Important Updates – Menno Place Life – For Residents and Families

Join us weekly for Tuesday Chapel Services

November 3, 2024/in Chapel Service, Important Updates

Hymn Stories – November 2024

November 1, 2024/in Family and Friends - Stay in Touch, Important Updates

Overwhelmed with God’s creative brilliance, Folliot S. Pierpoint wrote this poem, “For the Beauty of the Earth.” He intended it primarily for Communion services in the Anglican Church, but when it jumped the Atlantic, it quickly became associated with the American Thanksgiving holiday. Find out more about this hymn!

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Strong Winds and Heavy Rainfall: Special Weather Statement

October 18, 2024/in Apartments, Important Updates, Menno Home, Menno-Hospital

A strong fall storm system will direct an atmospheric river towards the South Coast, bringing heavy rain to the region. Rain is expected to begin early in the day on Friday and continue into Sunday morning.

Upcoming Overnight Water Shut Offs

October 15, 2024/in Apartments, Important Updates, Menno Home, Menno-Hospital

We are upgrading our water systems on campus. As a result, there will be a complete water shutdown (hot and cold) overnight on the following dates. All nursing staff will have access to hand wash stations while the water is shut off. We trust that the overnight hours will have only a minimal impact on our tenants.

Water Shut Off Schedule:

For tenants who live in the apartments:

Ensure you have some water set aside to drink before you go to bed. Every toilet gets one flush after the water is shut down; you may wish to fill a bucket with water for an additional flush. Hand sanitizer can be used to clean your hands as needed.

For residents who live in Long-Term Care:

Care staff will make sure you have what you need.

For all:

We will have maintenance staff on campus during this time. The fire sprinkler system will remain active during the shutdown.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Long-Term Care Caregiver Support Group

October 15, 2024/in Important Updates, Menno Home, Menno-Hospital

Family, friends, and caregivers of residents from Menno Home and Menno Hospital are invited to join our Caregiver Support Group.

As family and friends, you share similar experiences and you are not alone. Our Family & Friends Caregiver Support Group is about having a safe place to talk about your emotions, connect with other family, friends and caregivers, learn how to support your loved one in care and learn how to take care of yourself. Our support group will meet to share stories and support each other through the difficult moments. Our hope is that you will feel encouraged, supported and strengthened to continue this ongoing journey.

Details:
The Family and Friends Support Group will be a closed group with a maximum of 10 members. This is to create a safe and familiar space where you can build trust with other members over time and feel comfortable sharing with one another. Registration will be on a first come first serve basis. There will be a total of 6 sessions, occurring once every 2 weeks:

Dates:
November 7, 21, Dec 5, 19, Jan 2, 16 (Biweekly)

Time:
2:30 -3:30 pm

Topics may include:

Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Secondary Stress Syndrome
Ambiguous Loss and Grief
Understanding behaviors
Learning to cope with difficult emotions
Communication (how to have a good visit, effective communication)

After this group has completed, another group will be started in Spring 2025. Members who have completed a Family & Friends Caregiver Support Group series can register for another group in the future.

The group will be facilitated by Menno Home Social Worker Kim Wiebe and Menno Hospital Social Worker Dan Janzen.

For more information and to register please contact Menno Home Social Worker kim.wiebe@mennoplace.ca (604)851-1361

Hymn Stories – October 2024

October 1, 2024/in Family and Friends - Stay in Touch, Important Updates

“My soul cried for deliverance, and God’s unlimited promises stood out like stars above me. But I wasn’t willing to pay the price.” The author of “Standing on the Promises,” Russell Kelso Carter, author was an athlete, educator, rancher, preacher, and physician. Find out more about his captivating testimony of surrender.

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Menno Place Observes Truth and Reconciliation Day

September 26, 2024/in Apartments, Important Updates, Menno Home, Menno-Hospital

Menno Place honoured Truth and Reconciliation Day on campus on Thursday, September 26, 2024.

Staff were invited to wear an orange t-shirt. (Read about why we wear orange shirts on Truth and Reconciliation Day.) There was a presentation for the residents by Cecelia Reekie, a member of the Haisla First Nation, at 2:00 in the Menno Hospital Chapel.

As the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said, “Education got us into this mess and education will get us out of it.” Leaning into this need to start with education, staff from Menno Place participated in a series of discussions based on the Listening to Indigenous Voices curriculum. The discussions were facilitated by Bridget Findlay, Mennonite Central Committee BC Indigenous Neighbours Coordinator, along with guest speakers from local indigenous communities.

If you would like to go through this material it is available online at: http://ltiv.ca

Taking Steps Towards Reconciliation

As we honour Truth and Reconciliation Day it can be hard to know where to begin to tackle such a complex and painful history. In the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada the authors wrote about the importance of all Canadians practicing reconciliation in our everyday lives.

Here are 5 ways you can step into the conversation and practice reconciliation: