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title: "BC Weekly Update: Meaningful Engagement, COVID-19, Visitors Guide, Recreation Calendars, We’re Hiring"
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BC Weekly Update: Celebrating Accreditation, New Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Rolled Out in BC, Visitors Guide, Recreation Calendars, We’re Hiring

| View in browser Weekly Update Friday, September 23, 2022 Dear Resident or Family Member, We remain committed to providing updates to our residents, families, and staff at AgeCare. As such, we are providing weekly updates to keep you all informed on what is happening at our communities and organization-wide. Celebrating Accreditation New Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Rolled Out in BC! Visitor Guidelines Recreation Calendars We’re Hiring Download Weekly Update (PDF)   Celebrating Accreditation This was an important week for AgeCare as we wrapped up several months of preparing for Accreditation. Today, we completed the survey process at 15 of our Alberta and British Columbia communities. In the New Year, we will begin the Accreditation process at our Bloom communities in Alberta and BC.   Many of our AgeCare team members have been through Accreditation before and will attest to the fact that this process is rigorous, thorough, and well worth the effort! Every four years, we participate in this comprehensive process of measurement and evaluation as a way of guiding our practices and demonstrating our commitment to quality services, innovation, and person-centred care and service.   During this Accreditation Canada cycle, AgeCare is being assessed based on Long-Term Care, Hospice, Leadership, Medication Management, and Infection Prevention & Control Standards designed by experts in the health care field. Central themes include partnering with residents and families, interprofessional collaboration, quality improvement, and resident and provider safety.   It will take some time to get our results; however, once received, we will share these findings with our residents, families, staff and partners.   At this time we wish to thank all our staff for your unwavering dedication and valuable contribution to the Accreditation process. In celebration today, each AgeCare community participating in Accreditation, will host a BBQ to thank each of you for making a difference in the lives of our residents and families and exemplifying our values of Trust, Respect, Quality and Teamwork each and every day.   We also want to thank residents and families, some of whom also offered input in the accreditation process. Thank you for providing the incentive for us to do our very best to live our values and ensure those who call AgeCare home, experience the highest quality of life and safety. New Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Rolled Out in BC! The new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine is now being offered to eligible people as part of the British Columbia's fall booster program. The Ministry of Health notes that, as with the previous doses of COVID-19 vaccine, invitations will be sent out based on people's risk and age, as long as it has been six months since their previous dose.  Priority groups will continue to include people over the age of 60, Indigenous peoples of all ages, people who are clinically extremely vulnerable and people, such as eligible health-care workers, who work with high-risk and vulnerable individuals.   Also currently in BC, first dose boosters (third doses) are currently available to everyone 5 years and older. Second boosters (fourth doses) are available to everyone 12 years and older.   At AgeCare, we strongly encourage all individuals to get all booster doses available to them.   Let’s Do All We Can to Keep Ourselves and Our Communities Safe!   If you have not yet received your COVID vaccine or booster doses, please visit getvaccinated.gov.bc.ca or call 1-833-838-2323.   Visitor Guidelines While many restrictions have been lifted outside of our community, we wish to reiterate the need for safe, responsible practices in our centres, including continuous masking and hand hygiene. Remember! Help us limit potential exposure to COVID by staying away if you are unwell. Coming for a visit? Please familiarize yourself with these guidelines. Download the Visitor Guide (PDF)    Recreation Calendars Our recreation team works hard to create engaging activities that enrich the mind, body and spirit. We are continuously looking for ways to reduce the risk of transmission while having the least impact on residents' well-being. At this time, visitors are not permitted to attend indoor recreation programming, including concerts. We appreciate your understanding. Please note that communities with an exposure or outbreak may have different recreation restrictions. Contact your community or sign up for email updates to stay informed on the latest information. For our AgeCare communities from Revera, your Activity Pro Family Portal is still available for you to access. You can log in with your usual username and password at online.activitypro.net/users/login/agecare.   If you are a current resident family member and don’t yet have a username and password to access your loved one’s Activity Pro page, please contact the community directly and ask to speak to the recreation team. They walk you through the steps needed to access the family portal. View the Recreation Calendars for your AgeCare Community: Arbutus Care Centre AgeCare Brandt's Creek Mews AgeCare Cariboo Place AgeCare Glenwarren AgeCare Harmony Court AgeCare Holyrood AgeCare James Bay AgeCare Lakeview Monashee Mews Mount Ida Mews Age Care Royal City AgeCare Sandringham   We’re Hiring Did you know AgeCare is hiring? Great opportunities for caring people. From health care aides to food services to recreation to administration and more, we are looking for dedicated and caring individuals. If you or someone you know is looking for an exciting new opportunity, check out our careers page at www.agecare.ca/careers. AgeCare, 19655 Walden Blvd SE, Calgary, Alberta T2X 0N7, Canada, 403-873-3200 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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