Partnerships in Dementia Care

The Willowgrove Dream Weavers Discovery Launch

Sian Lockwood — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0000

The Willowgrove Dream Weavers Culture Change Committee hosted a Discovery launch at Chartwell's Willowgrove Long-term care home on July 8th.

Tags: The Willowgrove, Discovery

Staff Discovery at Yee Hong

Sian Lockwood — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:00:00 +0000

The Yee Hong Culture Change Coalition had a busy meeting reading through all of the staff Discovery data. Great appreciative feedback was received. They also met with the recreational therapists to try to gain an understanding of how best to involve the residents in Discovery, they had some great ideas. More to come on this...

Tags: Discovery, Yee Hong

Discovering 'the best of what is' from staff at Yee Hong!

Sacha Geer — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Today marks the start of an exciting part of the Discovery phase of the Culture Change process at Yee Hong - Markham.

Multi-lingual volunteers from Yee Hong will begin interviewing staff members at Yee Hong to Discover 'the best of what is' at this Long Term Care home in Markham, Ontario. Most of the staff at Yee Hong are native Chinese speakers, so volunteers fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and even a Hakka speaker are on hand to confidentially learn from staff members.

Tags: Discovery, Yee Hong, Appreciative Interviews

Dreaming at Yee Hong: Inclusion and Diversity in collecting stories.

Sacha Geer — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:00:00 +0000

At the July meeting of the Yee Hong Culture Change coalition, the group put the final touches on an interview and survey guide for staff at the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric care in Markham.

The group has been working for months on identifying who they would like to target, and how, in order to gather positive stories about what works best at Yee Hong and to build on these strengths to improve dementia care for everyone involved.

Tags: Yee Hong, Discovery, culture, language

Huron County Culture Change Coalition--Transitioning to Dream Phase

Sacha Geer — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

At the Huron County Culture Change Coalition (CCC)-we've spent the last two months finishing our analysis of the positive care stories and experiences within Huron County.

CCC members in Huron County have been very 'hands on' in both the collection and analysis of the data collected from clients, staff members and partners in care of persons living in community in Huron County.

Tags: transition, Discovery, dream, new members

Yee Hong Culture Change Coalition- Spring-ing into Discovery!

Sacha Geer — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

In the past two months, the Yee Hong Culture Change Coalition has been working hard and moving out of the first phase of the Appreciative Inquiry process, Dawning, and making plans for the second phase, Discovery.

At just over a year old, the Culture Change Coalition has recently welcomed a number of new faces. We've been working, in the last few months to bring everyone up to speed.

Tags: Yee Hong, Discovery, Dawning, collaboration

Yee Hong’s March Meeting – What gives life to Yee Hong?

Sacha Geer — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Yee Hong’s Culture Change Coalition (CCC) members gathered together for an afternoon of discussion as they began the transition to Discovery, the second phase of Appreciative Inquiry process. In Discovery, many stories of positive experiences will be collected to determine the core factors that give life to Yee Hong.

Tags: Yee Hong, Discovery, Dawning

15th Huron County Culture Change Coalition (CCC) Meeting

MAREP — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:00:00 +0000

What an amazing meeting!

We only had a few members at our meeting today, but we certainly made the most of it.

Tags: Authentic Partnerships, critical reflection, Discovery, Huron County CCC

14th Huron County Culture Change Coalition (CCC) Meeting

MAREP — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0000

This was a big meeting. All of our Discovery recruitment materials are ready to be distributed and we are planning to begin our Discovery interviews and sessions within the next few weeks.

At this meeting, we prepared for Discovery by sharing tips and strategies for leading successful interviews/focus groups and keeping discussions positive and appreciative. We decided to skip our May meeting since we are all busy with Discovery, and we will meet back in June to debrief.

Tags: Appreciative Inquiry, Discovery, Huron County CCC

13th Huron County Culture Change Coalition (CCC)

MAREP — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Having finalized Discovery plans, we move into developing a itemized ‘to-do’ list of where we are headed next. We determined our pool of possible participants is approximately 150 persons with dementia and family care partners, and 120 staff from multiple agencies within the Huron County. We are finally seeing how our work might translate into real action.

Tags: Discovery, Huron County CCC