SHS Co-Op Program

Starting with our 2018 CO-OP students, Kierra Merrill, Kelsey Spilman, Co**ie Haines and Jodi Doiron at the Nashwaak Villa today! :)

The SHS co op students completed the PEACE program. This initiative promotes awareness of elder abuse, understanding how and why it happens, signs and symptoms of it and how to recognize it. It also focuses on the link between a healthy work environment and how to avoid care giver burn out. Finally they learned strategies to deescalate situations that may lead to elder abuse and neglect.

Congratulations ladies!

Hello this is Kaylee. This is my myth buster. My myth is that I thought dementia patients do not remember recent events but recently I was proven why this was a myth. One of the residents with dementia have a hard time remembering where their room is, what time period it is, and especially who some people are. The other day though, I went over to say hello to them and they remembered me briefly. They had asked me where they have seen me before because I looked familiar to them.

Hello I'm Kaylee from the co-op program. My experience at the Nashwaak Villa so far has been a huge learning curve for me. I have gained interaction skills that I have not had before and also basic skills such as making beds. I have built many relationships with the residents, one being Shirley. She is kind hearted, funny, and always puts a smile on my face:)

Im very proud of the SHS co op students today at The Alzheimer's Society's Enhancing Care Conference. They represented Stanley High School and Nashwaak Villa in a very professional, respectful and mature manner. They will be posting their thoughts and take aways on the conference next week!

Thank you Jenna Whitlock, Registered Dietician at Nashwaak Villa for your presentation on Nutrition. The co op students learned a lot and enjoyed the snacks too!

Hey everyone! This is the co-op students speaking😃 Today was the baby shower that introduced the two new cuddle therapy dolls. The two babies are Noah Thomas and Emmy Rose. We thought we would share some of the photos of how our day was😊 There will be more pictures coming as the year goes on and we do more events!

A new group of students from Stanley High School started their co-op program at Nashwaak Villa this week. We welcome the following students Sarah MacFarlane, Kaylee Stone, Kandis Neil-Sampson, and Anita English. We will be posting more of their experiences with the residents and staff at the Villa! Today their co-op teacher, Mr. Speed met with us to outline their responsibilities during their placement that will help them transition to the real work world in the future.

Our co op student Austin Graves playing crib with one of our residents at Nashwaak Villa

Halloween Fun at Nashwaak Villa! Thx to all the kids who came to see the residents tonight! They really enjoyed them!

School is back in! Today we welcomed our first co op student for this semester, Austin Graves. The staff and residents of Nashwaak Villa in Stanley and Teachers at SHS recognize the importance of Intergenerational relationships as well as the benefits of hands on and experiential learning in a "real" job environment!

The Nashwaak Villa had a great float in the Canada Day parade! Several residents participated and the co op students were on hand to help out! Thanks so much ladies. It's so great that you are maintaining your friendships with the residents even though school is over and your course is finished!

Happy Canada Day!!

The villa recently got a pet cat named Pickles. Today we (Brittany, Bailey & Tiffany) went in for a visit and took Pickles around to see some of the residents! Pickles is currently pregnant and expecting her kittens in about two weeks!! The residents love her and we loved getting to see the residents again now that co-op is over!

The co op program is featured in an article in Fredericton's paper The Daily Gleanor on
Friday June 5, 2015

Today is intergenerational relationship day so we put on a presentation at the Villa to tell our stories of intergenerational relationships that we have experienced throughout our coop program. These are some pictures from todays presentation and some intergenerational relationship pictures as well. We are very lucky to have gotten to know these residents and cannot thank the staff at the Nashwaak Villa enough for letting us do our coop program here. Also, to Ms. Lardner for being an amazing coop teacher!

Leah Cain is a registered dietician who visits once a week. Her duties include monitoring weights and the nutritional status of the residents, and special diets like diabetics. She also gives education sessions to the staff. One day we helped her do an inservice on making “salad in a jar.” We had fun!

Yesterday we had the opportunity to chat with an Occupational Therapist OT who works for the Extramural Program (EMP.) She described this program as “bringing the hospital to peoples homes”. It’s a great program because people can get out of the hospital more quickly and be looked after by nurses, physio therapists and occupational therapists like Trish. She is responsible for things like fitting residents for wheelchairs, solutions to prevent skin breakdown and getting special utensils to eat with and do daily care. Thank you Trish for taking time out of your day for us!

June 1 at 2pm at Nashwaak Villa

The co –op students, Jessica, Bailey, Brittany and Tiffany are doing a presentation about their CO-OP experience, their SHS Co-op face book page and to commemorate June 1 which is Intergenerational Relationships Day! Everyone welcome!

The OutReach program has really shown me what I want to do for my career. On two occasions I was able to go and work with Melinda Hine, and one of her clients Guy Douglass. I really enjoyed it and decided I might really like to do home care in the future.

Today was Narrative day at the Nashwaak Villa. The Stanley High School Wellness class has been meeting with the residents at the Villa every Wednesday for an hour. This gave the students an opportunity to form Intergenerational relationships. After all the time spent together, each group put together a story to tell about the residents life. The rest of the groups will be presenting next Wednesday, June 3rd.

There is always something exciting happening here at the Nashwaak Villa!

Narrative Program
The Grade 11 and 12 Wellness class at Stanley High School are taking part in a Narrative program with the Nashwaak Villa. Each group is partnered with a resident and spends an hour with them each Wednesday interviewing them about their life.
Once completed, a slide show is made for each resident. It will be full of pictures of them throughout their life, music they enjoy, and their stories they have shared with us. Narrative programs like these are used in many long term care facilities and are great for the residents because it helps them feel connected to others through the telling of their stories.
A narrative environment improves the overall well being of residents, staff and families through validation of experiences.

Today, Wednesday May 27, Betty van Oostwaard, Merle Sparkes, Jean Lyons and Marjorie Scott's narratives will be shown. Next Wednesday, June 3, Lloyd, Laura, Patsy, and Gail's narratives will be shown.

This is a photo of me with Betty.

Snozelen Rooms
Snozelen is a combination of 2 Dutch words, meaning ‘to snooze’ and ‘to doze’. As a concept, it is a form of therapy designed to gently stimulate the primary senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell without placing intellectual demands on the individual. They were used first as a treatment for autistic children.
The Snoezelen Room is a form of Sensory Stimulation
The room is designed for agitated, confused and distressed residents, especially with dementia and having sun downing behaviors.
There is evidence of great successes in this program showing residents going into the Snoezelen Room completely agitated and by the time they leave they are calm. There are portable Snoezelen Rooms.
When "Nancy" visited the Snozelen Room at the Villa, she said “that’s the most beautiful room I’ve ever seen!”

The co- op students, Tiffany, Bailey, Brittany and Jessica completed the Peace workbook. The Peace program stands for Promoting Awareness of Elder Abuse. In this course they learned about the prevalence of elder abuse and neglect, the factors that contribute to it and how to recognize and report it. They also heard about the importance of a healthy workplace culture, the challenging work involved in caring for people with dementia and how care giver burnout can lead to elder abuse. Congratulations ladies.....well done!