Nursing
Nursing
Wound Care
Grace Villa has an active Interdisciplinary Wound Prevention and Skin Care Team. The focus of the team is to maintain excellence in skin care, the prevention of skin breakdown and ongoing education of staff, residents and family.
Palliative Care Team
Purpose: To continually reassess and improve palliative care services to residents at Grace Villa. The team serves a wider range than just those who are at end-of-life.
Goal: To educate staff on new developments in palliative care and assist in the implementation within the home. Grace Villa supports staff in taking the Fundamentals of Palliative Care course offered regularly in the community.
Features offered to palliative residents:
Some staff have been educated in the Gentle Persuasive Approach, U-First, P.I.E.C.E.S., and Montessori techniques. Our team liaises with the PMAC Outreach Team as well as the Alzheimer Society for educational opportunities and to assist with care issues when needed. The trained staff members serve as a resource to all front line staff in the management of behaviours related to dementia and to provide a better understanding of dementia to staff, residents and their families.
P.I.E.C.E.S.
The PIECES approach to care encompasses the following:
Residents may continue to choose their own physician to provide care to them in the home. Each attending physician is required to sign a contract with the home. Attending physicians will be expected to meet the standards and criteria established by the government. If desired, residents' care can be assumed by the “House” physician.
The home does not normally restrict the attending privileges of doctors. We will, however, consult or request attendance of another doctor if certain physician responsibilities have not been complied with, as required by the physician contract, home policies and provincial legislation. If a resident does not have a local doctor, the home, upon consultation with the family, will assist in selecting a doctor for the resident.
Grace Villa has an active Interdisciplinary Wound Prevention and Skin Care Team. The focus of the team is to maintain excellence in skin care, the prevention of skin breakdown and ongoing education of staff, residents and family.
Palliative Care Team
Purpose: To continually reassess and improve palliative care services to residents at Grace Villa. The team serves a wider range than just those who are at end-of-life.
Goal: To educate staff on new developments in palliative care and assist in the implementation within the home. Grace Villa supports staff in taking the Fundamentals of Palliative Care course offered regularly in the community.
Features offered to palliative residents:
- 24/7 available physician
- Medication management at any level ordered by the physician
- Therapeutic surfaces for comfort control
- Drinks, snacks, and meals provided to family members. Families are welcome to stay through the night as rooms can be equipped with a chair that can be converted to a bed.
- Caring and compassionate staff trained in palliative care
- Pastoral Care coordinator available for support and assistance with family concerns
- Music and aromatherapy
Some staff have been educated in the Gentle Persuasive Approach, U-First, P.I.E.C.E.S., and Montessori techniques. Our team liaises with the PMAC Outreach Team as well as the Alzheimer Society for educational opportunities and to assist with care issues when needed. The trained staff members serve as a resource to all front line staff in the management of behaviours related to dementia and to provide a better understanding of dementia to staff, residents and their families.
P.I.E.C.E.S.
The PIECES approach to care encompasses the following:
- Physical – look at the disease, drugs, disability
- Intellect – look at changes in specific areas of the brain
- Emotional – is there depression, delusions; loss of independence
- Capabilities – focus on what the person can do, not what they cannot do; build on their strengths
- Environment – is the environment noisy, cluttered, etc.?
- Social – life story; likes/dislikes; previous coping skills
Residents may continue to choose their own physician to provide care to them in the home. Each attending physician is required to sign a contract with the home. Attending physicians will be expected to meet the standards and criteria established by the government. If desired, residents' care can be assumed by the “House” physician.
The home does not normally restrict the attending privileges of doctors. We will, however, consult or request attendance of another doctor if certain physician responsibilities have not been complied with, as required by the physician contract, home policies and provincial legislation. If a resident does not have a local doctor, the home, upon consultation with the family, will assist in selecting a doctor for the resident.