Updated for the week of July 8, 2022 |
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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR |
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What a great day our Fun Fair was on June 30th!! For those who joined us, I hope you had a great time!! We want to thank Jonathon the magician, Chris Beauchesne and family for bringing his horses into visit, Tony Berdini and his band Full English for the excellent musical entertainment, JMPC Spirit Squad for the planning and organization and for the games and draws, and our fabulous volunteers who helped with the success of the day! We also want to thank the vendors who were here selling their products:
- Dr. Robichaud and Family with lemonade and cookies as well as hand-made articles
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Lenadco Ladies Auxiliary
- Dave and Wanda Amey with their woodworking, pottery and jewelry
- Cheryl Davidson with Epicure
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Essential caregivers were asked to complete their required education in order to maintain their designated status. Those who did not complete this have been removed from this list until their education is completed. As always, we are happy to help you with this if you are struggling to access the link or would prefer to complete a hard copy. Please reach out to the screener when you come and they will be happy to help you out. Alternatively, you can reach out to your manager point of contact and they can assist you prior to your visit as well. This is a Ministry requirement.
This week’s education on the new Fixing Long Term Care Act (FLTCA) will focus on the menu planning and dietary requirements.
After a long wait, we finally received our furniture we ordered for the TV lounge and small lounge area on Orchard Trail, Rose Garden and Spring Meadow Home areas. Next year, we will be purchasing the remaining 3 Home area furniture pieces. The important features of this furniture is that they are all very wipeable and can be disinfected. Additionally, they will be much easier for the residents to get out of as they sit higher and are also weighted which helps to reduce them sliding on the flooring.
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If you have a suggestion on a topic that you would like included in this newsletter please reply to this email. It could be education on a specific topic, tips to help your visit, disease related information etc. I would love to hear from you!
Chat with you in our next newsletter which will be in your inbox on July 22 2022. We will then take a little vacation and will send our next newsletter on August 19. If there are substantial changes prior to that, we will certainly send out a special update prior to our regular newsletter.
Have a great week,
Angela Malcolm
Director
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Infection Control from the desk of
Emily Sarley RN,
IPAC LEAD
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With the roll out of the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, in April 2022, we have reviewed our previous IPAC program and revamped our program based on the requirements of the new IPAC Standards outlined in the Act.
What are the IPAC Standards based on?
The IPAC Standards are based on guidance from several agencies, including IPAC Canada and Public Health Ontario, as well as expert advice from IPAC practitioners with direct experience in Long-Term Care. The IPAC Standards will continuously evolve throughout time, as evidence or best practices change.
What are the requirements of the IPAC Standards?
- To have an IPAC Lead that that has education and experience in IPAC practices. As many of you know, Emily Sarley, is the IPAC Lead for JMPC.
- Have defined roles and responsibilities for all staff and stakeholders related to the IPAC Program.
- Surveillance of all residents to monitor and mitigate the risk of communicable disease or diseases of public health significance.
- Organize, prepare and lead outbreak preparedness and management.
- IPAC policies and procedures based on the Acts requirements.
- Training and education to staff, residents, essential caregivers and volunteers.
- Regular evaluation and implementation of quality improvement of the IPAC Program.
- Have PPE available and accessible to staff, residents and essential caregivers, based on risk level.
- Ensure routine and additional precautions are in place and followed.
- Implement a hand hygiene program.
- Offer an immunization program for residents and staff.
JMPC had most of these standards in place prior to the roll out of the new Act, therefore our staff, residents and essential caregivers are already well versed in the requirements of the Infection Prevention and Control Program!
Thank you to all of the essential caregivers for completing the mandatory IPAC education and keep the residents of JMPC safe!
IPAC Education that is required for all Designated Essential Caregivers
With the roll out of the new Fixing Long Term Care Act, we are required to provide specific IPAC related education to our Essential Caregivers. We also need to be able to demonstrate that we have provided the education and that everyone has participated / received it and that it met your needs as it relates to IPAC knowledge. With that said, here is a Youtube link of an educational video prepared by Public Health that covers all the required content.
Once you have watched the video, we will need you to complete the quiz found at the survey monkey link here in order to obtain / maintain your essential caregiver status:
Additional Resources that you are welcome to review:
Continue to educate yourself with IPAC (infection prevention and control) best practices to keep yourself and your person safe. Below are links for IPAC education for healthcare workers and essential caregivers.
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Designated Essential Caregivers Booster Dose |
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3rd Dose
Once you are eligible for your 3rd dose,
you have 30 days to provide proof of vaccination to JMPC.
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Designated Essential Caregivers |
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Fully Up to date with Vaccinations - Designated Essential Caregivers:
- Posted room occupancy limits still apply. (ie residents rooms have a capacity of 3 plus the resident)
- There is no limit to the number of people per resident at one time for outdoor visits.
- A rapid antigen test is required for indoor visits only.
- Rapid antigen testing is required every day you enter inclusive of the 15 min wait time for the results.
- The screening questions must be answered each time you enter including taking your temperature.
- Medical Grade Masks must be worn at all times whether visiting indoors or outdoors.
- Consumption of food /drink on the outside premises only.
Changes for those Not Yet a Designated Essential Caregiver:
- All requests to be a designated essential caregiver must already be fully up to date with their COVID vaccinations and provide proof before they will be approved.
- Advanced completion of the IPAC education is required prior to approval of this designation.
Window /Outdoor Visits:
We do support window/outdoor visits for those not wanting to enter the Home. These window/outdoor visits will occur in one of the MacDonald Hall non-opening front windows or under the covered patio at the front of the building only. The RSA staff will be available during visiting hours ((from 10:00 – 11:00am and 1:00pm-4:30pm and 6:00-7:00pm) to assist residents in getting to/from their pre-booked window or outside visit. This visit will need to be pre-booked using our online booking platform that you can find here. https://www.picktime.com/JMPC
NOTE: Individuals coming for an outdoor visit must still go through the screening process (no rapid antigen test) prior to the visit.
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Here are 2 links that you can use to book your booster dose:
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Designated Essential Caregivers
Rapid Antigen Testing
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This is Irvine Johnston. He is a lifelong writer, who loves creative writing. He collaborated with Cheryl-Lynn who is a RT here at JMPC.
He enjoyed working with her as this enabled him to continue his love of creative writing. Over the last year, he has created 8 stories and recently had the opportunity to share three of his stories with a reading group of residents at JMPC. This made him feel that his days had purpose and he would often lay awake at night thinking about how he would like to wrap up his story and articulate the story. Together, they did some minor editing and fact finding and finally Chery-Lynn typed up the stories for him and secured them into a folder for future enjoyment and reading group sessions.
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Menu
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Here is the week’s menu for July 4 - 10
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Program
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Here is the week’s program schedule from July 3 - 9 for across the Home.
Please note: This link to the program calendar is updated each week and will take you to the current weeks calendar so you will have access to the two weeks of program calendars.
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A little about our Meal times here at JMPC… |
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The home is working on standardizing meal times. These times are required by the Ministry of Long Term Care and they are approved by the Resident Dining Council, our policy, and are required to be posted and followed.
As you are aware meal times are extremely important to the resident.
Meals are the single most consistently accessible, manageable and effective health promoting activity that we can offer residents!
The goals for all meals are to:
- Provide residents with their meals in a timely manor
- Provide a team effort to accomplish meal time tasks
- Provide quality food at a temperature that is safe and palatable for the residents
Meal Service:
- Meal Times: Meals are not to start any earlier than their posted times (8:15am,12:15pm, 5:00pm)
- Breakfast timing - Many residents require a lift/assistance to get out of bed and are reliant on staff to get ready for the day. In addition, if breakfast starts earlier than posted, residents that are independent receive their breakfast and go back to their rooms and then may need assistance, that require staff to support, while staff are still getting residents up that have not eaten. This means that PSW’s cannot assist residents to the dining room or provide assistance to eat in the dining room.
- ESW’s use this time to clean resident rooms while they are not there.
- Food safety and quality: Food will be served as fresh as possible. Eggs do not hold well for extended periods of time. Drinks can be provided before meal times.. More fluids the better!
Process:
- Food will be delivered to the home areas 15 – 30 minutes before serving times. This allows dietary staff to take and record temperature.
- Dietary Staff will serve beverages to residents. Get residents set up with shirt savers if appropriate.
- PSW’s / RSA’s will assist residents to the dining room and get them set up with shirt savers
- PSW’s/RSA’s and Dietary will assist with the meal orders and delivery of food. Dietary will portion all food required.
- Each course must be served separately. Soiled dishes are to be removed before the next course is served – Example – Soup is served, when residents are finished with their soup the bowls are removed and the entrée can be served. After the resident finishes the entrée, the soiled dishes are then removed. As per direction from Residents Council, dessert is not to be served before the entrees are finished and dishes removed.
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Need to do some Adaptive / Accessible Clothes Shopping? |
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Here are some Canadian Options for your shopping enjoyment:
Where Dragons Fly
Perth, Ontario
(613) 466-0215
Geri Fashions
1-800-361-4374
EasyWear Adaptive Clothing Inc.
Cambridge, ON
1-888-908-7177
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Please remember there is no eating or drinking inside the building by our essential caregivers or general visitors.
Eating and enjoying a tea/coffee together is now permitted
in outdoor areas only of the Home
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JMPC Fundraiser
for our Outdoor Community Garden
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Fixing Long Term Care Act (FLTCA)- Did you know? |
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The changes to the regulations related to the dietary program come into effect on July 11, 2022.
Under the FLTCA and its regulation, menu planning requirements have been updated to:
- Provide more flexibility and menu planning at the individual home level based on the current residents preferences.
- Reduce food waste
- Reflect the needs of residents
- Give residents a say in what and when they eat
- Ensure menus are approved by a Registered Dietitian and are nutritionally adequate.
New Requirements under Menu Planning Menu Cycle
- menu cycle that is a minimum of 21 days in duration and include menus for regular, therapeutic and texture modified diets for meals and snacks. (JMPC has a 28 day menu cycle)
- A choice of beverages at all meals and snacks (JMPC does this already)
- A choice of snacks in the afternoon and evening (JMPC has recently made significant improvements to our nourishment cart menu cycle)
- A minimum of one entrée and side dish at all meals and dessert at lunch and dinner (JMPC offers 2 entrées, sides and dessert options at lunch and dinner for all residents)
- A choice of other available entrées and side dishes at all meals and a choice of dessert at lunch and dinner, to meet residents’ specific needs or food preferences (JMPC offers this option for all residents as outlined in above bullet)
- A variety of foods every day, including fresh produce and local foods in season. (JMPC menu is based on variety and significant resident input; we are proud to serve our residents’ garden veggies when available; purchase local corn, strawberries etc when in season)
Each menu cycle must be:
- Reviewed by Residents’ Council – this is not new.
- Evaluated by the Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Manager – already in place at JMPC
- Approved by the Registered Dietitian for nutritional adequacy, while taking the following into consideration: The minimum requirements for menu item choices (listed above), Residents’ preferences – (JMPC already has this in place)
- The current Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) relevant to our specific resident population. (JMPC already has this in place)
The evaluation done by the Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Manager needs to:
- Be in writing, dated and kept in the home if changes are made they need to be dated. (JMPC already has this in place)
- Include the names of the persons who participated in the evaluation (JMPC already has this in place)
- Include a summary of the changes made. (JMPC already has this in place)
- Meal Timing: Home must implement a process whereby the times that meals and snacks are served is agreed upon by the Residents’ Council and the Administrator or Administrator’s designate. (This is confirmed with JMPC residents at Dining Council at least annually)
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All residents (unless they are isolating), regardless of their vaccination status can now go on social, day and overnight absences. Residents are strongly encouraged to wear a mask while they are out, use hand sanitizer, limit the number of people they interact with and try to interact with only fully vaccinated individuals.
No isolation is required unless a positive result is received. A PCR test will be done on residents who participate in these absences on day 5 following the absence or earlier if they present with symptoms.
Residents that go on absences on a daily or frequent basis will have a PCR test two times per week (for example, PCR on Tuesday and Friday).
If a resident has a known exposure to a case while on their absence, please inform the Home ASAP. This timely notification will help us ensure the safety of all residents that may be affected (ie tablemates, roommates, etc)
Social Absence Consideration:
For those who may consider taking a resident out on an absence, please be very aware of your own health symptoms and if you are feeling at all unwell, or were not feeling well the day before, please postpone your outing.
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Resident Home Areas -
Who to call when you have Questions?
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These Resident Home area extensions below will take you to the Charge Nurse who is the RPN on your persons floor.
The RPN is a great person to connect with if you have questions related to medications, health status updates, or general resident centered information.
This is the best person to start with.
If they are unable to answer your question, they will be able to direct you as to
where to go next.
The RN Team Leader extension is an option if you are having difficulty accessing your respective home area or have further concerns.
If following speaking with the RN Team Leader, you continue to have questions or concerns, please reach out to
Emily Sarley RN who is the Assistant Manager of Nursing (ext 7227) or Carol Corcoran RN who is the Manager of Nursing (ext 7226).
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Manager Point of Contact
For general inquiries related to COVID restrictions, overnight absences or to send your vaccination information:
(For absences please contact the charge nurse as outlined above)
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External Healthcare Services |
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We have had a number of enquiries from families regarding trying to access various external services for their loved one.
Dental Hygiene Services:
Roving Dental Hygiene – Karen De Luca RDH – 613-770-3801
Hearing Services:
Miracle Ear - Scott Laidman, Reg AHIP – 613-354-7223
Foot Care Services:
Donna Chandu-Lall – 613-329-4914
Jennifer Morris – 613-329-0271
Gerrie Plaizier – 613-329-3182
These are privately based on a fee for service .
Feel free to reach out to them if this is something of interest to you.
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Mandatory Training Videos |
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Training videos are mandatory for you to watch prior to entering the building |
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This training needs to be completed prior to your first visit and then monthly thereafter. |
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LTC Homes are to ensure that Essential Caregivers coming into the Home receive training on putting on and taking off PPE as well as training on effective hand washing. Below are the 2 video clips for you to view. You will be asked to confirm at the screening table that you have watched these 2 videos prior to entering.
Here are short video clips to resources that will help you to understand how to use PPE properly and how to effectively hand wash.
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Essential Caregiver Designation |
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We have a form that you can open electronically and fill in the blanks. There are a couple of options to return the form to us via email or fax. Alternatively, we will have hard copies of this document available with the screeners at JMPC where you can complete and drop off to them.
Essential Caregivers (who are designated by the resident/POA) must submit this form and be fully vaccinated (3 doses) to be approved as an essential caregiver. In the event that COVID restrictions are changed, it will be important to have this essential caregiver designation in place in advance as it is difficult to predict the restrictions that we may be directed to implement.
On a go forward basis residents are permitted to designate a maximum of 4 essential caregivers.
Changing Designated Essential Caregivers:
Changes in essential caregivers would be considered by the Home in very limited circumstances.
Should the resident/POA wish to change/add an essential caregiver, a new form will need to be submitted and await the approval process.
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Zoom is a great way to connect with your loved one.
It allows you to see each other while talking together.
Book your Zoom Visits online using Picktime!
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We ask that visits be scheduled a day ahead, and that weekend requests are completed by Friday at 2pm. For zoom visits, you will receive a confirmation email first. Then, 1 day prior to your zoom visit you will receive the zoom link emailed to you from the Home.
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If you have any questions or unable to access this online tool, please call 613-354-3306 and someone will help you Mon-Fri during business hours.
Need to Cancel your ZOOM?
The booking site doesn’t have that feature to cancel yourself online unfortunately. So to cancel an appointment: Please contact Colleen. Please email her at cyork@lennox-addington.on.ca or call her at reception during business hours(main line)
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Message from the Chair of Family Council |
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Family Council, a time for sharing, caring and supporting.
Please feel free to reach out to me if you have concerns or simply need a listening ear.
Gwen Babcock
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The Napanee Alzheimer’s Society has many resources that can help you. The link to their website is here. It includes some very helpful resources and articles if you are interested.
Our contact person for our local Alzheimer’s Society
Lesley Deshane, First Link Care Coordinator
613 – 544- 3078 ext 208
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We love it when the Manning Brothers
come to play and sing for us!
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Music on the Patio with Andy Forgie |
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Pet Therapy has so many benefits!! |
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Quiet and creative activities to focus the mind. |
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Connect with us on your socials |
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Things to Do across Lennox & Addington County |
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Below are some interesting opportunities if you are looking for something to do in the area. Click HERE and it will take you directly to the items below:
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Forms That You May Require |
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- Paper Copies of the Weekly Newsletter – Available at the Resource Centre right behind the screeners.
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Essential Caregiver Designation Form – Click here
Link to book a general visit:
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Video Links You May Find Helpful |
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The link to access your results for PCR testing is here.
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Ministry of Long Term Care Family Support Line
1-866-434-0144
This line is available to raise concerns or ask questions related to LTC homes across Ontario and is staffed seven days a week from 8:30am – 7:00pm
CONTACTS
- Angela Malcolm, Director (Ext. 7222)
- Carol Corcoran, Manager of Nursing (Ext. 7226)
- Emily Sarley, Assistant Manager of Nursing (Ext. 7227)
- Carolyn McConnell, RAI Supervisor (Ext. 7259)
- Candice McMullen, Resident Services Coordinator (Ext. 7223)
- Shane McKenny, Environmental Services Supervisor (Ext. 7230)
- Dawn Black, Food Services Supervisor (Ext. 7228)
- Hilary Rock, Dietitian/P.T. Food Services Supervisor (Ext. 7229)
- Bobbie-Joe Blackburn, Administrative Supervisor (Ext. 7224)
- Michelle Hickey, Behavioural Support Nurse (Ext. 7237)
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