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Jubilee
When possessions are dispersed among relatives or
sold, they are no longer available to the individual for
interaction and meaning; the relationship with objects
and their memories is lost. Identity is socially
constructed. One’s identity, history, life, and sense of
self are essential components of well-being. Without
this, individuals “cease to exist.”
We use care plans as a way to establish one’s identity
in terms of what assistance they need and the deficits
they live with. The care plan becomes very
individualized, focusing on strengths, preferences,
goals, and growth. When we have a full picture of an
individual’s identity, we know how to partner to highlight
and strengthen the resident’s sense of individuality.
This is true for everyone involved in the care
relationship: the Elders and other individuals accepting
support, staff, and family members.
What welcoming processes do you perform that help
bring out the identity of the
Elder accepting support or the staff member or the
family member? How do conversations among the
care partner team members reflect a “knowing” of the
individual’s identity? How do our care partners help
people continue to become well-known to one another?
“Your Care Matters to Us!” In the event you have any questions regarding your
care please direct them to the Registered Nurse. If they are unable to assist you, please contact Val
Hnatuk, Director of the Care Team at Stensrud Lodge and Tyrone Okrainetz, Director of the Care
Team at Porteous Lodge.
The Eden Philosophy has seven primary
elements of well-being: identity, growth,
autonomy, security, connectedness, meaning,
and joy. This month we will look at the element of
“identity” to measure well-being among all members
of the care partner team.
IDENTITY – being known; individuality;
having a history
Nothing exists without identity. Healthcare, as it
exists today, strips away individuals’ identities,
leaving them unknown and vulnerable. The medical
model identifies people by their disease process,
what they need assistance with, or how their food is
prepared and served. If you need increased
assistance with daily life, you find yourself grouped
with others in a similar situation. Your identity is now
tied to others. Part of knowing each other deeply
involves acknowledging our strengths and what we
each have to offer. How we bring forth these
strengths each day is a powerful way to celebrate
each other’s unique individuality. The identity of
residents in long term care becomes murky because
they no longer have a special bond with a place or
home that held a significant, personal meaning. They
experience a sense of up rootedness and
non-belonging, as well as confused feelings about
self and identity. What is significant in this feeling of
up rootedness is its finale. How can one identify with
a place that is no longer there?
JOURNAL
July/August 2019 EDEN ~ From The Garden
Car Show at Porteous Lodge...P.5
Your Invitation!!!/..P.6 Porteous Lodge...P.3
Employee Safety Concerns...P.9 Mount Royal Court...P.8
Stensrud Lodge...P.4 Cookbook Launch/P.5
In My Father’s Footsteps...P.10
http://facebook.com/JubileeResidences
www.jubileeresidences.ca
The need for meaning and growth
doesn’t diminish with age.
July/August 2019 Jubilee Journal Page 2
Jubilee Residences Executive Team
Yvonne Morgan, CEO
306 955-0234 ext 106
VP Quality & Safety 306 955-0234 ext. 108
VP Corporate Services
306 955-0234 ext 105
Robin Wolfe, Executive Asst.
306 955-0234 ext 109
Management Team Kelly Greenwood
Director of Safety
306 373-5580 ext 222 306 382-2626 ext 222
Director of Maintenance
306382-2626 ext 226
306 373-5580 ext 222
Heather Saunders
Director of Human Resources
306 955-0234 ext 103
Kathy Pawluk,
Housing Coordinator 306 373-5580 ext 235
Bev Jacobson Manager Support Services
306 382-2626 ext 237
306 373-5580 ext 225
Caroline Yang, Manager
Accounting Services
306 955-0234 ext 101
Please note that all
Offices will be closed
Monday, July 1st &
Monday, August 5th for
the Stat holidays
What does this domain look like in
the day-to-day service of Elders?
We strive to learn the Elder’s story,
who they are, what is important to
them. We honor what is important to
each Elder and support their choices.
We show Elders that we value their
story and their important roles in their
lives. We share who we are as a
person with the Elders and with our
team. We always put our relationship
with the Elder above the completion of
a task. We do not complete a task at
the expense of our relationship with
the Elder. We commit to the
intentional use of language that
enhances the well-being of each
Elder. We avoid using label and
language that depersonalize who
each Elder is or stigmatizes them.
We recognize that you cannot truly
get to know someone from
information ‘on a form’ and that this
can only be achieved through the
development of mutual and
meaningful relationships.
Eden fosters relationships and
continues to help people grow. It is an
environment where elders want to
live, families want to visit, and staff
want to work. In following the ten
principles of Eden a world full of
opportunity is created —
opportunities for elders to be
respected and honoured for their
wisdom, opportunities to give back to
their community and opportunities to
be engaged in activities they find
meaningful every day. "it has the
potential of remaking the experience
of aging and disability7it is a
powerful tool for improving quality of
life." Creating an elder-centered
community is a never-ending
process. Human growth must never
be separated from human life.
Rules for Being Human
You will receive a body. You may
like it or hate it, but it will be yours
for the entire period this time
around. You will learn lessons. You
are enrolled in a fulltime informal
school called life. Each day in this
school you will have the opportunity
to learn lessons. You may like the
lessons or think them irrelevant.
There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial and error
experimentation. A lesson is
repeated until learned. Learning
lessons does not end. There is no
part of life that does not contain its
lessons. If you are alive, there are
lessons to be learned. “There” is no
better than “here”. When your
“there” has become a “here” you will
simply obtain another “there” that
will again look better than “here”.
Others are merely mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something
about another person unless its
reflects to you something you love or
hate about yourself. What you make
of your life is up to you. You have
all the tools and resources you
need. What you do with them is up
to you. The choice is yours. Your
answers lie inside you. The answer
to life’s questions lie inside you. All
you need to do is look, listen and
trust. This will often be forgotten,
only to be remembered again.
Porteous Lodge Reception Office cannot process any payments to accounts after 2:00 pm on the last business day of the month to allow for month end procedures. Please make arrangements to conduct your business prior to our month end cut off.
Good-bye’s & Hello’s With heartfelt sorrow we say goodbye to Residents who have left this world. We say farewell to: Bernard A. Bell; Bernice Best; Mary Focht; Errol Needham; Irene Elizabeth Ploughmann. Welcome to our new Residents who have decided to make Porteous Lodge their home. Our commitment is to ensure that every individual is treated with dignity, respect and kindness. Please feel free to express any concerns or questions you may have to our staff. We welcome: Joanne G. Beauchamp; Frances Crowe; Rita Ehr; Kevin Neil Friesen; Olga Leschyshyn; Lucille Evelyn McDonald; Frieda Meissner; Phyllis Shields; Keith Douglas Wiens.
July/August 2019 Jubilee Journal Page 3
Porteous Lodge Contact
306 382—2626 Ext: Director of Care Team
Tyrone Okrainetz 223
Facility Assistant/Receptionist
Rae Gamble 221
Recreation Coordinator
Brad Lavoie 234
Recreation / Volunteer Coordinator
Cheryl Clarke-Chorney 234
Dietary Team Lead
Carmene Doucette 232
Maintenance 235
Lodge Nursing 228
Villa Nursing 230
Physical/Occupational Therapy 238
For daily maintenance
concerns during the week
for courts, please contact
Rae at 306 382-2626 xt 221.
Should you have any
concerns on the weekends
regarding minor
maintenance issues, please
contact the nursing station at
306-382-2626 ext 228.
News from Recreation: Well it’s hard to believe that it’s already
almost July! We have been working hard to get our courtyard and
areas around the building looking good for summer. Thanks to
everyone who helped with this! Just a friendly reminder that the
courtyard is a non-smoking area for visitors.
On May 22 we took a scenic country drive to Pike Lake. Residents
on this trip were Fay A.; Trevor C.; Gwladys T.; Marlene F.; Leslie
K.; Russell W.; Freda G.; Rose A.; and Tony S. On May 23 a small
group went and tried their lunch at the Dakota Dunes Casino.
Residents on this outing were Gerald K.; Phil H.; Laurie B.; and Pat
H. We were scheduled to attend the Riders Green & White game
on May 25th but unfortunately the cold rainy weather kept us
indoors. On May 29 we went on our 4th annual Porteous Lodge
Fish Derby at the Forestry Farm Fish Pond. No fish were caught but
Phil H.; Tony S.; Gus S.; Sam C.; and Ed C. still had a great time
trying to catch the big one! Thanks to Kelly, Jasleen, Jason and
Shangyu for helping with this great trip. Thanks to Carm for sending
the great lunch along with us! On June 6 to help us celebrate
National Indigenous Peoples Day, we had students from
Confederation Park School here to perform songs and dances for
us. Thanks so much; we really appreciate you coming to Porteous
Lodge. Important Dates to Remember
Sat. July 6 Porteous Lodge Car Show 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Wed. July 10 Birthday Tea 2:00 pm
Fri. Aug 23 Porteous Lodge 60th Anniversary 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Always do your best ! Always do your best ! Always do your best ! Always do your best !
What you plant now, What you plant now, What you plant now, What you plant now,
you will harvest later.you will harvest later.you will harvest later.you will harvest later.
Good-bye’s & Hello’s With heartfelt sorrow we say goodbye to Residents who have left this world. We say farewell to: Melba M. Grant and Irma Rawlyk. Welcome to our new Residents who have decided to make Stensrud Lodge their home. Our commitment is to ensure that every individual is treated with dignity, respect and kindness. Please feel free to express any concerns or questions you may have to our staff. We welcome: Mary Duh; Norma J. Dolan;
Shirley Eileen Tessier; Matilda Zupanich; Geraldine Dieno.
July/August 2019 Jubilee Journal Page 4
Stensrud Lodge
Stensrud Lodge Reception Office cannot process any payments to accounts after 2:00 pm on the last business day of the month to allow for month end procedures. Please make arrangements to conduct your business prior to our month end cut off.
Contact
306 373—5580 Ext:
Director of Care Team
Val Hnatuk 226
Facility Assistant/Receptionist
Cathy Stuchenko 221
Recreation
Lisa Loveridge & Lana Mulic 234
Volunteer Coordinator
244
Dietary Team Lead
Michael Pszedwoyski 228
First Floor Nursing 230
Second Floor Nursing 233
Physical & Occupational
Therapy 236
For daily maintenance
concerns during the week
for courts, please contact
Cathy 306 373-5580 xt 221.
Should you have any
concerns on the weekends
regarding minor
maintenance issues, please
contact your custodians.
Eamer Court Richard Care
306 292—9597 Cosmo Court
Gary Pinkerton 306 291—4404
Mon. July 1 HAPPY CANADA DAY TO ALL
Tues. July 2 11:30 am BBQ Lunch for 1st & 2
nd floor
Tues. July 2 2:00 pm Canada Day Birthday Party
Wed. July 3 2:00 pm Free Flow Dance
Thurs. July 4 2:00 pm Music with Don Balzer
Mon. July 8 2:00 pm Canada Day Bingo
Tues. July 9 10:30 am Slides with Jack
Tues. July 9 2:00 pm Pub Party
Wed. July 10 2:00 pm Free Flow Dance
Tues. July 16 2:00 pm Music with Neil & Nancy
Wed. July 17 2:15 pm Ice Cream Floats
Mon. July 22 2:00 pm Music with Just Us
Tues. July 23 2:00 pm Carpet Bowling
Wed. Jul 24 2:15 pm Gospel Music with Ralph
Mon. July 29 2:00 pm Music With Wes
Tues. July 30 10:30 am Picnic Lunch
Wed. July 31 8:30 am Fishing Trip to Forestry Farm
We wish you a great summer full of joy and sunshine! We wish you a great summer full of joy and sunshine! We wish you a great summer full of joy and sunshine! We wish you a great summer full of joy and sunshine!
Happy Canada Day To All !!!
Canada has 10 provinces & 3 Territories; Provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island.
Territories: North West Territories, Yukon, Nunavut.
July/August 2019 Jubilee Journal Page 5
Are YOU wearing your name tag?
Resident of the Month from second floor is Sing Eng. He is married and has four children. His primary language is Cantonese and he was born in Hong Kong. He came to Canada in 1952 and settled in Davidson, Sask. He moved his family to Saskatoon in 1961. He enjoys playing Mahjong!
Resident of the Month from first floor is Ruth Evenson. Ruth has been living in Stensrud Lodge since July 2018. Ruth is a widow; her and her husband raised three children. For approximately thirty years she owned and worked at The Factory Clothing Store in Market Mall. Ruth enjoys playing bingo, going to the casino and visiting.
Stensrud Lodge
Dear Nurse, With summer in full swing, just wondering if we are allowed to take our loved ones outside? Susie Sunshine
Dear Susie, Of course you can take a resident outside! In fact we encourage our staff to take an extra 15 minutes to spend with the residents outside. Recreation also tries to have as many activities outside as they can. This includes walking to Market Mall once a week with residents, country drives, fishing at the Forestry Farm, picnics at Pike Lake and just having coffee in the courtyard. At Stensrud we have a courtyard that has a gazebo in the back where families can all sit and have a picnic lunch together. There are 2 big tables, chairs and plenty of room for young visitors to run around. In the courtyard we also have resident garden boxes where residents plant and look after their own flowers or vegetables. There are plenty of chairs for visitors to sit and visit.
Porteous Lodge would like to
welcome our new
hairdresser Ione Forsberg.
She comes to us with 28 years
experience as a hairdresser
and she is very excited to be joining our
community. Her hours will be Tuesday and
Wednesday 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Porteous Lodge will have a ‘Car Show’ on
Saturday, July 6th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
Please contact Brad at 306 382—2626 ext 234 if you or any one you know would like to participate by bringing their car to display in
the Car Show.
Porteous Lodge
Porteous Lodge will be
launching their
“Taste of Home” Cookbook at
the 60th Anniversary celebration
party on August 23rd!
Never drive faster than your Never drive faster than your Never drive faster than your Never drive faster than your
guardian angel can fly! guardian angel can fly! guardian angel can fly! guardian angel can fly!
Pierre Du Plessis was hired for summer as a
groundskeeper at Stensrud Lodge. Welcome
back! We are happy to have Pierre with us!
July/August 2019 Jubilee Journal Page 6
The Jubilee Journal is produced monthly for residents, families, tenants and staff. If you wish to receive this internal newspaper by e-mail, or have comments or suggestions for content, please let me know by e-mail, phone or regular mail.
Telephone: 306-955-0234 xt 109 Jubilee Residences # 8- 2602 Taylor Street East, Saskatoon SK S7H 1X2.
A new look for your news! You may have
noticed a new look to the Jubilee Journal
newspaper. And it’s all because of you!
Please share your thoughts about the new
look! Robin
July/August 2019 Jubilee Journal Page 7
Focus on “Friendships” over the summer!
When asked to describe or define the essence of The Eden Alternative, the answer is “it’s about relationships.” As automatic and obvious as that answer is, sometimes we forget to practice it. Unfortunately, like most people, anyone can get caught up in the busy-ness of their daily work, and life can get pretty hectic. So, something has to give, and much of the time, it’s in close relationships where you will feel the strain. Anyone can get short with their answers and their temper, and find themselves focusing on their “to-do” list to the exclusion of more important things. With focus on “DOING,” you get to the end of another day, only to realize, there were opportunities missed7 opportunities to grow relationships with your family, your co-workers, and new people who you have met. Please be reminded of the magic of deep, knowing relationships. Be intentional about shifting from “DOING” to “BEING.” Even though you were accomplishing important tasks, please do not ignore what is really important in life... relationships. The Eden Alternative makes life worth living. I wish you the gift of well-being that comes with rich relationships
This is your invitation to join our
Community …Jubilee Residences
is truly an oasis in the City!
Jubilee Residences Inc. is currently
accepting applications for individuals to join
our unique, affordable, aging-in-place
housing community with independent living,
Abundant green spaces. Community
Gardens. Meal Service is available. Small
pet friendly. Coordinated independent living
assistance. Cottage, bachelor and private
room options. Adjacent to shopping and
amenities. Adjacent to Stensrud and
Porteous Long Term Care Homes allowing
families to remain close together. For
application information, please contact Kathy
at 306 373—5580 ext 235.
www.facebook.com/Jubilee-Residences
www.jubileeresidences.ca
Give me coffee to change the things I canGive me coffee to change the things I canGive me coffee to change the things I canGive me coffee to change the things I can
And Wine to accept those that I cannot! And Wine to accept those that I cannot! And Wine to accept those that I cannot! And Wine to accept those that I cannot!
Never be afraid to try something new! Never be afraid to try something new! Never be afraid to try something new! Never be afraid to try something new!
Remember amateurs built the ark; Remember amateurs built the ark; Remember amateurs built the ark; Remember amateurs built the ark;
professionals built the Titanic.professionals built the Titanic.professionals built the Titanic.professionals built the Titanic.
July/August 2019 Jubilee Journal Page 8
Eamer Court Exercises: start up again on September 4
th
Milk Delivery: Gerhard may continue to deliver milk this summer. Watch the bulletin board for sign-up sheets.
There are no social club activities during July and August. Watch for posters about any summer events that may take place.
Welcome to New Tenants:
Pat Tondevold; Pat Duffy; George Coats; Josephine Gervais Morris Sharp; Beverly Wharton To Rent the Eamer Lounge: contact Kathy at 306 373-5580 ext 235.
Cosmopolitan Court
For after hours maintenance concerns please call Gary @ 306 291-4404.
Welcome to New Tenants: Kathy and Bill Hails; Gloria and Jerry Mareschal; and
Louis Deluca and Gladys Grodecki.
All activities will start again in the fall. See you then!
Cosmo Court Social Club Executive:
President—Linda B. phone 306 979-6652.
Vice-President—Duane H. phone 306 249– 0381
Treasurer—Sandy P. phone 306 291-4405
Secretary—Brenda Z. phone 306 280– 1517
Eamer Court Social Club Executive: Ron Wrishko- President Ralph Underwood- Vice President Marlene Eaton- Secretary
Eamer Court & Cosmo Court
Summer Student! Owen Weiss will be working as a Court Housing Technician in Eamer and Cosmo Courts. He will be doing cottage/suite inspections as well as other jobs to help us out. We are very happy to have Owen back with us. Thank you to Sharann Tait who donated an afghan she knit for the residents of Stensrud Lodge. Sharann is a master knitter and says she plans to donate more as she uses up all of her old wool. Thank you Sharann! Heritage Day: We are thinking of having a Heritage Day. What we would like if you are interested in participating, is your name and what you identify as your nationality. We plan to have a day where we feature our different nationalities through dress, food, music and customs. We are asking for those who are interested to contact Richard at 306 292 9597 or Kathy at 306 373 5580 ext 235. If you are willing to help out with this event we are looking for those who may be coordinators for their heritage group. We do not have a date as of yet but hope to do this over the summer. Watch for posters.
Mount Royal Court Summer Student: Michael Hendrickson will be
working as a Court Housing Technician in MRC.
Michael worked in the courts last year; we are
happy to have him back to work with us again.
For daily maintenance concerns during the
week, please call: Rae Gamble at
306 382-2626 ext 221.
For emergency maintenance evening,
weekends & holidays please call: the Porteous
Lodge Nursing Desk at 306 382-2626 ext. 228.
Smoking in Eamer Court - Cosmo Court & Mount Royal Court: With the hot and extremely dry conditions this summer, please use caution when smoking outdoors. One spark from a cigarette could cause a fire. Please always put your butts in a can or a similar container. NEVER throw butts on the grass.
July/August 2019 Jubilee Journal Page 9
Employee Safety Concerns Employee Safety Concerns Employee Safety Concerns Employee Safety Concerns
1. When an employee has a safety concern, they
must be encouraged, to correct the
problem, e.g. to bypass a water spill on the
floor only sets a trap for the next person.
Regardless of how the water spill
occurred, it should be cleaned up
immediately.
2. If the concern is beyond the employee’s control
or capabilities, they then have a
responsibility to report it to their immediate
supervisor verbally or in writing. The
employee is expected to work with their
supervisor to resolve the concern.
3. If the concern is not resolved, the employee
should then contact a member of the
Occupational Health Committee (OHC).
The member will have the concern
discussed at the next meeting, or
discussed with the Occupational Health
Committee Co-chairs. The OHC will
review the concern and information
provided, interview employee and
supervisor involved, conduct an
investigation of the work area if necessary,
and research the resolution.
The OHC will forward written
recommendations to the person
responsible, as required. The expected
time frame for response will be identified.
Porteous Lodge 60th Anniversary Party! To all Elders, Families and children and Staff and children! We will party from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm!
We will have a ‘Beer Garden’ with a selection of ‘cool’ beverages.
Warren—The Balloon Guy– will dazzle
us all with his colorful balloons contorted into
different animals and shapes.
Are you interested in fishing? YES!!!! A Fish Pond for all the kids
B u b b l e s !B u b b l e s !B u b b l e s !B u b b l e s !
Dunk Tank! Delicious Food: Burgers! Hot Dogs! Watermelon! Frozen Treats! Cupcakes! Potato Chips! And Bottled water!
Memory Boards with Archived information and pictures!
Who do you recognize? Live Music and lots of it!! Come enjoy!
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OKTOBERFEST 2019 Dinner & Comedy Night
Jubilee Residences Foundation is hosting its 5th annual Oktoberfest Dinner and Comedy Night on Friday, October 18, 2019 at the German Cultural Centre. The event will feature two comedians: Joel Jeffrey and Myles Morrison as well as other highlights of the evening that include beer tasting during our “Beer Stein Hour,” a delicious and authentic German-themed buffet and the opportunity to bid on some amazing live and silent auction
items. This is a fun and casual evening!
We are hoping your business or organization would be able to support us by donating an item or two to our live and silent auctions. We ask that all donated items include two of your company or organization’s business cards and the value of the donated item. Your support will have a direct impact on quality of life for residents of Porteous Lodge and Stensrud Lodge. Should you require any additional information, please contact Jubilee’s Communications Consultant, Trish Cheveldayoff at 306-665-8759.
WHO remembers when TV had “Sign Off”
messages? TV would go off at midnight
and sometimes even go as far as playing
the National Anthem all night!
In My Father’s Footsteps By Trish Cheveldayoff
When you walk through the front door of Marg and
Al Lovas’ Saskatoon home, you can’t help but
notice the box of toys sitting on the living room
floor. The toys belong to Marg and Al’s grandson
Innis. He’s 14 months old and its clear Grandma
and Grandpa play an important role in his life.
Innis is spending more time with Marg and Al
since their daughter O’Lynda went back to work
as a registered nurse in mid-January.
“I’ve taken on a bit more than just Grandma,”
says Marg Lovas. He’s had quite a few
digestive issues. He’s doing well now. He’s
growing. He’s thriving so, that’s the most
important thing.”
When Marg isn’t spending time with Innis, she can
be found in Warman, working as a substitute
teacher at the same school she taught at for many
years before retiring in 2005. Marg graduated from
the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Home
Economics. Her major was clothing and textiles
with a minor in interior design. As a young girl she
always enjoyed sewing and over the years has
done a lot of custom sewing for people. She still
sews today but her new pastime is machine
embroidery.
“I specialize in personalizing baby gifts with
some embroidery and I do a lot of knitting
which I took up after I retired,” says Marg.
“My mom knit a lot.”
Marg’s mother Raema Tennent was also a school
teacher. She taught in Saskatoon before she and
her husband Bob moved to Melfort in 1949. Bob
had just graduated from the University of
Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering when he
was offered a job in Melfort as the town engineer.
They soon started a family. Bob Junior arrived
first; then Marg followed by George, Helen and
twin brothers Cam and Dave. Continued7.
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Continued 7..
The family lived in a two bedroom apartment
a top the town’s fire hall. They eventually
made the move to Saskatoon in 1959. Marg
was in Grade 2.
“Dad had a job as a draftsman for the City
of Saskatoon,” says Marg. “He crept up
the ladder and when he retired after 29
years and 11 months, he was Assistant
City Engineer. “
In 1977, while working for the city, Bob
Tennent was appointed to sit on the Jubilee
Residences Inc. Board.
“He was very good friends with Howard
Stensrud and Eric Antonini, all of those
guys,” says Marg. “They were good
friends. It was a bit of a natural fit.”
Bob proved to be an asset to the board,
providing among other things, financial
oversight. He served on the JRI Board and
later the Jubilee Residences Foundation
Board for a total of 30 years. He strongly
believed that serving on the board meant
more than just attending a few meetings
throughout the year. He felt it was important
to be visible to the residents of Porteous and
Stensrud Lodges. Carving the turkey on
Christmas Day at Stensrud Lodge became
an annual event.
“We literally didn’t do anything
Christmassy,” says Marg. “We’d have
breakfast, but no gift opening or no dinner
or anything until my Dad came back from
Stensrud. Every Christmas he went and
carved the turkey there. That was
something he always did. We would just
wait for him to come home; sometimes we
weren’t so patient.”
Ill health eventually forced Bob to step away
from his board duties. In 2007, he was named
an honorary board member.
“He was getting on in years,” says Marg.
“He’d been through a lot. He smashed his
shoulder and then he broke his hip and then
things went downhill. His mind was still
pretty good at that point.”
Bob’s stepping down from the board left a
vacancy on the Foundation Board. Heather
Anderson was a board member at the time.
She approached Marg and asked her if she
would consider taking over her father’s position
on the board.
“I thought I’m not sure I can bring as much
to the table as maybe they think because I
didn’t get a lot of engineering osmosis from
my Dad,” laughs Marg.
Despite Marg’s insecurities about her abilities,
she agreed to sit on the Foundation Board.
“I would go to functions with him all the
time and I would drive him but then, once I
was on the board and I was going to the
meetings, I would come back and sort of fill
him in as to what was going on,” says Marg.
“I wanted to keep him in the loop and make
him feel like he was still part of something.”
In Marg’s 11 years on the Foundation Board
she has witnessed firsthand the challenges in
providing quality care to the older adults in the
community. She recognizes there are many
needs and few dollars to go around and
believes the work of the Foundation is more
important than ever. The Foundation’s
Comforts of Home Campaign which involves
refurbishing all the resident rooms at Porteous
and Stensrud Lodges was something Marg got
behind in a big way.
Continued7.
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Continued7.
The plan is to provide each resident room with
a fresh coat of paint, new flooring, window
treatments, bedside table, and dresser and
visitor chair. Marg was tasked with sourcing
and pricing the items for the project and
creating an interior design colour board. The
project allowed for choice; giving the residents
four colour palettes to choose from. Marg’s
interior design background came in handy.
“I haven’t used it very much,” says Marg.
“It gave me a chance to dabble. I’ve seen
a couple of the rooms. The one I saw, it
was done in that pale turquoise colour.
It looked quite good.”
Marg perhaps doesn’t have an engineering
degree like her father Bob did, but what she
feels she does bring to the table is her common
sense approach to things. She calls herself a
regular person who sometimes will challenge
the status quo and ask the question, “Can we
do things a little bit differently?” Her reason for
joining the board may have simply been to
carry on the work her father started more than
forty years ago but her reason for remaining on
the board today has more to do with making a
difference in the lives of the residents who call
Porteous Lodge and Stensrud Lodge home.
“For me, the knowledge that hopefully we
are making something better for people;
that’s important to me.”
Jubilee Residences Eden Vision is 77
A caring community that is warm and friendly.
Elders, families, team members and everyone
associated with Jubilee are honored and treated
with respect. It is a place where life is worth living;
plants, animals and children thrive; and residents
are encouraged to share their wisdom.
