Well, I guess fall has arrived for us in NB. With the changes in temperature, come beautiful leaves and shorter days. Understanding that these changes may not get everyone excited about what will inevitably be arriving in a few short months (the white stuff), we will focus on the exciting things happening within our sector.

Recruitment and retention of staff is certainly a priority for all of us. Our efforts have been rejuvenated to seek out staff on your behalf. It is amazing to travel to places like Toronto and to hear candidates say things such as “oh New Brunswick, my brother settled in Fredericton a year ago and just loves the area”. This is the first recruitment mission where I have heard such familiarity with our province and our sector. Now we are working with our partners to have the candidates screened to determine their eligibility for immigration and then we will share the information with homes as we receive approvals.

Secondly, we look forward to our strategic planning work scheduled for the early spring of 2023. We are excited to chart our new course into the coming 5 years. We also look forward to working closely with our partners in Social Development as they develop the Long-Term Care Act. We have this unique opportunity to work in a very collaborative way in order to ensure that we can all deliver person centered care to the best of our ability and to the standard that our residents so deserve.

So, we are excited to focus on these priorities over the winter months as we all await the spring flowers and summer sun.

Thanks for reading, 

Julie Weir

CEO, NBANH

jweir@nbanh.com 

YOUR SUCCESS STORIES

The Stanley Cup visits Rexton Lions Nursing Home

The Stanley Cup made a special Kraft Hockeyville visit to the Rexton Lions Nursing Home in New Brunswick. Click here to view the video.

"Some of the residents have been following (the NHL) since the days of Gordie Howe... to be able to actually see the Holy Grail of hockey is a pretty cool thing." - Evan Scully, Administrator at Rexton Lions Nursing Home. 

How exciting for the resident and the community to share this special visit!

Recruitment Update

Job Fairs

Our Recruitment team has been active and present at 4 job fairs so far this fall and will be attending many more in the upcoming weeks. Thus far, recruitment efforts have had a great turnaround, and we are working diligently to send out our recruits to the homes. Pictured below is our table at one of the three fairs we attended includingThe Healthcare Job Fair (Toronto), the Université de Moncton Salon Carrière, and the UNB Job Fair. We are very excited for what is to come!

Journey Through Carington House

Partnership with the COE

The video game developed through our partnership with the Centre of Excellence (COE), Journey Through Carrington House, has been a hit in schools for educational and empathy-building purposes. It was developed as part of our Recruitment Strategy to engage a youth audience to consider careers in nursing homes. Pictured below are a couple youths who tried the game, an other group of students worked on other projects, one group built a nursing home in the game Minecraft, one made a 3D model of the building, one made a Carington House board game, and a group completed a blueprint of their version of a nursing home. We consider the use of this game to be a big step forward for the future of nursing homes and the work within them to be surrounded in positivity for upcoming generations.

ANNOUNCEMENT

New Staff at NBANH

Meet Navy!

Legal Counsel

nvezina@nbanh.com

Originally from Montreal, Navy Vezina moved to Fredericton to attend St. Thomas University and fell in love with the New Brunswick lifestyle. She completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Philosophy and a double major in Political Science and Human Rights.

Navy was first introduced to the NBANH as a summer student in 2020 during her second year at UNB Law. Upon graduating Law school, she worked in Family Law, Wills and Estates before returning to NBANH. She is excited to be welcomed back by the team and is ready to help with labour relation matters.

Care By Design Long-Term Care Conference

Friday, November 4th, 2022

Topics include:

- Talking with patients and families about deprescribing

- Prescribing Cascades: Tips to Recognize, Investigate and Deprescribe

- Statins in LTC –How to Decide?

- How to handle medical emergencies in LTC

- Preventing falls and fractures in LTC

- Why muscles matter – frailty and sarcopenia

- Coping with Challenging Situations in Dementia Care

- Interprofessional practice

Click here to view the flyer, or contact Jane.Harris@dal.ca today!

Certified Intensive Training for Individuals Practitioners and Caregivers

Montessori Method Adapted for the Cognitively Impaired Available in Both Official Languages

www.montessori-alzheimer.ca

When it comes to caring for and communicating with people living with dementia, using the Montessori method adapted for the cognitively impaired gives you great advantages.

When you learn about this method, you can put yourself in the ‘shoes’ of the afflicted person - you can really understand their reality - and assist family members to do the same, which, ultimately, improves the lives of everyone in the community.

Click here to view the flyer and the session dates.

If you would like to explore the opportunity further, please contact the Montessori Alzheimer Center at (418) 337 8092 or email info@montessori-alzheimer.ca. 

Nursing Home Foundation Upcoming Events

Loch Lomond Villa Foundation

The Loch Lomond Villa Foundation is presenting a Roast of Cindy Donovan in celebration of her pending retirement. Please click here to learn more and to buy your ticket today!

Cast your vote today for the Person-centered Care award for Loch Lomond Villa's Radiology on Wheels.

Rocmaura Foundation

Rocmaura is celebrating 50 years. Click here to view learn more about the event and buy your tickets today!

#HealingMeSoftly

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IN THE NEWS

CBC : 30% of N.B. nursing home residents prescribed antipsychotics without psychosis during pandemic, data shows

CBC: Hundreds of nursing home beds sit vacant because of staff shortages 

Radio Canada: Pénurie de personnel : la Villa Beauséjour de Caraquet doit fermer une aile de soins 

Acadie Nouvelle : Un nouveau foyer de soins qui était attendu depuis très longtemps à Saint-Isidore

Acadie Nouvelle : Des balades en vélo au Foyer Saint-Antoine

Acadie Nouvelle : Éclosion de COVID-19 dans un foyer de soins de la Péninsule acadienne