of our caring team Contributions of volunteers have benefited thousands of residents over past 40 years With The CAPITAL CARE Group celebrating decorate centres by painting 40 years of caring, the organization’s murals, crafting quilts and volunteer services coordinators felt that a donating artwork. fitting theme for this year’s volunteer They comfort residents through appreciation would be “Volunteers — part of the pastoral care programs, by our caring team.” Volunteers have been a big listening to family concerns, and part of CAPITAL CARE since its founding in by offering a shoulder to cry on the early 1960s. if needed. They also brighten In June 1963, the organization’s first residents’ days by helping with executive director, Dr. Don Easton, helped set day trips, playing cards, and up an auxiliary for the Norwood Auxiliary simply sharing conversations Hospital that would open in 1964. From then and experiences. “In short,” says on, as new centres were added to the Hempel, “volunteers add so organization, an auxiliary would be formed to much — our organization would support the centre. To this day, auxiliary not be the same without them.” members continue to work tirelessly on If you would like to volunteer Jeremy Belle, a student volunteer and James O’Connell behalf of residents. and make a difference in the (right) work diligently on building a tool box for garden Alongside the auxiliary members are other lives of residents at any one of tools for each of the houses at McConnell Place North. volunteers of all ages, backgrounds, and CAPITAL CARE’s centres, please Angie Ells (below), also a volunteer at McConnell Place interests, who are also interested in contact the volunteer North, enjoys her role as a bride for the centre’s annual improving lives. From people in their 90s to coordinator at the centre nearest Wedding Reminisce Day. She is serving traditional fruit new moms, and from school kids to elected you. Phone numbers for the cake to resident Renee Phillips. officials, volunteers reflect the diversity and centres are listed in the sidebar richness of residents in CAPITAL CARE. on page two. Today, coordinators of volunteer services Alternately, you can call work to recruit, retain, and organize the 448-2400 and ask to be many people who volunteer at the centres. forwarded to the centre of Some of the volunteers work alone, while your choice. Contact information others are part of organizations that support for the volunteer coordinators is the organization. Rotary Clubs, the Edmonton available on the Internet at Police Association, musical groups, and www.capitalcare.net/Volunteers/ individuals with specific interests are just volunteer.htm four examples of the groups and types of Roswitha Schmidt-Blouin, Leisure people who decide to share their time and do and Volunteer Coordinator, their part to improve resident lives. McConnell Place North, and Dan Laville, Corporate Communication “Volunteers have and continue to do so much Coordinator, CAPITAL CARE for residents,” says Phyllis Hempel, CAPITAL Corporate Services CARE’s chief executive officer. They help E-mail a centre resident TTANKSANKS && TTAAGSGS Being a leader in continuing care has meant investigating new ways of providing care for residents. A recent innovation for the organization 5K5K RRoadoad RRaceace is an e-mail pilot project for residents at CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield, where an e-mail address has been set-up for the centre’s residents. 3K WALK & 1K KIDS RACE The e-mail service means that family and friends wanting to communicate with their loved ones at the centre can do so by using e-mail from anywhere in the world. After an e-mail is sent, a “Penless Edmonton Garrison Pal” volunteer will print and deliver the e-mail message to the recipient, and if desired, will send a reply on the resident’s behalf. Steele Barracks Family and friends who use this service are asked to include the Sept 12, 2004 resident’s first and last name and unit and room number in the body Sept 12, 2004 of the e-mail, and to allow three business days for delivery. As well, although processes have been put into place to protect residents’ privacy (such as volunteers who deliver the messages being required to sign an oath of confidentiality) and the messages are treated as Run or walk to support the private documents, discretion should be used when deciding on the Dianne and Irving Kipnes Centre for Veterans content of the e-mail messages. “We are pleased to be providing this innovative service to our For more information and to register: residents,” says Betty Thompson, administrator of CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield. “It’s a great way to enhance the lives of our residents by Web: www.runningroom.com giving them and their loved ones the opportunity to communicate Phone: (780) 433-6062 with one another via the Internet and e-mail.” In-person: Any Running Room location The e-mail address for residents at CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield is [email protected] WIN A TANK RIDE! POST RACE PANCAKE BREAKFAST! Sandra Troughton, Coordinator of Volunteer Services, CAPITAL CARE Dickinsfield What do you think? MANAGEMENT areer About this newsletter? About what you’d like to see in it? INFORMATION C Please send your comments to: ay The CAPITAL CARE Group Phone: (780) 448-2425 D #500, 9925 ñ 109 Street Fax: (780) 496-7148 Learn about CAPITAL CARE management careers, talk to current Edmonton, Alberta E-mail: [email protected] managers, attend career presentations and identify the steps you can take to become a manager  November 3, 2004 1 - 4 P.M. CAPITAL CARE Norwood Auditorium For more information, visit www.capitalcare.net and click on News and Events or phone (780) 448-2400

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