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Providence Living Name Change

Last week, we were excited to announce a new name for the owner of and operator of The Views at St. Joseph's, now known as Providence Living! The new name for Providence Living reflects consultation with residents, families, staff members, volunteers, partners and stakeholders. We want to thank everyone who took the time to help develop our new name. We deeply appreciate their perspectives, feedback and expertise in articulating what makes our organization unique.

While Providence Living is the overarching organizational name, “The Views at St. Joseph’s” will continue to be used as the site name for our long-term care home. Providence Living

is respectful of the site’s legacy and its founding order of Sisters — the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto — and

we know the community strongly relates to both The Views and St. Joseph’s names. We will be respectful of this history and want to affirm there is no desire to see The Views or St. Joseph’s names disappear. This will be on the agenda for the next Family Feedback Meeting. Other topics will include: 2nd Floor Addition, Family Visiting and New Dementia Village Announcement.

To all our Friends and Family Members at the Views, Please

join us in the next Family Feedback Meeting via Zoom next

Thursday, June 4th at 1:30 p.m. The sign in information is

located below: Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4099981460?pwd=VzY2RFN3UE9

DVC9FZHFnMll1UzJTUT09

Meeting ID: 409 998 1460

Password: Family If You prefer not to zoom you are welcome to call the

teleconference line: 1-888-433-2192 Participants code: 1678358

Special Events for June include

DONUT WORRY BEE HAPPY

Oceanview Strawberry Social

Barbecue Hotdog Lunch

Father’s Day Root Beer Floats

Barkerville Historic Town Virtual Tour- 4 part

Series

Performing at the Window this month:

Forbidden Plateau Jazz

Music with Greg, Don and Dick

June 2020

We are continuing to create a Family Visiting plan that is safe for all while adhering to the strict protocols. We

are looking at visits happening off the units in the courtyard (as outdoors has been identified as the safest

place to visit) with a schedule and time limit. We are still seeking some clarification on how to navigate who

is deemed truly “essential” and what this new order truly means as it relates to visiting in person. We invite

your feedback on this topic at our next Zoom Family Meeting. We hope to receive more clarification within the coming days. Megan Jones, our summer student,

will continue to schedule window and virtual visits. Her contact e-mail is megan.jones@cvviews.ca or

telephone 250-331-8650 extension 68789.

If at all possible, please refrain from spontaneous visits. Pre-scheduled appointments are preferable.

Thank you!

Thrift Store Opening mid-June! Welcome Back!

June 2020

Welcome to all Residents and Family Members

to Mountainview Second Floor

We are very excited to welcome our new

residents to second floor this month. A lot of

hard work has been completed to transform

second floor into a home. Many thanks to

Chuck, Duane and the maintenance team for

their many hours of work while still ensuring

that other jobs were completed for the rest of

the building. We would also like to recognize

Nicole Crouch, Art Therapist for her amazing

artistic ability to create murals that brought the

beauty of nature back within the walls. We

would also like to thank the Comox Valley

Schoolhouse Quilters Guild for the beautiful

quilts that will adorn each bed and some of our

walls on the unit. Our Senior Operations Leader,

Michael Aikins was instrumental in leading this

project. We would like to thank his leadership

for completing the space in readiness to greet

our new residents. This is another exciting

milestone for our organization that we know

our community is very excited to hear that this

new space will be opening. We recognize that

our new residents and family members may feel

anxious about their move and we will put

supports and resources in place to assist

everyone to feel welcome during this

challenging time of covid-19. A virtual Welcome

Tea Gathering of a small group of new residents

and family members will be available at the end

of the month. An invite will be sent to our

family members to notify them of a date and

time when they can connect.