Administrative Message

Newly weds, Yasmina and Shaun married in Dunnville then came to Grandview Lodge to share with us some of their flowers and sweet treats. They visited with some of our residents for advice on a long, happy marriage. Thanks for making us part of your special day! They also shared this photo - taken by Amer Nabulsi. Congratulations to the new married couple!

Grandview Lodge is more that just an LTC home, we’re a community hub!

We regularly support and partner with community organizations to offer services to our residents as well as others in the community. We support other services such as Senior Support Services and the Day Away Program as well as the Hearing Life Clinic – all located at the other end of the building. The Alzheimer’s Society is also on site with us every Friday. Some other groups we’re affiliated with are Community Living, Dunnville Lions/Lioness Club, Dunnville Minor Hockey, the Legion, Laughter Yoga, Mind in Motion, Warm Up Haldimand, Sit to be Fit and more!

Our auditorium is a large space, available for reserve, perfect for public events, programs and workshops. Please call Lori Beale at ext. 2221 or Karli Pottruff at ext. 2223 for room bookings.

Our most recent partnership is with Community Addiction and Mental Health Services (CAMHS). They’re holding mental health information group sessions with a specialized geriatric focus on depression and anxiety of seniors. This is for caregivers of seniors. Below are the session dates scheduled for the Grandview Auditorium. All sessions run from 1:00-3:00p and refreshments will be provided.

Please contact Gale at 519-587-4658 to register.

Jennifer Jacob, Administrator

Jennifer Jacob, Administrator

From Your Friendly Nursing Department

Please do not visit Grandview if you have a fever, cough, diarrhea, nausea, and/or vomiting, or are feeling unwell. Help keep those germs away!

Follow instructions on signs Ask about any special visiting instructions Be understanding – the person you are visiting may be in good health,

but others here may be in poor health, so it’s important to keep germs away from everyone

By following the simple steps you can help prevent the spread of germs to residents, staff, volunteers, and visitors. Thank you!

Infection Control Team

What’s Cookin’ in Dietary?!

We’ll be celebrating all we have to be thankful for with family and friends at our Thanksgiving meal Sunday October 13th.

Please purchase your meal ticket at the lobby desk by October 7th.

Pauline Grant, Dietary Supervisor

Maintenance Knows Best!

Welcome to our new seamstress, Renee Hamilton, of Calubys Stich & Design! She’s here to amend your favourite laundered items. For more information please call 905-774-7223. Her price list is below.

At GVL our laundry department uses products that are designed for care and comfort of our residents. The bed linens currently being phased in are designed to be comfortable and reduce friction which enables residents to move or be repositioned more easily while in bed. These MIP Optimum bed linens control moisture which positively impacts skin concerns are impacted by bed linens and the solutions linens offer for moisture control.

Kellen Mowat, Facility Supervisor

What’s happenin’ at Creekview..

Outdoor Leisure has been a priority for CV residents throughout the summer months and now into the Fall with fantastic weather. Residents continue to enjoy the CV garden outdoor space to visit with friends, family and co residents. Residents enjoy social roles with meaning and purpose to maintain flowering gardens, keeping the van clean, sweeping and harvesting our bounty. Whether it’s one to one visiting or group planning, this space has defined many savouring outdoor leisure experiences.

Gayle McDougall, Recreationist Programs and Supports

Thank you to everyone that attended and participated in our annual Family Day Picnic on Sunday, September 8th. We had a wonderful turnout – lots of sunshine, entertainment, food and fun. I want to send a special thank you out to Mary and Jim Millard who donated the knitted doll, Joyce Durk’s family who donated the AVON basket, the Beale family who donated the Sweet Retrospect basket and GrandErie Home Hardware for donating the BBQ tools for our fundraising draw. Congratulations to all the winners! Proceeds from this draw will be put towards Resident’s Council. More photos can be found on the bulletin by the Tuck Shop. Our Breakfast Club is starting this month – dates on Oct 3rd and 17th. Come on out and help the management team make breakfast with residents!

Christmas Stocking Program

It’s that time of year again when Santa’s elves start preparing stockings for our residents. We’re asking for your generosity with donations, monetary or small gifts. Some ideas of items are books, puzzles, word search/crossword/adult colouring books, pencil crayons, notepads, calendars and toiletries. Any size donation is greatly appreciated.

We would like stocking donations submitted by December 13th so we can shop for other items needed to fill the stockings.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Amy, Programs Supervisor or Beth Rowland, Volunteer. You can drop items off with Lori at the lobby desk or contact Beth at 905-774-7834 for pick up.

Santa’s elves thank you for your contributions to help put smiles on our resident’s faces during the holidays.

Amy Appel, Programs Supervisor

Look forward to this in October!

Oct 1 International Seniors Day

Oct 3 Breakfast Club BV

Oct 9 Horticulture 10:30 BV

Oct 10 On the Wagon HV/BV

Oct 10 Country Sweethearts CV/MV

Oct 14 Thanksgiving

Oct 16 Ashley Bell 1:00 - 4:00

Oct 17 Breakfast Club HV

Oct 22 Shakey & Jamie HV/BV

Oct 24 Residents Council – all welcome 10:00 Boardroom

Oct 24 Family Council – all welcome 2:00 Boardroom

Oct 24 Movie Night 6:15 Gathering Room

Oct 30 On the Wagon CV/MV

Oct 31 Halloween

Resident Feature

Ken Mustard, Creekview

Ken was born in Port Colborne. He’ll be turning 92 on October 2nd – Happy Birthday Ken! He attended Port Colborne High School followed by the University of Toronto Medical School. He worked as a General Practitioner in Sudbury for two years. He then completed five more years of surgical training and practice in Hamilton and Buffalo, New York. Ken worked as a General Surgeon in Dunnville and retired after 33 years. He also volunteered as a Team Doctor for the Dunnville Terriers.

Ken married his wife Bev in 1955 – they’ll be celebrating their 65th anniversary next year! Together they had three sons: Kevin, Glen and Rob. Glen lives in Toronto and Rob lives in New Jersey but both visit their father often. Sadly, Kevin past away four years ago and is deeply missed by his family. Ken and Bev were blessed with seven grandchildren.

Kens interests include painting, wood working, collecting artwork, antique furniture restoration and DIY home renovations.

Ken has been with us at Grandview for almost a year and has maintained his loving personality and sense of humour. After all his years of health care service in the Dunnville community, we’re happy to have Ken here with us so we can show him the same compassion and care he gave to his patients.

Joy Alton

Brenda Boddy

Lenore Harrison

Velma Huntington

Esther Kristensen

Harold MacPherson

William Moore

Ken Mustard

Anne Silverthorne

Clinton Street

People born in October tend to be very

optimistic, determined, intelligent, charming and romantic.

Staff Contact List

Jennifer Jacob, Administrator Ext. 2224 Jelte Schaafsma, Director of Nursing Ext. 2234 Kim Livingstone, Assistant Director of Nursing 289-776-5185 Kellen Mowat, Facility Operations Supervisor Ext. 2241 Pauline Grant, Dietary Supervisor Ext. 2228 Maria Vanderhorst, Part Time Dietary Supervisor Ext. 2237 Melanie Kippen, Dietitian Ext. 2240 Amy Appel, Programs Supervisor Ext. 2233

Nurse’s Stations: Hillview Ext. 2923 Bridgeview Ext. 2922 Creekview Ext. 2924 Marshview Ext. 2925

Recreationists: Megan Herkimer, HV Ext. 2301 Nicole Leeney, BV Ext. 2303 Gayle McDougall, CV Ext. 2302 Bev Little, MV Ext. 2300

Did you know the following services are available at Grandview Lodge?! Bobbi Jo Biggley, Hairdresser Ext. 2239 Khurrum Khan, Physiotherapist Ext. 2232 Doug Maloney, Massage Therapist 289-684-9746 Vicki Lance, Dental Hygienist 905-741-4735 Conor McDonough, Dentist Ext. 2221 (book with Lori) Dr. Hu, Physician Ext. 2221 (book with Lori) Dr. Kazemi, Physician Ext. 2221 (book with Lori) For off-site medical appointments we have a van (fees apply) Ext. 2221 (book with Lori)

Physician appointments held at Grandview Lodge and can include the Director of Nursing.

You can find our Resident & Family Information Booklet at the bottom of our Admissions page on the Haldimand County website – Grandview Lodge!

To book the private dining room and/or overnight suite: Lori Beale, Residents Clerk Ext. 2221 Pamela Bonnett, Accounts Clerk Ext. 2222 Karli Pottruff, Administrative Assistant Ext. 2223

Grandview Lodge, An Accredited Home – Exemplary Standing With comfort, compassion and care, the Grandview Lodge community supports a meaningful life for residents.

657 Lock St. W Dunnville, ON N1A 1V9 T: 905-774-7547 F: 905-774-1440 W: www.haldimandcounty.on.ca

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Farewell

With heavy hearts we said good bye to:

Art Lawler

Dorothy Dutcher

Geraldine Chang

Nona Kolisnyk You are missed.